"Stop her!"
Shouts echoed in the gaps between roaring flames.
Surging tongues of fire streaked by the woman's hair and brushed in front of the lifeless eyes of the girl on her back.
This was the edge of a sea of fire, where spreading flames intertwined like streams in a swamp, enveloping the surrounding space.
Ruilin looked up at the surging sea of flames ahead and the towering obelisk beyond, turned around, and ran towards the edge of the sea of fire, where the flames were thinner.
Bang—
But she hadn't run far when rapid gunfire sounded in front of her, and bullets piercing through the flames hit the ground before her, kicking up dust and smoke.
"She's there, catch her!"
A group of guards in white uniforms emerged from the edge of the flames ahead, engulfed in a pale red aura, running towards the woman with their guns.
