At this moment, inside the great hall.
Three spheres of light hung high in the air, locked in place by mysterious runes.
The mysterious runes were slowly fading, and everyone present kept glancing toward those three spheres of light.
Ready to snatch them away at any moment!
The people present occupied four separate corners.
Two experts from the Holy Kingdom.
Three people from the Nine Nether Heavens, including Lu Angxing.
One side consisted of a group of upper and lower Great Emperors, roughly ten people in total.
The final side was Emperor Ming, sitting cross-legged alone in a corner as he cultivated.
Everyone present had already passed the second trial. Each had received more or less an energy reward, and some had even broken through on the spot, advancing by a minor realm.
Once everyone had refined the energy gained from clearing the trial, they began eyeing one another like tigers watching their prey.
Some lower and upper Great Emperors wanted to approach Emperor Ming.
After all, Emperor Ming was one of the strongest people outside the supreme factions. They wanted someone to take the lead.
However, Emperor Ming directly shouted the group away and paid them no heed.
He simply sat cross-legged in the corner, sneering at those who wanted to cling to his thigh.
Emperor Ming knew some of Slaughter Hall's secrets.
Here, even a fifth-order upper Great Emperor like him could perish at any moment, let alone these upper and lower Great Emperors.
He had thought it through. Being alone was better, lest someone stab him in the back at a crucial moment.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Emperor Ming's sharp eyes spotted a figure.
It was a peak God Emperor. He had not expected to encounter a God Emperor in a place like this; clearly, the other party had