Chapter 76 Inner Demons Erupt Simultaneously; Song Yin Injured

"If we can meet your requirements, the existing formations won't work; we'll have to create and construct a new formation."

"I will try my best. Creating a new formation out of thin air is unrealistic. I plan to modify the existing Spirit Binding Formation, and ideally shorten the formation's setup time."

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Before coming to the secret realm, the two got together to discuss the new formation, and the Myriad Annihilation Formation was born at that time.

The new formation master, Heming, only succeeded once in numerous training sessions, using it as a trump card.

Ripples spread through the air as Shi Heming once again skillfully drew runes in the void. This formation was extremely taxing on Shi Heming in his current state, and with his spiritual energy insufficient, he directly took out several top-grade spirit stones. The formation was completed, and the spirit stones and runes shone brightly, with huge and complex patterns appearing directly beneath his feet.

"What kind of formation is this? I've never seen anything like it before." The black-robed formation cultivator muttered to himself. He wanted to interrupt the formation's formation, but he couldn't come up with a solution. It was common for formations to continue operating even when their key points were blocked.

The powder floated in the air, and the moment the formation was completed, a net-like network of tiny spider webs filled the entire space.

The same silk threads surrounded Jing Yue. She swept them away with thorns, but the thorns she summoned shattered into pieces upon contact with them. The thorns that stuck to the threads were then attached to them and began to multiply endlessly. Jing Yue decisively broke off and discarded the piece of thorn. The fallen thorn was soon wrapped in silk threads, just like a spider wrapping its prey in its silk.

The people opposite dared not move rashly, for if they did, they would end up like the Thorn Duan, but if they did not move, they would inhale a lot of the pill powder.

Having successfully set up the formation, Shi Heming's hands fell limply to his sides, his eyes slowly closed, and his body slumped helplessly into the lava below.

Song Yin was prepared. She grabbed Shi Heming by the back of his collar, as if she were holding a rabbit by its ears, and lifted the huge Shi Heming in her hand.

Wu Jue: "Fellow Daoist Shi is injured?"

Song Yin: "I just fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion and depletion of spiritual energy." He had also fallen into a deep sleep for two hours when he first successfully set up this formation at the Immortal Cloud Sect.

The formation had too many side effects after it was successfully set up, so Shi Heming woke up and discussed with Song Yin that the formation would only be used as a last resort.

The black-robed cultivator tried to rush out, but his arm was torn open as soon as the silk thread stuck to it. His spiritual energy was unable to force the silk thread off the wound, so he simply and cleanly severed his arm.

Blood dripped down, revealing clean, stark white bone at the severed point. The black-robed cultivator, enduring the pain, had bloodshot eyes and began to lose control of his emotions.

He was clearly only at the Foundation Establishment stage, yet he suffered such a huge setback!

"All of you—die!"

The fourth elder of the Zhang family said to the female cultivator in tight-fitting clothes, "Go quickly and help! Fifth Brother's inner demons have erupted!"

Everyone's inner demons are different, but most are related to obsessions. Some people experience an inner demon eruption that renders them unable to use their spiritual energy, some suffer damage to their meridians, and some fall into madness, and so on.

The black-robed array cultivator belonged to the last type. The fourth elder of the Zhang family clearly understood how his inner demons erupted, causing him to fall into madness and lose his ability to distinguish friend from foe.

The fourth elder of the Zhang family felt his heart pounding and began to feel dizzy. He let go of the hand he was holding onto the guest elder, and the world spun before his eyes.

How could he...?

After a moment of clarity, the fourth elder of the Zhang family shook his head violently. "The formation is not right; it will trigger our inner demons!"

Xiao Daiheng and Wu Jue were caught in a dilemma. Now was the perfect opportunity to kill each other, but the silk threads also restricted their movements.

The formation was controlled by Shi Heming, but Shi Heming had already fallen into a deep sleep.

Song Yin patted Shi Heming's face with her hand, "Wake up, don't sleep." Seeing that he didn't react, she stuffed the pills that restored spiritual energy into his mouth like feeding a pig.

When Wu Jue turned around, he saw Song Yin treating Shi Heming roughly. He silently lit a candle for Shi Heming.

After a long while, Shi Heming still did not respond. Song Yin frowned, it seemed that Shi Heming had exhausted himself this time.

"Senior Jing Yue, everyone on the other side is caught in a crisis of inner demons. Have we won?"

Jing Yue covered her nose. "The other side isn't dead. You need to make them admit defeat on their own."

*Pfft*

The sound of a sharp blade piercing through a body rang out, and Song Yin turned around.

We saw our teammate Xiao Daiheng deliver a devastating blow to his teammate Wu Jue.

Wu Jue: "Senior Brother..."

Xiao Daiheng: "Anyone who prevents me from seeing her shall die."

Song Yin: !!!

Oh no! How could Xiao Daiheng still have his inner demons triggered after consuming the Sword-Replenishing Pill? Just how severe are his inner demons?

The enemy's inner demons erupt, and so do your own teammates.

They went too far.

Song Yin shook Shi Heming, whom she was carrying, vigorously. "Stop sleeping! You've gone too far! Let's get out of this secret realm quickly!"

Shi Heming slowly woke up amidst the shaking, and the scene before him instantly brought him to his senses.

"Their inner demons have erupted; we must leave the secret realm quickly." Song Yin immediately began chanting incantations and hand seals.

Two seconds passed... ten seconds passed...

Song Yin: "Why are you still here?!"

Jing Yue: "Because the secret realm is sealed off, we can only wait for it to automatically close and force you out. Otherwise, no one can leave the secret realm first."

Song Yin: "You blocked it?"

Jing Yue pointed at Song Yin's enemy.

Song Yin gripped her sword. "Never mind, let's charge in first. Remember to control the formation so you don't hurt me."

With nimble movements, Song Yin quickly reached the female cultivator in tight-fitting clothes. Her inner demons erupted, causing her to stop in place, tilt her head back, and open her mouth, her eyes covered by a layer of white.

With a single sword strike to the throat, the magma dissipated along with the spell's master. Song Yin held the sword in her right hand and the magical artifact in her left, confirming that her soul had entered the artifact before moving on to kill another person.

Of the three remaining, only the Zhang family members were left. The black-robed formation cultivator looked the most dangerous, so she killed the other two first.

Wu Jue knew that Xiao Daiheng was affected by his inner demons. Fortunately, the wounds were not fatal. Instead of being angry with his senior brother, he tried to control him and awaken him.

The black-robed array cultivator turned his attention to Shi Heming. He was a jealous person, and his emotions were easily ignited. Before his inner demons erupted, he was already feeling unbalanced because of Shi Heming's array formations in actual combat. After his inner demons erupted, his jealousy reached its peak.

"Kill you, kill you!" The black-robed cultivator had only one thought: to kill Shi Heming.

His inner demons originated from the Xuan Tian Tournament. He fought hard for hundreds of years, only to lose to a young array cultivator two or three hundred years his junior. From that moment, his inner demons were born. Each time his inner demons erupted, they would remind him of the tragic scene from that competition, and then his thoughts would become uncontrollable, leaving his mind with only one thought.

He killed everyone; he became the number one array cultivator in the Xuan Tian Grand Assembly!

"puff!"

Song Yin was fighting against two people, but the fourth elder of the Zhang family still had a sliver of clarity. He directly took out his magic weapon and launched an attack on Song Yin.

The fourth elder of the Zhang family took out a sixth-tier magic artifact, the Ruyi Bell. The Ruyi Bell was dark red, with two horns on top, and its overall shape resembled the head of a demon beast, with images of evil spirits engraved on its surface.

The fourth elder of the Zhang family gently shook the Ruyi Bell, and Song Yin was attacked from the shadows, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Shi Heming's pupils contracted, and half of the silk threads in the formation surged toward the fourth elder and the guest elder of the Zhang family.

The Ruyi Bell grew larger, enclosing the two inside. The silk threads could barely move, and the struggle against the magical artifact produced a creaking sound.

Song Yin gritted her teeth, touched the sword talisman given to her by Elder Wen, and unleashed the strongest attack of a Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator, completely piercing the Ruyi Bell.

Of the two people being protected inside, the guest elder died on the spot, while the fourth elder of the Zhang family was barely alive. He was panting heavily, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Song Yin.

The fact that six people were defeated by a few juniors is a laughing stock.

The silk threads entangled the fourth elder of the Zhang family. He was powerless to resist, but he would not die so pathetically.

In an instant, a violent release of energy occurred, and the fourth elder of the Zhang family chose to self-destruct.

Song Yin was closest to the target and was the first to suffer a fierce attack. Her body flew off the stage and crashed into the wall before collapsing to the ground, leaving a deep crater in the wall where she hit it.

The protective magic artifact, the Burning Moon Heart-Protecting Mirror, given to her by her master, developed a crack. Song Yin collapsed to the ground unconscious, blood seeping from her forehead and body.

Xiao Daiheng, Wu Jue, and Shi Heming were also thrown off the stage by the force of their self-destruction; the first two were unconscious and their fates were unknown.

While Shi Heming was unconscious, Song Yin had given him a lot of pills and a protective magic artifact. Although his injuries were equally serious, he was the only one conscious among everyone present. He pushed aside the debris on his body and searched for Song Yin's figure.

Seeing Song Yin lying in a pool of blood, Shi Heming felt as if his blood had frozen, and his teeth chattered uncontrollably. One moment the person lying in the pool of blood was Song Yin, the next it was his parents, murdered by bandits. He tried to make a sound, but his throat felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand; he couldn't utter a sound, only rapid breathing.

No, Yinyin is definitely alright, she's definitely not dead.

Dragging his heavily injured body, Shi Heming didn't even bother to heal himself, focusing solely on crawling towards Song Yin. Finally reaching Song Yin's side, his trembling fingers placed below her nose.

"It's good that you're alive! It's good that you're alright!" Shi Heming cried and laughed at the same time, feeding Song Yin any healing pills she could find.

As the cultivator self-destructed, Jing Yue left the room immediately, but returned afterward to check who was still alive.

In the room, some of the living people were dead or injured.

Fortunately, one person was still awake. Jing Yue said to Shi Heming, "You're the only one awake. You can go get your reward now."

A door suddenly appeared in the wall that had no door.

Shi Heming focused on treating Song Yin, thinking, "Who knows if there's danger behind that door?"

Jing Yue: "The things behind the door do require a certain level of ability to obtain. If you know formations, it might not be difficult. Back then, the Dao Lord of the Upper Realm created the Floating Dream Secret Realm. He stipulated that those who entered the ruins would compete in a duel, and the secret treasure would be obtained by the final winner."

"I'm just an unlucky guy who's been tricked and has no freedom. The thing is behind the door; it's up to you whether you take it or not." Her voice was weary as she finished speaking.

She had been guarding the Floating Dream Realm for so long that she had almost forgotten what the Demon Realm was like.

"Cough cough." Song Yin coughed as the medicine took effect and her body gradually recovered. Half-awake, she realized she had heard about the secret treasure.

"Yinyin? Yinyin!" Shi Heming called out softly when he saw her coughing.

Song Yin felt like she was about to faint again. With her last bit of consciousness, she grabbed Shi Heming's hand: "Go in, retrieve the secret treasure, the fragment."

After speaking, he fell into a coma again. His Pure Spirit Body then activated its self-healing ability, frantically plundering the surrounding spiritual energy and absorbing it into its body.

"Yinyin!"

Shi Heming was terrified again, but after checking her, he found that her body was gradually recovering, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he realize that his back and palms were covered in sweat, and the pain from his wound was overwhelming him.

After hastily swallowing a healing pill and pausing for a moment, Shi Heming got up, picked up Song Yin, and walked towards the door. The fragment she so desperately wanted was inside; he had to get it.

When the person picked her up, Song Yin's storage bag fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Jing Yue casually placed the storage bag back into Song Yin's arms.

Just as Jing Yue was about to leave, her divine sense casually swept over Song Yin's storage bag, and the jade pendant inside made her freeze in place.

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The author's note: Upon hearing the keywords, Song Yin felt neither dizzy nor lightheaded, and instructed her darling to take them.

After giving the instructions, he collapsed and continued to feel dizzy.

The rest of the group: Bro, is that right? [question mark]

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[Empty bowl]