The two completely different circular arches—one black, one white—presented everyone with a dilemma of choosing one or the other. Under normal circumstances, most people would lean toward the white one, since black always represented mystery and evil. But here, that logic didn't quite apply. Nobody knew where these two circular spatial formation gates actually led.
Perhaps one led to life and the other to death. Or perhaps neither.
Fei Zhitu could only pin his hopes on Cai He and Du Sisi.
At his words, the two formation masters exchanged a glance, both looking troubled. Cai He said, "Although we study formations, we know absolutely nothing about spatial power, and we've never even encountered spatial formation gates before. But the way of formations follows the same fundamental principles regardless of variation. Senior Fei, if you trust us, Sisi and I can study them and see if we can find a suitable path."
Fei Zhitu nodded gently. "Good. Don't rush. Study them carefully, and if you find any leads, let me know."
Cai He and Du Sisi then stepped forward, scattering their formation-breaking tools and beginning their examination of the two spatial formation gates.
Everyone else was at a complete loss. They could only sit or stand nearby, keeping watch. Even Yang Kai, who had cultivated spatial power, was powerless to help. The situation was clear—both spatial formation gates could be used, but where they actually led, nobody knew. They could only place their hopes on Cai He and Du Sisi.
Unfortunately, though the two had been raised by their families since childhood, studying and mastering the way of formations, they found themselves at a loss in the current situation. At first, their collaboration went smoothly, but they soon reached a disagreement and began arguing in hushed voices. One seemed to favor going through the white spatial formation gate, while the other preferred the black one. Neither could convince the other, and neither had any evidence for their preference—it was purely intuition.
Though Cai He had feelings for Du Sisi, the stakes were too high, and he argued his case firmly, refusing to yield an inch.
Watching this, Yang Kai sighed softly. The two's attainment in the way of formations was already quite impressive, but compared to Yang Yan, the gap was enormous. Yang Kai had already noticed this when they encountered those earlier formations—if Yang Yan had been the one to break them, she probably could have found the formation's core in no time at all. But these two, working together, had spent a tremendous amount of effort.
If Yang Yan were here instead, what choice would she make?
Yang Kai squinted at the two spatial formation gates and smiled faintly, secretly feeling that if Yang Yan really encountered this situation, she would most likely choose the black one.
For no other reason than that this girl wore a long black robe all day, wrapping herself head to toe—she clearly had a fondness for black.
Just as his mind was wandering, a tremendous pulling force suddenly emanated from both the black and white spatial formation gates. The surfaces of the gates, which had been as calm as still water, suddenly spawned enormous vortexes shaped like funnels. The pulling force emanated from these two vortexes.
It seemed that the formation-breaking tools Cai He and Du Sisi had deployed had somehow affected the two spatial formation gates, triggering an autonomous response.
The pulling force was so powerful that everyone's expression changed drastically. As the force reached them, every person felt their body being involuntarily pulled toward the black and white gates.
Fei Zhitu and the others shouted urgently, desperately channeling their Sacred Yuan, but still couldn't resist. Watching themselves inch ever closer to the two gates, he cried out, "Cai boy, Du girl—have you found the right choice?"
Cai He and Du Sisi were both pale with panic. They had been in the middle of an argument—how could they possibly reach a consensus in such a short time? In the end, each called out a different color.
Hearing this, Fei Zhitu knew immediately that he couldn't rely on them. He didn't blame them, of course—he simply hadn't anticipated such a bizarre event occurring here.
"I can't hold on!" Ning Xiangchen barked, wisely choosing to give up. He turned his head and said, "Brother Fei, I'm going ahead!"
With those words, he charged toward the white gate. In the blink of an eye, his figure vanished into the white formation gate.
At the same time, the old woman was also pulled to the black gate. Seeing that Ning Xiangchen had actually charged toward the other gate, she immediately struggled—but to her despair, she couldn't break free from the black gate's pull at all. With a cry of alarm, she was sucked into the black gate.
In the blink of an eye, two Void Return Realm cultivators had disappeared into different spatial formation gates, leaving everyone staring at each other in bewilderment, momentarily at a loss for what choice to make.
Moreover, even if they wanted to make a choice now, they couldn't. The warrior surnamed Wen and Fei Zhitu were both pulled to the white gate. Seeing that resistance was futile, Fei Zhitu gritted his teeth and growled, "Let's go!"
With that, he and the warrior surnamed Wen plunged into the white gate together.
But before the two of them entered, Lian Guang had already vanished. Everyone was in such a panic that nobody had noticed him, nor did anyone know which gate he'd been pulled into. Meanwhile, Yang Kai, who was further away, was still struggling to hold on, while Cai He and Du Sisi, aided by the power of the formation-breaking tools they'd deployed earlier, could resist to some extent.
Seeing that most people had been pulled into the white gate, Du Sisi gritted her teeth and twisted her body, ready to follow them—only to be yanked back by Cai He, who said urgently, "Going this way is the right choice!"
Du Sisi didn't even have time to get angry before she and Cai He were both sucked into the black gate.