Nearly an hour after Xiao Yu and the others left, the Teleportation Formation in the clearing before the giant tower, which had already dimmed, once again blazed with dazzling white light. When the light faded, three figures appeared. They were the three elders of the Star Palace.
The three cautiously surveyed their surroundings. Finding no one nearby, they relaxed.
"Hehe, it seems they've all gone inside," the kindly-looking old man said with a chuckle.
"Indeed. No matter how cunning those old monsters are, they would never imagine that our Star Palace deciphered the teleportation restrictions here long ago. We can enter whenever we please," the other white-robed man said quietly.
"Hmph, now it's time to pick them off one by one and try to leave a few of them dead here!" the middle-aged man in black said in an icy voice.
"They looked so confident. Could they really have a way to retrieve the Void Sky Cauldron? If so, we could lay an ambush there, both to stop them from taking the cauldron and to seize the chance to kill one or two of them. Man Huzi and Wan Tianming are another matter, but against those other three early-stage fellows, a surprise attack would have a good chance of succeeding!" The kindly-looking old man wore a gentle expression, but his words bristled with murderous intent.
"Speaking of which, why didn't Extreme Yin Old Devil come? Unfortunately, we can only make minor changes to certain restrictions on the Ice-Fire Path, not monitor the restrictions in the canyon. Otherwise, we would know exactly what happened there!" the other white-robed man said, puzzled.
"Who cares! Perhaps he ran into some trouble and couldn't make it in time. Still, with one fewer person coming, the pressure on us will be considerably lighter. That will