"Should I go?"
"How much longer can you hold out here?"
Shen Yi's expression darkened as he spoke.
The Kunwu Branch was manageable enough. Though he had left no direct way to contact Mia, finding her probably would not take too long.
But as for Feng Qingyao, no matter how he looked at her, he could not see her holding out much longer.
"I'm fine here."
"This sword was originally used within the Black Fog to hold it in check. It was left behind by someone I once searched desperately for."
"It only needs an infusion of power to hold the Black Fog back for a good while. With the power I've poured into it, it should last two hours without any trouble."
Feng Qingyao panted softly, her face slightly pale.
Activating the sword by force with her power alone was still a strain. What was more, the sheer scale of the Black Fog before them was staggering. Holding all of it in check single-handedly was already an extraordinarily difficult feat.
"I..."
After a moment's hesitation, Shen Yi spoke.
"Let me take over."
Shen Yi said nothing more.
Some things were difficult to explain clearly.
The Flame of Continued Combustion silently enveloped Shen Yi. With only a slight exertion of power, he took the ancient longsword from Feng Qingyao's hand.
After taking the sword from Feng Qingyao, he kept suffusing it with his own power. In theory, Shen Yi had a greater affinity with this sword than she did.
And as Shen Yi took control of the longsword, the characters engraved on its blade silently rose into the air.
Those characters rapidly grew larger, and larger still!
They finally merged into all the rust-covered worlds before the two of them, and the Flame of Continued Combustion abruptly formed an outer