Meanwhile, beneath the Hundred Refinements Tower at Danyang Academy.
Xie Hongyi emerged from the tower with a look of disappointment.
She had tried several times, but even with the aid of her Flaming Spirit Eyes, she still couldn't see through the profundity of that restriction.
Even if she could break it, it would still take a week, or even longer.
The Peak Competition was only two months away. She still had to hurry up and cultivate her way into the Nirvana Realm, so there simply wasn't enough time.
Thus, in the end, she could only give up.
And when she saw the astonished looks of everyone outside the tower, she wasn't surprised.
After all, she hadn't achieved the result she wanted.
Besides, Xuan Zheng might even enter the fifty-fourth floor faster than she had.
In this clash, she had still lost!
"You don't have to look like that. We both made it to the fifty-fourth floor. I wasn't that far behind!"
But Xie Hongyi realized that everyone remained frozen, their gazes dull, unable to recover from their shock.
It wasn't strange for her to lose to Xuan Zheng. Was this really necessary?
"Hongyi, it's the fifty-fifth floor!"
The old woman from the Xie Clan standing at the very front shook her head and said dazedly.
"The fifty-fifth floor?"
"Impossible!"
"Even if Xuan Zheng is from the number-one clan and his attainments in formations surpass mine, there's absolutely no way he could break the formation in such a short time!"
Xie Hongyi froze for a moment, then abruptly shook her head.
It wasn't as if she didn't understand Xuan Zheng. He was merely the fourth prodigy of the Xuan Clan, and his talent was hardly any greater than hers.
"No, it wasn't Xuan Zheng!"
But the old woman shook her head.