Yet although they were alike, they were not entirely the same.
Even though Su Jiu's divine sense could not penetrate the Light Screen to feel the environment there, she could guess that it was probably no better than the magma she had experienced before.
Sure enough, not long after they entered, many of them found themselves in danger.
Those with slightly lower cultivation immediately raised defensive barriers of spiritual qi.
But this was no ordinary world, and these flames were not the ordinary flames they had encountered before. Resisting them would inevitably require far more spiritual qi.
Yet even if they were considered capable within their sect, they could not remain in such an environment for long.
"This won't do. We're burning through talismans and spiritual qi too quickly here. If this goes on, we're bound to be wiped out..."
"Is Su Jiu really trapped here? If she is... it's already been so long..." Before this Enforcement Hall disciple could finish speaking, he felt as though some savage beast had fixed its eyes on him, and he shrank back.
"What's wrong with you? How can you be shivering from the cold somewhere this hot?"
The disciple glanced at his companion, finding it difficult to explain, but ultimately said nothing. He stole a glance toward the source of that murderous aura, then sighed and swallowed everything he had wanted to say.
"The entrance we came through has disappeared," an observant disciple said quietly.
Yun Huanling was not surprised. "What else did you expect? That they'd leave it there to give you a way back? The people who set up real-image illusion realms have always been utterly unscrupulous. They won't let the entrance serve as the exit. If we want to leave, we'll have to find another way out."
"But... flames fill