"Why does the temperature keep rising the closer we get to that distant mountain?" Lin Li stared at the Red Mountain Peak in the distance and murmured to himself.
With the limited information he had, he had no way to find the correct answer to this bizarre situation.
Most importantly, the information he had obtained had never mentioned that approaching the Red Mountain Peak meant facing increasingly extreme heat.
Lin Li did not believe Wang Jiaheng, whose life he had once saved, had deliberately concealed this point when providing the information.
Clearly, the other party had not known about the current situation either.
If they continued forward and drew closer to their destination, the temperature might rise to fifty degrees—or even higher.
"It's so hot here, yet the plants growing nearby are still thriving so vigorously. How strange." Lin Li glanced at the lush plants around him and muttered.
Since he had already come all this way, giving up now and heading straight back would mean all the effort and time he had spent before would go to waste. That was something Lin Li was unwilling to accept.
Therefore, as long as the heat did not reach an unbearable level, Lin Li would grit his teeth and persevere.
Pale golden light blossomed from Lin Li's hand, and wisps of white chill appeared out of thin air.
Before long, a thick ice spike condensed in Lin Li's hand.
"How refreshing."
Lin Li held the one-and-a-half-meter-long ice spike in his arms. Feeling the icy chill rushing toward his face, he—who had been rendered listless by the heat—immediately became much more spirited.
Now that the ice spike created by his ability was radiating cold air to cool him down, Lin Li did not linger there. He set off and quickly walked toward the