The attack came incredibly suddenly.
It arrived in the blink of an eye.
It gave no one time to react. In an instant, the surroundings seemed to transform into a living hell.
Heat waves billowed.
Poisonous flames surged.
Terrifying supernatural forces intertwined all around, madly eroding Jiang Qiao's spirit and body, trying to turn him into part of this space and leave him here forever.
"Roar—"
Suddenly.
A deafening, prolonged howl rang out, shaking the entire space until it swayed.
Ahead.
Within the flowing lava lake.
A dead man's face, its eyes tightly shut and features rotten, as large as a house, slowly rose from the molten rock. The moment it appeared, the entire space seemed to transform into a terrifying Black Hole.
Everything.
All of it converged toward it, whether matter or consciousness.
Before such power.
Even the attention existing on the human mental level could not disperse. It remained firmly anchored to the thing, watching it. Trying to struggle free and tear one's attention away became nothing more than a pipe dream.
"You came prepared."
"Heh heh."
Standing on the fluid, scorching ground, Jiang Qiao wore a disdainful smile.
"These methods."
"Pathetic."
"Absurd."
"Like an apprentice displaying an axe before Lu Ban."
As he spoke.
He raised his hand and gently wiped it.
"Shriek—!"
All at once.
A fierce, savage cry rang out as a figure blotting out the sky soared upward!
The Vermilion Bird!
According to legend, the Vermilion Bird was the essence of the Fire of Li.
It was the incarnation of C Fire!
At the moment the Vermilion Bird appeared, the scorching aura surrounding them seemed to receive some kind of guidance. It immediately erupted into violent turmoil and rapidly broke free from the space's control.
Then.
Terrifying information burst forth from the Vermilion Bird,