"What is going on?"
Outside Heart Demon Cave, peak God Emperor experts gathered one after another, their expressions strange.
At their head stood Jiang Kuang. A streak of sword radiance condensed in his palm, and he slashed viciously at Heart Demon Cave. Yet a force rippled outward, and not even the slightest wave arose.
"What kind of place is this?"
Jiang Kuang's face darkened.
A pale golden pillar of light could be seen shooting into the sky from within Heart Demon Cave, indicating that another person possessing Emerald Fruits was inside.
Yet Jiang Kuang had exhausted every method at his disposal and still could not force his way in. An invisible barrier was blocking him!
"When I had four Emerald Fruits, the pillar was white. Only after obtaining six did it turn pale gold. Why is that fellow inside's pillar pale gold as well?"
There was something else Jiang Kuang could not understand: the color of the pillar.
"That fellow must have been scared of you and hidden away. Who would have thought he could find a place like this!"
The surrounding peak God Emperors were astonished. No one had expected Mirror Buddha City to contain such a place—even an expert like Jiang Kuang could not break in!
"Huh? There's someone here! Isn't this Xuan Shang?" Someone spotted the unconscious Xuan Shang and immediately cried out.
"Xuan Shang?" Jiang Kuang shifted his gaze away from Heart Demon Cave.
He remembered the name Xuan Shang. He was an expert of the Heavenwalker Clan, and he had another identity as well—Master Xuanming's disciple.
It could be said that even if Xuan Shang had not taken part in this disciple recruitment examination, he could have entered Mysterious Resonance Temple with ease. After all, his master was an expert like Master Xuanming, whose status