Knowing very well just how dangerous it was for him, Huo fen and Meng Jie to venture deeper into the Verdant Abyss, he was out of options at this point and could only hope that he wouldn't end up next to a demon beast above the Land Creation Realm the next time he was forced to use the Dao of Space. After all, lucky as they had been this time around, he doubted they would be lucky two times in a row… And he doubted that the small flame imprint would pop up to save him this time around, as it was clear from how he had almost died just a few seconds earlier, that it was in some kind of dormant state that rendered it unable to help him like it had done in the past.
For the first time, Xuan Hao felt like he was truly in a life and death situation that couldn't be easily overcome.