"There's no array covering this spot! We can get inside!" a young man shouted, then ran toward the Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array!
But the moment he touched the boundary of the array's runes, a flash of red light sent him flying...
The others following him stopped in their tracks.
A girl from Chenyang City spoke up. "Chu Yuan, what are you doing?"
Chu Yuan couldn't be bothered with a long explanation. His voice, infused with Spiritual Power, rang across the entire Stone Platform!
"If you want to enter the array and take shelter, you can!
But each person has to hand over thirty percent of their life force. If you agree, step forward.
If you don't, go do whatever you want!"
"Life force?" The girl froze for a moment. The meaning was clear enough, but...
"How do we hand over the life force you're talking about? Do you mean you want thirty percent of our blood?"
Chu Yuan shook his head. "No. I have my own way of extracting it."
"Then... what effect will losing thirty percent of our life force have on us?" someone asked. They still had the college entrance exams after the Secret Realm ended!
If their foundations were damaged and their exam performance suffered... they might waste several years of their lives.
"It'll leave you weak for a while and slightly damage your foundation.
"But if you have precious supplements, you can recover."
"Chu Yuan! Aren't you taking advantage of us while we're in danger?" someone cried.
Precious supplements? Easy for him to say. How many of them could afford those?
Damage to their foundations would affect their futures, too...
"Chu Yuan, I heard you're a Warrior from a common background, too.
"We're all in the same boat. Why make things difficult for us?" the girl