With only eleven days left until the Fourth Trial ended, Gu Ding and Elsa adjusted themselves and prepared to begin the challenge.
Gu Ding's gaze swept across the twelve doors arranged in a semicircle.
The Heavenly Dao Secret Runes on the fourth door from the left and the third door from the right had dimmed. The fifth door on the left, meanwhile, blazed with Golden Light, emitting a dazzling radiance.
On the other nine doors, the engraved Heavenly Dao Secret Runes rippled and flowed like golden liquid, giving off a gentle golden glow.
Gu Ding knew that the two doors with dim Heavenly Dao Secret Runes were the ones Andrina and Kou De had entered. The door that seemed activated and shone with blinding golden light was the one Soya had chosen.
Gu Ding's gaze moved over the remaining nine doors. He did not deliberately examine the Heavenly Dao Secret Runes upon them, and they no longer affected him.
After finding nothing through observation, Gu Ding simply closed his eyes and walked in a direction by instinct.
After taking several steps, he opened his eyes and discovered that he had arrived before the first door on the left.
Gu Ding grinned and took out his token. "You!"
The moment the token touched the indentation in the door, a figure swiftly condensed before it.
Gu Ding looked toward the figure and was surprised to see a familiar face.
Naseri, clad in blood-red armor, was also visibly stunned when she saw Gu Ding.
"You?!" they said almost simultaneously.
"Are you the token holder?"
"Are you this door's gatekeeper?"
Though neither answered the other's question, they had both already confirmed the answer.
"Do we have to fight?" Gu Ding asked.
"No need. My Absolute Defense can't withstand your attacks, and my strongest attacks