On the island.
As time slowly passed, the great suns overhead had now become nine.
One had already sunk beneath the earth.
As the great sun descended and nine suns hung in the sky, the temperature gradually fell, though it remained extremely high.
Yet those who could reach the second round of trials were almost all Grandmaster-level powerhouses.
To such powerhouses, this sort of extreme environment could at most make them slightly uncomfortable; it could not inflict any substantial harm.
"Three cycles of day and night!" Jiang Ning raised his head and glanced at the sky, murmuring inwardly.
Then he looked into the distance again.
Under the rules of the Grotto-Heaven world, he could vaguely sense those people's locations. He could also sense that quite a few had already been eliminated.
Elsewhere.
"You monk, you really are formidable!!" Wang Yuan's Second Senior Brother looked at Jin Chan, who was under siege from the sword formation, and praised him.
"Fellow Daoist, your sword formation is peerless as well! It is only a pity that you were born at the wrong time and can display your brilliance only in a place like this!!" Jin Chan said, pressing one palm together.
Dazzling golden light surrounded him, forming a barrier of the Five Elements that protected his body.
No matter how countless sword gleams came at him, he remained standing firm.
"Second Senior Brother, do you need me to step in?" Wang Yuan suddenly asked.
Hearing that and seeing how composed Jin Chan remained, Second Senior Brother could not keep the embarrassment from showing on his face.
In the outside world, he was inferior to Wang Yuan. He accepted that and could face it calmly.
After all, Wang Yuan's strength lay in his talent for martial arts.
His own strength lay in his extraordinary