White Protector Venerable's answer was exactly this: Tyrant Lotus Venerable had given him a treasure key capable of opening the small secret realm, and only he could use this treasure to open the secret realm. No one else possessed such a thing.
Hearing this explanation, Sikong Jing finally let out a long breath.
He then hurriedly said, "White Protector Venerable, please open the small secret realm at once. We need to get inside quickly."
On the way here, Sikong Jing had already used the contact method Tyrant Lotus Venerable had taught him before, but Tyrant Lotus Venerable within the secret realm had given no response at all.
Naturally, this made Sikong Jing even more worried.
Thus, White Protector Venerable opened a gap in the small secret realm, and Sikong Jing immediately flashed inside.
White Protector Venerable naturally followed him in as well...
Yet just as White Protector Venerable had said, the instant they stepped into the small secret realm... Boom!
A terrifying force suddenly pressed down on the two of them from within the secret realm. In that instant, White Protector Venerable was about to be ruthlessly blasted out of the secret realm as he had been the previous few times. Fortunately, Sikong Jing lunged forward to shield him...
Although Sikong Jing's realm was still below White Protector Venerable's, his combat strength had long since surpassed his.
The instant he shielded him, Sikong Jing cried out in astonishment, "The aura and true energy of the Saint Martial Stage."
This was not the first time Sikong Jing had felt the power of the Saint Martial Stage, so he immediately recognized that the aura crushing down upon them was Saint Martial Stage power...
In other words, Tyrant Lotus Venerable had become a Saint Martial!
But then Sikong Jing's eyes widened again as