Elder Wan issued a warning. The grand witch priest and the others promptly produced their poison-warding treasures. 

The gray-robed elder, skilled in toxins, distributed several secret antidote pills to the group. They finished their preparations and stepped through the teleportation array one after another.

The light of the teleportation array faded. Silence returned to the stone hall.

High above the hall at the valley's rim, a lone figure had been standing the entire time, hands clasped behind his back, gazing down at the stone hall as if his sight could pierce the deadly barriers within the valley.

Neither the grand witch priest nor Old Devil Fang had noticed this person’s presence. Their infiltration of the valley and the opening of the hall had all been witnessed by him.

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