Was the Ancestor Instantly Defeated?

It had even brushed past him.

Without stopping for even a moment.

When they tapped the light dot to check, it was Yi Feng.

Luo Yuan and Wang Yiyun froze on the spot, staring wide-eyed at each other in utter disbelief.

What was going on?

Hadn't they said that the Sacred Mountain Underground Palace grew strong against the strong and weak against the weak?

How had Yi Feng gone from the starting point to the finish line in an instant?

Why had it suddenly stopped working?

In previous years, even the first person to pass the first stage took at least twenty days, if not a month. Yet Yi Feng had done it in the blink of an eye?

Remembering what they had said earlier, both of them felt their faces burn.

But that was not what shocked them most. What they truly could not understand was this: hadn't the ancestor personally guarded the stage?

Yi Feng had brushed past him, yet he had not even paused?

Their faces were full of question marks.

Just as the two were utterly baffled, Luo Yuan seemed to notice something and cried out again.

"Look."

"Look, the ancestor's mark has weakened."

Luo Yuan could not help crying out.

Wang Yiyun looked over and was equally horrified.

Sure enough.

The light-dot mark representing Deng Chao, which had been fine just moments ago, had suddenly weakened drastically. It flickered as though it were about to go out at any moment.

Since the Star River Map itself was bound to the Sacred Mountain Underground Palace, the brightness of the light dots on it could directly reflect the life condition of every person inside the Sacred Mountain Underground Palace.

"C-Could the ancestor have been instantly defeated?"

Luo Yuan asked, trembling.

At those words, Wang Yiyun's heart skipped