Standing several hundred zhang away from the steaming mist, Qin Fengming already sensed an immensely scorching, suffocating pressure bearing down on him. The air around him burst with repeated crisp cracking sounds.
The heat within the mountain range ahead forced even Qin Fengming to grow vigilant.
Unlike Saintly Venerable Shiyou, who had flown straight into the mountain range, he merely waved a hand. A Spiritual Energy Slash shot out, cleaving toward the distant mountains.
A ripping sound rang out. The thick beam of light shot forward and vanished into the crimson, steaming mist ahead in an instant, disappearing without a trace.
Qin Fengming saw it clearly. The moment his Spiritual Energy Slash appeared, it was rapidly dissolved by the surrounding heat. When it touched the Crimson Mist, it was like rotten wood suddenly meeting blazing flames—it was swiftly burned away and disappeared.
Seeing Saintly Venerable Shiyou enter the Crimson Mist without showing the slightest abnormality, Qin Fengming could not help admiring him.
Of course, if his true body had been here, he naturally would not have feared this heat.
But he was currently in a puppet body and did not dare neglect protecting himself from the scorching heat. Without hesitation, he immediately activated a talisman inscribed with runes. Not long after Saintly Venerable Shiyou, Qin Fengming also rapidly entered the mist.
Saintly Venerable Shiyou glanced at the faint azure luminescence surrounding Qin Fengming, and his eyes flickered slightly. He had clearly seen that the protective glow around Qin Fengming was extraordinary.
"This region isn't small. You and I should search separately, preferably staying within a hundred li of each other. Otherwise, even a transmission talisman won't be able to send a message." Looking around, Saintly Venerable Shiyou spoke with a slight furrow in his brow.
"That suits me perfectly." Seeing