"Now we're in trouble...!" Liu Xian'er looked distinctly unhappy as she said with a bitter smile, "We've outsmarted ourselves!"
"What's wrong?" Li Xiaoya hurriedly asked.
"Just tell us!" Tianyuan urged as well.
"I haven't fully understood this formation yet. It actually isn't as complicated as the restriction in front of us!" Liu Xian'er quickly replied, pointing at the light curtain of five-colored spiritual light that had kept the Demon-Magic Emperor out for thousands of years.
"Oh! Then can you break it?" That was all Tianyuan cared about, and he hastened to ask.
"In theory, yes! But it would take far too long!" Liu Xian'er answered helplessly. She glanced at Li Xiaoya, knowing perfectly well that he could not afford to wait that long... Clearly understanding what she meant, Li Xiaoya shrugged helplessly... Only then did Liu Xian'er continue, "There was originally a chance of breaking this formation more quickly, but we threw the crucial pieces into the space vortices...!"
"Into the space vortices?!" Everyone froze, exchanging glances. Naturally, they all knew what she meant, and exclaimed, "You mean those guardians?"
"Yes!" Liu Xian'er said with a bitter smile. "Although I still haven't understood this formation, I have a vague feeling that the key to controlling it lies in the guardians around us, along with those little islands and pillars!"
"Uh! Now we're done for! We really did celebrate too soon!" Tianyuan declared rather dramatically, though he did not look particularly disappointed. He muttered, "We've thrown all the guardians into space vortices, and who knows where they've gone? Are we supposed to find them and bring them back one by one?"
That was indeed true. There had been several hundred guardians, each of whom had died at least four or five times before being knocked straight into a space vortex. Searching