Give me back!
Qi Shaolong and Tiedan nodded.
Many martial artists stepped onto the surface of the Spirit Spring, only to be forcibly pushed back to the shore by the surging spiritual energy. Many others fell straight into the Spirit Spring and died on the spot.
"Let's go."
Lin Bai's eyes flashed. He took one step onto the Spirit Spring.
Spiritual energy immediately brushed past his body.
"Absorb!"
Lin Bai quickly drew the spiritual energy into his body, but there was simply too much of it for him to absorb all at once. The spiritual energy he could not absorb forcibly pushed him backward.
"So that's how it is."
"Only by refining the spiritual energy quickly enough can one move forward!"
"If the refinement is too slow, the Spirit Spring will push you back to the shore—or even make you fall in and die."
Lin Bai now understood the Spirit Spring's rules. He immediately grinned.
Looking back, he saw that many martial artists had only taken three steps before they could go no farther.
As for Qi Shaolong and Tiedan, when they reached the fourth step, both their faces had flushed red, and they could not move another step forward. If they forced their way ahead, the Spirit Spring would likely push them straight back to the shore.
Qi Shaolong and Tiedan did not force themselves onward. They sat cross-legged where they were and began refining the spiritual energy that had surged into their bodies.
Apart from these ordinary martial artists, the prodigies of the two major sects all began moving forward.
At the very front were Zhang Yuanhao and Qi Xuan. Both had gone more than ten steps, far ahead of the other martial artists.
Next came Wen Yuanjia and several other prodigies, who had reached eight steps.
"Senior