A crimson beam of light shone across the sky, as though the heavens had been stained with blood. Terrifying heat spread outward for an unknown distance.
Lin Xuan retreated as rolling heat waves crashed into his face. The temperature was so extreme that even the power protecting his body hissed, as if it might melt away completely at any moment.
"Could this be..."
Lin Xuan's eyes narrowed. His speed did not slow, and he had already activated all his major states, his aura becoming exceptionally vast and majestic.
As he moved farther away, the dreadful heat finally ceased to affect Lin Xuan. He stopped in the distance, his gaze fixed on the region where crimson light surged into the heavens.
Crimson had taken command of all color between heaven and earth. Within it, a towering tree slowly condensed into form.
The great tree burned with fire, waves of searing heat rolling outward as a massive hole was scorched through the sky.
Most bizarre of all, Lin Xuan could sense an unprecedented, vigorous vitality mingling within that endless heat.
"It really is it—the Sun Fire Tree!"
"I never expected it to appear in such a way!"
Lin Xuan murmured, the suspicion in his heart confirmed at last.
At the same time, everyone fighting beyond the region where Lin Xuan stood turned to look in this direction. Their senses immediately spread out, and they instantly took in the scene here.
Their thoughts collided as they communicated while fighting, quickly reaching a conclusion.
"So that's how it is. It seems that after going through a certain amount of battle, one can finally see the Sun Fire Tree."
"So avoiding battle won't do. Otherwise, how could such an enormous, radiant Sun Fire Tree leave no trace at all on this plain?"
"End the battle