Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
Everyone followed behind Xiao Yan. Lei Jing, who was closest to him, listened to the burning sounds coming from Xiao Yan as he neutralized the Fire Lotus. Deep worry filled her eyes as she asked in a grave voice.
"Hey! Xiao Yan, are you alright?"
Xiao Yan, walking ahead, ignored Lei Jing's concern. With his body tensed, he focused all his attention on the location of the Fire Lotus's true body, having no time to care about the piercing pain constantly surging through him.
Hurry, hurry...
Xiao Yan glanced at the endlessly multiplying Fire Lotuses around him. Nearly seventy percent of the entire space had already been occupied by them, and anxiety rose within him.
If this continued, everyone in the space would suffer.
With that thought, Xiao Yan accelerated once more. At last, under his eager gaze, he reached the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's true body. He touched and neutralized all the surrounding Fire Lotuses, clearing a space for Lei Jing and the others behind him to remain, then crouched in mid-air and panted heavily.
"Xiao Yan! How are you?"
The moment Lei Jing saw Xiao Yan stop, she understood that they had reached their destination. She hurried over to support him, while the others surrounded him in concern. Yet when they saw his profile, their expressions all froze.
His once handsome face was now almost completely covered in burns. Horrifying scorch wounds had also appeared across his body, making him look utterly dreadful. Just from his trembling pupils and clenched teeth, they could guess how much pain he was enduring.
"Yan'er, take some pills quickly."
Yao Chen painfully took out a bottle of pain-relieving pills and handed it to Xiao Yan. He accepted it, poured the pills into his mouth, swallowed them, then