In the deepest part of the northern waters stood a floating platform surrounded on all four sides by emerald waves, covering several hundred square meters. Four distinct glowing lines along its edges marked out a clearly defined square.
This was the Northern Region's Teleportation Formation.
Anyone who stayed within this array for one minute would be transported out of the Secret Realm, counting as a safe evacuation.
Several hundred meters south of the Teleportation Formation, a rocky islet rose high above the water. Behind one of its rocks sat a woman.
He wore loose white robes with broad sleeves, his skin fair as jade and his features delicate and refined. He was currently meditating and regulating his breathing.
The woman's name was Yun Huairou. He was one of the three independent cultivators sent by the Celestial Venerables' Society, and the only woman among them.
Her team was responsible for blockading the northern Teleportation Formation. After arriving, they had even fought another allied team of independent cultivators over the spot.
Yun Huairou had easily wiped out the opposing team and claimed the best position for blockading the Teleportation Formation. Her bodyguards were scattered around the area. Whenever a fat sheep tried to leave through the northern Teleportation Formation, they would immediately surround them, kill them, and take their goods.
But it was still early. The tournament had only reached its middle stage, and few people were leaving through the Teleportation Formation yet. She had only done a few deals, so she had simply started cultivating here out of boredom.
His cultivation was the strongest of the Society's three representatives. He had already reached the bottleneck of the early Astral Realm and could break through to the middle Astral Realm at any moment.
A streak of traveling light flew in from afar,