At last, Zhao Fu and the others reached the deepest part. Traces of a great battle remained here, along with scattered chunks of corpses. It seemed the ferocious beast here had already been slain, and the ruin had naturally been taken.
Zhao Fu sighed. He had no idea who had done it, but he could be certain it was someone whose ranking had advanced. A single person would not have possessed that kind of strength.
Now, they could only turn their attention to other ruins and see whether they could gain anything.
The fifth floor was another threshold. Floors ten, nine, and eight formed the first stage, while floors seven, six, and five formed the second. The danger increased by multiples with every stage. When people tried to enter the seventh floor from the eighth, the stone tablet had already stopped many whose strength was too low.
As the fifth floor was part of the second stage, advancing further to the fourth floor presented another enormous obstacle.
To pass the fourth trial, one had to pass the gate guards' test.
Beside a vermilion wooden gate thousands of meters tall, painted with golden flowers and birds, stood a thousand gate guards, each a thousand meters tall and clad in armor. They guarded the place with stern expressions and formidable auras, allowing no one near. Anyone who approached would inevitably be attacked.
The gate guards' strength was naturally terrifying. This had been an important reason Ling Feixue had been forced to stop here back then. Moreover, followers could not be brought through this trial—whoever passed the gate guards' test could proceed, but no one could bring a whole group with them.
Countless people had already gathered here. Feeling the gate guards' formidable power, not a single person dared step forward to challenge