Chapter 63: Coming Out.
Thick tension hung outside the ruin. Every clan looked at the ruin entrance in panic.
This was the first time they had ever seen a ruin entrance barring people from entering after a period of time.
What was going on? This was the question on everyone’s mind.
Even the mighty Jun aristocrat clan were clueless about what was going on.
The Master Martial Artists from the Mystic Path Academy and Frostwind Academy had gone to check the entrance only to return shaking their heads.
As for attacking it, that would be stupid.
It was common knowledge, no one attacked a ruin entrance and lived to tell the tale.
Not giving up, they summoned the Array Formation Association President to check the protective formation guarding the ruin entrance.
Alas...
They were disappointed.
Left with no option, everyone could only wait patiently, praying nothing would happen to their students and descendants.
By the third day, many began to lose hope.
Perhaps, the ruin entrance would not open again. Just the thought sent a cold shiver down everyone’s spine.
There were thousands of people inside the ruin and if they all perished inside the ruin.
The loss would be unimaginable.
Suddenly, the dormant ruin entrance came to life.
"Look! The entrance is active." A voice shouted, his tone filled with excitement.
"Hahaha. I knew the entrance would still open."
Quickly, the news of the entrance coming back to life spread throughout the camps.
Everyone stepped out of their camps, staring at the entrance with anticipation and nervousness.
Suddenly, a woman stumbled out of the ruin entrance.
For a moment, everywhere was quiet. All eyes were locked on the woman.
The woman was covered in bruises and her robe was torn in many places.
She puked a mouthful of blood and her face paled. Struggling to her feet, she raised her head and saw the crowd staring at her.
In a corner, she saw an old man with long white hair. "President..." She called.
The Array Formation President widened his eyes and stared at the woman for a moment before a look of realization appeared on his face.
"Elder Shen!" He exclaimed.
Elder Shen nodded and walked toward the association elders.
The array masters that did not enter the ruin stared at her in confusion and puzzlement.
Others were also looking at her in puzzlement. Everyone was trying to know what was going on but looking at the situation.
They all controlled their impulses.
The President arrived before her and supported her from falling.
"What happened inside the ruin?" He couldn’t help but ask.
"Too dangerous..." Elder Shen responded, and a mouthful of blood escaped from her lips.
"Don’t talk...we need to attend to your injury immediately."
However, the two words were enough to make everyone realize how dangerous the ruin was.
Tension and panic gripped everyone’s mind like a vice.
The two Jun clan Master Martial Artists stood on the hill with a pensive expression.
"What really happened inside the ruin?" One of them couldn’t help but mutter.
At the Gong clan’s side, they were also worried. All their talented younger generation were sent into the ruin world.
Their clan’s future would turn bleak if they lost them.
They shuddered at the mere thought.
The Yuan clan master knitted his brow, his face filled with panic.
The tension was so palpable that it could be cut with a knife.
Whoosh!
From the ruin entrance, a group came one after the other. Like Elder Shen, they were haggard and covered in bruises.
One of them had even lost an arm.
The group looked at the crowd with expressionless faces before they turned and left.
They were rogue martial artists.
But their presence gave everyone hope.
Slowly, more people began to come out but they were few.
Too few.
Suddenly, people stopped coming out of the entrance.
For the next five hours, no one came out.
"Someone should just tell us what the hell is going on!" A clan master shouted, unable to control his fear and rage.
Everyone looked at him for a moment before they ignored him.
The situation was too dire for them to care about some weak clan master.
Slowly, murmurs began to spread among the people.
"Don’t you think there might be a deeper scheme behind all this?"
"Why would you say that?"
"Think of it? Have you ever heard of a ruin entrance closing? Also, look at the various grievous injuries of those that came out."
"It was like they were coming back from a battlefield."
"You’re right..."
"So what are you saying? That some powerful force was using the ruin as a facade to hunt down people."
"I don’t know, but I think it is close to it..."
As the discussion spread, it became more twisted and exaggerated.
Slowly, they began to involve the Jun clan. Some were even confident enough to name the Jun clan behind the incident.
Watching the people running their mouths, the Jun clan Master Martial Artists were too lazy to care about them.
Anyone with a bit of common sense would know the truth.
Just then, the ruin entrance pulsated and a person came out.
"Finally, another person is out." A voice muttered in relief.
All gazes locked on him.
Whoosh!
Another person came out from the ruin. She was a girl. She stood behind the boy with an exhausted expression.
These two were Jun Wu and Jiang Yawen.
Jun Wu looked at the crowd without any change in his expression.
"Is that Jun Wu?" A voice asked in a low voice.
Although his voice was low, with the quiet atmosphere everyone heard him.
Quickly, everyone identified Jun Wu. Also, teachers from the Mystic Path Academy were happy when they saw Jiang Yawen.
Looking at Jun Wu, the Gong clansmen wore an ugly expression.
How could this be?
With the rumor of how dangerous the ruin was, how could he manage to survive?
Just thinking of it made their blood surge in anger.
To hell with danger.
Since a mere array master could survive, how could the others not survive?
Just as Jun Wu prepared to leave, two people arrived before him.
"Young Master, please wait."
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