Before long, they saw that the Sutra-Chanting Specter had grown somewhat impatient toward the end and quickened his pace.
In the end, Specter Fang Yun easily crossed Statue Road, after which a streak of gray light descended from the heavens.
Specter Fang Yun stood where he was with his back to the saints, utterly motionless.
The five Great Sages looked at one another.
"It seems rather simple."
"Clearly, this trial tests willpower and should be related to Sacred Sense. Our realms have diminished, but our Sacred Sense has not decreased in the slightest. If even a Half-Sage can pass through so easily, it should be even easier for us."
"Perhaps the trial is so simple that the inheritance is not particularly useful."
"Indeed. We need not rest; we can pass through directly and rendezvous with the Sutra-Chanting Specter."
After Great Sage Fire Virtue spoke, he rushed forward in a hurry.
Unlike Fang Yun, he did not probe cautiously. Instead, he accelerated into Statue Road, intending to cross it swiftly.
The other four sages exchanged glances but did not act rashly. They watched Fire Virtue's back.
The statues' eyes on both sides swiftly lit up. Upon reaching the twentieth pair of statues, Fire Virtue's speed abruptly slowed, and his body trembled faintly.
Fire Virtue seemingly did not care and continued onward as the statues' eyes on both sides lit up one after another.
However, Fire Virtue grew slower and slower. When he reached the space between the fiftieth pair of statues, a thunderous boom rang out. His serpentine body exploded, flames scattering in every direction before extinguishing.
Only a dim little fireball remained in midair, no more than a foot across.
It was even weaker than when Fire Virtue had charged across the moat.
Then, an invisible force appeared and pushed