At the deepest part of the northern waters stood a floating platform surrounded on all sides by emerald waves. It covered an area of several hundred square meters. Four clearly visible glowing lines marked out a precise square around it.
This was the northern teleportation array.
Anyone who stayed inside the array for one minute would be teleported out of the secret realm, counting as a safe withdrawal.
Several hundred meters south of the teleportation array, a rocky island rose high above the water. At that moment, a woman sat behind one of the rocks.
She wore a flowing white robe with wide sleeves. Her skin was as fair as jade, and her features were delicate and unadorned. She was currently meditating and regulating her breathing.
The woman was named Yun Huairou. She was one of the three unaffiliated cultivators sent by the Heavenly Venerate Society, and the only woman among them. Her team had been assigned to blockade the northern teleportation array. After arriving, they had also fought another allied team of unaffiliated cultivators for control of the area.
Yun Huairou had easily wiped out the other team and seized the best position for guarding the teleportation array. Her several bodyguards were scattered around the area. If any easy prey tried to leave through the northern teleportation array, they would immediately close in, kill them, and loot their belongings.
For now, though, it was still early. The competition was only midway through, and few people were trying to leave through the array. She had barely made any money, so she had taken to cultivating out of boredom.
Of the three members of the Heavenly Venerate Society, she had the strongest cultivation. She had already reached the bottleneck of the early Gang Realm and could break through to the mid-Gang