The Great Dao Ring circulated within his body, his soul melding with it. Only then did he feel much more comfortable, and Nie Yun strode forward.
The hill was not large. After walking for a while, he reached its summit. Before him lay a pool filled with flames. Crimson fire blazed fiercely, scorching the surrounding air into rippling distortions.
Before he even reached the fire pool, he felt the flames within it constantly tearing at his soul like giant hands. They also seemed to be calling to him soundlessly, drawing him toward them against his will. He even had the illusion that only by jumping inside could he attain eternal life.
"Careful!"
The Wisdom Sword slashed through his mind, and Nie Yun came back to himself, horror filling his eyes.
Even his Ruler-level soul had nearly been lured into jumping in. If Duan Yi had been here, he would surely have already entered.
"This is the Hell Furnace. Once one enters it, both soul and flesh will instantly be broken down and turned into yin souls..."
After regaining his clarity, Nie Yun silently reasoned based on the information he knew.
The fire pool before him was no ordinary flame. It could burn the soul itself. Once one fell into it, the soul could easily be broken down and turned into a yin soul.
Perhaps the many yin souls here were connected to this Hell Furnace.
Following the edge of the fire pool, he moved forward cautiously, searching for traces of Fu Anchao and the others. Suddenly, the aura before him pressed down, and an extreme sense of danger surged into his heart.
"Retreat!"
At his level, danger could already stir an instinctive warning within him. This feeling was so intense that it could not possibly be wrong. Nie Yun did