Above the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
Jiao Hong, Old Ghost Lü, and the other Saint Martial Grandmasters stood in midair, staring into the pool without blinking.
As time passed, almost all the Demonic Qi above the Demon-Suppressing Pool dissipated.
From where they stood, they could see into the Demon-Suppressing Pool with perfect clarity, though only the water itself was visible.
The pool's opening was merely a vast hole in the ground. Much of the surrounding space remained hidden from them.
They could not see the Immortal-Demon Altar or the Immortal-Demon Tree, for instance.
"What happened inside the Demon-Suppressing Pool? Why did the Demonic Qi suddenly thin out? And what caused that violent explosion?"
Jiao Hong frowned, his expression darkening.
For some reason, he had a faint sense that something was wrong, and it weighed on him.
He strongly suspected Qin Hao had died inside the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
The same might be true of the many True Martial Warriors from the Great Scarlet Reach who had entered before him.
That thought made Jiao Hong even more restless.
He had yet to obtain the treasures from Dragon Refining Mountain. If everyone died inside the Demon-Suppressing Pool, those treasures would be forever beyond his reach.
Just as frustration gnawed at him, suddenly...
A figure arrived from the distance and stopped at the edge of the pool, studying the enormous rift in its waters.
Everyone saw it clearly.
In an instant...
The crowd erupted.
"There's someone! Someone's still inside the Demon-Suppressing Pool!"
"Look! There's a figure down there!"
"I know him. He's an Outer Sect Elder of my Five Poisons Cult! Hahaha, good! I never expected anyone to survive down there."
"All the better. We still have a chance to get the True Dragon Skeleton's treasures from Dragon Refining Mountain."
What they had feared most was