"What's wrong?"
"Seeing your expression so grave, could it be that something unexpected is about to happen?"
Noticing the change in Feng Xianhuang's demeanor, Xiao Ming also connected the dots and asked in a somewhat serious tone.
"I'm not sure..."
"It's just that I have an uneasy feeling, as if something is amiss."
Feng Xianhuang shook her head, replying ambiguously. She couldn't reveal too much about the events of her past life. For now, she could only take things one step at a time.
"......"
Xiao Ming didn't press further. After all, by acting together with Feng Xianhuang, he could benefit from the information she had.
Boom!!
As Xiao Ming and Feng Xianhuang conversed, the valley below suddenly trembled, and a surge of sinister energy erupted. The entire ground shook violently, as if something was awakening.
This made the experts from the five sacred lands narrow their eyes.
"Everyone, the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm is about to open. Prepare to activate the formation together!"
As this voice echoed over the valley, a figure emerged from the Flying Kun Sacred Spirit Ship, exuding an incredibly terrifying aura.
This person was named Yun Haifeng, one of the Peak Masters of Yaokun Sacred Land, with a cultivation level reaching the astonishing eighth level of the Saint Realm. He was also the core leader of Yaokun Sacred Land's team this time.
As Yun Haifeng's voice fell, Ling Ruoxuan also stepped out from the Tianxuan Sacred Spirit Ship, similarly unleashing her eighth-level Saint Realm cultivation.
Following them, Meng Zhan from the Great Qian Sacred Dynasty, Ye Zilan from the Nine Nether Demon Gate, and Zhang Tianhong from the Taiyi Sacred Land all stepped forward into the valley, each unleashing their eighth-level Saint Realm cultivation.
The terrifying aura swept across the heavens and earth like a tsunami, causing the people from the five major forces to feel a chill in their hearts.
In the next moment, as the sinister energy erupted once more from the valley below, the five Saint Realm experts sat cross-legged in the void, each with a formation disk floating before them.
The power of the Saint Yuan frantically poured into the formation disks, and five beams of light pierced the sky. Formation patterns spread like a spider web across the valley below, forming a massive void formation that sealed off this area. Even a Saint King would feel a chill at its might.
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"A Saint King-level formation?!"
Seeing the formation before him, Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed sharply. This must be the formation mentioned in the intelligence reports, a Saint King-level formation jointly set up by the five sacred lands to control the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm.
Once the formation was activated, it would create a world of its own inside, making it difficult for even a Saint King to break in from the outside. Besides stabilizing the entrance to the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm, it could also prevent the beasts from the vast mountain range from causing trouble during the secret realm's opening.
Rumble...
As the Saint King-level formation took shape, with another explosion, the sinister energy in the valley erupted for the third time. This time, a strange spatial vortex appeared in the valley, expanding to a size of over a hundred meters in just a few moments.
Roars echoed from within, as if harboring some great terror, causing everyone present to tense up.
The Ghost Fiend Secret Realm, although it contained opportunities and fortunes that could allow one to forge a perfect Cave Heaven, also harbored numerous dangers, with a death rate exceeding seventy percent. In one unexpected incident, it even reached ninety percent!
Yet despite this, every opening of the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm attracted countless people. After all, high risk comes with high reward!
If one could forge a perfect Cave Heaven within the secret realm, they would become a prominent figure in the Eastern Region!
No genius could resist such temptation!
Under the gaze of the crowd, the five Saint Realm experts continuously changed their hand seals, stabilizing the newly formed entrance with the formation. Meanwhile, another five Saint Realm experts sat cross-legged in the void, protecting the formation and guiding the geniuses into it.
As time passed, the entrance vortex was completely stabilized at the mouth of the valley under the influence of the formation. The experts' eyes sharpened as they shouted to the crowd.
"Enter the secret realm!"
"Remember to follow the rules of the secret realm and make sure to come out alive!"
With these words, people from the various forces rushed out, swarming into the vortex like locusts.
"Xiao Ming, I'll be waiting for you inside the secret realm. Hope you don't die too soon!"
Watching as thousands disappeared into the vortex in a matter of moments, Xiao Ren cast a cold glance at Xiao Ming, said a sentence, and then also rushed into the vortex.
Xiao Ming merely glanced indifferently at Xiao Ren, then took Su Qingyue's hand and looked at Feng Xianhuang.
"Let's go in."
Entering the secret realm entrance would result in random teleportation to any location within the secret realm, but if holding hands, up to five people wouldn't be separated. This was a favorable rule for forming groups early on.
Feng Xianhuang glanced at Xiao Ming, then extended her delicate hand. Seeing her jade-like hand, Xiao Ming's lips curled into a slight smile, and he interlocked his fingers with hers.
The moment their hands touched, he could clearly feel the Empress's body tremble slightly. Even her cheeks flushed with a hint of red, though she quickly suppressed it.
"If you dare try anything, I'll find a chance to castrate you..."
Feeling Xiao Ming's fingers move slightly, as if trying to draw circles on the back of her hand, Feng Xianhuang warned coldly.
This made Xiao Ming's lips twitch slightly.
Such a fiery personality, huh? If he ever got the chance, he would definitely... well, a hundred times, make this Empress cry and beg him to stop.
"Let's go."
After indulging in his thoughts for a moment, Xiao Ming said to Su Qingyue, who immediately took Yun Ling's hand.
Without any hesitation, they followed the others and rushed into the vortex.
In the next moment, amidst a dizzying whirl, Xiao Ming and the others fell from the sky, landing in a forest.
"So this is inside the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm. It doesn't look much different from the outside..."
Glancing around, Xiao Ming murmured.
"Don't let your guard down. The Ghost Fiend Secret Realm is far more dangerous than the outside world. If you don't follow the secret realm's rules..."
"Even with your Chaos Body and numerous trump cards, you'll meet a tragic end!"
Hearing Xiao Ming's murmur, Feng Xianhuang's expression turned serious, and she couldn't help but remind him.
"It's getting dark!"
"We must find shelter quickly, or once night falls, we'll all die here."
Seeing the blood-red sunset in the distance, with darkness about to engulf the entire secret realm, Xiao Ming's expression also turned grave as the rules of the secret realm flashed through his mind.
They were...
Don't go out after dark, don't split up if you're five, don't look back if you hear crying, and don't linger in the mist!
Not going out after dark meant...
When night falls, the demons and ghosts of the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm would rampage, gaining the secret realm's rule boost, making them twice as powerful as during the day. Meanwhile, outsiders entering the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm would have their strength suppressed by thirty percent.
Therefore, they must find shelter within the secret realm, which was the residence of the original inhabitants of this broken small world, to fend off the attacks of the night demons and ghosts.
Of course, whether they could hold off the attacks depended on the strength of the ghost fiend runes inscribed on these shelters. If not strong enough, the shelter could be breached!
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