Chapter 988: Chapter 125: Liuli is Out, Luo Yan is Frustrated (Combined)_2
The more troublesome thing is that the black mist doesn’t follow the internal passages of the meteorite but directly passes through walls, moving much faster than expected!
Seeing Luo Yan silent, Shi Liuli felt something and divined again, frowning as she said:
“A strong enemy is coming!”
“Let’s hide for now.” Luo Yan grabbed Shi Liuli’s hand and began using the Five Elements Divine Light to dig a tunnel.
The demon head seemed unaware of their presence, continuously and quickly passing through walls, entering chamber after chamber in search, clearly looking for the traces of the two.
Luo Yan roughly estimated the speed and realized that if they repaired the passage behind them, it might not be enough to shake off the enemy. So he decisively put all his effort into digging forward, taking Shi Liuli and rushing outwards.
Just a few hundred feet from the outside of the meteor, the demon head at the back finally reached the path Luo Yan had dug and ferociously charged towards them, much faster than before!
Luo Yan could only speed up his digging pace, but unexpectedly Shi Liuli held the copper coin in her hand and suddenly said:
“Husband, let me hold it off later, you go first.”
“We’ll go together!” Luo Yan refused without hesitation.
“No.” Shi Liuli explained, “These demon heads, after you defeat one, another comes. If this goes on endlessly, we’ll be worn out and die here sooner or later.”
“But if there’s no you, I…” Luo Yan was about to refute her logic, but Shi Liuli said again:
“Without me here as a burden, you can use that Illusion Technique to directly avoid the entanglement of these Heavenly Demons, right?”
Luo Yan:…
It’s over, she’s seen through my concealment of strength!
“Actually, I guessed it long ago.” Shi Liuli continued, “Husband, you’ve always liked to hide your true strength. The power you’re showing now doesn’t match what you really have, right?”
“Liuli, let me explain…” Luo Yan said anxiously.
“Even the Illusion Technique just now to conceal forms, I don’t know any that can fool the Heavenly Demons.” Shi Liuli smiled and said, “You know, the Heavenly Demons are a race born with proficiency in Illusion Techniques.”
Luo Yan was still trying to argue:
“The Cultivation Realm is so vast; it’s normal that you wouldn’t know if there’s a secret technique that can restrain Heavenly Demons, right?”
“Mm.” Shi Liuli blinked, “So, what kind of Illusion Technique is it?”
Luo Yan was about to make up a name and origin for a secret technique, but then Shi Liuli said again:
“I’m not trying to control you too strictly, it’s just that this secret realm trial is different from what I originally thought. The universe is full of crises, too many places would require fighting, and I’ll just be a burden to you here.”
“How could you be a burden, at least you can…” Luo Yan made one last effort, only to hear Shi Liuli say:
“I’m almost out of True Yuan.”
Luo Yan was instantly speechless.
With True Yuan depleted, there was truly no way out.
For cultivators, there are only two ways to replenish True Yuan. One is to meditate and breathe, the other is to take elixirs and then refine the medicinal power.
The former takes a long time, while the latter is more efficient, but even then, taking an elixir doesn’t instantly replenish True Yuan.
However, in this universe, with Heavenly Demons being highly aggressive everywhere, there’s simply no suitable time to recover True Yuan—why else would the elder say that unless you become a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal, it’s almost impossible to reach the Immortal Realm?
Isn’t it exactly because unless your True Yuan is infinite, you’ll be worn out to death eventually!
“Let’s leave it at this.” Shi Liuli smiled and kissed his cheek, then showed a slightly embarrassed expression, “After all, it’s not true death, just being eliminated.”
With that, she forcefully broke free from Luo Yan’s hand and flew straight towards the Heavenly Demon with her Flying Sword.
Luo Yan was unwilling to seize the chance to leave and was about to turn his Sword Light to rescue when the demon head lunged at the unsuspecting Shi Liuli, who immediately turned into white light and disappeared.
Subsequently, a graceful and charming woman appeared in the black mist, touching her belly, smiling as she said:
“Truly delicious… so only the two of you? No more humans?”
Luo Yan stared directly at her and suddenly asked:
“How do you want to die?”
The Demon Head chuckled:
“If possible, any way is fine. But don’t you know that we Heavenly Demons are immortal and indestructible?” Searᴄh the NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Luo Yan did not reply, quickly activating the Five Elements Divine Light to surround the Heavenly Demon from all directions.
This Demon Head was indeed formidable, but not as powerful as the Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demon that Qiu Changtian encountered before. Thus, after exchanging blows with Luo Yan for less than a quarter of an hour, it was directly annihilated by him using the Five Elements Divine Light.
However, as the opponent said, Heavenly Demons possess an immortal body and will eventually be reborn somewhere.
Moreover, all of this was simulated by the Secret Realm, causing Luo Yan to feel no sense of vengeance after killing it, only frustration.
“Forget it.” He sighed and said, “Ah Jing, use some illusion techniques to cover for me.”
“Isn’t that bad?” Kunlun Mirror questioned, “If that old man realizes you have illusion techniques to evade Heavenly Demon attacks, you might be like Ling Yunpo, receiving periodic updates of coordinates…which might instead increase your difficulty in passing the trial.”
“Whatever!” Luo Yan said in a self-destructive manner, “Anyway, according to Qiu Changtian and Ling Yunpo’s history, I’m supposed to be one of the last twelve people, successfully obtaining the position of the master of Seven Treasures Mystic Garden.”
“History that has already happened won’t change, so no matter what I do, I’ll be able to pass the trial successfully, right?”
Seeing him show such a defeatist attitude, Kunlun Mirror was also a bit troubled and was about to continue persuading him when suddenly the old man appeared before him:
“There are only twelve people left in the Secret Realm, you have passed…”
As he spoke, the old man suddenly glanced around him and asked in surprise:
“Where is your companion who cultivates the ‘Five Latitudes Heavenly Secret Record’? Has she been eliminated?”
Luo Yan answered expressionlessly:
“Yes, thanks to your grace, she was unable to withstand the Heavenly Demon’s siege and eventually couldn’t hold on.”
“Strange.” The old man frowned in confusion, “Judging by logic, her Stellar Secret Techniques should be highly compatible with this cosmic environment, she shouldn’t have lost.”
Luo Yan had given up on refuting, thinking that the Stellar Secret Techniques are indeed formidable, but they can’t save Miss Shi who is a total weakling, her True Yuan was already spent, what else could she do?
Of course, if they knew there were only thirteen people left in the Secret Realm, it wouldn’t be impossible to hold out for a bit longer…but who could have known?
The following events naturally need not be elaborated.
Luo Yan and the other victors gathered, listened to the chanting containing clues for the Great Bright Hall Secret Realm, and were then sent out of the Seven Treasures Mystic Garden Secret Realm.
As soon as he left the Secret Realm, Luo Yan immediately flew on his Flying Sword toward the Penglai base formation.
Shi Liuli left the formation to greet him, and before they could meet, he heard her secret transmission:
“Husband, hurry, the sect is about to leave!”
Luo Yan quickly scanned around and saw that although the battle hadn’t started, the Demon Cult, having been tricked by Ling Yunpo in the Secret Realm, was already showing undisguised hostility and killing intent towards Shushan.
Penglai was never good at combat, and coupled with the fact that their big brother Kunlun had no intention of forming an alliance with the righteous Three Pure Ones to take the bullets for the Shushan Sword Immortals, they were already preparing to leave quickly.
Thus the two quickly returned to the main formation, with all the seniors of Penglai displaying their divine skills, activating various Magical Treasures and Flying Swords, swiftly retreating toward the southeast.
The Demon Cult allocated manpower to block them, and the Master of Xuan Du decisively sent some elders skilled in combat to intercept, escorting most seniors out of the battlefield.
Logically, with both Five Elements Divine Light and Huangting Kunwu Sword in his hands, Luo Yan was one of the strongest elders in Penglai, and was better suited to stay behind to cover the retreat.
However, having obtained the position of the master of Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden and possessing clues to the Great Bright Hall Secret Realm, the Master of Xuan Du wouldn’t dare let him face any risks, thus choosing to personally cover the retreat while ensuring his safe return to Penglai Island.
In such a thrilling and safe manner, everyone returned to Penglai Immortal Island.
Luo Yan and Shi Liuli hadn’t even rested in the Heavenly Craft Workshop when someone came saying, “The Wan Xiang Immortal invites Elder Jingyun.”
Upon hearing an invitation from an Immortal, Luo Yan prepared to set off.
Before leaving the Heavenly Craft Workshop, as soon as he exited the side room, he saw Wan Xiang Immortal already impatiently striding quickly into the courtyard.
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