Ugh— Suddenly, another person in the crowd began to show a pained expression, even letting out agonized screams, as though they were enduring some unspeakably cruel form of torture.
Upon seeing this, the looks of shock on people's faces only grew deeper — because this was no ordinary junior. This was someone who held a ranking on the Prodigy List.
It was Ren Xiaoyao.
And after Ren Xiaoyao, Chu Huanyu's handsome face also began to twist into a grimace.
Though he didn't wail and howl like Ren Xiaoyao, screaming without cease, he still let out repeated grunts of pain.
This indicated that while his condition was slightly better than Ren Xiaoyao's, it was far from optimistic.
Soon after, even Song Yunfei and Chu Ruoshi — the two widely regarded as the strongest juniors of the entire Great Thousand Upper Realm — similarly fell into agony.
Pfft— Without warning, someone spat out a massive mouthful of blood, and then, with a loud boom, their body exploded and they perished on the spot.
It was a disciple of the Starfall Holy Land.
"THIS!!!"
By now, the onlookers were utterly dumbfounded, unable to remain calm.
After all, dying by having one's body explode into a mist of blood — that was simply far too terrifying.
But that deceased individual was only the first.
Immediately after, multiple more disciples of the Starfall Holy Land had their bodies explode and perished, and even two members of the Chu Heavenly Clan suffered the same fate.
Their clothing and treasures remained perfectly intact, but their physical bodies had been utterly annihilated, reduced to blood that merged into the crimson fog.
"Heavens, how could this blood fog be so terrifying this time?"
"Are those geniuses who entered all going to perish within it?"
At this moment, many could no longer keep their composure. After all, while the blood fog had always been formidable, it had never been like this before — the ones who entered were all within the permitted age range, after all?
In any case, today's blood fog was far too bizarre.
Involuntarily, people began turning their gazes toward Chu Feng, their expressions a complicated mixture of emotions.
Earlier, Chu Feng's claim of pure intuition had struck many as laughable.
But now, they finally understood — as it turned out, Chu Feng's intuition was frighteningly accurate.
Chu Feng choosing not to enter was not cowardice. It was wisdom.
Not only was Chu Feng wise, but Xia Yun'er and Chu Lingxi, who had trusted him, had been equally wise.
At this moment, Xia Yun'er was gazing at Chu Feng, her eyes brimming with gratitude.
The reason for her gratitude was, naturally, that Chu Feng had warned her — and so she had not stepped into that blood fog.
Because the Illusory Dream Blood Lotus was simply too terrifying. Had she entered as well and been unable to withstand the blood fog's illusory realm, she likely would have met the same fate.
"Everyone, don't just stand by and watch — let's think of something together! We can't just let this continue!"
"These juniors are the future and hope of our Great Thousand Upper Realm — how can we simply stand by and watch them perish right here?"
At this moment, an elderly man began to plead with the crowd, urging them to think of a way to rescue the juniors suffering within the blood fog.
In truth, the number of people worried for Chu Ruoshi and the others was far from limited to just him alone.
Even those with no connection whatsoever were growing concerned.
Just as the old man had said, Chu Ruoshi, Song Yunfei, and the others represented the future and hope of the Great Thousand Upper Realm. If they all perished within the blood fog today, it would be nothing short of a catastrophe for the entire realm.
Boom— Right at that moment, a powerful surge of energy suddenly erupted from the void, pouring into the blood fog and clashing against it head-on.
That person who had acted was attempting to forcefully extract the juniors trapped inside.