Yuan Feng and Yun Song saw Nie Tian the moment he appeared.

“It’s you?!”

Yun Song was stunned, and for a moment, he thought he was mistaken. After all, Nie Tian had parted with the group for a long time, and they all believed he should have died already.

“What happened?” Nie Tian asked in confusion. “How come you aren’t in the volcanic region with Zheng Bin from the Mystic Mist sect? What are you doing here?”  

Upon hearing his words, Yuan Feng’s face dropped instantly.

Yun Song gave a wry smile. “We originally planned to go to the volcano area, but that ship has sailed. We ran into disciples from the Ghost sect and Blood sect right before we got out of the desert. They blocked our way forwards and killed several of us, so we could only split up and run.

“Now, we only want to go to return to the Secret Dimension Gate, sit out this trial, and get out of this hellhole at the first possible moment!”

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