The moment that thought arose, dozens of figures emerged from the entrance.
The disciples looked utterly bewildered at the dense sea of cultivators watching them outside.
"I'm out already?"
"I passed! I did it!"
"Why was it so easy this time? Compared with the last two trials, this was child's play!"
As the youngsters cheered, they were not the only ones bewildered. The elders of the Heaven Mending Pavilion were equally baffled.
"Huh?"
"Are there really this many outstanding talents this time? How did so many people get out?"
"This is only the eighth area, where the difficulty is low. It's normal for this many to come out-right?"
The elders of the Heaven Mending Pavilion were still silently reassuring themselves when hundreds more people emerged from the seventh area.
At that point, how could they fail to realize something had gone wrong inside?
"Could the formation have failed? How else could so many people get out?"
"Could some little brat be stirring up trouble in there?!"
"It seems we were too naive. Put Bear Child and the Little Devil King together, and they're bound to cause a stir!"
"But what should we do now? By the trial's original standards, none of these people would have passed!"
"What else can we do? Hurry inside and take a look. Cut our losses before an even bigger mess breaks out!"
The elders' faces alternated between green and white. Although they had long heard about the exploits of Bear Child and the Little Devil King, having it happen right before their eyes still gave them a splitting headache.
Listening nearby, Li Dao saw the indignant elders directing their accusations at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
The strange look Xia Youyu cast him from beside him made him especially restless.
Seeing that