The scenery shifted, and the sun and moon reversed.
Ye Tian stepped forward, his small body entering an entirely new environment.
No one was around in the deathly stillness. Only the roars and savage howls of Netherworld Wraiths rang out, as though they were ready to pick someone to devour.
Lava stretched as far as the eye could see. He seemed to be inside a volcano, with a blood-red sky overhead and sheer walls surrounding him. Scalding lava flowed, occasionally bubbling with searing heat.
Merely entering this environment brought sweat to his skin.
Amid the rolling waves of heat, terrifying roars of Fierce Beasts thundered.
Ye Tian surveyed his surroundings. Corpses littered the ground, and lava flowed everywhere—a scene straight out of hell.
"So this is the final trial of the Heavenly Dragon Tower?"
"This one is much more interesting than the first two."
Ye Tian spoke calmly. A gleam flashed in his eyes, piercing the void as he sought to see through the true nature of this trial.
The oppressive pressure alone was countless times stronger than in the previous two trials, making it difficult to withstand.
No wonder even the Eternal Ye Family's Seed Rank prodigies dared not venture here lightly and could not challenge it.
In this scorching environment, Fierce Beasts and evil ghosts howled, seemingly poised to burst out of the lava at any moment and slaughter everyone.
On a sheer cliff clung a lizard wreathed in flames. Its tongue flicked out with a hiss, and saliva dripped onto the ground, sending a chill of disgust through Ye Tian.
Although he knew it was a simulated creature, it still disgusted him.
Besides this Flame Lizard, a pair of slit pupils lurked within the scalding lava, staring fixedly at him ever since he entered this space.
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