Chapter 100 Arrogance is in trouble! Little Nine is in trouble!

A wisp of smoke fell from mid-air.

The smoke was soft and ethereal, like a flower constantly changing its shape in the air, which was very beautiful.

But none of the people present were in the mood to appreciate it.

They stared intently at the wisp of smoke in front of them, fearing that something terrible might emerge from it at any moment.

The smoke finally dissipated.

A tiny, seemingly frail white cat landed gracefully, raised its paw and gently licked itself, its posture elegant.

Before the cultivators could say anything, the kitten completely ignored them and turned to look at the jade furnace.

Kitten: "How long are you going to slack off? Hurry up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a crack appeared in the jade censer.

The obese man standing to the side paled and instinctively tried to form a hand seal, but it was too late.

"Bang--"

The jade furnace exploded, and the obese man immediately coughed up blood. He barely managed to steady himself, his face deathly pale: "Impossible, impossible..."

With another "snap," the black chain that Yu Hua Zhenjun had been holding tightly suddenly broke.

After the chain broke, it didn't fall down like a normal inanimate object. Instead, it seemed to have its own consciousness and immediately hooked back, wrapping itself around Jade Flower True Monarch's hand.

With a few hissing sounds, Yu Hua Zhenjun's hands were charred black.

"True Lord Yuhua!"

Yu Hua Zhenjun's eyes sharpened, and he immediately chanted an incantation. A cloud of white mist rose up, and his two hands were instantly covered by a thick layer of ice.

Jade Flower True Lord: "It's alright, dealing with this ferocious beast is the priority!"

The three quickly turned around and saw a black, furry ball slowly emerge from the ruins in front of them.

It is indeed Taotie.

Upon seeing the Taotie's appearance, the eyes of several cultivators nearly popped out of their sockets.

—The Taotie was clearly only at the Golden Core stage, yet after being refined for so long, not a single hair on its head was damaged!

Taotie, who was being closely watched by several cultivators, ignored them completely and turned to Suanni: "You were obviously slacking off too."

Taotie's voice was deep, husky, and even quite magnetic.

The Suanni was taken aback at first, then said with a pained expression, "Don't make that kind of sound in this form!"

That's so weird!

Taotie gave a nonchalant "Oh," and then, under the watchful eyes of several cultivators, his body rapidly expanded like an inflating balloon.

In just two or three seconds, a giant beast, five meters tall, appeared in front of the cultivators.

Seeing this, the Suanni flicked its tail and said, "Hey, I'll join too."

The larger the monster, the stronger it is.

This principle is understood by every cultivator.

Upon seeing the appearance of the two giant beasts, one black and one white, the cultivators instantly understood.

These two spirit beasts cannot be judged by the standards of their world!

Even though they are only at the Golden Core stage and the Nascent Soul stage, the pressure they bring is not small at all!

But it's alright.

Fortunately, these two spirit beasts are only at this stage and are not yet demon cultivators capable of transforming into human form.

The group exchanged glances and reacted immediately.

They were, after all, top-tier combatants in that world, so they quickly consumed elixirs, summoned magical treasures and talismans, and even their formations followed the unique rhythm of an array.

With a flick of his toe, True Monarch Yuhua caused the scattered spirit stones and fragments of magical artifacts on the ground to spontaneously activate, forming a demon-locking formation with the four of them at its core.

He channeled his spiritual power: "This Taotie is very different from what I've seen before, no need to panic!"

These words immediately gave the other three people standing at the other key points of the formation confidence.

The Taotie looked different from before, which meant it must still be injured, and the injuries were quite severe.

As for the white lion-like spirit beast next to Taotie, it's most likely just some kind of lion demon. If those experts were serious, they could definitely subdue it.

However, when they held the sword, jade flute, black gold hammer, and whisk in their hands, they realized that their hands were trembling.

"What's going on!?"

The Immortal Sect Master gritted his teeth, trying to use his left hand to press down on his right hand holding the flute, but found that his whole body was trembling uncontrollably.

The strangest thing is that before this, he had no idea that his body was shaking uncontrollably.

The immortal sect's peak master's face turned pale.

—Disorder of the five senses.

Cultivators have far more powerful senses than ordinary people. From the moment they successfully draw qi into their bodies for the first time, this powerful amplification of their senses has always accompanied them.

Therefore, if even these most basic senses fail, it wouldn't be surprising if their bodies exploded in the next second.

Just as they were wondering about this sudden change in their bodies, a shadow suddenly loomed over their heads.

The group of people were taken aback for a moment, and then slowly looked up.

The two giant beasts, which were originally only five meters tall, now stood before them like two mountains.

The white beast at least still resembled the white lion from before, but the Taotie next to it looked like a chaotic monster.

Its huge body has two curved black horns, but where its head should be, there is no face, only a patch of black and red fur.

Its limbs are thick and strong, and its black fur is covered with red stripes, just like a tiger's fur.

Behind it, its tail, resembling that of a crocodile, reflected a scarlet light under the illumination of lightning in the clouds.

A flash of red light appeared, and two diamond-shaped eyes slowly opened under the Taotie's armpits, while where the chest should have been, only a crack appeared.

The seam was very wide, almost cutting open his entire chest.

And this crooked mouth has its end pointing upwards.

It looked at them as if it were smiling.

The Taotie looked exactly the same as the one in the legends.

With the body of a sheep and the claws of a tiger, it was so bizarre that it seemed like a creature that only appeared in a nightmare.

Ripples like water flashed by in the air, but just as the cultivators were unaware that they were trembling, they were completely oblivious to this anomaly.

Beside Taotie, Suanni's amber eyes were now gleaming with gold as he coldly looked at the group of humans on the ground, who were like ants.

"Don't you guys like cutting other people's mouths open? Why don't you experience it for yourselves today?"

Suanni's voice was like ice: "Don't worry, I've already prepared the medicines you used back then. I'll do what you did back then, wait until you're cut down to your bones, and then pour the medicines on you one by one."

He seemed to suddenly remember something, and just grinned.

"Oh dear, I forgot, humans don't seem to have that kind of regenerative ability..."

The Suanni looked down at them and said, "Even if you manage to survive by any means necessary, you will definitely not be able to recover."

The enormous Suanni stood between heaven and earth, as if it were carrying this dark sky on its back.

An invisible pressure emanated from him, and the air seemed to freeze.

Meanwhile, Yu Hua Zhenjun, who was being stared at by the Suanni, was already experiencing a surge of spiritual energy, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

If he's like this, imagine what the other three are like.

But the cultivators were still unwilling to give up.

The cultivation world has put in so much effort, are they really going to return empty-handed?

The thought that their past fantasies of standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation world and being worshipped by millions would be shattered filled them with resentment.

The group immediately bit their tongues to force out blood from their hearts.

As soon as this move was made, the cultivator's spiritual energy was mobilized and activated, as if it were burning inside their body.

Even if they are truly powerless to fight, they still have one trump card.

—Self-destruction of inner core.

A cultivator at the Mahayana stage or the Tribulation Transcending stage, whose inner core explodes with power comparable to the Nine Heavens Tribulation, might be able to destroy half of the world if activated by a secret technique.

However, none of the four of them tried to do so.

—When a cultivator dies, their soul still has a chance to possess a physical body; at worst, they can start all over again.

But if one were to self-destruct their inner core, everything would be blown to smithereens, leaving no chance whatsoever.

They were all waiting for someone other than themselves to make that sacrifice.

They discovered this by looking at their gluttonous appetites.

He had barely opened his mouth when the Suanni slapped him on the back with its tail.

Taotie blinked, then plopped down on the ground and remained motionless.

His demeanor clearly showed that he didn't take the cultivators seriously at all, as if to say: I'd like to see what kind of big moves you can make.

The faces of the several people immediately darkened.

But it's no use.

In the world of cultivation, strength reigns supreme.

Since the Taotie and Suanni didn't move, the few cultivators didn't dare to move either.

For a moment, both sides were deadlocked.

But this isn't a solution either.

Soon, the cultivators discovered that their spiritual energy had become sluggish, clearly indicating that they were no longer able to absorb spiritual energy from the outside world.

They will be worn down and die.

The moment they realized this, the four of them exchanged a glance, hardened their hearts, and simultaneously channeled the spiritual energy in their dantian, attempting to fight to the death.

But just then, they heard two more thumps behind them.

They turned around and saw two more enormous monsters.

One was as white as snow, with the head and body of a cat and the tail of a fox; the other was covered in yellow fur and had horns on its back.

The two enormous monsters had terrifying fangs and sharp, dagger-like eyes.

What drove the cultivators to despair was not the two demonic beasts, but the two figures on their backs.

One of them had a face so exquisite it seemed unreal, the other was tall and robust, and more importantly, both were covered in scales that humans wouldn't have.

—Demon cultivator.

They were two demon cultivators!

When the humans realized they couldn't detect each other's cultivation level at all, their blood ran cold.

Under the same cultivation level, human cultivators are no match for demon cultivators.

Moreover, the cultivation levels of these two demon cultivators are clearly far superior to theirs!

Is it even possible to fight like this?

Do they still have a chance of winning?

With a thud, a jade flute shimmering with light fell to the ground.

The man, who had only recently become the peak master of the immortal sect, could only mutter in despair, "What's going on... what exactly is happening here...?"

I had already deduced that this secret realm was full of spiritual energy and abundant resources, just like a primitive area without intelligent creatures, and the most powerful creatures in it were only at the Mahayana stage.

For the cultivation world, this place is a piece of easy prey.

But how could there suddenly be demon cultivators?

Why hasn't the cultivation world deduced this?

Just as the young peak master was in a daze, a thud suddenly sounded beside him.

He turned around and saw that it was the old man, Master Qinghui, who was kneeling down.

At this moment, Master Qinghui prostrated himself on the ground in utmost devotion: "I am willing to be your slave, I will do anything you ask, as long as you gentlemen spare my life, spare my life..."

The sect leader and the obese man were both stunned.

In the eyes of humans, spirit beasts, and even demon cultivators who have cultivated into human form, are essentially nothing more than animals.

Humans are far more noble than animals.

However, at this moment, Qinghui Zhenren, who had always maintained an air of otherworldly elegance in the cultivation world, was actually kowtowing to a group of beasts.

This is absurd.

A soft laugh rang out.

Under the watchful eyes of the group, the demon cultivator dressed in red, so beautiful he seemed almost inanimate, on the back of the snow-white spirit beast merely curved his lips into a smile.

The demon cultivator said, "Fine, then you can arrest them all, and have yourself bleed and have your flesh cut off every day, and I won't kill you."

Master Qinghui froze instantly: "This, this..."

The red-robed demon cultivator was still laughing, but his voice was cold: "What, are demonic beasts and spiritual plants meant for you to cultivate with? Now I want to use you humans to do the same, and that's not allowed?"

The faces of the men who were repairing the structure all looked grim.

If it weren't for the vast difference in strength, they probably would have directly said, "Of course not, what kind of behavior is this?"

Seeing this, Fuyu simply smiled.

He narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at these humans: "Heh, I knew it would be like this."

He turned to look at Qianchuan, then at the enormous Taotie and Suanni, which were as large as two mountains.

Lightning flashed, and the dark clouds seemed to press down on the ground.

In this darkness, only the eyes of the monsters shone.

Golden, crimson, emerald green, lake blue...

For the few cultivators, it was the firelight of the netherworld.

Whether it's cursing, begging for mercy, crying, or wailing, everything will be hidden under this dim sky.

The wind blew again.

The air, carrying either firelight or moisture, also transformed back into spiritual energy as the dark clouds dispersed.

The sky gradually brightened.

There was only a patch of open ground without any vegetation, and intricate patterns were carved into it.

The Suanni raised its claw and slapped a spot, causing water-like ripples to appear in the air, which then shattered with a crack.

These transparent, crystalline objects fell to the ground, revealing the surrounding landscape.

The mountains are majestic, covered with spiritual plants, and the air is filled with the fragrance of fruit.

Several arrogant humans died without ever realizing that everything they had seen since entering the secret realm was nothing but an illusion.

Suanni yawned: "Let's go."

Qian Chuan reminded him, "Remember to enjoy the breeze for a while, or Xiao Jiu will be able to smell it."

The Suanni has already gone far away.

But Qianchuan's eyesight allowed him to clearly see that the Suanni in the distance was swishing its tail, indicating that he had heard it.

Qian Chuan smiled helplessly, then turned to the silent system: "How is it?"

The system poked its round, golden head out from Xiaoxue's back: "Not exactly."

Its voice was full of frustration: "I clearly detected abnormal energy fluctuations... but I just can't find them."

Qianchuan comforted it, "Don't worry, didn't you say there's still one last energy point's data to collect? Maybe we'll have the results after we go there."

The system sighed: "Sigh... I hope so."

Although this incident was somewhat different from previous ones—humans deliberately intruded rather than being brought in by the "rules"—the outcome was no different from any of the previous ones.

Everyone simply dispersed to find their favorite old haunts and slowly take care of the marks left on their bodies from the battle.

On the other side of the mountain, a river meanders down from the mountain.

The water here flows swiftly, and when it splashes out, the water droplets in the air are round, like pearls with a shimmering white luster.

The riverbank was covered with flowers and plants of various shapes and sizes. Some of them had long stems and leaves that draped over the river's surface, swaying gently with the current.

A figure is lying horizontally in this sea of ​​flowers.

A gentle breeze carried a faint scent of blood past his nose, then brushed against his cheeks and fell to his ears, carrying with it strands of hair that had fallen on his forehead.

His lower body was submerged in the river, and his red clothes were spread out by the current, looking from a distance like a flowing red fish tail.

Amidst the gurgling sound of water, a series of footsteps approached from afar.

Fu Yu didn't even open his eyes, only asking, "How is it?"

The newcomer sat down next to him: "The barrier is fine. Xiao Jiu definitely won't notice it, and any living being with even a little bit of spiritual power can't get in. It's very safe."

Even the little monsters that come here seeking protection possess some spiritual power.

This barrier is set up so that no one can get close to Xiao Jiu.

But this is also the safest.

So Fuyu simply hummed in agreement and fell silent.

Xie Chuanfeng looked at his slightly pale face with concern: "Are you alright?"

Fu Yu didn't respond this time. He took a deep breath, propped himself up, and gently stroked his earlobe.

He placed the item he had taken down into Xie Chuanfeng's hands: "...Take a look."

What lay in Xie Chuanfeng's palm at that moment was a spherical object that had been cut into polyhedrons.

Its color is silvery-white, and when you touch it with your finger, it produces a faint blue shimmer, clearly indicating that it is not a product of this world.

These are props that Fu Yu asked Xiao Jiu to buy for him in the mall a long time ago.

These silver earrings, like the "multi-functional lenses" that Fu Yu always wears, also come from a technologically advanced dimensional world.

The effect of these earrings is somewhat similar to the "soul-searching" technique used in the cultivation world.

It allows the wearer to read the memories and thoughts of a creature, but the side effects are similar to those of soul-searching: the creature whose memories are read either suffers brain death or its head explodes.

From the very beginning, Fu Yu sensed that those people harbored a great deal of evil resentment, so he did not hold back.

What he saw this time was particularly disgusting.

In order to come here, the cultivators from that other world went to find a strange fish.

— Snail.

In that world, the Yingyu race lived in secluded pools in remote mountains.

That place was considered extremely remote even in the mortal realm, and what was even stranger was that the mountains and forests seemed to spontaneously form a maze, so even the cultivation world spent a long time deducing its location before finally finding it.

To the surprise of the cultivation world, there were actually mortals living in those strange, deep mountains and forests.

There was a village at the foot of the mountain. When the villagers saw the cultivator, they were not as eager and respectful as other mortals. Instead, they were very peaceful.

This surprised the cultivators, and they also felt somewhat dissatisfied.

—They're just a bunch of ordinary people, yet they act like they're on equal footing with them.

ridiculous.

At first, the villagers treated the visiting cultivators with courtesy, but as soon as they heard that the cultivators wanted to go into the mountains, all the villagers' expressions changed immediately.

"no!"

"That's a place where immortals recuperate; how dare you disturb us so rudely!"

The cultivators merely scoffed in disdain.

Fairy spirits?

These cultivators are the future immortals!

The villagers' obstruction was, in the eyes of these cultivators, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

The monks who went deep into the mountains quickly grew annoyed by the villagers' curses and their talk of "divine will and retribution."

The cultivators thought: On a small scale, these ignorant mortals cannot be tamed and are of no use to the cultivators; on a larger scale, these villagers are just an accident in this incident.

What if these mortals are too talkative and leak the news about the search for the strange fish?

So the cultivation world simply went all the way and encircled the village and the mountain together, then set them on fire.

Anyway, the strange fish couldn't be burned to death with ordinary fire, so they didn't spare any of the countless plants and creatures on the mountain.

They were all burned.

They're all dead.

Such matters certainly cannot be handled by the immortal sects or Buddhist sects; they must be handled by demonic cultivators or evil cultivators.

Once it's all done, the immortal and Buddhist sects can continue to put on a show with the demonic and evil cultivators under the banner of "eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path."

Only those considered "confidants" by these top sects know that the purpose of this entire scheme is a secret realm.

Those who are unaware of this are merely lackeys who are beneath their notice; their deaths are simply a bonus, adding a touch of authenticity to the "exorcising demons and protecting the righteous path" narrative.

The cultivation world has never taken mortals seriously.

So of course they didn't know the ordinary people in that village, and the ordinary people they thought they knew were different.

What they didn't know was that the woman they later mistook for a beast tamer was the only villager to survive the catastrophe.

She is no ordinary person.

She was a witch.

The cultivation world suffered a major setback at the hands of these mortals they looked down upon.

The witch and her people used a secret method to send the Yingyu clan away right under the noses of the cultivation world. After all the clan members were killed, the witch disguised herself and became the beast tamer who was despised by the cultivators.

Later, the priestess also died.

Her soul returned to the mountains and forests, becoming part of all things.

Although the cultivation world was furious, unless they wiped out all living beings in the world, leaving not a single blade of grass, they would not be able to find the witch's soul, let alone seek revenge through soul refining.

There was nothing else they could do but try to find the two snails that she had let go.

If you want to catch the big female fish, the only bait is her offspring, so it's easier to just target the small bream.

The cultivation world has come up with an extremely disgusting method.

—They refined the witch's corpse.

The people of that world believed in burial after death, and the body of a shrine maiden should especially return to the earth.

However, the cultivation world hated her terribly and turned her corpse into a "living corpse" that could run, jump, and even talk.

Since the witch's soul was gone, her body naturally lost its wondrous abilities. Therefore, any cultivator or spirit beast could tell at a glance that the witch's corpse was not her at all.

However, that little snail was just a baby.

It can't even find food, and it can only fall asleep when it clings to its mother's fin. How can it possibly discern the sinister intentions of humans?

The little snail was caught.

The cultivation world has finally gotten what they wanted.

Watching the scenes of torturing the little snail in the props, Xie Chuanfeng could no longer hold back and clenched his fists—

"Bang!"

He smashed a large hole in the riverbank.

Fu Yu glanced at him, said nothing, and came over to help restore the place that Xie Chuanfeng had smashed.

The plants here are almost all spiritual flowers, so even though Xie Chuanfeng hit them so hard, they weren't damaged; they just huddled together and fell to the bottom of the pit.

After replanting the flowers, Fuyu said, "It's fortunate that they are spirit flowers; if they were ordinary plants, you would have smashed them to pieces long ago."

Xie Chuanfeng's voice was muffled: "I'm sorry."

"I never used to think about plants, monsters, or any kind of living things..."

He sighed heavily: "I thought I had changed, but it seems I still haven't shaken off the worst aspects of human nature."

Fu Yu wanted to offer some advice, but in the end, he could only shut his mouth in dejection.

However, Xie Chuanfeng is no longer like he used to be. Now, he can quickly recover on his own.

However, just as Xie Chuanfeng was about to say something more, a blue light suddenly flashed across his earring, which he had not yet removed.

Another, more deeply hidden memory, created by those few people, flashed through his mind.

Xie Chuanfeng's expression suddenly changed.

"Oh no! Xiao Jiu!!"