"If that's really the case... then the one pulling the strings is being very deliberate in targeting us," Xia Feng said.
Bai Xiaowen nodded. When he focused on judging things carefully, Xia Feng's instincts were still very sharp.
"To be precise, they're targeting me." Bai Xiaowen smiled.
Bai Xiaowen had waited in Hub Plaza for so many days, yet Hub Temple had never produced a false door. Only today, when they were about to enter, had it deliberately created one...
The intent to target him was indeed obvious.
If Bai Xiaowen had not possessed the Eye of Evolution, and if his Eye of Evolution had not "unlocked" its highest level and gained the ability to see through illusions, their group would inevitably have been led into some Spirit Realm Plane.
"Could something happen to Senior Qiao?" Xia Feng asked.
Bai Xiaowen smiled. "It's only an Awakened-level Spirit Realm Plane. Nothing could possibly happen to Senior Qiao. There's nothing in there that can threaten him."
That was also why Bai Xiaowen had not warned Qiao Liqun. If it had been a highly dangerous Spirit Realm Plane, he would still have given him a warning, even though he considered Qiao Liqun an obstacle.
"That's good... Just tell me when we can enter." Xia Feng held two Spirit Crystals and closed his eyes in meditation. Having rushed all the way here, he was quite exhausted as well.
Just as Bai Xiaowen had expected, Hub Temple's false door could not be maintained forever and eventually returned to its original state.
Bai Xiaowen woke Xia Feng and entered the door together with the Demonfire Crow, Rochelle.
As for the other Chosen Ones, they first had to dismantle the Immortal Formation Bai Xiaowen had left behind before they could follow them inside.
"So this is