"Yes! That had to be it!"
"There was no way we could be beaten to the punch three times in a row, right? It had to be because there were not many opportunities left in this Ancient Arid Realm to begin with. Perhaps before the great upheaval back then, the Great Desolate Dynasty had already moved away all its valuables. That was why things turned out like this!"
Beads of sweat appeared on One Page Scholar's forehead.
Yet under the pressure of the crisis, his mind spun at lightning speed.
"No wonder! Look at our group on this trip. Though we are all Heaven's Chosen from Central Continent's top-tier powers, this is the ruins of one of the ancient sacred lands. No matter what, some old Escape One Titans should have come to investigate!"
"If there were nothing strange about this place, how would it be our turn to explore it?"
"So that was it!"
"It seemed the others would most likely return empty-handed on this trip as well!"
One Page Scholar suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.
That utterly convinced expression even made Chi Yan hesitate. Had he misunderstood him?
That was true.
They had come up empty-handed all three times during this journey.
Logically speaking, given how arrogant this kid had been at first, he should not have been lying to him, right?
Perhaps...
Perhaps there really was something wrong with this Secret Realm.
Maybe the treasures inside had been moved away years ago.
"Fine then, sour scholar. It seemed I couldn't blame this on you."
As Chi Yan let out a long breath and spoke, One Page Scholar was secretly congratulating himself.
Just then,
A streak of flowing light flew overhead. It seemed to spot the two figures below, then stopped and called out to them.
"Eh, aren't