Breakthrough to Dou Emperor! Eighth-tier Artifact Forger!

Cai Lin, feeling as though she had been insulted, fell silent for a moment. In the end, however, she said nothing, merely nodding expressionlessly to show that she did not mind.

"Still, there really are quite a lot of serpentfolk Source Beasts in this desert. Second-generation Source Beasts often take the form of serpentfolk. They must have been affected by something." Shi Lei muttered to himself. Cai Lin and the others had wanted to ask more, but Shi Lei directly urged them to leave.

"It seems that Stone Race senior did not tell us everything." Xiao Yan and the others inspected some supplies in Arid Lotus Town, trading some resources they did not need for daily necessities before leaving the town.

"We cannot always rely on others. We still need to head to Sacred Fire City. The information says we must reach Sacred Fire City within a month to face the first trial." Gu Xun'er shook her head. Walking through the scorching desert, she looked at Xiao Yan. "Brother Xiao Yan, try refining the Source Crystals. If it works, our later plans may change."

"We do not necessarily have to go to Sacred Fire City. Hiding behind Sacred Fire City would not be a problem either." Xiao Yi Xian shook her head, offering another "strategy for passing." From beginning to end, the Ancient Sea Trial did not care about the process, only the result.

Take those three strange passing conditions, for example. Every one of them required the participants to obtain it personally.

As the trial progressed, Sacred Fire City would inevitably become increasingly dangerous. Therefore, some trial teams left their weaker members behind until those weaker teammates broke through to Dou Emperor and gained some ability to protect themselves, only then bringing them along.

"Mm, we'll take it one