Gu Chong said viciously, "What do you mean by that?"
Elder Geng said, "There is another way to break through the Immortal Barrier Platform: a blood sacrifice. A blood sacrifice means offering up the life of a cultivator or demon, and then one may pass the trial. Demon King Gu Yi was already at death's door then, so I used this technique."
"You..." Gu Chong nearly fainted from rage. "Since there was such a method, we could have grabbed any random demon when we entered this place. Why did it have to cost my brother his life?"
Fire nearly burst from its eyes.
Elder Geng said, "How was I supposed to know there would be an Immortal Barrier Platform here? I asked you to bring the map out for us to study together, but you refused."
Gu Chong was left choking, unable to speak for a moment. Gu Guan said coldly, "We can go back and catch a demon or a cultivator. I think you deliberately wanted several of us brothers to perish in here."
Elder Geng gave a bitter smile. "If we could still go back, why would I have wandered around here for so long?"
Everyone was startled and turned to look. All they saw was a sea of white mist; nothing else was visible. Yan Chihuo quietly directed his spiritual power into his eyes, only to find that he could see slightly farther—but it was still nothing but blank whiteness.
Gu Guan said, "Elder Geng, what are you trying to do? Planning to catch us all in one net?"
Elder Geng waved his hand. "Don't misunderstand. How could I possess such ability? These seven trials are collectively called the Seven Linked Rings. Only by breaking through all of them in a single breath can one enter and