"Fellow Daoist Xi, Xiao Hua flew north!" Nai He suddenly reminded him.
"North? Is there anything special there?" Xi Muping changed direction and flew north. The flying wheel boat was clearly much faster than Xiao Hua within the earthfire, and in the time it took to eat a meal, it had already closed much of the distance.
But just then, Xi Muping gave a bitter smile. "Fellow Daoist Qie, this poor Daoist has consumed too much magic power. I must ask you to take command of the flying wheel boat!"
The flying wheel boat could certainly catch Xiao Hua, but resisting the scorching heat within the earthfire consumed several times more magic power than outside. That was why Xi Muping had refrained from using the flying wheel boat until the very end.
"Very well. Fellow Daoist Cai, be ready. Fellow Daoist Nai is tracking Xiao Hua and cannot spare himself. Once this poor Daoist's magic power is exhausted, you will take over!" Qie Yu took control of the flying wheel boat and said with a smile to Cai Hongfeng.
"Since Fellow Daoist Qie has instructed me, how would this poor Daoist dare refuse?" Cai Hongfeng said, cupping his hands.
"Hahaha!" Nai He suddenly laughed. "Perhaps Fellow Daoist Cai will not need to act. The earthfire ahead has already reached its end. If Xiao Hua wishes to flee, he can either head straight toward the Earth's Core, or... Hehe, just as expected, the bastard has burst out of the earthfire and is fleeing toward the surface!"
"Excellent!" Qie Yu laughed. "Once he leaves the earthfire, does Xiao Hua still have any chance of escaping?"
As for Xiao Hua, seeing that the earthfire offered no path forward unless he went deeper toward the Earth's Core, he naturally knew he could not burrow