"Several hours should have passed already, shouldn't they? Why has the sword qi inside the formation continued without pause, with no sign of anyone else trying to break the formation?"
"Could it be... that those fellows joined forces yet still failed to take down Daoist Tianshan, and were instead schemed against by him?"
"Impossible! If Daoist Tianshan had truly defeated everyone outside, he would have entered the formation long ago. With his strength, combined with this grand formation, how could we possibly remain so at ease?"
"If neither side managed to defeat the other, then with everyone's strength, holding out for this long would not be a problem. But Daoist Tianshan is alone. Fighting everyone by himself, no matter how profound his cultivation, he should not be able to endure for so long, should he?"
"Unless... those Spirit Severing stage Rogue Cultivators mentioned by the Hundred Treasures Pavilion have arrived. But that is impossible as well. If Spirit Severing stage Rogue Cultivators had truly arrived, those fellows outside would have fled at the first opportunity. Daoist Tianshan should have entered the formation long ago!"
As the voices rose and fell, Madam Hong and the others trapped within the formation continued to speculate.
As they spoke, they grew increasingly restless and agitated.
The calmness and patience that had once been on their faces had long since vanished.
At the beginning, they had still possessed ample patience to wait.
But after suffering through so long a torment, that patience had already been worn away completely.
Just as the group's emotions became increasingly irritable,
Madam Hong swayed slightly, as though something had occurred to her.
"Is it possible that those fellows outside the formation never made a move at all?"
The moment she said this, the others all froze on the spot.