"What's going on?!" Niu Douchong raised his head and looked toward an empty area nearby. "Why are shock waves from a battle coming from over there?!"
The two Sturgeon Crocodile brothers and three Red Carp sisters sensed the battle as well and hurried over.
"Niu Douchong, what exactly is happening?!"
"I don't know either... There clearly aren't any living beings over there, so why are there signs of a battle?!"
"It's Patterned Fox!"
The Mechanical-Bone Ape, who had just returned, spoke up. "Patterned Fox conducts his trial by opening another space within a space, then testing the candidates inside!"
"Patterned Fox?!" Tuo He'an's eyes widened. "How did that bastard get in?! We never let him into the Eighth Domain!"
The Mechanical-Bone Ape's tone was grave. "Just because you didn't let him in, does that mean he couldn't sneak in himself?"
"How did he manage that?!"
"Forget how he got in! Now that I've found him, I'll kill him as soon as the trial ends!"
Niu Douchong's eyes bulged with fury. "The problem right now is that Qin Siyang just disappeared in that area! Patterned Fox is testing Qin Siyang!"
The Mechanical-Bone Ape sounded somewhat puzzled. "But Patterned Fox's trial has nothing to do with combat. Why has a fight broken out in his trial grounds?! Could the examiner there be someone other than Patterned Fox?"
"It can't be any other creature! It's the Patterned Fox you mentioned!" Niu Douchong declared. "We reviewed the [Succession Trial] content of every creature entering the Eighth Domain three times. Not a single one matches what's happening here!"
"Then why are there sounds of fighting?"
"Haven't you noticed? These shock waves have exactly the power of an outsider fighting at full strength in the Eighth Domain! Patterned Fox and Qin Siyang are already fighting!"
"Impossible!"