Six of the ten Guardian Disciples had been slain by Lin Bai. The remaining four had fled and hidden somewhere in the secret realm, waiting for the assessment to end.
Without the Guardian Disciples, martial artists who wanted to pass by challenging them had no choice but to seek out other Dao Realm martial artists for a contest.
Yi Gu and Zuo Xintang had both obtained enough assessment Talisman Seals and passed the assessment smoothly.
A day later, a force surged up from deep within the secret realm, forcibly driving Lin Bai and the others out.
With a flash of light, Lin Bai and the others left the secret realm and appeared in a plaza before a magnificent main hall.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Pillars of light, one after another, were teleported out of the secret realm and landed around the plaza, transforming into individual martial artists.
Among them were the four fleeing and hiding martial artists, including Zhao Jie.
Li Zai'en and Qiao Mo had already been waiting before the plaza. As the power of the teleportation array descended, Li Zai'en said with a smile, "Welcome back, everyone. Now, please come forward one by one and hand over your Talisman Seals. Anyone who has ten Talisman Seals or one purple Talisman Seal may pass."
One martial artist after another who had passed stepped forward and handed over ten Talisman Seals.
Many martial artists, however, stopped where they were and did not come forward. Clearly, they knew they had not obtained enough Talisman Seals and naturally did not want to humiliate themselves.
As the martial artists handed over their Talisman Seals for inspection, the beautiful Qiao Mo noticed that Zhao Jie and the others were seriously injured. She immediately walked over and asked what had happened.
Zhao Jie glared viciously at