The shorter of the two cloaked Demon Eye users replied, "A-Lan, there's no mistake. They definitely went inside." He stamped a foot against the ground. "They entered from underground. There are traces of earth-diving beneath this spot, which also matches their earlier use of the Earth-Diving Technique to excavate a cave inside the mountain."
The smiling woman immediately reached out and cast a spell to probe underground. After confirming it and withdrawing her hand, she looked toward Divine Mountain with an exceptionally grave expression. "How is that possible? There's only one entrance. The Phoenix Clan kept this ancient formation precisely because its powerful defenses could ward off covetous eyes. How could anyone ignore those defenses and slip inside unnoticed?"
The cloaked man who had answered said, "It is rather strange. We nearly thought we'd made a mistake ourselves."
The smiling woman turned away with a solemn expression. After walking some distance, she began transmitting her voice into the distance.
Soon, a rift in the void opened a short distance in front of her, and the Red-Clad Woman stepped out again.
At the sight, the two cloaked men hurried over, bowed, and cupped their fists in unison. "Your Majesty."
The Red-Clad Woman walked between them and only stopped when she met the invisible barrier. Pressing a fingertip against the resilient, unseen wall, she asked the same question the smiling woman had asked earlier. "Are you certain they breached the Northern Dipper Spirit-Repelling Formation and entered?"
The shorter cloaked man stepped forward to answer again. "Your Majesty, there's no mistake. After the target left Dazhi City and met up with another person, their trail led straight here, without branching anywhere along the way. It breaks off briefly up ahead, where they went underground. If we dug down, we should be able to