Lin Ke swept the area with his Mental Power and immediately understood what had happened.
Clearly, Duan Dongqing had not heeded his advice.
He slowly flew up and caught Shen Wei and Duan Dongqing with his Mental Power.
Then the Domain Body image of an elderly Daoist appeared behind him.
After a thunderous boom, the blast erupted.
He forcibly drew the spreading shock wave back in.
The scattered energy gradually gathered like a flower closing its petals.
Amid the startled cries of Zong Ya and the others, a glittering golden Grand Array spread outward, enveloping the entire Golden Autumn Mountain Range.
Judging by its strength, it was fully at the middle Fusion Stage.
Dongfang Yao looked at Lin Ke, who had just landed while supporting the two of them, and shrugged in dismay. "Senior Brother Lin, what do we do now?"
"That stupid woman has really screwed us over!"
Shen Wei had already lost consciousness, but Duan Dongqing had suffered only minor injuries.
Hearing this, she was overcome with shame. She looked up at the Barrier stretching deep into the clouds overhead and felt a wave of dizziness.
"How could this happen? How could the talisman be wrong?"
As she spoke, she manifested another Guidance Talisman, and a brilliant blue light rose.
The blue runic arrow that had originally pointed toward the mountain cavern now pointed toward the bottom of the lake Lin Ke had mentioned.
Lin Ke had no time to comfort her and simply said, "Miss Duan, don't be anxious. This Guardian Array is a cage, but it is also a safeguard."
"Our most pressing task is to bring the disciples outside into the Secret Realm."
As he spoke, he took out Shen Wei's Storage Bag, withdrew the hundred supreme-grade Spirit Stones the Wolf Queen had offered, and