The familiar, terrifying aura jolted Chen Rui. He saw Qi Lanya's form change: her white robe became a suit of golden-red armor, tightly wrapping her curvaceous, fiery figure. Her silver eyes had long since turned blood-red, and flames brimming with an aura of destruction coiled around her body. She also held a long whip in her hand, which scattered lightning and sparks with every swing.
This was... a Flame Witch, an abyssal creature! A demigod-level Flame Witch—surely a mutated supreme elite!
Recalling Qi Lanya's earlier words, Chen Rui's heart abruptly sank—was this Phantom Forest a trap?
Could the entire Stone Fist Tribe incident have been a terrifying snare? Had the upper ranks of the elves already been thoroughly corrupted by the power of the abyss, including this demigod female elf and that legendary prophet he had yet to meet?
Chen Rui activated the Analytical Eye, yet there was no information whatsoever on Qi Lanya, who was not far away. It was likely due to some sort of folded space; the actual distance was far greater than it appeared, beyond the Analytical Eye's detection range.
Crack! Qi Lanya swung the whip in her hand and lashed the ground.
A terrifying fissure instantly split open across the ground, racing toward Chen Rui like lightning. Her attack actually seemed unbound by the limits of space.
By the time the fissure reached Chen Rui, it had become a dreadful chasm, filled with blood-red magma that erupted without cease.
Lola blinked, and Chen Rui vanished, reappearing in the air alongside the Fairy Dragon.
Qi Lanya had long predicted Lola's direction of movement. With a flick of her whip, countless whip shadows appeared around Lola and Chen Rui, weaving into a gigantic net that sealed off every possible direction of escape.
Chen Rui could clearly sense