The immense hall seemed to sense their arrival. Its crimson gates slowly opened, revealing a pitch-black passage.
Xiao Yan stopped before the gates and waited for Xiao Xun'er and the other women to arrive before saying with a smile, "Stay close to me!"
At his words, the women gathered around Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan flicked a finger, and a stream of crimson blood energy formed a crimson flame barrier around them.
"Let's go!"
With that, Xiao Yan and the women flew into the passage.
Boom!
The moment they entered, the floor of the passage abruptly turned crimson, and countless pillars of molten lava erupted upward.
Yet the pillars vanished the instant they touched the crimson flame barrier.
Xiao Yi Xian smiled. "As expected of ruins left behind by a Dou Sheng. They really aren't that simple!"
Nalan Yanran said gravely, "If those lava pillars hit someone, even a Dou Zong expert would likely die with bitter regret."
"But would ruins left behind by a Dou Sheng really be this simple?" Xiao Xun'er asked doubtfully.
Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xun'er an approving look and smiled. "You're sharp as ice and snow, Xun'er. You spotted the problem at a glance."
"I'm afraid this passage is nothing but a dead end. The real passage is..."
"Beneath the lava!"
With that, Xiao Yan led the women straight into the lava below the passage.
Protected by the crimson flame barrier, they descended straight to the bottom.
Space suddenly warped, and they appeared in another enormous plaza.
At the far end of their view stood an ancient, imposing stone gate.
Outside the gate stood ten silver figures, each as straight as a spear.
"These are puppets!"
The women recognized the ten silver puppets as soon as they saw them.
Xiao Yan nodded. "That's right. These are