"He's still here?"
"Looks like he's looking for the Medicine Garden's entrance."
"The Secret Realm's mechanism is concealed. Only the few leaders of the Chess and Sword Music House knew about it, and apparently it needs a key too... Now that everyone's gone, finding it really will take some effort."
"He's got some nerve! He knows we're here, yet he still dares to show up alone... Could something be wrong?"
"He's the only one on that island. So what if something's wrong? Can a fellow at the Tongyou Second Layer kill all of us?"
"True enough. Take back the [Sacred Fire Token]!"
"Avenge the Holy Maiden!"
"Kill him!"
Several figures swiftly approached Dragon Mountain Island.
Southern Mountain Academy.
Sensing unfamiliar presences rapidly closing in, Cao Jinxing leisurely walked behind an artificial rock formation. Pretending to inspect it carefully, he moved a rock and "happened" to discover a maple-leaf-shaped recess beneath it.
All he needed to do was place the jade pendant inside and press gently to activate the mechanism, parting the artificial rock formation and revealing the Medicine Garden's gate hidden within.
Delight appeared on Cao Jinxing's face. He swiftly pulled the Maple Leaf Jade Pendant from his robes and moved to place it in the recess!
He moved quickly, without the slightest delay, as though he could not wait to enter the Secret Realm!
But before he could lower the pendant, a spear wreathed in flames came hurtling down from the distant sky!
Shi Songqing, leader of the Five Wanderers, wielded the immensely powerful "Prairie-Fire Spearmanship." His twelve-foot red spear flew from his hand like a scarlet fire dragon, crossing the sky in an instant and striking before Cao Jinxing!
The spearhead plunged into the earth. True qi erupted, and a prairie fire surged upward!
Flames blazed among the