After leaving that region of magma, he became certain of one thing: the magma's attacks had suddenly multiplied in power because someone had been secretly controlling them.
This made Li Yan think of the bearded man and the beautiful woman.
The others didn't give me any sense of danger. It should have been one of them, or perhaps both of them working together. Are they in the same group? But why would they want to kill me?
Li Yan's thoughts at the time had been almost identical to Yuan Yun's. He had also suspected that the other two were accomplices and intended to join forces against him.
Li Yan had seen the two of them fighting the magma below. The magma attacking them had seemed just as ferocious, and the battle had looked evenly matched.
Yet both of them had been able to handle it, unlike the others, who had died one after another at the very first exchange—especially the Spirit Transformation Realm guards from the "Tianyuan" Trading House.
The bearded man had not even intended to rescue anyone. Although he had put on an extremely anxious appearance, Li Yan's eyes were far too sharp.
At a glance, he saw that the bearded man had plenty of strength left and could have saved some of the others, yet he deliberately pretended to be overwhelmed and unable to spare any attention for anyone else.
Then there was that beautiful woman. She had actually been the first to leave the magma space, and Li Yan was an exceedingly suspicious person.
To Li Yan, it felt as though the beautiful woman had come only to personally witness everyone here stumbling into the killing formation, then left once her purpose had been achieved.
If she could control the grand formation here, then if she