Xu Yue wore a disgruntled expression. "Honestly, relying on their higher cultivation and greater stamina to chase us down so quickly... I haven't even rested enough yet. Once I obtain a new Soul Ring, I'll make them pay."
She grabbed Xu Chen's hand and used his support to stand.
The two continued deeper into Sunset Forest.
All her senses seemed to vanish for an instant.
But the moment they returned, she felt an intense suffocating sensation assault her.
She abruptly opened her eyes and discovered that she was in a crystal-blue lake.
She immediately circulated the Soul Power within her body, using internal breath in place of breathing.
However, when she tried to summon her Martial Soul, she failed.
Just as she wondered whether she had already left Heaven-and-Earth Love-Questioning Valley, she discovered that her body had begun sinking uncontrollably toward the lakebed.
Mud and water plants swept toward her like tentacles, eventually dragging her into the bottomless silt beneath the lake.
And she watched quietly.
The tremors finally began to subside.
Yet two powerful forces began spreading throughout this fiery-red space.
The first thing Lu Qiufeng felt was a scorching wave. At times, the heatwave brimmed with masculine vigor; at others, it seemed tainted with a trace of feminine softness.
In addition, a faint fragrance seemed to be mixed into the heatwave.
Yet what Lu Qiufeng felt more deeply was the threads of icy aura hidden within it.
In this space filled with Fire Element, that trace of coldness was naturally highly unusual.
Moreover, the icy aura felt very familiar to him.
He glanced at Autumn Edge, which he gripped tightly in his hand, and confirmed the true nature of that cold aura.
Killing intent.
Extremely powerful killing intent.
And in such a scorching place, it could