The area before them seemed anything but ordinary, and everyone hoped the hidden expert would finally lend a hand. Only then would they stand a chance of breaking the barrier. Though the group’s combined efforts were powerful, the true deciding force lay with the concealed powerhouse.

"Very well."

Suddenly, a voice echoed from the void, and the crowd’s morale surged.

"Hear that? With a senior willing to act, let’s give it everything to shatter this barrier! With luck, the lightning from above will vanish and we can seize the treasure. We can maybe even secure a way out of here," a leader rallied the group.

After all, everyone was here to gain strength, to claim the treasures within. Channeling their energies into one, they released intense power, their strikes reverberating across the skies with such force that it seemed as if they were on the brink of splitting heaven and earth.

Whoosh!

Fierce winds roared, the combined strikes of the assembled experts shaking the surrounding sp