"Since you and your companions are already here, leave. What happens next has nothing to do with you..." Cloud Master said coldly. With a casual point, the petals of the inverted lotus hanging from the heavens slowly opened once more, revealing the entrance they had used earlier. Unfortunately, only one entrance was exposed; the other several bud-like openings remained sealed. "You may leave through this passage. Once you reach the grotto-heaven above, its exit will open as well. Leave quickly, and do not return..."
Hearing Cloud Master say this and seeing the sole open exit, the hearts of the other ten thousand-plus knights turned cold, as if they were dogs being beaten after the door had been shut. Originally, with Thousand-Machine True Lord and the two Sky Knights from Demon Slaying Valley and the Jiang Family present, the rest had at least a little confidence. But now Zhang Tie and the experts from Prince of Guangnan's Mansion, Demon Slaying Valley, and the Jiang Family were leaving. Among the remaining knights, the highest-ranked were merely a few Phantom Knights. At a time like this, every one of them felt ice-cold inside.
Only when they had truly reached the brink of despair did they discover just how formidable Fan Sanguang was. To seize the opportunity in that hair's-breadth instant and join the Iron Dragon Sect—such decisiveness, along with a face as thick as the Earth's crust, was not something ordinary people possessed.
Zhang Tie did not delay any longer. Looking at the opened entrance, he directly signaled Treasure Flame Divine Lord and the others with his eyes. The knights gathered around him, including Se Rila, the barbarian knight who had remained silent all along, all received Zhang Tie's signal and flew simultaneously toward the sole opening in the dome above.
Seeing Zhang