Indeed!
It was sixteen fire dragons!
Luo Xia was not seeing things!
If you added the initial eight, there were now a total of twenty-four fire dragons within the barrier.
It was utterly absurd!
Seeing this number, not only was Luo Xia herself stunned, but everyone outside the barrier was utterly dumbfounded.
"Damn it! What's the point of playing anymore!"
"A madman! Whoever designed this trial is an absolute lunatic! Who on earth can pass this!"
"Twenty-four! I just want to say two words... Heh!"
"This is too much of an insult!"
"..."
They had originally thought Luo Xia would leverage her clones to overcome this challenge.
But now, everyone was speechless.
Twenty-four fire dragons!
How could anyone evade them?
Outside the crowd, a young man watched Luo Xia desperately trying to escape within the barrier. His expression grew increasingly somber.
"This is indeed a bit... excessive!"
Although he had anticipated this situation earlier, the sudden appearance of sixteen more fire dragons truly startled him.
At this moment, each of Luo Xia's clones was being relentlessly pursued by eight fire dragons. Her true form was no different.
"Judging by her current true qi consumption, those two clones can only last for another two minutes! And after two minutes, once the clones disappear..."
Once they disappear!
Luo Xia would have to face the onslaught of twenty-four fire dragons.
By then, there would surely be no hope of survival.
"Alas!"
Ye Ming sighed deeply, lost in his thoughts.
...
Inside the barrier, Luo Xia's true form was now covered in burn marks. Her face was as pale as paper, devoid of any color.
Her two other clones were also beginning to turn transparent, seemingly on the verge of dissipating at any moment.
Her internal true qi was no longer sufficient to sustain the formation of two more clones.
Yet, even so, she could not dispel the remaining two clones. If she did, the twenty-four fire dragons would instantly engulf her.
Facing eight alone was already her limit.
"Ah!"
Due to a moment's lapse in concentration, Luo Xia's left arm came into near-contact with a fire dragon. The searing pain shot through her nerves to her brain, causing her body to momentarily stiffen.
At such a critical juncture, an accident like this was undoubtedly a fatal blow.
Indeed!
The instant she froze, the other seven fire dragons surged towards her.
"My life, will it... end like this?"
Feeling the ferocious energy surging around her, Luo Xia's vision darkened, and she felt the world grow silent.
At this moment, she could already hear the call of death.
"To think that I would perish like this in pursuit of the truth, it's truly... ironic!"
This was her final thought.
One second!
Two seconds!
Three seconds!
After three seconds, Luo Xia did not meet the end she had expected.
"Why... is it so quiet?"
She opened her eyes in bewilderment, looking at the frozen scene before her, and was completely stunned.
In that scene, she could even see her other two clones fleeing. Behind them were the fire dragons burning with destructive power.
But now, everything was still.
Even the crowd outside the barrier was making gestures of grief and regret, lamenting the impending demise of Luo Xia, the Phoenix Luan Martial God.
"What is this?"
Luo Xia tried to move her body and found that she could still move, not feeling any restraint.
"Sect Master Luo Xia! Do you remember what I told you before?" At this moment, a voice, both familiar and strange, suddenly appeared in her mind.
"Who?"
She blurted out instinctively.
But after speaking, her beautiful eyes widened, as if she had remembered something?
"Little... little brother! Is... is that you?" she asked disbelievingly.
"Sect Master Luo Xia! You only have half a minute to recall what I told you before! Whether you can pass this trial depends on yourself!"
As the voice faded, the mysterious voice never reappeared in her mind.
"Hey! Explain yourself! Hey!"
No matter how much she called out, no one responded.
"What I said before?"
Several seconds later, Luo Xia finally managed to calm her mind.
"Right... right! I... I need to calm down and observe!" She took a deep breath and recalled what Ye Ming had said before.
"Calming down might reveal a different scene, what does that mean?"
Another ten seconds passed.
She was still dwelling on this sentence.
"Little brother, you're really something! Can't you just say it directly? Why the... huh?" Just as Luo Xia was about to complain again, she suddenly stopped.
"This is..."
Her gaze was now fixed on the frozen fire dragons, and she fell into deep thought.
After calming down, she could even see the energy flowing within the fire dragons.
Another ten seconds passed.
"Could it be..."
This time, she shifted her gaze to the center of the formation, and a bold idea slowly began to sprout in the depths of her heart.
"I can only gamble!"
She gritted her teeth, a fierce glint in her eyes, and clenched her fists involuntarily.
In the final few seconds, Luo Xia broke free from the predicament of being surrounded by seven fire dragons.
Whoosh!
With a sonic boom piercing the air, all the fire dragons in the arena suddenly "came alive" again, and everything returned to normal.
But it was as if nothing had happened.
The only difference was Luo Xia's position.
As the fire dragons found their target again, they charged towards Luo Xia once more.
However, at this moment, Luo Xia made an extremely bold move.
She clenched her fists and directly eliminated her other two clones.
The instant those two clones vanished, the remaining sixteen fire dragons re-locked onto their target and surged towards Luo Xia.
Now!
Luo Xia would face twenty-four fire dragons alone.
This action utterly bewildered the onlookers.
"Is... is it possible that Sect Master Luo Xia's true qi has been depleted, and she can only eliminate clones!"
"This is truly the end! Twenty-four fire dragons, there's no way to dodge them!"
"As expected! No miracle will happen!"
"This time! The Phoenix Luan Martial God will truly perish!"
"..."
Seeing this, everyone began to offer their silent condolences to Sect Master Luo Xia.
But in reality!
Was it truly like that?
As the twenty-four fire dragons attacked her, Luo Xia condensed all her remaining true qi into her feet.
Bang!
With a sonic boom exploding in the air, Luo Xia's form turned into a streak of azure light, flying directly towards the center of the formation.
Behind her were twenty-four forces of destruction.
The distance between them was rapidly closing.
"Faster! Faster! Even faster!"
Luo Xia roared repeatedly, pushing her body's strength to its limits, all for that sliver of speed.
Finally!
She rushed to the center of the formation.
And the twenty forces of destruction behind her arrived in an instant.
The next second!
Rumble!