"I wonder if among us there will emerge someone like the Dragon of the Kong Family," Li Fanming said.

"Delun, you're not planning to become the second Dragon of the Kong Family, are you?" Zong Wude joked.

Kong Delun shook his head, "Don't joke. Many from the Kong Family have entered The Holy Land in the past, but only one Dragon of the Kong Family emerged. Without obtaining something special, I can't become the King of Stars. I won't go to the seventh corridor. As long as I can get through the sixth, I'll rest in the safe square and then find the right moment to leave. If a Demon Barbarian becomes the King of Stars, we're all doomed."

"The talents of these three great sons are extraordinary, rumored to be no less than the Demon Emperor of the past. Once they grow up, they will surely become a major threat to our race."

"We have the will but not the power. This is the Comet Corridor, after all. It's already good enough that they don't kill us, let alone stop them."

"They probably all came for the King of Stars."

"With their status and position, of course, they would vie for the King of Stars."

"Do you think The Tyrant came for the King of Stars?"

"Besides the King of Stars, what else could make him expend so much effort and prepare for years?"

"That's not necessarily true. The Holy Land has many secrets; he might be using it as a pathway to somewhere else."

"If he's really here for the King of Stars, he might have obtained something related to the Comet Corridor, like Fang Yun said," Han Shoulu said.

"We can't be certain of that. Right now, we can only think about how to cross this Falling Star Bridge."

"Alas…"

Everyone sighed; the challenge of the Falling Star Bridge was beyond their limits.

"Fang Yun, it's up to you," Yan Yukong said helplessly.

Fang Yun nodded, "You guys keep looking for a way. I'll try again."

After speaking, Fang Yun called Niu Shan to the edge of the Falling Star Bridge, asking Niu Shan to release his blood and qi energy to protect himself from the impact of the falling meteors, then began to feel the coldness.

The coldness here was stronger. Fang Yun tried his best to perceive this coldness but to no avail, feeling only the chill in his body without any gain.

Fang Yun didn't get discouraged and continued to slowly sense the coldness of the Falling Star Bridge. If he couldn't deeply perceive it, he couldn't move this coldness and couldn't cross the bridge.

Fang Yun didn't use The Courage to Write to resist, and soon his body began to stiffen. In a daze, he felt like he was back in the first corridor, struggling through the cold wind. Soon after, he felt buried under an avalanche, the cold snow covering him.

Fang Yun stood there like an ice sculpture.

After an unknown time, Fang Yun felt a kind of anger from the coldness, not anger in the usual sense, more like a seed slowly sprouting, bursting forth with life. Then, this anger suddenly changed, like the anger of heaven and earth causing mountains and rivers to shatter.

Fang Yun felt dizzy, recalling paintings of the cosmic starry sky he had seen before. Those images used to feel beautiful, but now he sensed intense coldness, loneliness, and despair.

In the end, Fang Yun felt he had completely lost consciousness, lost in the boundless starry sky.

Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared ahead, emitting a destructive pressure that tore apart the starry sky.

Fang Yun abruptly woke up, and the surrounding coldness became faint, no longer aggressively invading him.

Fang Yun's eyes were confused. After a while, his gaze cleared, and he fell into deep thought. After a long time, he tried to move the coldness and found that it was like the qi of heaven and earth. Once he used his talent to move the qi, he could move the coldness, forming a powerful force.

Fang Yun stood for a while longer before coming down from the bridge, where all the Presented Scholars were watching him.

"You finally came down; we thought you were frozen stiff."

"Did you find a way?"

Everyone looked at Fang Yun with hope.

Fang Yun nodded slightly, "I have a vague idea. If nothing goes wrong, I can safely lead everyone to half a li from the end of the bridge. But I'm not entirely sure how to get through the last half li."

Everyone's spirits dampened, but no one said anything. The challenge of the fourth corridor was too difficult; it was normal for Fang Yun to struggle.

Fang Yun looked up at the bridge, where not only had the number of Demon Barbarians not decreased but increased, indicating that those from the third corridor had arrived.

At the moment, there were no sons of saints on the bridge; they probably had already passed the fourth corridor.

Fang Yun asked, "Did all those sons of saints use the same method to cross the bridge?"

Li Fanming replied, "No. One lizard Demon Barbarian used their tribe's demon technique, allowing the meteor to hit him, but before dying, he threw his severed tail out, which quickly transformed into a new lizard Demon Barbarian."

"Tail severing escape, I've heard of that. What about the other Demon Barbarians?"

"The rest followed the Tiger Demon Saint, letting the meteor strike the ice bridge first and then dealing with it in various ways. Some used their bodies to resist like the Tiger Demon Saint, some used special demon techniques, and some relied on terrifying speed to run down the bridge, causing the meteor to dissipate naturally."

"Having seen their escape methods, do you have any insights?"

"We do. We've discussed how to dodge the first attack of the meteor. When entering the final area, we'll first use The War Poetry to protect ourselves, then rush forward with speed poetry. While timing the recitation of 'The Song of the Great Wind,' we'll run. When the meteor is about to fall, we'll finish the last line of 'The Song of the Great Wind,' letting its wind blast us away, and with the speed of the speed poetry, we should be able to avoid the meteor!"

Fang Yun said, "I've thought of that too, but when 'The Song of the Great Wind' explodes, if you use protective war poetry, its power won't move you. If you don't use protective war poetry, the force of the explosion will be enough to seriously injure you. How will you dodge the following attacks of the meteor?"

"Exactly, the outcome is that we'll be seriously injured, so it's just an inspiration, not feasible. Besides, the meteor's speed is too fast; we can't time it right." Li Fanming smiled helplessly.

Fang Yun suddenly smiled, "Now that you mention it, I've just thought of using this method as the last step!"

"Oh?" Everyone's dim eyes suddenly brightened.

"Tell us quickly!"

"I knew you'd have a way!"

A large rabbit nearby excitedly hopped around.

Fang Yun said, "If a meteor that's passed through an ice layer hits you, can you dodge it in time using 'The Song of the Great Wind'?"

"Of course! We're not pigs! What's your plan?" Sun Naiyong asked loudly.

Fang Yun said, "I can create an ice wall, like the ice bridge, for the meteor to pass through, weakening its force. Then you can detonate the power of 'The Song of the Great Wind.' Blow yourselves away, let the meteor crash into the bridge, leaving it with minimal force. Even if we're seriously injured, the power of concluding poetry can shatter the last meteor."

"Wait! Setting aside whether you can create an ice wall containing strange power, did you just say 'we'?" Shi Tang asked incredulously.

"Yes! If you observe carefully, you'll notice that a meteor the size of a human head can only create a two-zhang radius hole on the ice. If we keep a distance of more than three zhang from each other, we won't have to worry about being hit by multiple meteors. Besides that, I have no other way to help you cross the Falling Star Bridge. It's up to you to decide whether to cross or not."

"Fang Yun, how confident are you in this plan?"

Fang Yun had already calculated and immediately said, "Eighty percent!"

"Ah? That high? I'm in!" Li Fanming was somewhat excited.

"I thought at most it would be fifty percent. Eighty percent is worth a try!"

However, more than ten Presented Scholars hesitated; this wasn't the avalanche slope. Everyone had seen the power of the meteors, and Fang Yun's claim to obtain the power of the ice bridge was too fantastical.

"I… I'll opt out." A Presented Scholar quietly turned and left, using an ice stone to return to the previous square, stopping at the fourth corridor.

"I'm opting out too…"

"For me, entering the Comet Corridor is already a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and now I've passed the third corridor. I'm content. I know my limits, and even with Fang Yun's help, I might not pass safely. Sorry, and thank you, Fang Yun! If you ever visit Jia Nation, I will treat you with great honor!"

One after another, Presented Scholars opted out. In the end, only twenty-one remained.

Fang Yun and his companions didn't blame those who left. Assessing one's strength is one of the principles of scholars.

Not all the withdrawing Presented Scholars left; five stood aside, waiting to see Fang Yun's results before deciding. Their eyes were full of conflict.

"Anyone else want to leave?" Fang Yun scanned the remaining twenty people, along with one demon and one barbarian.

No one spoke up.

"Good! The way I cross the bridge is quite special and hard to explain, but I'll give some instructions. As long as you don't stray, I'm confident I can lead you to half a li from the end of the bridge."

Fang Yun then detailed the precautions and led everyone to the edge of the bridge. Quietly looking up at the sky, after a wave of meteors fell, he said, "Use The War Poetry of Speed!"

The scholars engaged in tactical discussions or recited poetry on the spot. Each was enveloped by the power of The War Poetry of Speed, a gentle breeze stirring around them. Then, under Fang Yun's lead, they charged towards the Falling Star Bridge.

The meteors were relatively sparse at the beginning of the bridge. Without much thought, everyone followed Fang Yun closely, while he looked up every step or two.

The speed of The War Poetry was swift. After reaching a spot, Fang Yun suddenly stopped and said, "This is one of the safe points, wait here."

Fang Yun then looked up, calculating the patterns of the celestial bodies in the sky. Once he had a clue, he immediately ran to the next safe point.

The qi of heaven and earth here was particularly dense, allowing The War Poetry of Speed to last dozens of times longer than usual. The group almost continuously used The War Poetry along the way.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Fang Yun led everyone to half a li from the end of the bridge.

Although the Falling Star Bridge was harder than the previous three corridors, they reached the last half li in such a short time that they couldn't believe it when Fang Yun said, "We've arrived."

"Fang Yun must be tired," Yan Yukong sighed softly.

"The easier it is for us, the harder it is for Fang Yun, our guide."

Fang Yun turned around to speak but paused, staring at the start of the bridge.

Since this area was relatively safe, everyone also turned back to look. They saw over a dozen blood Demon Barbarians advancing along the path Fang Yun had taken, more than half of them from the saintly tribes of demons.

The blood Demon Barbarians quickly noticed Fang Yun watching them and started to laugh proudly.