The Hefty Price

Her voice trembled slightly. Seeing that kind of overwhelmingly powerful force again, Xilos's eyes nearly popped out of her head!

If not for the spatial force floating around her, seeming ready to teleport her away at any moment, Xilos's emotions would not have been so violently stirred.

She looked at Shen Yi and spoke softly.

"Can you help me resolve the Elf race's current predicament?"

Each word was firm. Xilos looked at Shen Yi with a tone that was almost challenging.

It was as if, once she received a definite answer from Shen Yi, she would be willing to pay some enormous price.

She said nothing more.

Shen Yi showed no reaction upon hearing Xilos's words.

The enormous silver-gray vortex surrounding Xilos suddenly expanded several times over!

In an instant, he erased every lingering trace of aura in the area and changed the destination of the spatial teleportation with Xilos in tow.

A deeply familiar sensation suddenly surfaced. Yet before Xilos could react, Shen Yi and the others abruptly appeared in a place shrouded in darkness.

Darkness stretched in every direction.

Jagged stone barriers, as though crafted by heaven itself, rose beside them.

Beneath their feet lay a pool of magma, crimson like a sea of blood. Aside from the blistering heat it gave off, faint pungent odors occasionally drifted over. The bubbling sounds of the magma and the smoke-blackened stone walls made the place especially striking.

In an environment like this, let alone living creatures surviving—

merely staying nearby for a moment made one feel that the surrounding aura was exceptionally weak.

Wen Ke'er frowned.

There was almost no power around her that she could draw upon. She could only rely on what she possessed within herself.

The moment they appeared above the magma pool, the scarlet glow reflected