Chapter 74 An Unexpected Arena Battle Great! It's a sword cultivator, we have…
"Is there a difference?" This was Song Yin's first time encountering the demon race, and she didn't think there was any difference between the demon race and the demon beasts.
The woman, who only had a head, began to manifest her lower body. She emerged from the thorns, floated down from the doorway, and her magnificent purple skirt trailed on the ground. The woman slowly walked up to Song Yin. "This is the difference between demons and beasts. Demons have human bodies, while beasts, no matter how powerful, can only remain in beast form."
She leaned close to Song Yin's ear and sniffed lightly, "Such a fragrant spiritual aura, you must have a wood spiritual root, right?"
Shi Heming pulled Song Yin over.
The woman chuckled, "It's a pity that the demon realm and the cultivation realm cannot communicate with each other, otherwise the little girl would definitely be loved by our plant-type demons."
The mortal realm, the immortal cultivation realm, and now the demon realm has been added.
Song Yin: "But I've never heard of the demon realm."
If other worlds exist, can we also find the world we once knew?
“It’s normal that you don’t know.” She liked the little girl’s wood-attribute spiritual energy and was willing to tell her some little-known stories. “My real name is Jing Yue. Is it three thousand? No, it’s thirty thousand years ago. I encountered a spatial turbulence that caused me to fall into this world by accident. And the place where I experienced the spatial turbulence was the Demon Realm. The Demon Realm is actually not much different from your cultivation world, except that the people walking in the Demon Realm are not real humans.”
Whether this demon named Jing Yue is good or bad is uncertain, but at the moment she hasn't shown any malice.
Song Yin: "Jing Yue... Senior, I'm just here to train in the secret realm. May I enter through this door?"
"Can."
Song Yin had come up with a whole bunch of excuses, but to her surprise, Jing Yue agreed to her request right away.
Jing Yue: "You can go in." With a wave of her hand, the thorns wrapped around the door receded, and she even thoughtfully used the thorns to push the door open.
This is... way too easy. Could there be a trap inside?
The route was correct, but I didn't experience the near-death experience the male cultivator had described.
Song Yin and Shi Heming stepped into the room together. Behind them, Jing Yue yawned, a hint of amusement flashing in her moist eyes.
In a good mood, small flowers sprouted from the thorns that formed a net on the ground.
Not long after the golden-robed talisman cultivator entered, his companions followed him in.
Golden-robed talisman cultivator: "What are you doing here?"
"Find some valuable treasures, otherwise it would be a waste to have made the trip in vain."
"It's really winding inside. I came to the Floating Dream Secret Realm many years ago when I was in the Foundation Establishment stage, but unfortunately I didn't get to enter the ruins like I do today. What do you think is behind these doors?"
When they came to a fork in the road, there was a door in each direction, and it was obvious that they had to push open a door to continue.
The golden-robed cultivator pushed open the door on the left, saying, "Open it as you please. With our cultivation, are we afraid of being defeated in the Floating Dream Secret Realm?"
The Floating Dream Realm is just one of the less dangerous secret realms among the many in the cultivation world; otherwise, it wouldn't only allow cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages to enter.
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On the other side, Song Yin and Shi Heming entered the room together, which was completely empty.
As they stepped into the room, the door disappeared.
Song Yin released her divine sense, and there was no secret room around her.
Shi Heming tapped on the wall with his hand, but found no mechanism or anything like that.
“I’m sure the route is correct, but the fragment I’m looking for isn’t here.” Song Yin took out the map again to confirm.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and a ring rose up in the center of the empty room.
Jing Yue appeared out of thin air, and thorns formed a chair above the arena. She lazily sat down. "It's no fun just guarding the Floating Dream Secret Realm. If you want the treasures hidden in the ruins, then come up to the arena and fight. Whoever wins, I will open the secret room for them. This is a rule left by the master of the secret realm."
Song Yin's heart sank, and she subconsciously clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms. Jing Yue was an ancient monster who had lived for tens of thousands of years, and her strength was unfathomable. She could only go along with what the other party wanted.
She couldn't understand why such powerful experts would appear in a Floating Dream Realm, and why Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts were everywhere outside the ruins. But given the perilous Floating Dream Realm, it seemed strange that Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stage cultivators would enter.
Jing Yue said she came to the cultivation world after encountering a spacetime turbulence, and now she says she is guarding the Floating Dream Secret Realm. What's even more bizarre is that the secret realm actually has an owner.
It's hard to tell which statement is true and which is false at the moment; we can only take it one step at a time.
Jing Yue: "Don't worry about not having any opponents, more people will come soon."
As soon as Jing Yue finished speaking, a new door appeared on the wall. The golden-robed Fu Xiu and his group entered, and the six of them joined Song Yin and the others in a room.
Haha, the sky has fallen!
Song Yin forced a smile, a smile more bitter than life itself.
The golden-robed talisman cultivator charged aggressively towards Song Yin, a string of talismans flying out from his sleeve.
Jing Yue blocked the attack directly and said slowly, "If you want to fight, go to the arena. Life and death are irrelevant. If you fight outside the arena, I will kill whoever makes the first move."
The golden-robed talisman cultivator sneered, "In this secret realm, no one can command me."
This woman's cultivation level is undetectable; her move just now wasn't particularly strong.
No one present knew Jing Yue's true strength.
The golden-robed talisman cultivator did not believe that there could be any human or demon beast in the secret realm with a cultivation level higher than his. The highest cultivation level of the demon beasts in the Floating Dream Secret Realm was only at the Nascent Soul stage. His strength was suppressed to the Golden Core stage, but that did not mean that he could not use Nascent Soul stage techniques.
A pen, about thirty centimeters long, appeared in his hand, and he wrote a talisman that flew towards Song Yin.
Song Yin skillfully dodged the attack and took the opportunity to fly behind Jing Yue.
Shi Heming also took out a talisman and aimed it at the golden-robed talisman cultivator.
Upon seeing this, Song Yin immediately said to Shi Heming, "Fighting is prohibited outside the arena!"
The people of Qingxuan Sect didn't take Jing Yue's words seriously, but she wouldn't. Her years of experience in "surviving" in her previous life told her not to underestimate anyone or any mutant.
In modern terms, it means never underestimate any demon.
Thorns sprouted from the ground beneath the golden-robed talisman cultivator's feet, entwining his ankles and piercing his skin with sharp spikes. Accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, the thorns sucked his blood.
The golden-robed talisman cultivator instantly entered the illusion. In reality, he stood still, but was soon entangled in thorns and hung upside down from the roof.
The black-robed cultivators dared not make any rash moves.
Just as they were about to rescue the person, several thorns stopped in front of them, only five centimeters away from their foreheads.
Jing Yue said to them, "I hate people who don't follow the rules."
Song Yin stopped beside Jing Yue and said obsequiously, "They were extremely disrespectful to you, senior. People like them should be killed."
Shi Heming turned to look at Song Yin and found her winking at him, beckoning him to come over.
Shi Heming flew to Song Yin's side, a deep sense of powerlessness washing over him. The cultivation world was so vast; it seemed as if anyone could grab a Golden Core cultivator or a Nascent Soul cultivator with ease, while Foundation Establishment cultivators were nothing more than ants in their eyes. He and Yinyin appeared safe, but in reality, they were walking on a knife's edge; the slightest misstep would mean utter destruction.
Jing Yue glanced at the person next to her, "Have you decided who you want to fight? It can be one-on-one, one-on-many, or many-on-many."
Song Yin pointed at herself: "Huh? I created a bunch of Golden Cores?"
Is it true or false?
"Can we not fight?"
Jing Yue raised her finger, "If we don't fight, we'll end up the same way—death."
Everyone except Jing Yue looked at the golden-robed talisman cultivator hanging upside down.
Song Yin: "You said he's dead?"
Jing Yue: "You spoiled my mood and disobeyed me, so naturally you must die. I'll give you all ten breaths; if you don't go to the arena, you're all dead."
Song Yin was the first to fly onto the arena, and Chao Shi Heming beckoned him to hurry up and join the arena.
The black-robed cultivators followed closely behind.
Song Yin transmitted her voice to Shi Heming: "If we can't beat them, we'll run. We'll force our way out of the secret realm. At worst, we'll just give up the stuff." Life is the most important thing, no matter what.
Shi Heming nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the five people opposite him.
Facing the five people above her, Song Yin couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The black-robed array cultivator asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Song Yin: "If you were at the Foundation Establishment stage, and you were fighting against five Golden Core stage cultivators like me, you would also laugh at my bad luck."
The five people on the other side: ...?
Song Yin crushed the Illusionary Heart Demon Pill and instantly released a burst of spiritual energy, sending the pill powder to the five people opposite her.
The sudden attack caught the five opponents off guard, and they immediately blocked the attack and launched a counterattack.
Dust billowed from the arena, and a large crater was left where Song Yin had stood.
"You big-eyed bastard, you actually launched a sneak attack?" The black-robed cultivator covered his mouth and nose, his face covered by unknown dust, which he inhaled unconsciously, causing him to cough incessantly.
The same applies to the other four.
In the blink of an eye, the arena transformed into churning lava. A female cultivator in a tight-fitting outfit flew through the air, casting spells in an attempt to turn the arena into a lava inferno and devour her opponent.
"Considering how hard you've worked to cultivate, admit defeat," the female cultivator in tight-fitting clothes said with ease.
"Ice Condensation Talisman, go!" Shi Heming threw out dozens of talismans, and ice shields condensed in the air, completely isolating the scorching heat.
Immediately afterwards, Song Yin transformed her sword into multiple swords and thrust them at the group.
Transforming a spirit sword into multiple swords and controlling them simultaneously for attacks requires a large amount of divine sense. Foundation Establishment cultivators have too weak a divine sense to sustain this move for more than ten seconds.
Everyone thought Song Yin could hold out for a few more breaths, but the attack continued for three or four minutes.
The black-robed cultivator said, "No wonder you were able to injure Old Jin. Nine Pillars Soul-Trapping Formation, activate."
Old Jin was the golden-robed talisman cultivator who was hanging upside down from the roof and is now a corpse.
Nine pillars rose from the ground around the arena, locking the entire arena space.
Of the five survivors, the fourth elder of the Zhang family and the female cultivator in tight-fitting clothes are both cultivators of magic.
Zhang Family Fourth Elder: "Six Yang Palm!"
A giant crimson hand kept appearing, shattering the spirit sword clones that Song Yin controlled and conjured, and then reducing the spirit sword clones to their original form struggling to survive.
While breaking the Nine Pillars Soul-Trapping Array, Shi Heming didn't forget to take out the talismans he had drawn in his storage bag and use them to attack as if they were free.
Song Yin gritted her teeth and struggled to block the attack.
I've never struggled this much when fighting evil cultivators before. Are they really Golden Core cultivators? Why does it feel like I'm fighting Senior Brother Shen Yuzhu again?
Shi Heming's forehead was also covered in sweat. The Nine Pillars Soul-Trapping Array is an array that can only be used by Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Who exactly are these people on the other side?
Jing Yue shifted her posture in the chair and nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, it's definitely more lively with more people." Her gaze fell on a spot. "Someone else is here? Perfect, let's join the battle."
The two newcomers to the ruins pushed open the door and were greeted by a huge arena where seven people were locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.
Song Yin glanced out of the arena.
The black-robed array cultivator said, "Damn it, they're actually disciples of the Immortal Firmament Sect. This is going to be difficult."
The female cultivator in the tight-fitting clothes agreed. She came from the Immortal Alliance, and if she were to kill the disciples of the Immortal Firmament Sect, it would cause a lot of trouble if it got exposed. "At worst, I won't fight them." Or I could just bury them here.
Have you ever seen the light of hope? Song Yin had. The moment the two newcomers pushed open the door, they came towards her, swords drawn, against the light. Who could understand the sense of redemption she felt in that moment? In her desperation, she called out their names!
"Wu Jue, Xiao Daiheng, hurry up and lend a hand on the arena! I'll give you all the pills and spirit stones for free!"
Great! He's a Golden Core stage sword cultivator. We're saved!
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Author's Note: One second ago, Song Yin exclaimed: "Huh? I defeated a bunch of Golden Core cultivators (Nascent Soul cultivators), really?" [Question mark]
The next second, Song Yin exclaimed: "Great! He's an upright and capable swordsman! We're saved!" [Starry-eyed]
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[Empty bowl]
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