Standing outside the arena, Luo Li glimpsed Ye Feng's cold-eyed hand seals through a fleeting transparent image.

He couldn't help but frown.

This is?.....

"Oh no! Retreat quickly!"

After Luo Li finished speaking, she picked up her two junior brothers on either side and quickly flew backward.

Zhai Ying was also among the first to react.

The moment Luo left his mouth, he vanished from his spot, instantly running hundreds of meters...

As Ye Feng made a hand seal, the thousand high-grade spirit stones stored in the core of the array instantly shattered into three pieces, transforming into energy.

The formation suddenly expanded, spreading outwards and enveloping an area of ​​500 meters.

The group, who had just been fighting fiercely, suddenly found their spiritual energy circulating sluggishly, as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing down on them.

This is the suppressive power of a level-two formation, comparable to the divine sense of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator!

"How...how did we...get inside the formation!?"

Except for a very few peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, most ordinary mid-to-late Foundation Establishment cultivators simply cannot unleash spells under such suppression.

A level-two formation, even a lower-level side sect's defensive measures are only this much, sufficient to deal with attacks from a Golden Core cultivator.

Controlled by Ye Feng, whose divine sense was in no way weaker than that of a Golden Core cultivator, those who were merely Foundation Establishment cultivators were essentially committing suicide.

Let alone them, even if there were ten or eight more early-stage Golden Core cultivators, it would be the same!

As Ye Feng waved his hand again, thousands of Gengjin sword energies appeared out of thin air and flew down.

"Pfft....Pfft pfft..."

"Ah... my hand...."

"My lord, spare my life! Senior, spare my life! Ah..."

...

In an instant, the formation became like a living hell, with nearly three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators falling to the ground, wailing incessantly.

However, Ye Feng showed some mercy, mostly piercing their hands and feet to incapacitate them.

After all, they are all potential customers. If we hit them too hard at once, they might not dare to come back after they leave.

As for the dozens of Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators, their treatment was much better.

Their tendons were all severed...

Without being able to manually perform hand seals, relying solely on divine sense within the great formation would have absolutely no effect on him.

Then, vines sprouted from the ground in the center and spread forward.

One by one, the people were wrapped up like dumplings and dragged within a hundred meters. He even collected the flying swords scattered on the ground.

As for those few who struggle... well, give them a couple more sword strikes.

...

Aside from Luo Li and his two junior brothers, Zhai Ying, the only other people left at the exit were a few dozen early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators standing far out on the perimeter.

Luo Li and Zhai Ying exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with seriousness.

This time... he really succeeded in making things work out of him.

A range of 500 meters is enough to exclude most of the cultivators inside the secret realm.

Even for a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, it's rare to find an attack with 70% of its power remaining after crossing 500 meters.

If that "Han Li" could withstand the attack of more than two hundred people by relying on the formation, he could definitely withstand the attack launched by two hundred late-stage or even peak Foundation Establishment cultivators from five hundred meters away.

This time... there's really no other way!

Unexpectedly, this person is actually a level two array master! And one of the best among level two array masters, with an array that can "breathe"!

How could there be such a genius??

In less than a minute, the formation contracted, and the people who had been fighting so enthusiastically disappeared.

Only a large pool of blood remained at the scene.

The extremely distant early stages of foundation building, spanning more than ten stations, still felt somewhat unbelievable.

Two or three hundred people, in the mid-to-late stages of Foundation Establishment, just like that, gone?

"Fellow Daoist, what has happened?"

Lu Jiu, Min Rong, and Liu De walked wearily behind the group.

Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, I couldn't help but ask someone for advice.

"The exit is blocked! We need to pay a toll."

Is the exit blocked?

The three were startled, and then followed the gaze of the crowd to look into the distance.

At the exit of the vortex, which was originally ten meters high, a white light barrier nearly two hundred meters wide and fifty meters high stood there.

There wasn't a single cultivator around; they were all standing a kilometer away.

The bloodstains scattered on the ground silently told them of the tragedy that had just occurred...

Damn it, how could I be so unlucky?

This never happened before. This time, not only were the things they were looking for stolen, but their junior brother also got lost.

After they left, they were blocked at the door. Now they were penniless, and they didn't even have 10,000 spirit stones in their storage equipment. How could they possibly get out?

Now they are caught between a rock and a hard place, unable to advance or retreat.

Without food, drink, or medicine, we can't explore, and now the exit is blocked, so we can't get out...

Fortunately, the spirit stones they had previously acquired were stored at the merchant guild, so the actual loss wasn't significant.

But the biggest problem now is that we can't get out! Are we going to die here in this secret realm?

Who knows what will happen when the time in the secret realm is up...?

——

Ye Feng, inside the formation, didn't keep the people outside waiting long.

Just five minutes later, the formation went into standby mode, merely maintaining the most basic internal suppression of magical power and divine sense.

The scene inside can already be seen from the outside.

Not far from the exit, the bodies of the people who had disappeared earlier lay scattered about.

Han Li sat regally on a chair summoned and condensed from earth-elemental magic.

One by one, the Foundation Establishment cultivators, clutching their hands and limping, walked up to him, handed over their storage equipment, and opened it themselves. Spirit stones and herbs floated out and piled up behind them.

Then, after returning the storage equipment, the person turned and jumped into the whirlpool, disappearing from sight....

Lu Jiu recognized the face on the chair, her eyes widened, she exchanged a glance with her two friends, and chose to remain silent.

It's that senior, the one who helped him at the Hanhai Chamber of Commerce before!

I never expected this "senior" to also be in the secret realm, and to do something so significant...

No wonder they looked down on the Green Spirit Sprout that cost several thousand spirit stones.

Each person could easily hand over ten times, a hundred times!

Zhai Ying flashed to Luo Li's side.

"Could it be an illusion?"

Now Zhai Ying is genuinely scared. If before he was only somewhat wary of Han Li,

Now I'm truly scared.

One person against two or three hundred cultivators of the same level, plus a level two formation master...

I even attacked him before. What if he attacks me if I walk into the formation?

And the scene of these monks handing over their valuables and leaving—who knows if it was just an illusion?

Luo Li pondered for a moment, then shook his head again.

Zhai Ying wasn't sure if he meant he didn't know, or if he realized it wasn't an illusion array.

But there's no other way now, so we can only let them do as they please and see what they do next.

———

The trading points on the trading panel were increasing rapidly. Seeing the numbers exceeding 100,000 and then 200,000, Ye Feng was overjoyed.

I've finally found a bit of the feeling that Lu Jiu was talking about.

With fewer than a hundred people leaving, the trading points increased by twenty million, reaching forty-five million.

If this business happened every day, wouldn't I be able to fly to the moon?

Hahaha... As expected, secret realms are really great!

Since I'm at the exit, if the secret realm closes, there will definitely be some signs. The exit will gradually shrink until it disappears, so there's no need to worry about being trapped inside.

In short, there are absolutely no problems, and you can make tons of money!

Once the exit of the secret realm begins to shrink, I can use the Concealing Breath Technique to leave, change my equipment, and come back without any problems!

However, there's still a problem with these spiritual herbs. The system's personal space is only one cubic meter, so it can only pick up some important items to take with it.

As for the storage ring, it holds fifty cubic meters... but with only early Foundation Establishment cultivation, how could it possibly pass external inspection?

Sigh, having a lot of money has its troubles too.

If only I could have a few hundred cubic meters more system space...

Because these people attacked him, he not only couldn't leave at the promotional price, but he also had to pay extra, having to pay half the price as a toll.

Prioritize collecting spirit stones, then collect any spirit herbs you find.

The pile of spirit herbs behind him was already over five meters high. This was after Ye Feng sold another batch at one-third of the price, based on who had the most spirit stones. The rest...

The two sects outside won't touch the spirit stones, but they will take half of the spirit herbs.

In total, they purchased it for 60% of the original price, and the Chamber of Commerce also offered 60% of that price for its buyback.

If you come across something you need, you won't lose out; you might even make a profit.

Of course, even if Ye Feng didn't give them anything, everyone would still be extremely grateful.

As the array enveloped them and countless sword energies rained down, everyone thought their lives were over.

Unexpectedly, not only have I survived, but I've also managed to bring back half of the spiritual herbs.

What could be more important than survival? Nothing!

Meanwhile, the cultivators from the two sects outside were also astonished to see a group of cultivators with severed limbs emerge.

The two families quickly learned what had happened.

"You brat! How dare you act like this? You've disgraced our sect!"

"How dare they rob my Heavenly Demon Sect! Heh heh heh... Go, notify a few Foundation Establishment stage demon disciples to enter the secret realm. I want them dead!"