Despite Wang Dameng's desperate attempts to get up, Tian Ning remained unmoved.
She slowly put down the storybook in her hand and said seriously, "We are not from the same sect, so why should I believe you?"
"What if this is a conspiracy by your Body Tempering Sect, a deliberate attempt to use a self-inflicted injury as a pretext to lure me there, and then once I arrive, a few burly men jump out and eliminate me?"
Wang Dameng: "..."
Why does what she says seem so reasonable?
If he hadn't experienced it himself, he would have believed Tianning's nonsense!
Just when Wang Dameng was doubting himself.
Tian Ning said, "I was just giving an example, but you can take a look at the current standings."
Wang Dameng took out the jade tablet for no apparent reason and saw that the first place was Wan Jianzong with 66 points.
How is that possible?!
All the elite disciples from the six sects gathered to kill the demon beast king, so who is responsible for all those points?
Could it be that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had a backup plan in case of unforeseen circumstances? But judging from the number of people from the six sects when fighting the Demon Beast King, everyone who was supposed to come should have arrived...
Tianning smiled confidently: "It must be my third senior sister, whose beauty rivals that of the moon and shames the flowers, whose charm can make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, who is dominating the battlefield!"
Wang Dameng: "..."
He finally understood that the Wanjian Sect wouldn't have specifically gone to call those useless people from the Sword Guardian Mountain to gather their forces.
After all, in the first round of the competition, apart from Tianning, the rest of the members of Hujianshan were just slackers!
Shouldn't those people protecting the sword be considered useless?
Wang Dameng was bad with words and didn't know how to persuade Tianning to go. Fortunately, Long Yunqi was obsessed with the source of the fragrance and kept trying to coax Tianning in various ways.
"Sister, let's go! You don't have to do anything, I'll find something delicious to eat myself~"
Wang Dameng also wanted to try the same cutesy act, but as a tough guy, he was too embarrassed.
“Tianning, you should go and take a look… Something’s very wrong there. First, our spiritual energy was drained, and then vines sprouted from the ground and wrapped around us. If we were eliminated, that would be one thing, but they’ve been trapped inside…”
Before he could finish speaking, a dramatic change occurred in the northwest, just like in the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea." A thick, emerald-green vine burst from the ground and shot straight into the sky!
The scene was so shocking that even the leaders of the six sects outside the secret realm were so astonished that they stood up.
"That demon beast king... dared to attack the disciples of the six sects!" The sect leader of the Body Tempering Sect slammed his palm on the table in anger, and the table instantly split in two.
Before the sect leaders could send an elder to the secret realm to rescue the people, a person dressed in black robes appeared in front of the recording stone.
"Sect Leader Xiao, it's been a long time," the newcomer said slowly, removing the long hat that covered half of his face, revealing a familiar woman's face: "How is my master...?"
"Zhou Mengya! You traitor, how dare you show your face here!" Immediately, an elder of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect recognized her face.
“I know the Six Sects despise me, but I’m not here to chat with you.”
She pointed directly at the coffin next to Sect Leader Xiao and said unhappily, "I came here to take my master back to the Demon Realm. I hope you sect leaders will be sensible and return my master to me!"
She had only been gone for five years, and those unreliable senior brothers and sisters not only secretly took in a junior sister who was not legitimate behind their master's back, thus taking away her rightful place, but they even dared to put their master in such a tasteless coffin!
Did they think their master was dead?
That's outrageous!
If her master were by her side, how could she possibly let him live such a miserable life?
She would personally wash and dress her master every day, change him into the most expensive fabrics, and let him sleep in a magnificent palace. He would never be stuck in a ridiculous coffin like he is now, being taken out and paraded around!
God knows how heartbroken Zhou Mengya was when the group from Hujian Mountain entered the venue in coffins that day; she wished she could tear them apart!
She was unwilling to let her master suffer such humiliation at the hands of these wretched creatures any longer. Today, she would definitely bring her master back!
Sect Leader Xiao frowned and simply said, "Wishful thinking!"
"Whether it's wishful thinking or not is not for you, Sect Leader Xiao, to decide," Zhou Mengya said with a confident smile. "You can send elders in to rescue these disciples, but the master of this secret realm has already switched sides to my side. She is the ruler here! I believe you all know that no matter how many people you send in, it will be useless!"
"I can give you time to consider, but not too long, otherwise I won't be able to wait and will come to snatch Master away!"
"Think it over carefully. Exchanging so many disciples' lives for my master is a very good deal for you!"
...
Tianning and Wang Dameng were unaware of what was happening outside. Looking up at the sky, they couldn't help but sigh.
"Wow--"
When his neck started to ache, Wang Dameng exclaimed in alarm, "That's the direction where the Six Sects encountered trouble! We're doomed! Fellow Daoist Tianning, what should we do?"
Even without him saying it, Tianning already sensed that something was wrong with the secret realm.
Since the towering vine appeared, the spiritual energy within the secret realm has become increasingly thin, continuously nourishing the vine.
There is something extremely troublesome there...
With such a commotion, the elders must have already come in to rescue people.
With so many disciples trapped, even if the elders wanted to rescue them, they couldn't do so immediately. Besides, she also sensed demonic energy within the secret realm.
"Try crushing your jade pendant and see what happens," Tian Ning said.
"Huh? You..." Wang Dameng was stunned for a moment, recalling the incident where a fellow disciple had encountered the Bloodthirsty Array with Tian Ning in the secret realm. During this time, the three sects had been inquiring about Tian Ning from all directions in order to gain a more thorough understanding of him.
"You don't actually think we're in the same situation as when we encountered the Bloodlust Array, do you?!"
Tian Ning shook his head: "It's not quite the same as that time."
She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she always felt there was some connection between the vines and the secret realm.
Wang Dameng honestly crushed the jade token, but he was not eliminated and left the secret realm.
"We're doomed! What are we going to do now? Will the elders be unable to get in? Who will save us?!"
Despite Wang Dameng's strong physique and seemingly reliable appearance, he becomes extremely anxious and flustered when faced with a real problem.
On the contrary, Long Yunqi, who was only three years old, was much calmer.
He comforted Wang Dameng, saying, "Brother, don't worry. It's hungry and wants to eat, so it only lets the food in and won't let it out."
These few words sent chills down Wang Dameng's spine: They...were food?!
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