Chapter 719 - 187: Opening the Secret Realm by Breaking the Limit with Five Cauldrons, Killing Intent Hidden in the Dark Currents of Xuan Yuan

Chapter 719: Chapter 187: Opening the Secret Realm by Breaking the Limit with Five Cauldrons, Killing Intent Hidden in the Dark Currents of Xuan Yuan

But this wasn’t the Pure Spirit Qi that nourished all of creation, but a kind of "living" Spiritual Mechanism!

This Spiritual Mechanism was laced with countless subtle and chaotic negative emotions: indignation, tyranny, venomous resentment, madness...

It was as if every wisp of the Spiritual Mechanism was formed from the resentment of the dead.

And as for the overly lush flora—

Under the analysis of his Divine Sense, there wasn’t a trace of vitality to be found.

They were clearly a swarm of monsters on the verge of collapse!

Their Life Force was pushed to its absolute limit, yet it radiated a morbid, feverish excitement.

Every leaf was frantically devouring the resentful Spiritual Mechanism, overdrawing its own essence. It seemed a terrifying Demonization could occur at any moment.

It was like feeding someone the most potent Tiger and Wolf Medicine; they might erupt with astonishing power for a moment, but in the next, their meridians would shatter and they would wither away completely.

’This is... a desperate and crazed world.’

A chill ran through Chu Fan. He withdrew his gaze and stepped onto the rugged, ancient path that snaked its way upward.

According to the intelligence he’d obtained from the Zhang Family Ancestor’s Soul Division memories, his final destination, the Burial Immortal Valley, was hidden in the deepest part of the Profound Origin Secret Realm.

From his current position, he would have to cross the bizarre Profound Demon Mountain to get there.

Primordial Qi surged beneath Chu Fan’s feet. He shot forward with an ethereal lightness, ascending the ancient path at high speed.

[Running Technique Experience Points +3]

After rushing forward for several miles, he came to an abrupt halt, his pace slowing instantly.

A slender, graceful figure had appeared around a bend in the ancient path ahead.

The woman, dressed in colorful clothes, was tiptoeing forward cautiously.

’Su Wenqin of the Four Symbols Palace.’

Chu Fan’s eyes narrowed as he recognized her.

On the surface, Su Wenqin was the prized prodigy of the Four Symbols Palace, renowned throughout Qing Province.

But in the eyes of Qing Province’s major powers, the Four Symbols Palace was nothing more than a second-rate sect.

Even the shrewd and calculating Zhang Family Ancestor hadn’t given the Four Symbols Palace a second thought in his memories.

But Chu Fan knew a shocking secret—

The Four Symbols Palace was a pawn secretly controlled by Lingkong Jade, the Divine Sacrifice Envoy of the Moon Worship Sect!

This Su Wenqin was, through and through, a Moon Worship Cultist!

If he hadn’t personally slain that mysterious, masked woman back in the Wind-Rising Valley and then used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to refine her soul, even he would have been unable to discern the sect’s true nature.

’Interesting.’

Chu Fan sneered inwardly.

’The Zhang Family forbade Lingkong Jade from interfering in the affairs of the Burial Immortal Valley, but Lingkong Jade isn’t one to follow the rules. Why would she obey the Zhang Family’s command?’

At that moment, Su Wenqin, who was up ahead, seemed to sense something.

As a prodigy of the Four Symbols Palace, her senses were exceptionally keen.

SWISH!

Su Wenqin spun around, a large, iridescent bow now held in her hands.

TWANG!

The bowstring hummed, and a Feathered Arrow gleaming with a cold light was already nocked.

The arrowhead was aimed straight between Chu Fan’s eyes, her movements clean and efficient, filled with killing intent.

However, when she got a clear look at the newcomer’s familiar black uniform of the Demon Suppression Guard and his impassive face, she immediately broke into a smile.

"So it’s Lord Chu!"

Su Wenqin slowly lowered her bow, a bewitching smile blooming on her face. Her voice was as smooth as polished jade.

It was as if the archer brimming with killing intent from a moment ago wasn’t her at all.

Chu Fan remained expressionless. He didn’t return her smile, simply walking closer at a slow pace.

He noticed that although Su Wenqin was all smiles, her feet were imperceptibly shifting backward, maintaining an absolutely safe distance from him at all times.

Although her large bow was lowered, the string was still taut, and Primordial Qi gathered at her fingertips, ready to be unleashed.

Just as the atmosphere between them grew tense—

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!

From the dense jungle to Chu Fan’s right, a muffled, thunderous, Earth-Shaking tremor suddenly erupted.

The towering ancient trees on that side collapsed one after another, sending shattered rock flying. The commotion was terrifying.

A moment later, a ferocious beast as large as a small mountain crashed through the last line of trees and charged wildly onto the ancient path, kicking up a towering cloud of dust!

It was an Iron Armor Crocodile, its entire body covered in thick, black scales. Its limbs were as thick as pillars, and the ground trembled with its every step.

Standing atop the giant beast’s broad back was a young woman with healthy, sun-kissed skin, dressed in a short skirt made of beast hide.

She brandished a Bone Whip, her expression a mixture of wildness and excitement.

It was Ah Linglong of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect!

"Hahaha! What a coincidence. Fancy seeing you all here!"

Ah Linglong spotted the two locked in a standoff. Instead of slowing down, she spurred her Iron Armor Crocodile to charge forward even more ferociously.

’Ah Linglong...’

Seeing the recklessly charging figure, Su Wenqin’s polite smile, which she had maintained for Chu Fan, vanished in an instant.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed, and she lightly licked her red lips as a cunning, strange smile slowly formed.

’Lord Chu just entered the Secret Realm, and now he’s about to die here...’

’But Ah Linglong must have brought several Exotic Beasts with her. She’ll be a handful.’

’We’re all members of the Moon Worship Sect, but even so, I might just have to loose a few "stray" arrows and get rid of her first!’