The six crimson stone columns formed a wall of raging flames that stood between the people within the colorful area and those without.

Dong Kang and the others could only pace anxiously outside the colorful area after rushing over.

Yang Kan seemed to relax immediately after forming the flame ward with his stone columns.

He took out a crimson crystal ball and tossed it into the air, where it stayed above his head.

Earthflame essence could be seen burning within the crimson crystal ball, along with slithering earthflame crystal strings, which seemed to be manipulating the six stone columns.

Yang Kan laughed wildly. “You lot from the Realm of a Hundred Battles are so naive. You really think you’d beat us just because you have greater numbers?

“It’s a pity that, as core disciples of the Dong Clan, neither of you have entered the late Greater Heaven stage. Otherwise, you’d have caused me much bigger problems.

“As for that Dong Kang, even though he’s at the late Greater Heaven stage, he didn’t receive the kind of attention and resources you two did.

“So even if he were in here, he’d become another victim of mine.

“Gu Haofeng, Qian Xin, and Cao Qiushui are all at the same cultivation stage as you are, which is far from enough to threaten me.”

With these words, Yang Kan dodged Dong...