After grasping some of the patterns, Yun Chao took his first step under Yun Huanling's guidance.
At the same time, Su Jiu acted, channeling ice spiritual qi to extinguish the Hong Guang of the ring of red lotuses where Yun Chao stood.
After pouring in her spiritual qi, Su Jiu could not help feeling secretly alarmed. Judging by the sheer amount required, she suspected that even someone at the late Golden Core stage would struggle to get through this formation.
Fortunately, her spiritual qi replenished as quickly as it was consumed. Yun Chao, however, was not faring nearly as well. The moment he stepped onto the lotus, its seeds flew up in front of him and exploded. The talisman attached to his body burned to ashes on the spot.
Su Jiu knitted her brows and pressed her lips together. I probably gave him too few talismans. I never imagined the lotus seeds in the very first tier would have such explosive power. The ones farther in will likely be even more dangerous.
Although she knew she had given him too few, once this formation had been activated, there was no turning back. She simply did not know whether he could hold out to the end.
It did not take long for that hidden worry to become reality. The first five tiers of lotuses were relatively easy to break through, but from the sixth onward, Yun Chao began to suffer injuries.
At the seventh tier, the blast directly shook a mouthful of blood out of him.
Su Jiu watched him swallow a Blood-Coagulating Pill where he stood. Only then did his complexion improve a little, though he still looked utterly weak. Standing atop the lotus, he clearly had no way to sit down and meditate.
What Su Jiu did not know