The organizers were also somewhat uneasy about how things were unfolding inside the Rock Dragon Secret Realm.
They had not announced that the Secret Realm's arrival had been unexpected, so only the mighty figures present and some well-informed members of the Immortal Sect Clans knew. Most ordinary spectators thought the organizers had arranged the Secret Realm.
If anything went wrong inside, it could easily provoke a public outcry.
Fortunately, things inside the Rock Dragon Secret Realm were fairly stable at first. The three teams each killed Stone Demons and stockpiled Fire Dragon Crystals, and their chances of turning things around looked very promising.
The River City Team knew nothing about the changes inside and probably intended to enter the city a little later.
Perfected One Nagiko had even spent a while secretly worrying.
But then things changed abruptly. The dragon head above the city gate opened its mouth and actually reached outside the city to swallow the River City Team into the Secret Realm!
This was truly unexpected.
"Did this Secret Realm really descend for Yue Wen and his teammates? It even got impatient when they wouldn't go in." Perfected One Nagiko frowned. "They shouldn't be in danger, should they?"
"They most certainly are," Perfected One Qinghua said. "It looks like that Stone Demon has been tainted by demonic energy too. Clearly, it's turning evil. If the River City Team gets eliminated, they'll have no score at all today, while the other three teams have accumulated so many Fire Dragon Crystals... heh heh, isn't this terrible?"
"You say it's terrible, but you're clearly getting excited on the sly, aren't you?" Perfected One Nagiko snorted disdainfully. "I believe Yue Wen won't fall into a trap that easily."
"The world is a treacherous place. Who can say?" Perfected One Qinghua made no