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After the two explanations, Jing Heng finally understood what the young people were laughing at and scratched his head helplessly.
Wen Li was stunned for a long time after learning the other party's identity.
King Jing Heng of Xia in history?
He contracted with the legendary fantasy race [Ruomeng], and thus gained immortality under the effect of the contract feedback and the super S-level light recovery skill [Resurrection], and lived from six hundred years ago to the present?
The A-level secret realm investigator listed in the Affairs Bureau, the person in charge of this secret realm exploration?
With so much explosive information coming at her at once, Wen Lili felt like her brain was almost paralyzed.
It's not just about looks, the person in front of her is the real Fish Beard in the history textbook that she had doodled countless times...!
Realizing this, Wen Li looked at the other person with a guilty look inexplicably in her eyes.
Jing Heng didn't care much about it. When he took the initiative to contact the Dayan Affairs Bureau, he didn't think about hiding his identity. He just wanted to make it easier to deal with the current situation.
"Anyway, you are the investigators participating in this exploration, right?" Jing Heng put his hands in the pockets of his shorts and looked at the three people. "Three C-level investigators... No."
Jing Heng looked at Wen Li, "Are you a descendant of the Wuji clan?"
Wen Li nodded. She had rushed back because she was worried about the situation at home.
"It's a bit of a strange combination... It just so happens that A'luo is not here, and it's my turn. Is this also a part of the cause and effect?" Jing Heng's gaze fell on the void, as if he was talking to another invisible existence.
"Forget it. It doesn't matter anyway. I will do my job well when it's my turn." The tall young man scratched his head. "I don't know if I can catch up with Xiaoqing's concert this time. I finally got the ticket."
Hearing this, Mu Liuyue couldn't help but smile. After a closer look, she found that the graffiti on Jing Heng's T-shirt was still the cartoon support of Wen Qing's fan club. Wen Li had indeed complained to her before that her sister Qing had a live performance in Jingjiang City during the winter vacation, and it was very popular. Even she couldn't get any tickets for the family show.
"The preliminary survey by the Bureau of Affairs and my own speculation all believe that the connection point for the arrival of the secret realm is inside Phoenix Mountain."
Jing Heng continued, "Our first mission is to enter Phoenix Mountain, find the connection point, and then break into the secret realm. We must complete the preliminary exploration and collect and upload the corresponding intelligence. Do you understand?"
Mu Liuyue and Xiang Xun both nodded.
"Considering the situation of the Burning Embers Sealed Realm, it is possible that an emergency has occurred inside Phoenix Mountain. Be prepared for battle after entering."
The three of them looked at Jing Heng, and were about to ask how to cross the [Burning Seal] and enter the interior of Phoenix Mountain, but they saw the tall young man put his fingers together to calculate, and then summoned his pet.
The nine-layer summoning array flashed in the air, and an ancient long sword appeared in front of him, flying around the beastmaster left and right and up and down as if it had life.
That is the famous [Sword of King Xia] in history, a very rare and extraordinary creature of the spirit weapon type!
The investigator's bracelet illustration shows the corresponding pet information.
[Name]: Spirit Attachment (Xia Wang Sword)
[Attributes]: Steel, Undead
[Racial Level]: Medium Emperor
[Growth Level]: Complete Level 10
[Talent Core]: Mind Slash (Steel Grade A)
[Introduction to the Race]: Objects that have been immersed in extraordinary energy for a long time have a very small probability of developing unique souls over a long period of time and turning into extraordinary creatures. The evolutionary forms of spirit artifacts vary greatly from individual to individual, and their attributes and skills are determined by the type of spirit artifact. Xia Wangjian is the only individual in his form, and is the contracted pet of Jing Heng, numbered A008, from the Secret Realm Affairs Countermeasures Bureau.
[Normal hidden energy value]: 850wP
This sword is as legendary as the life of King Jingheng of Xia. It is said that it once killed tens of millions of polluted beasts during the Beast Rebellion, tasted the blood of its enemies, and suppressed countless evil spirits and dead souls, thus evolving the attributes of the undead.
The story of King Xia conquering all nine provinces with one sword is a heroic legend that every Great Flame Beast Tamer yearns for.
The three people present couldn't help but keep their eyes on the ancient and agile sword, watching it split into two, two into four, four into eight, and then transformed into eight identical sword shadows, flying to the corresponding positions calculated by Jing Heng.
This is a B-level undead manipulation skill, Summoning the Dead.
Similar to Eren's usage, the undead corpses summoned by skills are used to increase the clones, but Xia Wangjian's undead summoning is much more condensed, and there is no difference from the original body in terms of hidden energy or appearance.
Nine long swords penetrated into the barrier layer of [Burning Ashes Seal] from different directions, forming a unique resonance with the spell formation inside. Jing Heng stretched out his hand and pointed in front, and the energy layer of the barrier suddenly expanded outward, leaving a rounded elliptical channel.
"Let's go." Jing Heng said to the three people and took the lead to walk into the barrier.
Wen Li was stunned, she had never seen such a smooth way to release the [Burning Embers Seal]. It was not even [released]. Jing Heng left an entrance in the seal, waiting for a few people to enter, and then the energy layer that blocked Phoenix Mountain would return to its original state.
He is more proficient in the spells and extraordinary skills of the Wuji clan than the descendants of the Wuji clan.
Perhaps Wen Li's expression of surprise was too vivid, Jing Heng looked back at her and smiled.
"What's that expression? You all know that I have a deep connection with the Sun Phoenix and the Wuji clan. I can still break this spell."
Jing Heng said, pointing to the graffiti on his T-shirt, "From six hundred years ago to now, I have always been a die-hard fan of the Phoenix Witch Festival."
Seeing this, Mu Chuyue and Xiang Xun couldn't help but look away. It was this point that was too down-to-earth, His Majesty the King of Xia...!
After everyone had walked through the passage, Jing Heng moved his fingers, and the Xia Wang Sword took back all the phantom corpses and returned to the hands of the Beastmaster. The entrance left in the passage also returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
The interior of Phoenix Mountain, which was isolated by the barrier, was filled with abnormal heat.
The high temperature caused refraction fluctuations in the space. Everything within sight was distorted and deformed, with clusters of burning flames scattered around.
The air was filled with burning embers and sparks of all sizes, and was filled with a pungent burnt smell.
Mu Huiyue adjusted the bracelet to detection mode. At this moment, the hidden energy readings in Phoenix Mountain were constantly soaring. This was clearly still the real world, but the hidden energy range was already approaching the standard of a D-level secret realm.
Wen Li looked towards the mountainside, where the sacrificial hall was located. It was also the most likely place to learn about the situation and see her mother.
Jing Heng also looked at his investigator bracelet. The style of his bracelet was a bit strange. It was made into the shape of a Bagua compass, with multiple light spots jumping on it, and then stopped at a fixed position.
"We will also go to the sacrificial hall. We speculate that the secret connection point is there."
Hearing his words, Wen Li's heart, which had been somewhat relieved because of the [Burning Embers Seal], became tense again. She summoned the Flame Attack Cat and immediately ran towards the sacrificial hall.
Mu Liuyue and Xiang Xun also followed her. Before they had run far, there was a sudden movement in the air, and a huge white shadow covered the sky.
"Ellen!"
The shadow under Mu Chuyue's feet leaped up on the spot, covering everyone in an instant, and collided head-on with the white shadow that suddenly fell. The Pai Ya soldier stabbed out the black bone blade in his hand with a faint blue flame, and hit the shadow directly.
The incident happened so suddenly that Yan Xi Miao almost couldn't catch up. Wen Li looked at the white shadow that fell to the ground in shock.
It was a very strange object, like a white paper painted with ink, on which was painted a lifelike red-feathered eagle.
This is a common wild supernatural creature on Phoenix Mountain, but Wen Li has never seen a red-feathered eagle drawn on paper that can move like a living thing.
The white paper was gradually burned in the Nether Fire. The red-feathered eagle on it kept twisting and struggling, making shrill cries, and was eventually burned to ashes along with the paper.
Mu Chuyue's heart skipped a beat. Rather than an ink painting on white paper, it was more like a real red-feathered eagle that was turned into a flat pattern and two-dimensionalized, because the [Netherworld Fire] that acts on the mind and soul had an effect on this thing.
This means that the hidden energy released by extraordinary skills can sense the existence of a real soul in this object that looks like a blank piece of paper painted with ink.
Xiang Xun also frowned slightly: "What on earth is this thing..."
Jing Heng, the last one to come forward, stopped, his eyes fell on the white shadow that had turned to ashes in the Netherworld Fire, and sighed silently.
He knew that the accident that "happened" to happen to him could not be an unrelated random event.
The gift of fate had already been secretly marked with a price. The secret realm that suddenly appeared this time was most likely drawn here by him as the [anchor point] of cause and effect.
"...That is a contaminated monster." Jing Heng said to the three people who were still in doubt.
"It was severely polluted by the Star Evil and turned completely into white paper. It is impossible for it to recover. It is a [Pollution Beast]."
Hearing this, all three of them turned around and looked at him.
Mu Huoyue was not unfamiliar with this term. Even though history books only had a few brief descriptions of this natural disaster, the [polluted beasts] were the source of the [beast chaos] that had ravaged Da Yan and surrounding areas for more than a decade.
The beast riot frenzy caused by countless polluted beasts destroyed all the cities in the territory of Dayan, until King Jing Heng of Xia obtained the help of the Sun Phoenix, and his army emerged and swept away the hordes of beasts. In the following years, they quelled the beast riot in the country, re-established the regime, unified Dayan, and the people of this land were able to breathe and continue.
Six hundred years ago, King Jing Heng of Xia personally quelled the beast rebellion and eliminated the source of the pollution and mutation, the unknown supernatural creature known as the [Star Evil]. But now he says that the [Pollution Beast] has once again appeared on the land of Dayan?
Mu Chuyue looked at the fires burning all around. Most of them were Phoenix fires of the Vermilion Flame Bird, and were traces of the battles that the beastmasters of the Wuji clan had fought here.
No wonder the legendary Wen Lin would place down the [Burning Ashes to Seal the World] on Phoenix Mountain. She realized what these extraordinary creatures painted in ink and white paper were, and thus completely sealed off Phoenix Mountain to prevent the pollution of the Star Evil from continuing to spread to the outside world.
Wen Li also understood this. She bit her lip and subconsciously clenched her fists.
"Continue to move forward towards the sacrificial hall. You may encounter more polluted beasts along the way. Everyone, be prepared for battle."
Jing Heng said, Xia Wang Sword floating beside him, "Depending on the degree of pollution, the polluted beasts that have completely turned into white paper are the most difficult to detect. Try to use fire energy skills to burn them."
He looked towards the direction of the sacrificial hall, his eyes darkening. "At this stage, the Star Evil has not leaked out yet, and [Burning Embers Sealing Realm] can still control the situation. We must speed up."
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