Qiu Zhengping didn't understand Liu Yunqing's meaning. He looked around, puzzled, and asked Liu Yunqing:
"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, are these the people you're referring to as the second challenge?"
"Didn't you say that these treasures are all fake? If they're fake, wouldn't they fail to pass the test if they try to grab them?"
"Then shouldn't we just wait?"
Ying Xuejiao and her brother, who hadn't gone far, naturally heard these words. The two slowly withdrew their steps and waited quietly for Liu Yunqing's reply.
"The logic is correct, but you overestimated human nature."
Liu Yunqing only said this one sentence before shooting an arrow with his backhand.
Only then did the group realize that those who had rushed to grab the treasure earlier had truly gone mad.
At this moment, few of them had clear eyes; most had dazed and bloodshot eyes. They haphazardly stuffed the rare and precious materials into their bodies while launching indiscriminate attacks upon noticing people nearby.
Yes, they didn't specifically target Liu Yunqing and his group; they attacked anyone who appeared within a certain distance indiscriminately.
Qiu Zhengping suddenly realized that he not only had to stay clear-headed, but also had to resist the attacks of these people with dementia.
Listening to Fellow Daoist Zhenru's words, I was right!
Thinking it over, Qiu Zhengping flipped his wrist and pulled out his two large hammers, following behind Liu Yunqing.
Turning his head to remind Ying Xuejiao and her brother to follow, Qiu Zhengping suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his head.
"Wow!"
Seeing the brother and sister attacking him from the Qing Dynasty, Qiu Zhengping instinctively blocked with his hammer. He saw that the brother and sister were breathing heavily and had dazed eyes, just like other people who had lost their minds.
At this moment, Liu Yunqing also noticed the change in the two. Qiu Zhengping, while parrying, hesitated before speaking:
"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, how do you plan to fight these two?"
Before Qiu Zhengping could finish speaking, Ying Xuejiao had already rushed straight towards Liu Yunqing.
After a slight hesitation, Liu Yunqing did not kill her. After a few moves, seeing that the other party was injured but showed no signs of regaining consciousness, he simply threw Ying Xuejiao far away.
Having known each other for a while, and without any intention of offending or scheming against him, Liu Yunqing was not so cold-blooded as to kill indiscriminately.
But she didn't have the same strong emotions to make her determined to save the two of them.
After throwing Ying Xuejiao far away to fight with others, Liu Yunqing, while fending off the attacks of others, pondered what the requirements of this second level were.
Seeing people constantly falling into a state of dementia, is it necessary to persist for a certain period of time?
Or rather... how many people are left to be killed?
If that's the case, then there might only be one spot left for those who are allowed to pass the final checkpoint.
When this thought crossed Liu Yunqing's mind, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
She had never been to the Imperial Palace before, but she knew that if a virtuous and powerful ancestor wanted to select a successor, in addition to talent and aptitude, what was tested more was character.
The owner of this mansion was less about choosing a successor and more about choosing an object that met all the requirements.
The remaining clear-headed people also shared Liu Yunqing's thoughts, but they didn't see anything wrong with it.
The most important thing is to obtain the legacy of the Imperial Family; as for the rest, they are not unacceptable.
Moreover, even without this level setting, the outcome of everyone fighting each other in the secret realm treasure hunt would be the same.
So, those with clear eyesight, while fighting, gradually approached, and one of them spoke first:
"Let's divide the killing into areas based on cultivation level and strength; that way, we can kill faster."
The others had no objections and formed their own teams to confront the dementia patients.
Liu Yunqing and Qiu Zhengping were naturally a team, but after Liu Yunqing's reminder, they did not go on a killing spree. Instead, they passively resisted while observing the situation on the field.
Qiu Zhengping examined it for a while but couldn't figure out what the problem was, so he simply transmitted his voice to Liu Yunqing and asked:
"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, I don't see anything. What exactly is the problem?"
Liu Yunqing remained silent, passively fighting while observing the situation. After a while, his eyes lit up, and he replied telepathically:
"Those people are getting stronger, and some people are gradually being infected."
"Is...is that so?"
Perhaps due to excessive depletion of spiritual energy, Qiu Zhengping felt a bit dizzy. When answering Liu Yunqing's question, he couldn't help but shake his head to barely clear his mind.
Liu Yunqing was so focused on finding another solution that she didn't notice Qiu Zhengping's unusual behavior.
It wasn't until someone's attack bypassed Qiu Zhengping and landed directly on Liu Yunqing that she realized the excessively heavy breathing behind her.
Liu Yunqing had a bad feeling. She turned her head and met Qiu Zhengping's eyes, which were sometimes clear and sometimes bloodshot.
"Senior Qiu, wake up!"
Liu Yunqing infused his voice with spiritual power, shouting loudly in Qiu Zhengping's consciousness, and then raised his hand to block the attack from the side.
Looking back at Qiu Zhengping, one could see that although he wasn't completely lost, he still looked bewildered.
He doesn't attack people proactively, but he's also not very lucid; only the occasional struggle flashes across his face suggest that he's putting up some kind of resistance.
Qiu Zhengping, being a somewhat stubborn person, is unlikely to be controlled by external factors.
Seeing that he was about to be overwhelmed, Liu Yunqing couldn't help but frown and look up to see how the others were doing.
Upon closer inspection, Liu Yunqing discovered that none of the people who had been sober before were now lucid; they had all gone into a chaotic frenzy of killing.
The only two... the only one who was half-conscious on the field were himself and half of Qiu Zhengping.
There were already a dozen or twenty lifeless corpses lying on the ground.
Looking at the unchanging scenery around him, Liu Yunqing knew that the second level showed no signs of ending.
Therefore, this challenge requires everyone to fight each other after losing their senses.
Liu Yunqing was not completely unaffected; she also constantly sensed that something in the air was trying to enter her consciousness.
But as soon as those things entered her mind, they were burned to ashes in the next instant, without affecting her consciousness in the slightest.
Unable to figure out what the owner of the abandoned mansion was up to, Liu Yunqing decided to play along.
After thinking for a moment, he communicated with Xiao Jin in his mind.
"Don't burn those things yet, let me see what we should do."
"You can assess my condition later and then help me regain my senses."
This was a piece of cake for Xiao Jin, who naturally patted his chest and guaranteed it.
Then Liu Yunqing took the initiative to release his divine sense, suppressing the red sun above his sea of consciousness, and allowing those things that affect one's mind to enter his brain.
Liu Yunqing's eyes gradually turned a hazy, crimson red, and at the same time, a seductive voice echoed in the sky above her sea of consciousness:
"Kill all those people, give me your body, and I'll give you countless resources and treasures, and take you to ascend to the spirit realm."
"Come on, relax, let me become you... Ah!!! God, spare me!!!"
Just moments before Liu Yunqing was lost in confusion, the next instant she was jolted awake by the screams and pleas for mercy from that voice.
Two clusters of golden-red flames vanished in his cold eyes. After surveying the room expressionlessly, he frowned and sighed coldly.
"Each generation is worse than the last."
After saying that, he didn't look at the people fighting in chaos anymore. He raised his hand and gently swept it across the sky above the ruins, revealing a fiery red crack in the sky.
The next instant, Liu Yunqing, who was clearly only at the Foundation Establishment stage, casually stepped into the air and disappeared into the red crack.
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