After over 30 minutes of combatting and threatening the others, Team DCA finally managed to enter Phantom Market with the other groups.
Bianca and Cornelius ran into Team Arcana, which consisted of the young representatives from Jamborough's renowned mystical families.
One of them was the Rutherford family, who represented the Stonehaven Order.
Considering Skylar had turned down an allocated spot offered by Warren, the latter could only compromise and pick a relatively outstanding nephew from the branch family, Heath Rutherford.
Heath was naturally in Team Arcana, a group of six outstanding descendants of Jamborough's renowned mystical families. One of them belonged to the Dulcimmer family, who were remarkable in instrument-making.
With the help of the instruments, Team Arcana surprisingly activated the ghost gate with ease.
When Bianca and Cornelius arrived, they were just in time to see the ghost gate open. The latter originally intended to use his fists to threaten Team Arcana into letting them through, but the former stopped him.
Confident in her innocent appearance and talent in theater, Bianca suddenly burst into tears and recounted a story about a juvenile young fox demon being forced by the clan leaders to participate in the mystical tournament.
"You guys probably didn't know this, but our clan leader is extremely ruthless!"
She sobbed, "If we get eliminated in the first round, our clan elders will definitely bind me under the Soul Tree, subjecting me to the torment of having my supernatural power and spirit essence drained away!"
When mentioning the potential punishment, Bianca shuddered in fear. Her pitiful and vulnerable appearance quickly convinced the members of Team Arcana, who had rarely interacted with the demon clan.
Considering the demons before them were juvenile, and to highlight their grace and dignity, Heath and the others promptly invited Bianca and Cornelius to enter Phantom Market with them.
"We might be in a tournament, but the practitioners of the mystic arts are always honest and upright. Even if we win, we'll do it the fairest way."
Heath continued, "That said, we're still opposing teams by the end of the day. Once we enter the Phantom Market, you'll have to rely on yourselves. But don't worry—it's only been ten minutes, and we're definitely the first batch to enter Phantom Market.
"We have plenty of time ahead. All we need to do is take it easy and…"
While Team Arcana seemed emotionally affected, Bianca and Cornelius seemed calm in the otherwise tense atmosphere. They knew Shannon's group, Team Seastone, would be the quickest to get in.
However, five minutes later, when the two saw Shannon and Elliot at a stall, they realized they had still underestimated the speed of her team.
They saw her sitting with Elliot at a stall around the corner, adorned with various bone decorations in a style reminiscent of the underworld.
That position was clearly the vendor's spot.
"Shannon, are you guys… selling stuff?"
Even if she had entered Phantom Market as quickly as she had, how had she managed to become a vendor within 20 minutes? Didn't the rules state to search for their respective item?
"Hold on. Have you located your item?" asked Bianca.
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