Lu Yin did not plan to take any actions against Deng Pu before he was confident of dealing with Ku Wei. Otherwise, if took care of Deng Pu too early, he himself would not be able to win, which would be suffering for nothing. 

Deng Pu was finally able to relax. These two freaks were just Explorers, but they were much stronger than he was, and their forcefields had completely suppressed him. 

Although Deng Pu had not been blasted off of the altar, he still was not able to peacefully lockbreak, as the trio mutually restricted one another. Whoever was faster would be dealt with by the other two. Thus, nobody needed to think of finishing unlocking their sourcebox first. 

Finally, the trio spent a total of nineteen hours before they all completed their lockbreaking simultaneously. 

Lu Yin obtained a piece of metal from his sourcebox, which neither he nor the Ghost Monkey were able to recognize. 

Deng Pu’s sourcebox contained nothing. 

Ku Wei obtained a broken weapon from his sourcebox, but it disintegrated into ash the moment it came into contact with the air. 

Out of the sixteen competitors, only three of them had managed to succeed, though a huge portion of them had been chased away by Lu Yin and Ku Wei working together. 

Lu Yin had actually wanted to win himself, but he was not confident that he could overcome...