More than a hundred people had already died after triggering the formation!
Most of them had been reduced to ashes.
Among them was even the entire force of a Sun Grade Sect!
This made many people afraid, and they gave up.
"Forget it. Even if we gathered the full strength of our sect, we could only break through one or two barriers at most. There's no point. We should give up early."
"It's too difficult. This formation was left behind by a Supreme from an earlier generation. Unless you have the foundation of someone at the same level, breaking through is harder than climbing to the heavens!"
"Let's wait for those major forces to break the formation. Maybe we'll still get a taste of the leftovers!"
Many sects gave up and watched from the outskirts.
Dragon Profound Sect and Immortal Music Pavilion were making the fastest progress.
"As expected of Immortal Music Pavilion! They've already broken through more than ten layers!"
"Dragon Profound Sect is impressive too. Are those two direct descendants of the Fire Kingdom? They seem to possess an eye technique with the same origin as Lihuo Supreme's!"
Everyone began discussing animatedly.
By now, both sects had drawn everyone's attention.
"Hm? What sect is that? They've actually broken through three barriers in a row!"
At that moment, someone exclaimed in surprise and looked in a certain direction.
Quite a few people turned to look.
Over there were Huo Ling'er, Yu Qishui, and the others.
Huo Ling'er, Yu Qishui, and the others weren't very skilled in formations, but her Holy Fire Eyes were simply too monstrous!
Not a single detail of the formation could escape her observation.
So they moved through it as if walking on level ground!
"We're nearing the final barrier!"
At Immortal Music Pavilion, Ling Xian was now drenched in sweat!
Even with the zither music playing nonstop behind him, he could barely suppress the turmoil in his heart.
The final barrier was shrouded in orange flames, like an impassable Fire Wall!
The formation plate in Ling Xian's hands was already close to cracking!
"The final barrier!"
Ling Xian roared, pouring all his spiritual power into the formation plate!
A burst of green light shone from the plate and probed toward the orange Fire Wall!
Boom—
In an instant, the orange flames actually ignited the green light and surged toward him along it!
Crack!
The formation plate crumbled into dust!
"No!"
Ling Xian was horrified, his soul nearly flying out of his body!
The next moment, the flames swallowed him whole!
Had Ling Xian perished?
"Young Master Ling!"
Qing Luo's pretty face changed drastically. Ling Xian was from Taiyan Holy Land. If anything happened to him, it would be disastrous.
But the next moment, a streak of light shot out from the flames. It stopped a heartbeat later—and it was Ling Xian!
His face was pale, and blood stained the corner of his mouth. "The final barrier is too powerful. I couldn't get through!"
"If the sect hadn't given me a Life-Saving Talisman, I would have perished here."
Hearing this, Qing Luo finally relaxed!
"As long as you're safe, Young Master. If we truly can't get past the final barrier, there's no point forcing it."
As she spoke, she looked toward Dragon Profound Sect.
Now that they had failed, they could only count on Dragon Profound Sect.
As long as Dragon Profound Sect broke through, they could follow them inside. However, according to the unwritten rules, Dragon Profound Sect would get first pick of the treasures.
The people outside were also watching Dragon Profound Sect closely.
"It's too difficult. Even Immortal Music Pavilion failed!"
"Now Dragon Profound Sect is our only hope. If they can't do it, then none of our sects will be able to get inside."
"I hope they can!"
Everyone watched intently.
At Dragon Profound Sect's location,
they had now reached the final barrier as well.
By this point, Huo Mingxuan and Huo Xuanfei had already taken turns wearing the Mysterious Fire Ring several times.
If they hadn't been able to switch off, and if Dragon Profound Sect's experts hadn't given them all kinds of pills to restore their energy, they would have collapsed long ago...
Even so, they had now reached their limits.
"No, I can't hold on..."
The Mysterious Fire Ring on Huo Xuanfei's hand continued to glow, but she still fainted and staggered to the ground!
She had only glanced at the final barrier, yet had nearly lost her mind.
Seeing this, Long Ziyin furrowed her brows slightly. "If you two can successfully break through this barrier, I'll ask the sect to grant you a cultivation technique!"
A cultivation technique!
"Let me try!"
Huo Mingxuan gritted his teeth and spoke up.
His Eye of Blazing Fire was a little stronger than Huo Xuanfei's.
He put on the Mysterious Fire Ring and gave it everything he had. The flames in his eyes blazed to their utmost limit, and seemed on the verge of collapsing.
He barely managed to see the patterns and veins in the Fire Wall...
He was about to describe what he saw, but then let out a scream!
Blood streamed from Huo Mingxuan's eyes. The Mysterious Fire Ring on his hand had turned red-hot, burning the flesh on his hand!
"Backlash!"
An old man hurried forward and protected Huo Mingxuan's heart meridians!
"Saintess, there's nothing we can do now..."
Elder Zhao turned to Long Ziyin, looking exhausted.
Long Ziyin knitted her brows, her beautiful eyes filled with unwillingness.
Was this really as far as they could go?
The people outside were also discussing among themselves.
"Even Dragon Profound Sect failed..."
"For a Supreme Secret Realm, you'd need at least a Mahayana Stage expert—or even a Supreme—to have any hope, right?"
"Looks like we came here for nothing this time."
"There's no chance... Sigh..."
Everyone spoke up one after another.
"Someone's still trying to break through!"
At that moment, a shout rang out.
Everyone looked in the direction the speaker had indicated!
"It's them?!"
At Dragon Profound Sect's location, Long Ziyin was taken aback.
It was none other than Huo Ling'er and her group!
Qing Luo and Ling Xian of Immortal Music Pavilion were watching too.
"They're not simple. They've actually broken through more than ten barriers..."
Ling Xian murmured.
At that moment, Huo Ling'er and the others had drawn everyone's attention.
A sheen of sweat had appeared on Huo Ling'er's face.
The pale golden flames in her eyes had been burning all this time!
After gaining the Holy Fire Eyes, she had realized that even though she wasn't proficient in formations, she could still sense their weaknesses!
It was a rhythm that came naturally.
So they had quickly reached the final barrier too!
"Hiss!"
Outside, everyone drew in a sharp breath.
"Isn't that Lihuo Sect? How can a tiny Star Level Force, along with the Fire Kingdom's Third Princess, manage to do as well as the two Supreme Forces?"
"That's unbelievable..."
"They're not simple. There's no way they're just some tiny Star Level Force!"
Everyone spoke up one after another.
At Dragon Profound Sect, Huo Mingxuan and Huo Xuanfei had stabilized by then. Seeing this, they were even more shocked.
Huo Ling'er had actually led the people of Lihuo Sect this far?
How was that possible!
They had to know that they had already taken the Mysterious Fire Ring from her!
Where had Huo Ling'er gotten this kind of strength?
"This is impossible..."
The siblings murmured at the same time.
"Looks like her eye technique is even stronger than yours."
Long Ziyin spoke calmly. She recalled the first time she had seen Huo Ling'er.
Back then, she had found Huo Ling'er's eyes dazzling. She had assumed it was because Huo Ling'er was wearing the Mysterious Fire Ring, but now it seemed Huo Ling'er's cultivation was astonishingly profound!
She had misjudged her!
"Her? She's nothing but a lowly servant! She actually thinks she can break through the barrier? She's asking for death!"
Huo Xuanfei sneered, unwilling to believe it.
"Sister Ling'er, can you do it?"
Mu Qianning asked nervously.
She could sense that Huo Ling'er was already exhausted.
At that moment, she remembered the first time she had met Senior Li.
Even the terrifying Invisible Fire had deliberately given way to Senior Li. If Senior Li came here, then any Absolute Array would be as easy to cross as level ground!
Unfortunately, how could Senior Li possibly care about a tiny Supreme Secret Realm?
"I'll try!"
Facing the final Fire Wall, Huo Ling'er took a deep breath!
She calmed her mind.
In that instant, she recalled the scenes of great suns she had seen in Senior Li's courtyard...
One sun after another, as if they represented the most powerful force in the world...
The pale golden flames in her eyes seemed to turn into the sun itself.
She gazed at the Fire Wall, watching it for a long time!
After a long while, she suddenly raised her hand and drew a door on the Fire Wall!
And the flames... didn't hurt her!
As soon as she finished drawing the door, the entire Fire Wall suddenly vanished!
The formation was broken!