The freezing winds of the Northern Continent continued to howl, but the attention of every cultivator present was fixed on the massive stone gates.
The air thrummed with a low-frequency vibration as the golden light reached a blinding crescendo, and then, as if a curtain were being pulled back, three figures stepped through the shimmering veil.
Ling Luochen, Shangguan Mu'er, and Xue Bing'er walked out onto the permafrost, their auras significantly more refined than when they had entered.
"They're out!"
"Look at their expressions... I wonder what they received from inside?"
"Others who were kicked out early got some immortal herbs and monster corpses, so they must have something even better, right?"
The crowd buzzed with envy and speculation.
During the first trial, the ancient forest had indeed been a treasure trove. While the trial itself demanded beast cores, the participants were allowed to keep the rest.
