Outside the mysterious Palace.
A Foundation Establishment Cultivator flew over hurriedly from the distance and landed outside the Palace passage.
He had been entangled with those Ice Illusion Toad Demonic Beasts in the Deep Black Water Domain for a long time, then delayed for ages in the Strange Stone Formation. Knowing full well that he had fallen far behind the others, his heart burned with anxiety, and all he wanted was to rush into the Palace as quickly as possible.
Many traces of techniques and the aura of Restrictions still lingered in the passage. They should have been left behind by the cultivators who had entered the Palace first when they broke through the Restrictions.
The cultivator swept his Spiritual Sense over the passage. After finding nothing unusual, he flew toward the inside of the Palace at top speed.
Suddenly, a cold sword-light cleaved toward him head-on, cutting a deep crack into the defensive Magic Tool on his body. Two Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators appeared from who knew where and attacked him from front and back.
Two against one, and an ambush besides—the cultivator trying to enter the Palace was easily dealt with in just a few exchanges.
"The second one."
Of the two ambushers, one was a middle-aged man in a gray shirt with common features. The other was a one-eyed cultivator, his other blinded eye wrapped in black cloth, with faint Black Qi seeping out from within.
"Fellow Daoist Li, this scheme of yours truly fills me with admiration!"
The one-eyed cultivator sighed as he looted the dead cultivator's possessions.
"No choice. There are simply too many Foundation Establishment Cultivators entering the Palace this time, and they're too strong. With the strength of the two of us, we would only be fated to serve as cannon fodder.