"What the hell?!"
Yun Chang jolted in alarm, startled by the flames that had suddenly leaped much higher. Yet an instant later, he realized something was wrong.
These flames were far too close to him!
There were only a few meters between them.
The other flames were all nearly ten meters away from him.
In other words, the flames within a certain radius seemed to have been blocked by an invisible force, completely unable to approach.
Before Yun Chang could react, a muffled grunt suddenly came from within those flames. Now he began to understand. His eyes widened as he stared ahead, his face filled with astonishment...
Within the roaring flames, he could vaguely make out a figure sitting cross-legged. Without looking carefully, he would never have been able to distinguish him.
Especially with flames everywhere in this place, a clump of fire like this... Had it not suddenly surged higher, Yun Chang would never have noticed anything unusual.
"Big Brother?"
Yun Chang cried out in surprise. He could see clearly now—the figure sitting cross-legged within the flames was none other than his big brother, Qin Hao!
"Big Brother, you're not dead! Thank goodness! Hahaha... Big Brother, you're still alive!" Yun Chang grew so excited that his eyes reddened. He had thought Qin Hao had already perished in the Flame River.
Yet to his surprise...
Qin Hao had actually been right before his eyes all along.
He simply had not noticed him.
Qin Hao was speechless. He had been fine all along; Yun Chang simply had not noticed him.
"Big Brother, you... what's happening to you? Why are those flames burning all over your body? Are you all right?" Yun Chang asked in astonishment as he looked at Qin Hao.
At that moment, Qin Hao's entire body was engulfed in