"All right, then. Sorry for the trouble, Teacher!"
Hearing Yao Lao's words, Xiao Yan nodded lightly, then squeezed his eyes shut.
"Third Brother, be careful!"
Xiao Ding had also noticed the movement beneath the magma. When he saw Xiao Yan standing motionless with his eyes tightly closed under such circumstances, anxiety immediately gripped his heart.
Before Xiao Ding's eyes, the monster below shot a column of scorching magma toward Xiao Yan.
"Third Brother, what are you standing there for? Run!"
At the sight, Xiao Ding shouted anxiously.
Just then, Xiao Yan abruptly opened his tightly shut eyes. Depth and the weariness of countless years slowly surfaced in his pitch-black gaze.
Xiao Yan slowly raised his palm, then suddenly clenched it.
As his fist closed, a strange, invisible pulse of energy radiated from his palm, forming an invisible energy barrier before him.
The magma column hurtled toward him, but when it came within five meters of Xiao Yan, it suddenly burst apart without warning. The scattered magma trickled down through the air along the barrier, finally staining the invisible shield a fiery red.
"This is... It looks like Third Brother's teacher has made his move!" At the sight, Xiao Ding finally remembered something, and realization dawned in his eyes.
Only after the magma slid off the energy barrier did Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding finally see the enormous monster in its entirety.
The mysterious creature that had suddenly emerged from the magma was a serpent-like magical beast. Its body was exceptionally long; at a rough glance, it was probably at least forty or fifty feet in length. Fiery red from end to end, it looked from afar like a rounded piece of fire jade.
Palm-sized red scales densely covered the strange serpent's body. Moreover, this magical beast actually had two heads.