As the formation flags sank in, the surrounding scenery warped slightly before returning to normal.
At this moment, if anyone looked from outside, the place would still appear pitch-black and deathly silent.
When the young man surnamed Bai sent out the formation flags, he clearly sensed the auras of the other three suddenly tighten. Once they sensed the pressure radiating from the flags, however, their auras relaxed again.
The young man surnamed Bai did not care in the slightest. If he had suddenly been trapped inside a formation by someone else, he too would have reacted immediately. He was merely impatient to go in and take a look.
After everything had been completed, Song Rongdao still did not step into the cave. Instead, he smiled at the female cultivator surnamed Yang. The other two also remained where they were.
The female cultivator surnamed Yang's heart tightened.
"Fortunately, I did not entertain the thought of putting them all to death just now. If I had opened the death gate instead, things would truly have become difficult from here on."
It was not that she had not considered opening the death gate, sealing it shut the moment they entered, and then opening the life gate herself to go in.
But when she considered these people's scheming minds, she ultimately abandoned that tempting idea and chose to open the life gate.
Sure enough, these people did not believe the restrictions had truly been broken, so they wanted her to lead the way.
The female cultivator surnamed Yang said calmly,
"The formation here is rather strange. Fellow Daoists, please be careful. It would be best if this humble woman led the way ahead!"
With that, she twisted her graceful body and flashed into the cave first, immediately vanishing into the rosy light.
After Song