I barely got out a "Let's—" before they all opened their mouth at once.
Their chests puffed out as they exhaled, a long, focused breath that had me swearing they were about to pull off some kind of Qi technique.
A split second later, a wave of fire roared toward me, the hallway bursting into an inferno big enough to make a truck-sized flamethrower feel small. Heat slammed into my face, and for a split second, I genuinely wondered if my eyebrows would survive such temp.
"Moon Reflection—Shadow Expanded!"
I spun my spear, sending a gust of wind rushing out in a wide, whirling arc. Shadow energy wrapped around it, forming a barrier that caught the flames and pushed them back.
Even so, the heat still surged, and the temperature in the hallway shot higher.
The walls turned red-hot.
The ceiling groaned.
The floor beneath my boots melt through my soles.
Sweat instantly rolled down my forehead, hissing on the scorching air.
