The man and woman warriors of unknown small sect origin were blocked by an invisible barrier the instant they charged toward the entrance to the Land of Four Seasons, unable to enter.
Not only that — the barrier that stopped them seemed to carry an extraordinarily vicious killing force, grinding both of them into a mass of minced flesh and blood mist that exploded in midair.
These two had actually died just like that, without even understanding what had happened!
"What?"
"How could this happen?"
Below, numerous warriors cried out in alarm, their faces going deathly pale in an instant.
If the entrance to the Land of Four Seasons was this dangerous, how were they supposed to get in? Most likely, more than half the people present wouldn't be able to pass through the entrance at all — they would all die right here.
However, most of the Dao Source Realm cultivators remained calm and unperturbed, as though they had long expected this.
Yang Kai sighed softly.
He had obtained the jade slip from the Green Sun Temple, so he naturally knew those two had been rather reckless. To enter the Land of Four Seasons, brute force was simply not an option. No matter how high one's cultivation, the outcome would be the same as those two — death without even a complete body.
To enter the Land of Four Seasons, one could only wait for the mysterious force from beyond to extend its invitation.
This was the benefit of having intelligence.
Had Yang Kai come here alone, ignorant and uninformed, he might very well have charged straight in, triggering unpredictable consequences.
Just then, a transparent energy sphere suddenly emerged from the rift. The sphere hovered silently in midair like a bubble.
The moment this energy sphere appeared, the disciples of the Star God Palace sprang into action.
Ten of the forty disciples dove into the bubble one after another. The bubble twisted and deformed constantly yet never burst — a truly wondrous sight.
Strangely enough, the bubble seemed to be exactly the right size for ten people. Once the ten Dao Source Realm cultivators were inside, there was hardly any space left. At the same time, the bubble contracted slightly and drifted toward the entrance at remarkable speed.
The next instant, it slipped through the entrance and vanished without a trace.
Only after witnessing this did the warriors participating in the Land of Four Seasons secret realm for the first time understand how things actually worked.
Clearly, the bubble was the key to entering the Land of Four Seasons.
After a few breaths, another bubble floated out from the rift. The Star God Palace dispatched another ten disciples…
This cycle repeated four full times before all the Star God Palace disciples had gone through.
The Star God Palace was the overlord of the Southern Domain, so being the first to enter the Land of Four Seasons naturally left no room for complaint. However, it was unclear how the Emperor Realm experts had negotiated the order of entry. After the Star God Palace, the twenty disciples of the Heavenly Martial Holy Land split into two groups and entered the Land of Four Seasons in succession.
The Green Sun Temple was the third batch.
When it was the Green Sun Temple's turn, Xia Sheng stepped forward first, selecting nine people to accompany him as they followed the mysterious bubble's invitation into the secret realm.
Yang Kai and the remaining nine followed close behind.
The bubble was truly remarkable. When Yang Kai slipped inside, he felt no resistance whatsoever. It was more like sinking into water — everything around him was soft and yielding. There was no sensation of suffocation, though.
And while wrapped in the bubble as it passed through the void rift, he sensed no danger at all.
His vision blurred, and by the time Yang Kai came to his senses, he was already in an entirely different place.
The ten of them were still enveloped by the bubble, hovering in midair. Soon, the bubble burst apart and ceased to exist. Everyone quickly circulated their spiritual energy to keep themselves afloat.
From the information recorded in the jade slip, Yang Kai knew that each batch of warriors guided into the Land of Four Seasons by the bubble would appear in the same location. However, the positions where different batches materialized were difficult to predict.
So at this moment, the ten of them were still together. Looking around, there were no other warriors in sight. He had no idea where the dozens who had entered the Land of Four Seasons earlier had been teleported to.
This second group of ten from the Green Sun Temple was led by Xiao Baiyi. After all, in the sect's martial competition, Xiao Baiyi had ranked second, behind only Xia Sheng.
This had been arranged beforehand — he and Xia Sheng would each lead one team.
The moment the bubble burst, Xiao Baiyi retrieved a transmission compass from his spatial ring and infused it with spiritual sense, apparently checking whether Xia Sheng and the others were nearby.
After waiting a while without receiving any response, Xiao Baiyi had no choice but to put the compass away.
"This should be the Summer Domain, right?" Murong Xiaoxiao, who had been scanning their surroundings the entire time, suddenly spoke up.
The place where they had materialized was blazing under a scorching sun. The air was saturated with incredibly dense fire-attribute spiritual energy, the temperature was extreme, the ground was cracked and dry, and vegetation was sparse — clearly the Summer Domain, known for its intense heat.
"It should be." Xiao Baiyi nodded lightly. Just as he was about to say something more, his expression suddenly turned sharp, and he turned his head to look off in one direction.