Qin Fengming did not go forward to inspect what restrictions guarded the stone steps leading to the second level. Instead, he found a place of his own and sat down cross-legged.
Although he appeared to have closed his eyes and entered seclusion, his heart was far from calm.
The terrifying formation controlled by Ning Zexuan and the other two just now, if his guess was correct, had not been arranged by Ning Zexuan and the others. Rather, after discovering this altar, they had investigated it and uncovered the first-layer restrictive formation.
Qin Fengming's judgment was naturally not baseless speculation.
With his powerful divine sense, comparable to that of the Profound Rank, he had actually sensed a trace of formation aura lingering on the altar from within that formation.
The residual aura of the restriction was extremely similar to the energy aura contained in that powerful formation in the air. With Qin Fengming's Formation Attainment, he could be certain that the two should be the same kind of formation—at the very least, formations of the same type.
Whoever could arrange such a formation was likely beyond Ning Zexuan's current ability.
Otherwise, he should have been able to break through the subsequent formations long ago.
According to Qin Fengming's judgment, the reason Ning Zexuan and the other four had been able to break through the outermost restriction was probably because the restriction itself had developed some flaws. Ning Zexuan and the others had happened to pass by this place and noticed the restriction aura leaking out, so they had spent a considerable amount of time breaking through it.
If Ning Zexuan's Formation Attainment was not low, it was naturally possible for him to repair this outermost restriction somewhat.
This also explained perfectly why controlling that formation alone required the strength of three