The next day.
Five in the afternoon.
In the Endless Volcanic Range.
Chu Sheng and the others stared gravely at a volcano ahead of them, over two thousand meters tall, with black smoke pouring from its summit.
Though the Endless Volcanic Range was hotter than other regions and had far more violent geological activity, even the rest of the range was nowhere near as hot as this place.
Sequence Adepts like Chu Sheng were still doing fine. They were only sweating a little and feeling somewhat hot, and had even put on masks.
The survivors behind them, however, were already drenched in sweat.
Many had stripped off their shirts and kept fanning themselves with their clothes or anything else they could find, desperate for a little breeze to cool them down.
Looking at the lava covering the ground, Chu Sheng willed the Dark-Gold Battle Armor onto his body, then walked forward a few steps and stepped straight into the molten rock.
Standing in the lava, Chu Sheng turned toward Captain Hui, Zhu Qing, and the others and asked with a frown, "How are we supposed to get through?"
"There's lava everywhere ahead. My Netherworld Light can manage-it can fly straight over. But your vehicles can't."
"And don't bother suggesting that the Netherworld Light tow you through the air. It could, but we'd lose a lot of altitude and speed. The risk is too high."
As he spoke, he glanced back at the volcano, which was still spewing lava without pause.
Only the distance between them and the volcano kept its erupting lava from reaching them. Even so, volcanic ash already blanketed the area.
Everything was a hazy gray, and the ash in the air clung to their bodies, turning them into gray figures.
Not only did volcanic ash fill the