Night Owl Headquarters, Holy Son's Palace.

Huo Ling stood expressionless below the main seat.

The young man reclined lazily on the tall, ornate chair.

He smiled and lowered his head: "You've reached the peak of Martial Emperor so quickly... I didn't expect that cultivation technique to be so useful. Even I'm quite envious of such a cultivation speed."

Strength gained by overdrawing one's life force is both pathetic and laughable.

Huo Ling sensed the sarcasm in his words, but remained unmoved.

"Very well. I called you here this time for another matter."

There's an opportunity that could allow you to break through to the Grandmaster level. Are you interested?

Pei Feng looked at Huo Ling, whose expression remained unchanged even after hearing this news, and sighed helplessly.

This kid is getting less and less fun.

Fortunately, this is probably his last chance to demonstrate his value.

“If you don’t speak, I’ll take that as your agreement.” Pei Feng didn’t care about Huo Ling’s thoughts at all. “The Apocalypse Secret Realm will be open to the entire continent. At that time, I will have someone take you to the entrance of the secret realm at the original location of Haiges.”

Huo Ling frowned subconsciously, and was about to refuse, but Pei Feng stopped him with a smile: "This is an order, you can't refuse."

Alright, go and get ready.

...

Kester really didn't understand Pei Feng's purpose in doing this. He looked at Huo Ling's departing figure and asked softly, "You trust Huo Ling a lot?"

What does it matter whether you trust them or not?

Kester turned to look at him: "A couple of days ago, after you heard from your informant in the Dragon Kingdom that Jiang Wuyuan would participate in the Apocalypse Secret Realm, you've been plotting something."

"Now you're sending Huo Ling to the Heavenly Revelation Secret Realm to meet Jiang Wuyuan, what if he just runs off with Jiang Wuyuan?"

Pei Feng curled his lips: "I've already considered what you're talking about."

His attitude was indifferent; after all, he was just a vessel... "Come and see what this is."

As Pei Feng spoke, he spread out his hand and showed it to Kester.

"Mother and child worms?"

Pei Feng nodded, quite satisfied with his masterpiece.

"I specially had the Grand Elder refine a Gu poison specifically targeting Jiang Wuyuan, which I just placed on Huo Ling."

As long as Huo Ling gets within a certain range of Jiang Wuyuan, the Gu worms will silently parasitize Jiang Wuyuan's body.

Originally, I didn't really want to give up on Huo Ling so quickly, but unfortunately, I don't have much time left, after all, that little sword cultivator is growing too fast.

Once he comes out of the Apocalypse Secret Realm, I probably won't be able to beat him.

So, if we fail this time too…

As Pei Feng spoke, a flash of murderous intent crossed his eyes, "Then I will definitely do everything in my power to kill him."

Just as the Lord of the Palace said, what you can't control, destroy.

Destroying a person is far easier than controlling one.

This was his last chance.

If he still cannot successfully plant the Gu poison in Jiang Wuyuan's body, then Pei Feng will never show mercy again.

As for Huo Ling... it was originally just a random move made out of a momentary whim.

Whether it was giving him a cultivation technique that drained his life force, or teasing him into appearing before Jiang Wuyuan as a member of the Night Owls, it wasn't simply to drag Huo Ling into this mess.

Rather, it was because Pei Feng was genuinely curious about Jiang Wuyuan's expression when faced with all of this.

He had admired her once before when they last met.

That feeling was truly exceptionally pleasant.

——

Half a day later, within the Tianqi Secret Realm.

The sky was ablaze with rosy light, shrouded in mist.

The entire secret realm is so vast that it stretches as far as the eye can see.

There is no distinction between day and night here; in fact, if it weren't for the presence of the bracelet, one would subconsciously forget the passage of time.

Jiang Wuyuan first looked around at his situation.

Through his divine sense, he discovered that there were no other humans around him besides himself.

Besides humans, there is also a peculiar energy-based creature here.

According to the information Fu Qiang gave him, this special organism is called an energy storage body.

...

Within the Apocalypse Realm, there are many places of inheritance that can be used to comprehend the laws of nature.

The key to entering the Land of Inheritance lies in these energy storage entities.

You can gain stored energy for each energy storage object you kill.

The amount of energy stored varies depending on the capacity of the energy storage device.

The more energy you have, the stronger the inheritance realm you can enter.

In other words, energy storage is the true ticket to the inheritance of the Apocalypse Secret Realm.

...

Jiang Wuyuan took out the Devouring Star and discovered a powerful energy storage body not far in front of him.

Its appearance is similar to that of a ghost.

The only difference is that the energy storage body has a physical form and can be touched, while the ghost has no physical form and can only be attacked with the soul.

—Although Jiang Wuyuan had never seen a ghost either.

The energy storage object is semi-transparent, with no face or feet.

It's like floating in mid-air on a wisp of air.

It clearly sensed Jiang Wuyuan's presence and almost immediately rushed in that direction.

It's not just humans hunting energy storage entities; the energy storage entities are also hunting humans.

The more humans it kills, the stronger it becomes, and the more energy it stores.

This must be what energy recycling is all about, Jiang Wuyuan thought to himself.

Faced with the charging energy storage device, Jiang Wuyuan's reaction was—

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