Centered on the restless spirit, in an extremely slow passage of time, the form of a white fox began to regenerate.
Lying on the ground, Fox Tianshuang in her white fox form looked toward the direction the young man had left, her heart still trembling with fear.
Even though several hours had passed since he left.
Just the thought of what had happened those hours ago filled her with dread.
Terrifying—too terrifying.
Fortunately, she still possessed a hidden true soul and the divine power of reincarnation.
Otherwise, she would have been utterly destroyed in both body and spirit today.
That kid…
He was nothing short of a monster.
A mere Golden Core realm cultivator, just a Golden Core realm.
But when he fought her, she felt hopeless and terrified beyond measure.
Not even when the Demon God Lord himself had once suppressed the demon kings and ascended did she feel such overwhelming pressure.
And because of reshaping her body through reincarnation,
Fox Tianshuang felt her strength had dropped by a full major realm.
The tail representing the reincarnation divine power among her six tails did not appear again with the physical reconstruction.
Damn that brat…
Though cursing inwardly, at this moment, Fox Tianshuang dared not harbor any thoughts or feelings toward Chen Yuyang.
If she had any thoughts at all, it was only that the farther away from him, the better.
…
Time rewinds to several hours earlier.
Yan Luo turned and left resolutely without looking back.
She hadn’t run far when she sensed a magnificent heavenly might emanating from the sky behind her.
But before she could contemplate what exactly was happening there, a figure suddenly appeared before her.
“So you’re not far after all. I even thought you’d escaped, so I went looking elsewhere for you!”
A man surrounded by demonic aura appeared with a cold sneer, wielding a long spear of bone and flesh.
An insult!
Yan Luo’s pupils contracted, and she clenched her fists tightly.
It was because of this bastard… that she had fallen into such a predicament, and he had broken the seal of the Yao Pagoda, causing Chen Yuyang to now be coerced by that fox woman…
“Remnant of the demonic cult, you deserve to die!”
She roared, then launched a fierce attack at An Yu.
Even An Yu was taken aback but quickly burst into wild laughter:
“Hoho, not running away but approaching me instead?”
“Good, girl, let your Pure Yang Ultimate Body become a stepping stone for me to advance further!”
Moments later…
A battered and bruised An Yu transformed into a streak of blood light and fled the scene at top speed.
He couldn’t believe it.
Only a few hours had passed.
How had that girl’s strength grown so dramatically
that she had surpassed even himself, who had reached Nascent Soul realm?
She really was a prodigy-like girl…
Damn it, it seemed that obtaining a Pure Yang Ultimate Body would require a long-term plan…
No matter, the Holy Maiden was also inside the secret realm… As long as he could find her and get her to help, capturing the body would be easy.
“As for now…”
Feeling the wounds within his body,
An Yu knew it would not be easy to heal through normal means and would take considerable time.
But that was fine… he only needed to find a young cultivator, absorb and refine them to restore himself to peak condition.
Just then, the figure of a boy appeared in An Yu’s line of sight.
About fourteen years old, black hair and eyes, still somewhat childish in appearance, and at that moment, unguardedly washing himself by the river…
If he recalled correctly…
This kid was from the Hehuan Sect.
Before the secret realm opened, he had once gambled with the Yan family girl and won by cunning.
Though he was only Foundation Establishment realm, reaching that level at his age meant his talent wasn’t bad.
As material for his recovery, he met the requirements.
With that, An Yu immediately dove down, demonic aura transforming into a giant hand that reached to grab the boy below.
Chen Yuyang, bathing by the river, lifted his eyes slightly.
Seeing An Yu’s careless attack, he sighed helplessly before his expression instantly darkened.
“You mutt, you want to dance too?”
…
Near the entrance of the Ziyang Secret Realm.
Two days ago, Ling Xi arrived here smoothly.
Because she had reacted quickly enough, she hadn’t encountered any real danger on the way.
But when it came time to leave, she hesitated and faltered.
Senior Brother Yuyang, how is he?
He said he wanted to find a reason, a cause that would make those three men “die unexpectedly.”
He wasn’t going into danger, rather he planned to stay inside the secret realm until it became dangerous before leaving.
Otherwise, he could have just run directly to the exit like she had.
At this moment, near the secret realm’s entrance, dozens of disciples from various great sects had gathered, sensing the situation was off and retreating here, though unwilling to leave outright.
Though there were now monster beasts appearing, what if those beasts left in a couple of days?
Leaving now would be a big loss.
Some who had barely escaped the beasts were discussing the stories of their journey back.
Now Ling Xi also knew that monster beasts had appeared in the Ziyang Secret Realm, and in such numbers they were uncountable.
This made her even more worried about Chen Yuyang’s safety.
Leaving like this, if Senior Brother Yuyang was unlucky and perished… what face would she have to face the sect master?
Even if staying didn’t allow her to do much, she still hoped to see that familiar figure.
Senior Brother Yuyang, please don’t have anything happen to you!
Just then, the secret realm’s entrance suddenly rippled with a spatial fluctuation.
Accompanying the ripple, a group of about twenty cultivators wearing the garments of various sects stepped inside the secret realm from outside.
“Someone’s coming.”
“Who are they?”
The disciples gathered near the entrance began to discuss.
“They seem to be from some smaller and medium sects…”
Some even stepped forward to ask directly.
“Friends, how did you enter the secret realm?”
“We were sent by our sects to investigate the matter,” a handsome man at the front immediately cupped his hands and said loudly, “This is serious. If any of you have information, please share without reservation.”
Despite the words, those who had fled here at this time were all originally staying on the secret realm’s outskirts.
They only knew of the monster beasts’ appearance but had no idea why the beasts had appeared.
Some didn’t even know where the beasts had come from.
It seemed the major sects realized something was wrong and had sent people to investigate.
Ling Xi thought to herself.
Though she wanted to help, unfortunately, she knew little since Senior Brother Yuyang had told her to run from the start.
“Are you worried about someone, sister?”
At that moment, a gentle voice broke in.
Ling Xi looked up to see a silver-haired girl, graceful and elegant.
The girl’s skin was extremely pale, almost bloodless; her silver hair was pinned up with a slender red jade hairpin.
Her eyes were a rare shade of blood red, matching her frost-white skin like cinnabar on rice paper.
Her lips wore a striking vermillion lipstick, and now the corner of her mouth curved into a faint smile as she looked at Ling Xi.
Ling Xi was stunned because she didn’t recognize this person.
“You’re from Hehuan Sect, right?”
The girl smiled lightly and continued.
Ling Xi nodded and looked at the girl.
“May I ask who you are…”
“My name is Yun Xiu, a disciple of Luoshen Cliff.”
Luoshen Cliff!
Ling Xi was a little startled, looking at her with surprise.
Luoshen Cliff was one of the seven great sects, notable for having a female sect master and elders, and accepting only female disciples.
“I see you’re a fellow Daoist from Luoshen Cliff. Excuse me for my rudeness; I am Ling Xi from Hehuan Sect.”
“I recognize you. When your junior brother faced off against the Yan family’s young lady, you were standing behind your master.”
Yun Xiu continued.
Ling Xi finally understood why the woman knew she was from Hehuan Sect.
“That… is not my junior brother,”
Ling Xi hurriedly corrected.
“Oh? Not your junior brother? Well, Hehuan Sect is a female sect and probably doesn’t accept male disciples… so he must be some minor servant from Hehuan Sect, right?”
Yun Xiu’s eyes brightened with an excited gleam as she asked.
Ling Xi shook her head, unsure why the girl was so imaginative.
“He’s my senior brother. Although younger than me, he joined earlier.”
“I see…” Hearing this, Yun Xiu somehow looked a little disappointed.
But then she quickly asked, “Where is your senior brother now?”
“Well… we were attacked by monster beasts and got separated.”
Ling Xi lied.
Yun Xiu nodded again.
“So you’re waiting for him here?”
“That’s right, but it’s already been four or five days…”
As she spoke, Ling Xi bit her lip.
Perhaps tortured by solitude, now having someone to talk to, she couldn’t help but pour out her feelings.
“Oh, what a pity.”
“Someone as outstanding as him shouldn’t end up like this.”
Yun Xiu shook her head regretfully.
“To win against a Golden Core realm cultivator at Foundation Establishment realm, and that against the Yan family young lady… even if by trickery, it’s not something just anyone could do.”
Ling Xi could tell Yun Xiu admired her senior brother greatly.
Looking at Yun Xiu’s delicate and lovely face, for some reason, Ling Xi felt a small pang of jealousy.
That bad guy senior brother of hers even had admirers outside.
“Just so happens I’m also waiting for someone here. Let’s wait together,” Yun Xiu said.
“There are so many people here, even if monster beasts come, we can handle them… at worst, we can leave at any time.”
Ling Xi nodded.
Waiting alone or waiting together was still waiting.
With someone else, at least they could chat to relieve some of the melancholy and tension.
However, just then, A cultivator suddenly pointed toward the distance.
“What’s that?”
“A meteor?”
“No, not right!”
“That’s a person!”
“It’s the Yan family young lady, that Pure Yang Ultimate Body!”