Bam!
The huge fireball quickly rushed to Vivian's body and immediately burst with terrible aftermaths.
Seeing this, color drained from Alex's face. She couldn't see what happened next, so she worried for her.
As the smoke cleared, she found Vivian standing on the crystal step completely unharmed.
"Oh, Tripp, that was dreadful! I'm so glad you're okay!" Alex couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
"It's no big deal. He'll be fine." Rocky smiled. "Let's go." Before Alex could even figure out what he meant, Rocky had already grabbed her hand and escorted her onto the crystal staircase.
Similar to what Vivian had experienced earlier, the first crystal step cracked under their feet as they got on. Fortunately, they moved to the next step before the first one shattered and collapsed beneath them. They continued on as though they were merely walking on the ground.
They faced tests that got more severe with each step they took. It seemed that the higher the step, the more dangerous the test was, even for a premium-stage Spiritual Emperor.
Nonetheless, for Rocky and Vivian, these tests were just a piece of cake.
Meanwhile, another team also arrived at the crystal palace and noticed that Vivian, Rocky, and Alex were climbing the crystal staircase and approaching the top of the crystal palace.
This team, led by a premium-stage Spiritual Emperor, and whose members were all Spiritual Kings at the premium stage, was the strongest among the five clans that entered the Ethereal Valley. It was none other than the team from the Lingji Clan.
"Elder Ruth, how could they have gotten here before us?" the medium-stage Spiritual Emperor said to their premium-stage Spiritual Emperor. She was quite surprised to see that another team beat the fastest among all the clans.
"They probably took some shortcuts," Elder Ruth replied calmly.
"Let's hurry! There must be valuable treasures in this palace!" Since they came here second, the Spiritual Emperor at the medium stage couldn't wait to get inside.
"Go ahead and take two people with you. Follow those three warriors closely," Elder Ruth instructed.
The Spiritual Emperor nodded and brought along two Spiritual Kings at the peak stage to go to the crystal staircase. Just as they touched the stairs, the first stepped cracked under their feet.
One of the Spiritual Kings was caught off guard and fell heavily right onto the ground. She had a hard time getting up.
Fortunately, the Spiritual Emperor and the other Spiritual King reacted in time to move up to the second step. However, when they reached the second step, a huge fireball fell from the sky.
They both hurriedly released their spiritual power to protect themselves, but the Spiritual King got sent flying and awkwardly rolled to the ground later.
The Spiritual Emperor barely touched the third step, yet a thunderbolt instantly struck down. Despite being a Spiritual Emperor at the medium stage, the powerful force that came at her made her feel a little scared.
Upon learning that spiritual power alone could not block the thunder, she quickly took out a treasure and released its power. In an instant, a bell-shaped shield appeared above her head and covered up her whole body.
Boom!
When the lightning struck the shield, it began to shake violently.
A few seconds later, the power of the treasure was used up. As it slowly disappeared, it revealed the Spiritual Emperor that was drenched in cold sweat. Her face had also gone extremely pallid.
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