"We can't break this barrier at all! We're trapped here! This time... we're doomed!"
Xue Beng gazed at the barrier, his heart left with only one icy realization: they would likely all perish here today.
Beside him, Xue Xing knitted his brows tightly, staring at the ground beneath his feet as he swiftly suppressed his panic.
He knew that breaking the barrier was utterly impossible. If they simply sat and waited, death would be their only fate.
After a brief moment of panic, a spark of inspiration flashed in Xue Xing's eyes. He abruptly turned toward Xue Beng, who seemed on the verge of collapse.
"Your Majesty! We can dig a tunnel, travel underground, and go around this barrier!"
Those words were like a sudden spark in the dark of night, instantly piercing the endless darkness shrouding Xue Beng's heart.
Yes! If we couldn't go over the ground, there was still a way beneath it!
Xue Beng snapped his head up and barked an order. "Yes! Dig! All of you, dig down! Whatever it takes, dig us a way out!"
The dozens of guards dared not hesitate upon hearing his command. In this desperate situation, this was their only chance of survival.
Everyone immediately bent down, casting aside all their concerns.
Some gripped their sharp battle sabers and hacked savagely at the hard earth.
Some thrust their spears, desperately chiseling through the buried rock and soil.
Some swung their swords, swiftly cutting through tangled roots and stones.
More simply threw aside their weapons and plunged their hands into the dirt, digging madly through the heavy layers of earth with all ten fingers.
Coarse grit tore their palms open. Blood seeped from their fingertips and stained the earth beneath them red, but not one of them stopped.
Everyone exhausted their remaining