Ignoring whether the Lizardmen behind him were still pursuing him, Xiao Fan darted through the magma, fleeing madly upward.
Using the Four-Colored Annihilation Fire Lotus had drained a tremendous amount of Xiao Fan's soul power. Coupled with the lingering shock of confronting a Dou Sheng expert in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, it left him feeling as though his entire vision had turned scarlet.
The energy poured into him by the seventh transformation of Nine Solar Transformations had also pushed his flesh to its limits. Stabbing pains radiated through him, inside and out, and even his escape had slowed considerably.
Xiao Fan dared not use the Spatial Force he had just comprehended. He feared losing consciousness halfway through a spatial crossing and becoming utterly lost in the void. He could only rely on Three Thousand Lightning Movement to keep flashing upward.
Fortunately, luck favored Xiao Fan. After shaking off the four Dou Zun behind him, he encountered almost no other powerful members of the Fire Lizard tribe. The only time he passed through one of their settlements, its strongest inhabitant was merely a Five-Star Dou Zong.
Though Xiao Fan could no longer muster much fighting strength, against a Mid-Rank Dou Zong, his speed ensured that his opponent could not even catch a whiff of his farts.
In the blink of an eye, by the time the Dou Zong Lizardman had readied himself for battle, Xiao Fan had already vanished from his perception.
At last, Xiao Fan left the depths of the Magma World and reached the shallows where the Fire Lizardmen would not venture. Now safe, he could hold on no longer. Just before consciousness faded, the chaos flame roared out of his body, enclosing and protecting him.
As Xiao Fan slipped into unconsciousness, the chaos flame burned quietly within