"His own nature did the third brother in."
Fei Si muttered, though it was hard to tell whether he was lamenting or warning himself.
Everyone had their own thoughts, but they continued to unleash their baleful intent without restraint. Before half an incense stick had burned, they finally reached the end of the wind belt.
Everyone's spirits lifted. They could now see through the layers of cloud and mist to a towering cliff beyond the wind belt. Greenery blanketed its peaks, and giant pines swayed in the wind. They had spent no more than half an hour in the wind belt, yet it felt as though years had passed. At the sudden sight of such a splendid view, their hearts finally loosened.
"Don't celebrate just yet. There's no way this Four Symbols Array can get all of us through the wind belt unscathed. We need to make it clear who goes first and who goes last. But Xu Yi has already endured so much for our sake, so naturally, he should be the first to leave the wind belt."
Gong Xiuhua spoke up. His sweet, soft voice carried easily into everyone's ears.
Xu Yi raised his eyes in surprise, feeling something strange stirring in his heart.
Everyone instantly understood what Gong Xiuhua meant. The Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Array they had formed was like a carriage steadily advancing through the wind belt.
But when it reached the end, the carriage's front would leave the wind belt first, and the whole thing would immediately fall apart.
That was because the Four Symbols Suppressing Heaven Array had not appeared out of thin air. It had formed through a delicate balance between everyone's baleful intent, the gale winds of Gale Force Canyon, and the forces of attraction and repulsion from the cliffs on