Qin Huaian burst out of their encirclement in an instant. Before any of them could react, he was already far away.
He was now only a few million li from the Central Fire Sea. At his current speed, he could reach its edge in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
Seeing that Zhu Yue and the others had not pursued him, Qin Huaian paid them no mind. Now that Zhu Yue knew how strong he was, he would never choose to clash with him head-on at a time like this.
Before long, Qin Huaian was less than a million li from the Central Fire Sea.
It was not just Qin Huaian. Many other cultivators were flying toward the Central Fire Sea from every direction.
From afar, Qin Huaian saw a cultivator at Immortal Venerable Great Perfection reach the edge of the Central Fire Sea and plunge in without hesitation.
Qin Huaian had not expected anyone to be that fast. He had thought he would be at the front.
His fight with Zhu Yue must have delayed him, allowing this man to pull ahead.
The Central Fire Sea was nowhere near as vast as it once had been. Even its flames had fallen from millions of li high to less than a hundred thousand.
Both its diameter and its height were still shrinking rapidly.
Back when the Central Fire Sea spanned ten million li, even an expert at Immortal Venerable Great Perfection could venture only a little over three million li into it with the aid of an ice-type defensive treasure.
Now that the sea of fire was only four or five hundred thousand li across, no one knew whether they could reach its center.
Many cultivators saw the expert at Immortal Venerable Great Perfection charge into