"Whoosh, whoosh."
Two figures dove straight down.
Xu Xiaoshou had no idea how long he had been flying.
He felt as though he was about to lose all sense of time and direction.
Until it was as if they had suddenly passed through an invisible barrier.
The darkness vanished at once.
Blazing firelight surged forth.
At the same time, a billowing wave of heat rushed at them, enough to suffocate anyone.
"Cough, cough."
Caught off guard, Mu Zixi was immediately choked into a fit of coughing by the scorching steam.
"We're here?"
She spoke in surprise.
Before she could say anything else, she felt her clothes beginning to spontaneously combust and hastily increased the spiritual essence protecting her body.
"Puff, puff."
At that moment, a faint sound arose.
Xu Xiaoshou turned his head alertly.
"Careful."
He opened his mouth and inhaled, sucking every last trace of Emberlight Heavenly Flame from Mu Zixi's spiritual essence.
The two exchanged a silent glance. The little girl patted her dry, flat chest, only then realizing the danger she had narrowly escaped.
"Th-thank you."
Received gratitude, Passive Value +1.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss~"
Towering flames bloomed brightly before their eyes.
After descending through the pit above, they found that beneath the earth lay an enormous pool of magma.
The magma was milky white, bubbling with "gurgle, gurgle" sounds.
Had he not sensed the deeply familiar power of Emberglow within this space, Xu Xiaoshou would scarcely have believed it.
Emberlight Heavenly Flame—a flame-form entity—had actually condensed into such a liquid state!
"We're here."
"But this place..."
Xu Xiaoshou's scalp prickled.
This far exceeded the power of the Emberlight Grand Fire Seed! His earlier judgment that this place held a treasure had indeed been correct.
But he had never imagined that the power here had