Chapter 117: A Catastrophe Looms! (2/2)

“Instead of falling into the lava and getting burnt to death, I’d rather battle Feng Luo to the death. Even if we die in battle, it’d still be better than dying in the lava.” An Ying sighed.

A scorching red mist rose from the boiling lava within the gorge, making everyone feel as if they were being roasted alive. Soon they were all soaked in sweat.

That lava was still unceasingly rising. It seemed like it would soon spill over, flowing everywhere.

“This….” Looking at the lava, Nie Tian was also at the end of his wits.

Only Qi warriors who had stepped into the Profound Realm, like his master, would possess the ability to soar through the sky, and therefore be able to fly across the gorge.

Other than them, only powerful Qi warriors who possessed spiritual tools that could carry them into the sky would be able to do the same.

However, just by the expressions on An Shiyi’s and Pan Tao’s faces, he could tell that none of them had that kind of special spiritual tool.

While they were pondering how to cross the gorge, an even more violent surge came from a bald mountain peak nearby.

“Look over there!” Jiang Lingzhu cried out while pointing into a direction.

On the sides of the mountain, boiling lava suddenly spewed out of a number of enormous caves. Following the shaking of that mountain, the streams of lava seemed to be controlled by some unknown force, and shot right up into the sky like a fountain. After reaching their peak, they fell loudly back to the earth like flaming waterfalls.

In an instant, that part of the sky and earth seemed to have become a sea of lava, not allowing any living creatures to survive.

“NO!”

At that moment, a vague yet somewhat familiar figure jumped out from one of the enormous caves, wailing miserably.

The second that man left the cave, boiling, red lava spewed out of the cave behind him.

Just as he reached the point that he would start to drop from the air, the surging lava caught up to him and devoured him.

Although Nie Tian and his group were looking from quite a distance away, they saw perfectly clearly that his flesh had been instantly melted by the lava.

When that fountain-like stream of lava reached its peak and dropped towards the ground, the man was already stripped of his skin and flesh, and reduced to a melting skeleton, falling to the ground together with the smoldering lava.

They all knew that before even reaching the ground, his bones… would be completely melted.

“That was Fei Li.”An Shiyi’s expression was complicated as she spoke.

Nie Tian didn’t see any complacence on her face, but on the contrary, he saw helplessness and bitterness since they were actually in a similar situation.

Nie Tian knew how much An Shiyi had hated Fei Li and wished for his death. However, now that Fei Li had truly died, and in an extreme miserable way, she actually didn’t feel the slightest bit of joy.

The reason why she felt that way was because she felt that she would soon suffer same fate as Fei Li.

“Staying here isn’t the way,”Pan Tao’s eyes searched around and he suddenly said, “There are some mountains nearby that haven’t collapsed yet. Considering the situation we are in, it would be impossible for us to get out of here before lava fills the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range. Instead of staying here, why don’t we go find a mountain that hasn’t collapsed, and temporarily hide on its peak.

“Of course, this may not change the result, and we could still die in the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

“However, we might be able to last a bit longer after the lava covers the land of the Scarlet Flame Mountain Range.

“Perhaps, we can find a way to escape within that period of time. Or… someone may discover us and save us.”

Pan Tao looked towards the crowd and gave his suggestion, the idea that seemed wisest at the moment.

“Pan Tao is right.” An Shiyi was the first one to agree.

She forced herself to calm down and observe the surrounding mountains. She spotted a stone mountain, on sides of which there weren’t too many caves. Despite the violent earthquakes, that mountain was still standing tall and didn’t show any signs of collapsing.

“That one!” She pointed towards that stone mountain.

Upon hearing her words, Nie Tian also noticed the tenacity of that mountain. He nodded and said, “Alright! It’s decided then. Let’s run to the peak of that mountain at our fastest speed!”

By that time, everyone had reached an agreement and tossed away their delusions of crossing the enormous gorge. They turned around and rushed towards the nearby mountain.

CRACKLE!

On their way to the mountain, the earth kept shaking violently, forming more and more long, narrow gorges on the ground.

Accompanied by the loud rumbles, a few nearby mountains could no longer bear the intense quakes and were about to collapse, while some other ones were spewing out tons of burning lava.

“Hurry!”

They drew from their spiritual power and ran madly forward, crossing many long and narrow gorges, and avoiding many streams of slow-flowing lava before gradually reaching that stone mountain.

“Hurry and get to the top!”

Constantly helping each other, they dashed towards the peak of the mountain through the craggy stone path.