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With Yan opening the way, flames kept their distance, and only then did the Mutated Fire Scorpion realize that their flames were something it couldn't afford to provoke. To ensure its own survival, as well as that of the other scorpions, after walking for half a day, it brought Dugu Qianye and her group to the side of a dried-up riverbed.
"The person is suppressed down there," the Mutated Fire Scorpion said, looking down.
Dugu Qianye surveyed the surroundings and noticed that this had once been a small river. As the area transformed into a desert, the river water gradually dried up, leaving the riverbed behind. Due to prolonged scorching, the riverbed had become as hard as iron. The section of the riverbed in front of them, spanning almost a hundred meters, had collapsed, indicating that Dugu Yixuan was likely suppressed underneath, as the Mutated Fire Scorpion had implied.
"You go down first," Dugu Qianye commanded the Mutated Fire Scorpion.
