"I never thought these ruins would make fools of everyone. If those people fight through one ordeal after another to reach the end of the fire passage, only to find there's no way through, I wonder if they'll drop dead from sheer rage!"
Xiao Yan watched the figures flashing through the magma overhead, a gloating smile spreading across his face.
Beside him, even the Heavenly Fire Venerable wore a rare hint of a smile, his gaze toward Xiao Fan filled with surprise.
As for why Xiao Fan knew these newly opened Dou Saint Ruins so well, both men tactfully refrained from asking.
"Let's go. This way leads into the real ruins."
Xiao Fan showed no surprise at all. He glanced at Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Fire Venerable beside him, then took the lead.
The two smiled faintly at this and flickered into blurred shadows, swiftly following him.
The passage through the giant rock was not particularly long. Within a few minutes, the three reached its end.
An enormous plaza appeared before them.
Thanks to Xiao Fan's guidance, they were the first to reach the plaza. Aside from the three of them, not a single other expert was in sight.
But when their gazes fell on the heavy stone gate at the far end of the plaza, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly changed.
"Earth Demon Puppets!?"
At the other end of the plaza stood ten bodies as straight as spears, silently guarding the stone gate as though they had stood there for ten thousand years. The silver light gleaming over their bodies marked them as Earth Demon Puppets, just like those Xiao Fan and the others had refined.
A trace of astonishment crossed Xiao Yan's face as he looked at the silver-glowing Earth Demon Puppets ahead.
Still, Xiao Yan knew that