From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The area with the rising temperature up ahead is a Gobi in the Liu River region, which has sparse vegetation and features exposed sandstone everywhere.

This Gobi is not very large, with a diameter of less than two kilometers, and there is a sandstone hill in the center.

Lu Heng and his group were preparing to enter the central area of the Gobi.

Suddenly, Su Muyu stretched out her hand, pointing ahead, and said urgently, "A signal flare! There's a signal flare over there."

Due to the fog, the visibility during the day is less than ten meters, while the thickness of the fog can reach three hundred meters.

Therefore, Superpower Users without the Perception Skill cannot see the signal flare in the fog.

Looking up at the sky, one can't even see branches ten meters high.

Therefore, only Perceivers can see the signal flare.

Su Muyu had her scouting eagle flying outside the fog to scout, so she was the first to notice the signal flare.

In this Mist Valley, apart from Jian Qing's team, there could be no other Superpower Users.

Therefore, the appearance of the signal flare must be a distress signal sent by the small team led by Jian Qing.

According to the initial agreement, the number of signal flares launched represented the level of danger.

"Let's go! How many signal flares did they send?" Lu Heng immediately led the team toward the direction of the signal flare.

"Only one, I only saw one."

While responding, Su Muyu controlled the scouting eagle to fly ahead first to scout the situation.

Since the location of the signal flare was not far, it only took the scouting eagle a few seconds to get there using the Acceleration Skill.

After seeing the situation clearly, Su Muyu reported the situation while following the team to provide assistance,

"Jian Qing's team encountered a very large Flame Demon. This creature is ten meters tall, its body emitting flames, and when it spews flames, they explode, scattering sparks everywhere."

Hearing the description, the possibility Lu Heng had in mind momentarily had accelerated. He rushed to the front of Sandstone Hill and saw Jian Qing's team fighting a Flame Demon, retreating as they fought.

The Flame Demon was exactly as Su Muyu described. It stood ten meters tall, its body ablaze with intense flames, and the fireballs it hurled exploded upon hitting the ground, bursting into countless fragments of fire.

There were already members of Jian Qing's team burnt by the flames, and the team was protecting their wounded while retreating.

From its size and the intensity of its flames, this Flame Demon was over Level 28.

Such a high-level Flame Demon, with a flaming body temperature of several thousand degrees, made it impossible for organic lifeforms to approach within three meters of it.

Staying within three meters of it for three seconds would result in severe thermal burns.

Moreover, the fireballs launched by the Flame Demon were as powerful as High Explosive Burning Bombs; even a slight touch from the burst flames would result in severe burns.

Encountering such a formidable Abyss Demon in the sixth month of Abyss Descent could easily lead to a team wipeout.

Jian Qing was continuously manipulating strong winds to fend off the attacks of fireballs.

Each fireball expelled by the Flame Demon was twisted away by the tornado, which was why the team had not been struck directly by the fireballs.

Otherwise, a direct hit from a fireball would kill at least half of the people.

Lu Heng rushed forward and unleashed the "Thunderous Heavenly Prison" to trap the Flame Demon.

However, the Flame Demon had a Fire attribute, which gave it high resistance to Thunder, so the thunder strikes couldn't inflict effective damage but only managed to confine it temporarily.

Chen Zihang, Wu Weibing, and others immediately stepped forward to help Jian Qing's team retreat with their wounded.

With the support, the pressure on Jian Qing was greatly reduced.

"What's the situation?" Lu Heng quickly inquired.

"We ran into it while scouting ahead near the Sandstone Hill. Someone got hurt right at the first encounter. Our vehicle was also destroyed by a fireball, forcing us to send a signal flare for help," Jian Qing quickly summarized the events.

"Is there a crack point inside Sandstone Hill?" Lu Heng inquired urgently.

"We don't know yet; we didn't get a chance to scout before being attacked by this thing," Jian Qing replied while considering her strategy.

Her team already had wounded members, so the most rational decision now was to immediately retreat from the Gobi and treat the wounded.

What actions to take afterward could be reconsidered.

"Let's retreat first. After resting, we can deal with this creature," Jian Qing suggested this course of action.

"Since you've been here, have you only encountered this Flame Demon?" Lu Heng urgently asked.

"Yes, we haven't spotted any other Abyss Creatures," Jian Qing nodded.

"Then we need to deal with this thing quickly and then destroy the crack point, otherwise more Abyss Creatures will gather here."

Abyss Creatures were not unintelligent beasts; once humans attempted to destroy a crack point, the Abyss Creatures in the fog would immediately converge to protect the crack point.

On their way here, they had encountered several types of Abyss Creatures.

Not to mention others, if a few more Abyssal Aliens appeared along with this Flame Demon, the two teams combined wouldn't be able to withstand them, let alone considering that Jian Qing's team already had injured members.

Without this information, the best strategy indeed would have been to retreat from the Gobi and plan carefully after regrouping.

However, the longer they delayed, the more Abyss Creatures would gather.

Thus, to solve the situation with the Flame Demon, they had to act now; any later would be too late.

Jian Qing, after hearing Lu Heng's explanation, pondered for a moment and chose to trust him.

She turned back to see that the wounded from her team had already withdrawn to a safe distance and then asked, "So, what do you plan to do?"

While the two were discussing, the Flame Demon had already broken free from the Thunder Cage and launched an attack toward Lu Heng, who was closest.

Due to the Flame Demon's body burning with fierce flames, the fog evaporated around it.

Thus, the fog was much thinner around the Flame Demon, and visibility could reach over twenty meters.

Seeing the fireball hurled by the Flame Demon, Lu Heng immediately dodged to the left while swiftly strategizing.