The three of them crossed the Deep Black Water Domain in the most economical way and arrived at the edge of the Barren Island.
On the Barren Island, jagged strange rocks jutted everywhere, and there was no trace of any Spirit Plants or Demon Beasts, yet Lu Xuan and the others did not dare relax in the slightest.
The outermost waters were filled with large numbers of Ice Illusion Toads, and the Barren Island was close to the Palace. By common sense, the difficulty of passing through would only be higher.
Sure enough, from afar, Lu Xuan saw a cultivator try to fly over the strange rocks. The instant he started, it was as though a force of ten thousand jun had yanked him down hard, and with a plop, he and his Flying Sword fell to the ground.
"There's an Anti-Air Array. We can only pass through on the ground."
The three of them kept an eye on the movements deep within the Barren Island while swiftly regrouping with the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
After trying various methods several times in succession, all to no effect, everyone finally gave up completely on the idea of flying over.
"These strange rocks are everywhere. Who knows what mysteries are hidden inside."
A beautiful woman stared at the oddly shaped piles of stones and said worriedly.
"We'll know once we try."
A sinister cultivator dressed in a black robe released a many-legged Insect from a Jet-Black Cloth Pouch.
The Insect crawled rapidly across the ground.
After advancing roughly ten zhang in an instant, a rumbling sound suddenly rang out. The strange rocks on both sides instantly combined into a pair of stone palms, slapping the Rank 1 Demon Beast-level Insect into meat paste.
Afterward, the stone palms disintegrated on their own, once