"Ah!"
Someone else cried out. Everyone looked toward the sound and saw Young Master Zhang pointing straight east. A man was hurtling down from the steps, only to be caught by a gale and dragged straight into Gale Force Canyon.
If someone fell into Gale Force Canyon alone, without any protection, anyone could imagine the terrible fate that awaited him.
At the sight, everyone's scalp tingled and their hearts nearly burst with terror.
Just moments ago, they had only worried that as the steps kept disappearing, they might not make it through this second trial and claim the final reward.
But now it seemed that failing to make it through and missing out on the reward was the least of their worries. They might well lose their lives.
Thinking back, the green-robed man's warning still rang in their ears, yet no one had taken it to heart.
Seeing their expressions, Xu Yi knew the most urgent thing was not to hurry them along, but to raise their spirits. "Don't scare yourselves. How could these steps really have no end? Unless the officials of the Road Court have gone mad and want us all dead here. And even if the steps truly are endless, as long as we hold out to the end, we'll still be selected. Like I said, the Road Court won't deliberately let us all die here. We can't outrun a tiger; we only need to run faster than the others."
His words calmed everyone at once. They looked at Xu Yi with greater trust.
Gong Xiuhua's eyes gleamed. She felt that for someone at the Mid Soul Sensing Stage to rise above the rest, Xu Yi's achievement could hardly be mere good fortune.
In ordinary times, she could have reached the same conclusion. But faced with this