161: Flying General - Li Guang

Middle Stage Immortal King!

Di Yan was overjoyed.

With an Early Stage Golden Immortal cultivation, he could rival a Middle Stage Immortal King across Realms. This Li Guang truly lived up to his name as the Flying General; he was a born fierce general!

"Good!" Di Yan said loudly, "I bestow upon you one hundred thousand of the Annihilation Army. This army is dedicated to conquest, with Killing Intent soaring to the skies, making it perfect for your use. Additionally, there is a Secret Realm for you all to Cultivate in."

"this humble general accepts the command!" A terrifying glint erupted in Li Guang's eyes.

Di Yan stood up: "Follow me."

A moment later, the two arrived at the drill ground.

With a thought from Di Yan, the Secret Realm core in his hand shone brightly, transforming into a hazy light gate a hundred feet high and dozens of feet wide, crashing down into the center of the drill ground.

Inside the light gate, mist swirled, and countless Dao runes flickered and flowed. immortal spiritual qi, pure to the extreme, and various mysterious dao rhymes leaked out in strands, instantly elevating the environment of the entire drill ground to a new level.

It was precisely the Ninth-Rank Immortal Rank Secret Realm—the Ten Thousand Dao Source Court!

Following that, Di Yan had another thought: "System, deploy the Annihilation Army."

Above the drill ground, a huge gap suddenly tore open in the Void Realm, and dense, thick black Evil Qi surged out, accompanied by the uniform, Soul-shaking sound of footsteps!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One hundred thousand black-armored soldiers, arranged in a strictly disciplined battle formation, stepped out from the crack in the Void Realm and descended upon the drill ground.

These soldiers were each over a zhang tall, clad in standard black heavy armor inscribed with Nirvana runes. Their visors covered their faces, revealing only pairs of cold, emotionless eyes burning with black Soul-fire.

They were silent. Just by standing there, the gathered Killing Intent and Evil Qi caused the surrounding temperature to plummet and space to distort.

The hundred thousand Annihilation Army soldiers all knelt on one knee in perfect unison.

A low, murderous voice boomed:

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, General!"

The sound waves rolled and soared into the sky, condensing into a faint black cloud above the drill ground!

Di Yan nodded and said to Li Guang, "Li Guang, I leave these hundred thousand Annihilation Army soldiers in your command."

"I order you to immediately lead the entire army into the Ten Thousand Dao Source Court Secret Realm to Cultivate."

"Unless you Breakthrough to the Immortal King Realm, do not come out easily!"

Li Guang took a deep breath, feeling the resonance with the army below. His heart surged with heroic pride as he cupped his fists and shouted, "this humble general obeys! I will not fail Your Majesty's trust!"

Di Yan nodded and added, "Furthermore, there are legacies from Immortal King to Immortal Emperor within this Secret Realm. Whether you can obtain them depends on your Opportunity."

The Realms above Immortal King are: Immortal Emperor, Immortal Venerable, Immortal Emperor, and Great Luo Heavenly Emperor.

Li Guang cupped his fists: "Yes, Your Majesty."

After speaking, he turned to face the hundred thousand Annihilation Army soldiers, his tiger-like eyes sweeping over them as his voice thundered, "Whole army hear my command: Enter the Secret Realm and Cultivate!"

"We obey the General's command!"

The hundred thousand Annihilation Army soldiers responded with a roar, then, led by Li Guang, transformed into a black torrent of steel, orderly flowing into the shimmering gate of the Secret Realm and disappearing into the misty dao rhyme.

Di Yan watched as the last Annihilation Army soldier disappeared into the gate. The Secret Realm light gate slowly stabilized, turning into an eternally standing spectacle, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The lowest cultivation among these hundred thousand Annihilation Army soldiers was Profound Immortal, and the three strongest were at the Early Golden Immortal stage.

This single legion alone was comparable to half the strength of the Myriad Law Immortal Realm's Yao Race, excluding Long Yin and Long Qinger.

Immediately after, he sent a voice transmission: "Wang Jian."

Almost instantly, Wang Jian, dressed in the armor of the Imperial Guards commander, appeared by Di Yan's side and bowed: "Your Majesty."

Di Yan continued: "This Secret Realm has extraordinary effects."

"From today onwards, arrange for the Imperial Guards to enter in batches to Cultivate and enhance their strength."

"You will draft the specific rotation schedule."

Wang Jian felt the astonishing dao rhyme and Immortal Qi emanating from the Secret Realm portal. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and responded solemnly, "this humble general obeys! I will certainly make proper arrangements and not fail Your Majesty's generous gift!"

Just then.

A water-blue graceful figure quietly appeared at the edge of the drill ground; it was Mu Xuanyin.

After handling the follow-up matters of the Huo Xin Hall, she sensed the abnormal fluctuations here and rushed over.

At this moment, her beautiful eyes were wide open, staring in shock at the towering Secret Realm light gate and the vast dao rhyme flowing upon it.

"This is a Ninth-Rank Immortal Rank Secret Realm?!" Mu Xuanyin cried out in shock, quickly walking to Di Yan's side and grabbing his arm, her voice filled with disbelief: "Husband, where did you get such a Heaven-Defying Secret Realm?"

"Ninth-Rank Immortal Rank! Even in those ancient Immortal Emperor forces, it would definitely be a treasure of the level of a clan-protecting heirloom!"

If it were her former self, she naturally wouldn't have cared about this Ninth-Rank Immortal Rank Secret Realm.

But things were different now; this Secret Realm would be of immense benefit to her in recovering her cultivation.

Di Yan took her soft hand in his, looked at her shocked, delicate face, and put on a profound look, saying calmly:

"Xuanyin, the Universe is mysterious and full of wonders. As the lord of the Dynasty, I carry the Mandate of Heaven. What's so strange about obtaining some opportunities and creations?"

Mu Xuanyin couldn't help but lightly punch him: "Stop being so serious! Tell me quickly, what is going on?"

Di Yan laughed, took the Opportunity to wrap his arm around her slender waist, pulled her into his embrace, and kissed her smooth forehead: "Let's go, let's go back and see Tianming and Yueyao. There are some things you will naturally find out later."

Without further ado, he led the pouting Mu Xuanyin away from the drill ground... Inside a cultivation room.

Jin Wuya stared at the Nine-Revolution Golden Pill in his palm, which was swirling with golden patterns, his face filled with excitement.

As long as he swallowed and refined it, his cultivation would skyrocket.

"Once a Golden Core enters my belly, my fate is mine to command, not the heavens'."

His Adam's apple bobbed. No longer hesitating, he tilted his head back and swallowed it.

As the Golden Core entered his belly, Jin Wuya immediately sat cross-legged and circulated the Heaven-Seizing Creation Art, guiding the majestic medicinal power to dissolve and strike at the Bottleneck.

Just as the medicinal power was about to help him break through the Bottleneck that had bound him for many years.

"Buzz!"

Inside his Dantian, the blazing golden light suddenly trembled. Instead of dissolving obediently, it contracted sharply inward.

A strange sentience awakened from the core of the solidified Golden Core.

Immediately after, a youthful and arrogant voice rang out directly in the depths of his Qi Sea.

"Pah, pah, pah! What a filthy and wretched place! The Spiritual Qi is as thin as dishwater!"

"This pill was born with immortal bones, named by the Grandmist, and stamped by the Dao. How can I associate with a bad-luck-ridden waste like you?"

"I've been tricked! I've been heavily tricked!"

Jin Wuya's mind shook violently, nearly suffering a Qi Deviation: "Who?! What thing is acting so presumptuously in my Dantian?!"

"Presumptuous? This pill hasn't even sued you for fraud yet!" The Golden Core spun rapidly, emitting golden light, mimicking the posture of someone with hands on hips scolding in the street: "Look at your Dantian walls, full of holes!"

"Look at your spiritual power Foundation, superficial and loose!"

"If I stay with you, where is this pill's future? Where is my path of the Dao?"

"It's over, all over! Even reincarnating wouldn't lead to such a bad womb!"

"You..." Jin Wuya was both shocked and furious. He tried to forcibly refine it, mobilizing his spiritual power to envelop and suppress it.

"Hmph! You still want to control this pill?" The Golden Core sensed his intention, and its golden light suddenly intensified: "Renting such a broken Dantian, and you have the nerve to let me stay for free?"

"Rent! First, settle the overdue rent with this pill!"

As soon as it finished speaking, the complex Dao runes on the surface of the Golden Core reversed!

A completely opposite suction force erupted.

It wasn't Jin Wuya absorbing the Golden Core's medicinal power, but the Golden Core frantically extracting the pure cultivation he had painstakingly cultivated for a hundred years!

"Stop! This is my cultivation!" Jin Wuya looked into his Qi Sea and saw the Golden Core becoming more brilliant, while his lake of spiritual power was rapidly receding, revealing the cracked lakebed.

Panic tightly seized him.

"Yours?" The Golden Core absorbed happily, its voice carrying a satisfied laziness: "Wrong! Now it's this pill's rent!"

"This bit of meager cultivation barely covers the down payment."

"Interest is extra! Quick, quick, quick, keep practicing, don't be lazy! This pill senses you've still got some private savings hidden in your Dantian."

Jin Wuya's vision went black, and a sweet taste rose in his throat.

He fainted on the spot.

What a calamity!

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