Crack! Before Li Xiaoya could think any further, the Vacuum Ring's protective barrier shattered with a sharp crack. Searing heat engulfed his body, and his clothes burst into flames, leaving him stark naked in an instant. Fortunately, his Storage Pouches were unharmed.
"Aah!" A stab of pain shot through Li Xiaoya's sea of divine sense, and he screamed. The fire spirit energy here could actually scorch his divine sense directly, and the magic power throughout his body began draining away. Forgetting the Storage Pouches beneath him, he unleashed a surge of golden light. Only when that brilliance blazed around his entire body did he feel much better.
"Huff, huff..." Li Xiaoya gasped for breath, shaken by lingering fear. An injury to his divine sense would be far more serious than an ordinary physical wound. Only precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures thousands or tens of thousands of years old could heal it. Most cultivators simply could not afford such an injury-the expense was anything but ordinary. That was why they dreaded damage to their seas of divine sense so deeply. Fortunately, his body, tempered with diamond grass, seemed able to resist this strange power somewhat. Otherwise, even if his divine sense escaped harm, his flesh would have suffered serious injuries.
Looks like that fellow was right. Getting in here really isn't so easy, Li Xiaoya murmured inwardly. He looked ahead again, but all he could see was a sea of red light. The cauldron still seemed a long way away, and he began to hesitate.
"Forget it. I'm not going any farther. It still looks so far away. If I keep going, I'll turn to ashes. What good is a treasure then, no matter how fine it is?" Having made up his mind, Li Xiaoya gathered all the Storage Pouches