Su Jiu and her companions left.
Staring at the empty space before him, Jiao Shen froze for a moment. He could not help turning to his father and asking, "Will we ever see them again?"
Jiao Chen let out an amused laugh, a teasing note in his voice. "Them?"
Jiao Shen's face warmed slightly. "I-I mean Su Jiu."
Jiao Chen sighed. "Perhaps."
A trace of loneliness flashed through Jiao Shen's eyes. Then he turned toward the Black Dragon Prison. "I want to go out and see the world too!"
How could Jiao Chen not understand what his son was thinking? He merely shook his head and left.
A special bloodline was exceedingly difficult to find, and the price would be killing someone as a sacrifice.
They could not even be certain whether the legend was true. Getting the Everlasting Flower to break the barrier alone would be harder than climbing to the heavens.
Never mind. Perhaps in a few years, this desire of his will fade.
Of everyone who emerged, Yun Huanling had the worst of it. Although Su Jiu had warned him beforehand to activate all his defensive magic treasures, he still seemed to have been a step too late. He appeared directly in a forest.
The lightning tribulation arrived the instant he appeared, terrifying the surrounding demon beasts into a frantic flight. Those that failed to escape were struck senseless, their survival uncertain.
Even he took a hit because he had not activated his defensive magic treasures quickly enough.
Yet after that strike, he discovered that his golden core had changed: an additional core pattern had appeared on it.
Before Yun Huanling could rejoice, several more bolts of heavenly lightning descended. With his defensive magic treasures supporting him, he had endured seven bolts so far, but every defensive