A broad, thick Greatsword pierced Charles's belly, cutting a gash several meters long. Flames gushed out, along with a figure-Yang Yi, who had escaped from inside Charles.
This time, he did not get stuck, because he had not turned into a Flame Giant. Only a layer of viscous, blood-red flames clung to his body, its extreme heat driving back the other flames around him.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump...
The Burning Giant's Heart pounded violently, like a rapid drumbeat, almost leaping out of Yang Yi's chest.
Because now... it, too, had become fuel, burning along with Yang Yi.
"This is...!"
Yang Yi frowned. The scene before him felt both unfamiliar and familiar.
Below lay parched, cracked earth, while black clouds shrouded the sky.
Large amounts of black debris also drifted through the air, rising from below to merge into the black clouds overhead.
These were fragments released by the burning, including those drifting from Yang Yi's body, but they were especially dense, already forming a plume of black smoke that rose into the air.
"This isn't right!
"How did it change so fast? And the area... isn't it far too big?!"
Standing on the mountain-like Charles, Yang Yi had a broad view and could see far even with his naked eyes.
But just seconds ago, he had still been sharing the view Beta provided, confirming that he was in the sea. He had even prepared to swim, while also having to keep the flames on his body from going out.
Yet after emerging, he realized he had been overthinking things.
The scene before him made it seem as though he had traveled to another world.
"Is this a hallucination caused by my low sanity?"
Yang Yi quickly dismissed that possibility.
Because Three Eyes provided him with another, more complex and