Chapter 207: Sweeping The Secret Realm
Swordsman Yan San, fake monk Wang De, swift lady Li Jin Die, and plain-clothed brute Song Qian, the four of them fully urged their True Intent.
Yan San’s True Intent was a Golden Hook Snake, not large in size, only about three meters long, but its sharply revealed aura made people not dare to underestimate it.
Fake monk Wang De’s was a copper-armored rhinoceros, his Hardening Cultivation Technique operating, resembling a golden copper figure.
Behind swift lady Li Jin Die were twin bees like blades, and behind plain-clothed brute Song Qian was unexpectedly a long-bearded elder ape.
The four had received Ye Family’s promise, this Half-step Spirit Tool had become a Third-order Spirit Artifact, so now they naturally gave their all.
Just as Ye Qin had said, the high-order minerals in the Black Steel Ore Vein might just be materials for forging their weapons.
Ye Qin and Second Elder also revealed their family’s True Intent Beast Spirits, impressively a Fire Gold Shield Beast, with flames burning fiercely, resembling a lump of Red Gold.
Opposite, Tianshui Sect’s Wang Qiansong’s expression suddenly changed. He had over ten people, true, but only he was Half-step Dan Qiao, whereas the opponents already had two Half-step Dan Qiao, plus four Spirit Merging Stage Martial Artists—this power already surpassed theirs.
“We’re leaving…”
Those who understand the times are heroes. Wang Qiansong wanted to retreat. Ye Qin sneered inwardly but had no intention of killing them all.
Tianshui Sect was not too weak a force after all. If they fought desperately, Ye Family might not gain the advantage.
Ye Qin was just about to take this Black Steel Ore Vein when suddenly a Black Shadow landed in the mountain valley.
“I claim this mine vein. Those who killed my Servant Insect, come out, and I may spare your lives.”
The voice was hoarse and cold. Ye Qin and the others’ faces filled with anger. Glancing over with their peripheral vision, they saw a person cloaked in a black robe, hidden within armor.
“Such bold words…”
Before the words were finished, terrifying Spiritual Power instantly swept across the entire mountain valley.
Rock Demon Ant Queen appeared behind Su Yan. Su Yan urged the Insect Consciousness Seed, the two strands of Spiritual Power merging into one. The power erupting at this moment was already sufficient to crush.
Pfft
Ye Qin and the six others’ True Intents shattered. Tianshui Sect’s people also suffered, their bodies directly bent by the powerful Spiritual Power.
“Senior, I am a Tianshui Sect disciple. Please, Senior…”
Before Wang Qiansong finished speaking, Rock Demon Ant Queen’s Spiritual Power shot out like a spike, instantly piercing his brow center.
Everyone’s hearts jolted, fear already rising within.
Weren’t the Dan Qiao Martial Artists blocked outside fighting? How did such a powerhouse suddenly appear?
“It was they who killed the Ant Beasts!”
Before Ye Qin could guess the origin of this powerhouse before him, the remaining Tianshui Sect disciples, to save their lives, immediately pointed at the Ye Family people.
They had arrived earliest, so naturally they were the ones who acted to exterminate the Ant Beasts.
Yan San and the others’ expressions suddenly changed. Ye Qin immediately said: “Ye Family did not know the Ant Beasts were Senior’s Servant Insects and is willing to offer one hundred thousand Origin Stones as compensation…”
No matter how much money was offered, they must negotiate now. Once outside the secret realm, there would be ways to deal with such a Dan Qiao Martial Artist.
After all, their family also had an expert, Ye Chengqiu.
He cursed the three tribe leaders viciously in his heart. If not for them holding back Ye Chengqiu, how would they be in such a sorry state now?
“How to repay with your lives?”
Su Yan’s voice was ice-cold, showing no intention of letting Ye Qin and the others go.
Swoosh
Yan San did not know when his figure had already flashed in front of Su Yan. Golden Hook Snake True Intent’s head and horns like a sword fused with his Sword Slash.
Spirit Merging Stage’s Blade Aura instantly pulled to the peak, heading straight for Su Yan’s eyes.
“Attack! His Ant Beast is injured!”
A swordsman’s perception was how keen. The faint bloody scent and Rock Demon Ant Queen’s Demonic Essence not condensed enough—he instantly sensed something wrong.
He decisively struck, cutting off the possibility of Ye Family selling them four to this martial artist.
It was they four who had just killed the Ant Beasts.
Ye Family had also acted, but ultimately less than them, though they could afford to negotiate with money.
But they could not. They even had to guard against Ye Family betraying them.
Which of Li Jin Die, Song Qian, and Wang De was not a martial artist tempered in the Martial World?
At Yan San’s shout, they immediately knew what was happening and suddenly attacked, heading straight for Su Yan.
Ye Qin and Ye Liuyun’s faces were ashen, no longer caring about falling out with Yan San and the others, and immediately struck as well.
Su Yan only showed a faint smile. Did they really think that with Rock Demon Ant Queen not fully recovered, they could take this fight?
Su Yan’s large hand pressed on Rock Demon Ant Queen’s head, then Insect Consciousness Seed descended onto Rock Demon Ant Queen.
Boom
An even more violent Spiritual Power erupted, like a massive palm that shattered the incoming attacks in one move.
Yan San’s sword was fast, so fast that Moonlight could only catch a streak of brightness, gone in an instant.
But at such speed, it was still hard to escape Su Yan’s perception.
A strand of Spiritual Blade Aura rushed out, directly severing Yan San’s sword.
Li Jin Die and Wang De attacked from left and right, but before getting close, they were blocked by an invisible wall. Their attacks only stirred up invisible ripples on it.
At this moment, Su Yan’s Spiritual giant hand had closed, pressing down like the sky.
He adapted the Star Picking Hand’s technique, fully urging his Spiritual Power. This strike turned the world upside down.
Ye Qin and Ye Liuyun, the two Half-step Dan Qiao, struck together in resistance. The two True Intent Beast Spirits, Fire Gold Shield Beasts, emitted Spirit Merging Stage Great Accomplishment power.
They resisted together, but in mere moments, they were completely shattered.
They spat large mouthfuls of blood, their bodies covered in cracks.
Not everyone could easily cross levels to resist a Dan Qiao Martial Artist’s attack.
Not to mention Rock Demon Ant Queen enhanced by Insect Consciousness Seed, far surpassing an ordinary Dan Qiao Realm.
In just one clash, the six who struck first were completely neutralized, and the six were one by one devoured cleanly by Rock Demon Ant Queen’s ant swarm.
Tianshui Sect’s people had long harbored thoughts of retreat, but before they could move, they were slashed by Spiritual Blade Aura, instantly killed.
In the short time of one cup of tea, borrowing Rock Demon Ant Queen’s powerful strength, Su Yan completed the suppression and slaughter of Ye Family and Tianshui Sect crowds.
Corpses littered the mountain valley, the ground rustling as the Rock Demon Ant swarm arrived.
“Eat them.”
Su Yan waved lightly, and Rock Demon Ant Queen personally went in to devour Ye Qin and the others’ corpses one by one.
Martial Artists were great supplements to Feral Beasts.
Su Yan summoned the Gold-Eating Demon Insect, which spiraled like a blade, then at Su Yan’s command, swooshed into the valley bottom.
The entire massive mine vein was all Black Steel Ore—this was the foundation for Gold-Eating Demon Insect’s Metamorphosis.
Rock Demon Ant Queen presented several Storage Rings, one of which was precisely Ye Qin’s Storage Ring.
Su Yan’s gaze focused on this Storage Ring, and he smiled: “Murder and arson bring the Gold Belt. Who knows if Ye Qin carried it on him.”
Killing and seizing treasures, he had no major concerns, just worried Ye Qin had not brought the Third-order materials on him.
He placed the Storage Ring in his hand, probing inside with Spiritual Power. A rough scan showed about thirty thousand Origin Stones, the rest being Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures found entering the valley, mostly First-order, only three or four Second-order.
Hm?!
When Su Yan saw that pile of ore, his eyes suddenly brightened, revealing joy.
In the corner of the Storage Ring were impressively two ores Su Yan needed—Purple Crystal Sand and Amber Crystal.
Gold-Eating Demon Insect was set.
Metamorphosis Materials gathered in one go, now just waiting for the Metamorphosis.
“Wait, this is a Beast Taming Bag?”
Suddenly among the remaining items, Su Yan spotted a not-low-grade Beast Taming Bag at a glance.
At least Third-order.
His pupils contracted slightly. A Third-order Beast Taming Bag could hold a Third-order Feral Beast.
He reached out to grab it, about to probe with Spiritual Power, but met strong resistance.
Su Yan sneered. Starting from Third-order Spirit Artifacts, weapons and such would breed Spirituality, strong or weak, but without exception having a tendency similar to recognition of master, making user and Spirit Artifact more compatible and fitting.
Ye Qin was dead, true, but the Spiritual imprint left on the Beast Taming Bag was not so easily undone.
“Let me see how strong a dead man’s Spiritual Power can be.”
Su Yan sat in the mountain valley, driving Insect Consciousness Seed to erode the Spiritual Power bit by bit.
Fully one hour later, all residual Spiritual Power on the Beast Taming Bag was gone.
He probed his Divine Sense inside, suddenly sucking in a cold breath, then laughing loudly.
Inside the Beast Taming Bag, nine Rhinoceros Tigers were quietly bound and suppressed.
With a thought, Su Yan opened the Beast Taming Bag, and the nine Rhinoceros Tigers lay neatly before him.
“Roar”
The Third-order Rhinoceros Tiger roared, but had no power to resist.
It was already gravely injured originally, now with its joints sealed by Ye Chengqiu, even more powerless to resist.
Its offspring were slightly better off.
“Third-order Feral Beast, perfect to test.”
With the thought arising in Su Yan’s mind, he immediately thought of his Blood Marrow Worms.
With Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust strengthening, the Blood Marrow Worms’ number had now reached the limit of forty.
Not yet fully used, the Rhinoceros Tigers before him were truly a good choice.
Third-order Bloodline, powerless to resist—however looked at, an excellent parasitic host.
Not to mention, Su Yan had always wanted to try the control effect of Blood Marrow Worms on Third-order.
He directly summoned Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, its Tail Hook inserting into the Rhinoceros Tiger’s body.
Insect Eggs were directly injected into the Rhinoceros Tigers’ bodies, one Insect Egg per Rhinoceros Tiger.
With Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust’s urging, the Insect Eggs began to hatch, Blood Marrow Worms hatched and attached to the Rhinoceros Tigers’ spines.
Su Yan revealed a satisfied expression. The Second-order Rhinoceros Tigers were strong, but under Blood Marrow Worm control, Su Yan could feel he could destroy their spines at any time.
Spine destroyed, Feral Beasts would not live long.
But sensing the Third-order Rhinoceros Tiger’s condition, Su Yan frowned slightly. The resistance seemed particularly strong, and the Blood Marrow Worms could not fully fuse the entire spine.
“Roar”
The Third-order Rhinoceros Tiger’s eyes were full of defiance and wildness. Its intelligence was actually not low, just unable to speak and lacking powerful Spiritual Power.
At Su Yan’s command, Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust advanced again, injecting another Insect Egg into the Third-order Rhinoceros Tiger’s body.
Pain made the Third-order Rhinoceros Tiger emit a roar like an Evil Ghost.
Two Blood Marrow Worms simultaneously burrowed into the spine, merging into one, the pain indescribable.
By the time both had parasitized successfully, the Rhinoceros Tiger had nearly died in the process. Fortunately, Su Yan had some Pills to preserve its life.
“Two Blood Marrow Worms barely suffice for control. Feral Beasts’ physiques are powerful; even destroying the Spinal Cord does not guarantee immediate death. But if used on a martial artist, Dan Qiao True Persons below Second Heaven would likely be unable to handle it.”
With this additional trump card in hand, Su Yan’s mouth corners could hardly suppress.
Roars came again, the Third-order Rhinoceros Tiger still struggling constantly.
Gu Worms controlled life and death within the body, yet taming a Third-order Feral Beast was still no easy task.
“No rush, I have plenty of time to wear you down.”
Su Yan’s voice was calm, then holding the Secret Order, he said to Rock Demon Ant Queen: “Drive the Beast Tide, chase the martial artists out.”
“Yes, Master.”
Rock Demon Ant Queen immediately carried out Su Yan’s order, all Rock Demon Ants moving at this moment.
Even though their numbers were now only four thousand, in this secret realm, it was still an extremely powerful force.
With the order issued, the entire Small Secret Realm descended into chaos.
Large numbers of Rock Demon Ants invaded other Feral Beasts’ territories, driving them from east to west. They neither occupied nor fought to the death—everything just to create chaos.
Large numbers of secret realm Feral Beasts scattered, martial artists colliding together, directly staging arguments and conflicts.
Some were martial artists dueling each other, others purely chased by Feral Beasts.
Nangong Hong Yue quickly approached the mountain valley and said to Su Yan: “Ling Yuer and the others have exited from the largest entrance fissure. Dan Qiao power fluctuations came from the entrance position—they’ve realized the secret realm’s issue.”
“They’ve all left? Then this secret realm is mine.”
Su Yan did not hold back, taking out the Secret Order in hand, dripping blood to claim ownership.
He connected the Secret Order with powerful Spiritual Power. In a daze, through the Earth Veins extending from the three core great mountains, Su Yan felt as if the entire secret realm was in his grasp.
“Close the passages.”
With Su Yan’s thought, True Essence in his body rapidly drained.
The Secret Order absorbed surrounding Spiritual Energy, beginning to shake its Space Formation.
The small fissures opened from Blood Sacrifice collisions silently closed one by one.
Even under Goat Horn Mountain, in that mountain valley, the largest Space Passage was now slowly shrinking.
“Not good!”
Wu Nan saw this situation, his expression suddenly changing drastically. So many tribesmen dead or injured, not much Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures obtained, and even the Secret Order seized by another.
If the current fissures closed again, reopening them would not be so simple.
A Small Secret Realm with a Secret Order master and one without were worlds apart.
“Ye Chengqiu, Lan Tian Shui, if you two keep fighting, no one gets the secret realm. Join me to stabilize the Formation and confront that Dan Qiao Martial Artist.”
Wu Nan’s hoarse voice reached the ears of the two Dan Qiao Martial Artists who were entangled with Na Goru and Yu Luo nearby.
The four’s expressions changed, their figures flashing to Wu Nan’s side. They saw the three tribes’ tribesmen with heavy casualties—over a hundred entered to seize the Secret Order, but only seventy percent came out, all injured.
“Ling Yuer, what happened?”
“A mysterious Dan Qiao Martial Artist entered, suppressed the Guardian Beast, and seized the Secret Order.”
Wu Nan said: “Attack together, maintain this passage. Ye Chengqiu, Na Goru, you two enter and kill that person. We’ll maintain from outside.”
