Just as the demon elder Fury Shield had said.
Because Lu Li had previously cleared the Path of Pain, the entire Ancient Basin had suffered considerable damage.
Of the original twelve outer entrances, eleven had been sealed shut, leaving only the last one barely usable.
Many of the stone pillars supporting the cavern ceiling had collapsed as well. The place was filled with broken walls and rubble, shabby and desolate.
The enormous flesh orb surrounded by the pillars at the center, which displayed the situation inside the Path of Pain, had fared no better.
It looked utterly wilted, like a shriveled walnut drained of life, giving off a listless, half-dead air.
But none of that mattered to Liu Wenjian's group.
After all, Liu Wenjian and Lin Qinfeng had already become God's Chosen Ones and no longer needed to gain greater power through the Path of Pain;
while the three Goblins—Babayak, Arost, and Kratos—had come for entirely different purposes.
The only one truly interested was Xing Anlin, hidden within Lin Qinfeng's ear.
However, due to his reduced size and the need to conceal his aura, he could not casually communicate with others.
Thus, at this moment, only Lin Qinfeng could hear his noisy muttering.
It was all Xing Anlin bragging about himself, with three parts embellishment and seven parts exaggeration.
Scattered bits of useful information mixed within it, allowing Lin Qinfeng to remain alert.
By the time Xing Anlin reached the part about how the [Living Nest] had transformed into the [Desecration Demon Grotto] under unknown circumstances, Elder Fury Shield, who was leading the way ahead, had also finished explaining the general situation of the Path of Pain to Liu Wenjian.
The rules for entering remained the same as before: each trial allowed only two people inside.
After briefly organizing the