"Brother Mu, this way, please."
Just then, Xiao Lin's voice sounded beside him. The same gentle smile remained on his face as he extended a hand to show the way.
Xiao Xiao had already taken the lead, turning into a streak of red light that shot toward the depths of the continent.
Mu Chen nodded slightly. Without another word, he moved and followed them.
The three were exceedingly fast, passing through the scorching formation barrier around the continent's outskirts in the blink of an eye.
The instant he crossed the barrier, Mu Chen distinctly felt the space around him ripple slightly, and a vast yet concealed scanning force swept over his body.
A sect-protecting formation, Mu Chen realized.
A power of this scale was bound to have a sect-protecting formation guarding it. That scan had presumably been identifying the visitors.
With the Flame Emperor's children leading the way, he naturally encountered no obstruction.
Once they entered the continent, the scenery changed again. As far as the eye could see, it was not all burning flames and lava.
Mountains rose and fell, and lush forests grew upon them, but most of the trees' branches and leaves were crimson or dark gold, reflecting a metallic sheen in the sunlight.
Rivers surged with a thunderous roar, but their waters were not clear. Instead, they carried a faint crimson hue, like flowing magma, and radiated astonishing heat.
Even the clouds in the sky were often stained a brilliant, fiery red!
The outer reaches of the Endless Fire Domain seemed to have taken fire as their foundation, evolving an ecosystem all their own.
The dense fire-aspected energy had almost condensed into tangible substance. Cultivating fire-aspected techniques here would surely yield twice the results for half the effort!
As they flew, they occasionally spotted figures.
Some