This was an enormous Lava Abyss.
It was roughly three kilometers in diameter. Compared to the vast ruins, it did not seem all that large.
Yet to human eyes, it was still utterly shocking.
The abyss was circular, its edges lined with sheer icy cliffs. Hundreds of meters below, surging magma churned!
And it was not merely magma.
If it had only been a temperature of one or two thousand degrees, Fu Junlin and the others could have gone for a swim in it with their shields fully activated.
What truly inspired dread was a terrifying destructive force permeating the magma.
Anyone who fell in would probably not survive, not even a Great Golden Immortal.
The most spectacular sight floated directly above the Lava Abyss: a dazzling Energy Core.
From afar, it seemed no bigger than a palm, yet it radiated astonishing light and immense energy.
Compared to that tiny Energy Core, the Lava Abyss, with its terrifying destructive power, was like stars beside a bright moon!
This was the strongest and most vast energy they had sensed so far, without question.
If the Lava Abyss was something that inspired fear,
then this Energy Core undoubtedly made people feel their own insignificance.
Yet the Energy Core seemed to be restrained by some kind of energy, imprisoned above the Lava Abyss.
Fu Junlin stared at the Energy Core for a long while. Then he closed his eyes and sensed its energy, a faint smile curling across his lips.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Just as they were marveling at the spectacle before them, Xiao slowly emerged from somewhere unknown.
Liu Zhiyin, Jie, Tan Tianze, and the others followed behind him.
Xiao's people were still all dressed in white.
But the energy within Liu Zhiyin and the others