Night deepened, yet the temperature in Flamewind Valley had not dropped in the slightest.
Heat seeped up through the soles of their boots from the black stone ground. Even the fire origin power in the air had grown thick and viscous, making every breath feel like swallowing a mouthful of sparks.
The Parting Fire Mirror in Zhao Yan's hand still shone, its crimson point of light flickering as it guided them onward.
"Something's wrong." Su Qinghan suddenly stopped, the fire mist around him trembling slightly. "The killing intent around us is three times thicker than before. It seems... there's something alive!"
No sooner had he spoken than a dull tremor came from underground, as though some enormous creature were moving through the rock strata. Fine cracks split the black stone ground, and crimson magma seeped out, hissing with white smoke.
Zhao Yan knitted his brows. A thick barrier of flame patterns instantly formed around him, and his law power at the other shore peak realm quietly spread outward. "Stay alert. Anything that can survive in this killing intent is no ordinary demonic beast."
Qin He brought up the rear, his divine sense locked onto the ground below. He could clearly feel that aura rapidly approaching, carrying a fury that could destroy heaven and earth.
"Roar!"
The next instant, a deafening roar exploded, making all four men's eardrums ache and even their souls tremble slightly.
A hundred zhang ahead, the black stone ground suddenly shattered. An enormous creature burst out, spraying rubble and magma across the sky.
It was a massive beast formed entirely of magma and black stone, roughly ten zhang tall and shaped like a giant bear. Raging flames burned all over its body, its fur was made of crimson streams of magma, and its eyes were two pulsing