Tower-Breaching Trial

Bai Wujiu's eyes widened in alarm as he asked, "Has anyone successfully made it through?"

Zhuge Jianxing nodded enviously. "Of course. Apart from the few people whose identities were unknown at the beginning, members of forces such as the Ice Spring Sect, Frostlight Sword Sect, Light Feather Sect, and Qingxiu Chan Sect have all successfully reached the fourth-layer space. Senior Brother Ye Ran of our Qing Yue Pavilion also made it through by sheer luck."

Bai Wujiu asked in astonishment, "How many days has it even been since the Soul Burning Saint Fire Tower opened? So many people have already made it through? Could it be that this Saint Fire Tower's trial is easier than in previous years?"

"Strange as it may sound," Zhuge Jianxing said hesitantly, "for quite a long time, only one or two people made it through at a time. But shortly before you arrived, two people suddenly came to this space and blasted straight through with the force of rotten wood collapsing, taking less than one incense stick's time. After those two left, all the people from the same batch who had been seated on Lotus Platforms for the trial also passed one after another. That was why so many succeeded all at once."

"Something like that happened?" Bai Wujiu was deeply startled. "Could those two have used some method to temporarily interfere with the trial formation here and muddle the actual conditions for passing?"

Zhuge Jianxing shook his head. "No one knows exactly why."

"What force did they belong to?" Lu Feng asked, a hint of unease in his voice.

Zhuge Jianxing still shook his head. "One was old and one was young. Both were quite mysterious. They appeared directly, entered Lotus Platforms to attempt the trial directly, without the slightest bit of dawdling, and