Lu Feng pursued Jin Xuan's trail all the way toward the entrance of the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins, but after twisting and turning through countless roadblock arrays along the way, he had ultimately fallen a step behind.
Near noon, Lu Feng and Ghost Performer were still a li away from the entrance.
From afar, they could vaguely make out the town at the entrance, now reduced to ruins. Along the road, they could also see many collapsed houses and shattered bones scattered across the ground, gnawed clean by wild beasts.
The closer they came, the more desolate the surroundings became.
"Hall Master," Ghost Performer said, pointing at a blue-white beam shooting up from the ground and piercing the clouds in the distance. "That is the entrance to the Sword Ruins, right?"
Lu Feng swept his gaze over the distance. Seeing countless black specks suspended above the area where the blue-white light stood, he nodded. "That's it. It should have reached the point of opening by now. Let's pick up the pace."
Lu Feng did not currently have the qualification documents on him. If he arrived late, he feared that the Chu Family might not wait for him and would simply replace him with someone else to enter the Sword Ruins.
As the two rapidly drew nearer, when they were within several hundred meters, the blue-white ray became far clearer, transforming into a blue-white pillar of light before their eyes.
The black dots floating beside the pillar also became clear. They were the Heaven Soul Realm Soul Masters of various sects, standing in the air and using spiritual energy to support the Earth Soul Realm disciples from their sects who were participating in the trial.
When Lu Feng and Ghost Performer reached the entrance area, they could not help but be