"Those who made the top hundred of the Desolate Ranking, take your Desolate Stones and follow me to the Ancient Desolate Path!"
As the voice rang out, a burly middle-aged man clad in leather armor was the first to walk out of the fighting arena.
"Emperor Venerable, be careful!"
Empress Fanyin reminded him.
"Don't worry. You should be careful of the others as well!"
After saying that, Lu Ren turned and followed the Ancient Desolate Clan expert away.
At once, all one hundred people flew out of the fighting arena and headed in one direction, quickly leaving Desolate City.
Before long, they arrived at a concealed location. Ahead of them stood an altar.
More than a dozen Ancient Desolate Clan experts stood around the altar, keeping watch.
Above the altar was a massive vortex, from which an ancient, timeworn aura flowed.
"Greetings, Ancient Ox Clan Elder!"
When the Ancient Desolate Clan experts saw the middle-aged man approach, they immediately stepped forward and bowed.
Huang Niu nodded faintly and pointed at the altar. "This altar leads to the Ancient Desolate Path. Many supreme treasures are hidden along this ancient road, and our Desolate Clan has marked prices on all of them. However, there is one condition: you can only leave after refining and absorbing those treasures on the Ancient Desolate Path!"
"Oh? We can't simply bring them out?"
Yue Qiubai asked.
"If they could be taken away, we would have taken them long ago. That Ancient Desolate Path seems to contain a special force that blocks us. The deeper you go, the stronger that suppressive force becomes!"
Huang Niu said blandly, "In short, do not entertain any fanciful notions of exploring the place. Go in, exchange for the treasures you want, and then come out. Any excess Desolate Points can be