Ever since someone had obtained an Immortal Ascension Opportunity in the Trial Tower, the visiting cultivators' enthusiasm had surged. Even some who had planned to leave stayed behind.
Lured by the Immortal Ascension Opportunities, the cultivators rushed once more to the sites where opportunities could be found. As a result, large numbers of cultivators died every day.
With the opportunities now easier to obtain, more than fifty people had gained Immortal Ascension Opportunities while Lin Qing and the others were in Rift Space.
Afraid they would be robbed once they came out, these people consumed their opportunities and began refining them immediately. Some did so inside the Trial Tower; others sat down right on the arena platforms.
Unfortunately, an Immortal Ascension Opportunity only increased their chances of breaking through. It offered no guarantee. In the end, the city gained more than twenty Half-Immortals.
Those who could obtain an Immortal Ascension Opportunity amid such fierce competition in the city were already among the finest prodigies to enter the Secret Realm this time.
Naturally, after breaking through, they were stronger than Half-Immortals like Yue Shu. There were differences even among Half-Immortals.
Just as Lin Qing had expected, there really were people in the Secret Realm stronger than he was now. He might not even beat them with an ordinary use of Burning the Boats.
Unless he was beaten to the brink of death, allowing Burning the Boats to erupt at full force. In that case, it was hard to say who would be stronger.
In the blood-red space beneath the city, a black-robed figure suddenly burst out laughing. Before anyone could ask, he declared:
"Enough! It's enough!"
The laughing figure was the one responsible for checking how much flesh-and-blood energy they had collected. At his reaction, the others immediately understood what had