If it were just four or five people, they might not be able to shake a Middle Sixth-Rank spirit beast, but with so many exceptional Martial Kings unleashing their strongest martial techniques, the force formed was extremely terrifying!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Various radiances bombarded the Earth Spirit Bear King’s body again, forcing it to retreat step by step until it finally collapsed with a thunderous crash.
“Whoosh!”
Zhou Hong soared into the air, one hand gripping the sword hilt, his eyes flashing with coldness!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dense sword qi instantly shot forth like countless razor-sharp blades, viciously tearing apart the Earth Spirit Bear King’s body.
Splash splash splash!
Fresh blood sprayed like a fountain.
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others continued gathering Crimson Heaven Blazing Flame Slashes and Seven Mysterious Radiance Light Breaks for bombardment.
Boom! Boom! Boom—
Finally, the Earth Spirit Bear King comparable to a Sixth-Rank Martial Emperor was pitifully killed by the united efforts of Eternal Ancient Sect disciples!
This was extremely terrifying!
Even if it were ordinary Martial Kings in such numbers, they might not be able to shake a high-rank spirit beast focused on defense!
Others couldn’t do it, but Eternal Ancient Sect disciples could.
Because although they were only low-level Martial Kings, their power and martial techniques were extremely formidable. The force gathered together was absolutely explosive!
Jun Changxiao was very satisfied.
Though my disciples’ strength isn’t high, they can rely on overwhelming numbers to play the enemy to death!
When Elder Wei and the others cultivate more medicinal materials and refine more Martial King Pills to train more Martial King disciples, they really could do whatever they wanted!
The Earth Spirit Bear King’s death left the remaining dozens of Earth Spirit Bear Beasts terrified. They successively twisted their massive bodies to flee backward.
Heh.
These illusory spirit beasts actually knew to be afraid!
Jun Changxiao said: “Kill them all.”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others executed Cloud-Treading Steps to charge over. In an extremely short time, that group of beasts comparable to Martial Kings was completely annihilated.
Buzz—
When the last Earth Spirit Bear Beast fell, the scene before their eyes suddenly changed, and everyone appeared in a region of endless yellow sand.
“It’s not over yet?” Jun Changxiao asked in surprise.
Rustle rustle rustle!
The sandy ground surged, and scorpion beasts entirely pitch-black crawled out one after another. In a short time, thousands upon thousands gathered!
Looking down from above, they were a dark mass!
People with trypophobia would definitely feel dizzy seeing this!
Jun Changxiao stood in midair, murmuring: “This should be the new checkpoint trial.”
“Rustle rustle rustle!”
“Rustle rustle rustle!”
The densely-packed scorpion beasts crawled over along the sandy ground, their tail tips flashing with radiance, instantly spraying dark green needle-like rays toward the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
“Careful!” Li Qingyang said. “These rays are poisonous!”
“Buzz! Buzz!”
The disciples didn’t dare be careless and successively activated Spirit Armor, forming defensive armor around their bodies.
Ding! Ding!
The needle rays shot forth, striking the armor and leaving behind much dark green fluid emanating a pungent foul odor.
Indeed poisonous!
However, they still couldn’t shake the armor gathered by the disciples’ martial techniques!
“Annihilate them all!” Jun Changxiao said.
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei once again took the lead charging forward.
The two didn’t rely on leg power but instead erupted their fire-element attributes, merging into the scorpion swarm and releasing them unrestrained!
Whoosh whoosh—
Scorching flames spread out, burning scorpion beasts to ash one after another!
They merely had large numbers and inherent toxicity, but their strength wasn’t particularly formidable. They simply couldn’t withstand the intensity of Su Xiaomo and Li Fei’s flames.
The other disciples saw this and followed suit.
For a time, the endless yellow sand region was enveloped by scorching flames, as if transformed into a Mountain of Flames!
A moment later, the tens of thousands of black scorpion beasts existing in the desert region were completely incinerated!
Rustle rustle rustle!
Just as the last one burned away, six scorpion beasts with massive bodies three to four zhang tall crawled up from underground, their heads sporting a ring of eyes that looked extremely sinister and eerie!
Their strength was all at the Middle Second-Rank spirit beast level!
That is to say, comparable to six Second-Rank Martial Emperors!
“Charge!”
Li Qingyang and the others unhesitatingly dispersed.
The fifty inner disciples of Eternal Ancient Sect instantly surrounded the six giant scorpions.
Boom!
Boom!
Brilliant radiance frequently flashed.
…
With Eternal Ancient Sect disciples’ strength, although the six giant scorpions had decent power, they were still killed one by one within half an hour.
“Huff!”
After finishing, many disciples began panting.
Having consecutively fought two battles with emperor-level fierce beasts, they’d expended considerable spiritual energy.
If there were more…
Buzz!
Just then, the scene changed again. The originally endless desert became an endless ocean.
The Eternal Ancient Sect disciples found themselves on an extremely small island.
“It’s still not over?”
Jun Changxiao frowned.
After two battles, the disciples’ stamina had clearly declined. If another high-level battle came, they definitely wouldn’t be able to keep up!
“Splash splash splash!”
The ocean raised waves, and fierce beasts resembling flying fish shot out like sharp arrows!
Without a doubt, a new round of life-and-death trials had begun!
Although the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples appeared slightly weary, they still had fighting power and successively erupted their cultivation to meet them.
…
Half an hour later, the third checkpoint trial ended, and many disciples sat on the ground panting heavily.
The number of attacking flying fish exceeded even the scorpions. They had to defend while fighting, causing their spiritual energy expenditure to increase dramatically.
“It should be over now.”
Seeing the scene didn’t change again, Jun Changxiao murmured.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, a notification sound reached his ears: “Congratulations to the host for leading disciples through the Life and Death Secret Realm Simple Mode trial.”
Whoosh whoosh—
In an instant, the Eternal Ancient Sect disciples within the secret realm erupted with advancement momentum!
“What’s happening?”
Su Xiaomo was immediately astonished.
Although Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others were surprised, they urgently sat cross-legged to steady their minds and adapt to the rhythm of imminent breakthrough!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The others successively sat down.
Whoosh whoosh—
The advancement momentum grew more intense, reaching its peak before beginning to subside.
Song Xuanzhou, Li Shangtian, and other disciples smoothly broke through from First-Rank Martial King to Second-Rank!
“I broke through!”
“I broke through too!”
“How did we just confusedly break through!”
The disciples were both excited and puzzled.
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others also broke through—not to Second-Rank but to Third-Rank.
They were among the earliest batch of inner disciples to step into Martial King. During the challenges at Lily Holy Sect, they had all successively advanced one rank.
Buzz!
After the disciples broke through, a vortex manifested on the island.
Jun Changxiao said: “This Life and Death Secret Realm trial has ended. Follow this seat back to the sect.”
“Sect Master!”
Su Xiaomo grinned: “Can we enter again?”
“Wait three months,” Jun Changxiao said.
The instruction manual stated that each person could only enter the Life and Death Secret Realm once every three months.
Of course, it wasn’t that entering and clearing once guaranteed a rank advancement. As time went on, the rewards would gradually decrease until finally nothing was given.
Simply put, the Life and Death Secret Realm’s function was to let disciples grind experience. This experience value would gradually weaken with the number of entries.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
All disciples walked out from the secret realm.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the side mission, obtaining 5,000 Sect Contribution Points.”
“Ding! Sect Contribution Points: 24,543/20,000.”
“Ding! 50 disciples passed the Life and Death Secret Realm trial, the host obtained 50 Contribution Points!”
“Ding! Sect Contribution Points: 24,593/20,000.”
“Ding! Contribution Points overflowing…”
Hearing the notification sounds, Jun Changxiao nearly toppled over.
Fifty disciples entering the Life and Death Secret Realm to complete trials only gave fifty contribution points—one point per person was way too little!
“It’s already quite a lot,” the system said. “When all sect disciples complete the trials, the host will gain over ten thousand contribution points.”
Jun Changxiao’s eyes brightened: “That makes sense!”
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