682: Chapter 683 They're the ones who ruined His Highness!

It was an Ancient Remnant Species guarding a certain Heavenly Dao Flower, a Ground-Rending Dragon Rhinoceros, which had come into conflict with a green-robed Immortal King.

The Ground-Rending Dragon Rhinoceros had thick skin and tough flesh, possessing infinite strength. Its single horn could tear the earth apart. For a time, it fought the Sword King to a standstill.

“Vile beast, hand over the Heavenly Dao Flower!” the Sword King roared, his Sword Qi spanning three thousand miles.

“Roar!!” The Ground-Rending Dragon Rhinoceros bellowed, its sound waves shattering the Void Realm.

Soon, several other powerful auras were attracted to the scene.

“Tsk tsk, Jian Chenzi, it seems you can't swallow this treasure alone.”

A sinister voice rang out, belonging to the Ghost Mist Immortal King of the Nine Nether Hall.

“The Heavenly Dao Flower belongs to those with virtue.”

Several Immortal King level existences broke out into a chaotic battle with this Secret Realm overlord over a top-tier Saint Medicine.

In the end, the Ground-Rending Dragon Rhinoceros was heavily injured and fled, diving deep into the ley lines and disappearing. That Heavenly Dao Flower was caught in the violent energy waves during the struggle; its petals withered, and its medicinal potency was greatly diminished.

This left the Immortal Kings with unsightly expressions. Immortal King Jian Chenzi was even wounded in his Origin by the Dragon Rhinoceros's final counterattack, causing his aura to wither significantly.

Similar struggles broke out sporadically throughout the Secret Realm.

The Young Sect Master of the Tianyan Sect confronted the Divine Son of the Sun Holy Sect before an ancient Immortal Cave, vying for what was suspected to be an ancient Body Refining secret method.

Ultimately, the Tianyan Sect's Young Sect Master was slightly superior and seized the Jade Slip before drifting away, but his Dao-protecting Elder was also injured by an Immortal King from the Sun Holy Sect.

Several Fairies from the Ethereal Pavilion engaged in a fierce battle with a group of ferocious Gold-Eating Flying Ants while collecting Moon magnificent Immortal Dew. It was a close call; although they eventually repelled the ant swarm, they lost one Disciple, and everyone was injured.

Shouts of killing, roars, the phenomena of treasures appearing, the screams of those who failed the struggle... all intertwined into a bloody and greedy movement of Secret Realm pillaging.

The many Cultivators who had entered searched desperately through the leftovers missed by Xiao Ruobai and the others, as well as untouched dangerous lands. Every discovery was accompanied by intense fighting.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ruobai and his group quietly waited for the Secret Realm to open.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the seventh day arrived. The Secret Realm suddenly shook violently, and the earth cracked open.

The repulsive force of the Secret Realm was now clearly palpable, and space rippled slightly, indicating that the passage was about to open.

The Cultivators originally scattered throughout the Secret Realm, regardless of their harvest, now began to converge toward the exit in unison.

On a relatively open and elevated stone platform, countless Cultivators had already gathered. They came from different forces, standing in groups of three to five, with the air filled with anxiety, expectation, and vigilance.

Some were discussing their gains in low voices, some were silently healing, and more were nervously gazing at the Void Realm ahead. That was where the spatial fluctuations were most intense, vaguely forming a huge, unstable phantom of a light gate—the exit of the Secret Realm.

Xiao Ruobai and the others blended in with a group of Loose Cultivators, standing low-key at the edge of the stone platform.

“Soon, half an hour at most,” Dong Li's subtle Divine Sense transmission rang in their minds.

Just then—

“Boom—!”

A terrifying Divine Sense, more furious than any of the previous Immortal Kings and carrying majestic heavenly might and cold killing intent, swept through more than half of the Secret Realm like a storm!

“Chen'er's aura has disappeared?! Who?! Who dares to touch a prince of my Ziji Immortal Dynasty?!!”

Immortal King Zhenyue of the Ziji Immortal Dynasty, an imperial uncle of Zi Tianchen, finally noticed something was wrong when he was about to regroup with Zi Tianchen and let out an enraged roar.

His blood-red eyes swept over the dense, terrified Cultivators below like a Vicious Beast looking for prey.

“Everyone! Listen to me!” His voice was ice-cold, containing endless killing intent.

“My Ziji Immortal Dynasty's prince, Zi Tianchen, met with foul play by villains in the Secret Realm! The murderer must be among you!”

He flipped his palm, and a Soul Jade floated in the air, emitting a faint purple light that pointed toward a certain direction on the stone platform, but the light was scattered and could not be precisely locked.

“From this moment on, no Cultivator in the Secret Realm is allowed to move! Those who know the truth or identify the culprit can receive the protection of my Immortal Dynasty! Those who harbor them shall share the same crime—kill without mercy!!”

Immortal King Zhenyue's roar and threat swept across the entire stone platform like a cold wave, instantly freezing the already tense and anxious atmosphere.

Countless Cultivators were as quiet as cicadas in winter, looking at each other with eyes full of confusion, terror, and a hint of relief and avoidance as if it had nothing to do with them.

No one wanted to provoke an Immortal King on the brink of madness at this time, and no one was willing to take the initiative to get involved in this massive whirlpool.

Silence was the safest reaction.

Xiao Ruobai and the others also feigned ignorance, maintaining their silence.

Time passed slowly under the suffocating pressure, every breath seeming to be stretched out.

Immortal King Zhenyue hovered in the air, purple Qi churning around him. His face grew darker and darker, and the violence in his eyes almost turned into physical flames about to erupt.

Just as his patience was about to run out and his killing intent reached its peak, and he was prepared to recklessly grab a few suspicious people for soul-searching to make an example of them—

“Immortal King Senior! Immortal King Senior!! This Junior knows! This Junior saw it!!”

A sharp, fawning voice, distorted by excitement, suddenly rang out from the back of the crowd!

A small, lean young Cultivator wearing the robes of the Crimson Sunset Sect, with eyes darting around, squeezed out of the crowd on all fours.

It was Liu Neng of the Crimson Sunset Sect! He had bet everything to claim this top credit before the Immortal Dynasty! When the time came, the Crimson Sunset Sect would rely on the protection of the Ziji Immortal Dynasty, and their meteoric rise would be just around the corner.

With a 'thud', he knelt on the ground, pointed in the direction of Xiao Ruobai and the others, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

“It's them! It's those people! Six or seven days ago, in a rift valley! This Junior saw with his own eyes that His Highness the Prince and an old Senior Immortal Lord were fighting these people for treasures in the cliff wall!”

“On the shoulder of one of them was a red-furred fox! They were disrespectful to His Highness, and later they started fighting and went deep into the rift valley!”

“After that, His Highness was never seen again! It must be them who harmed His Highness!”

“Swish—!”

Immortal King Zhenyue's gaze, like two bolts of cold purple lightning, instantly split the crowd and nailed itself firmly onto Xiao Ruobai and the others!

“Ju! Nior! Pay! With! Your! Life!!!”

Immortal King Zhenyue had no intention of interrogating them at all. Whether it was true or not, he only needed to search their souls, and everything would be clear! He gave an angry shout and grabbed the air with his right hand!

“Whoosh—!”

A translucent giant hand appeared out of thin air, instantly expanding enough to cover several hundred feet. Carrying a terrifying aura that suppressed the Void Realm and captured all things, it clawed down toward Xiao Ruobai and the others!

“Purple Extreme Soul-Seizing Hand”!

This grab not only contained majestic force to suppress the Physical Body but also carried strange fluctuations that could erode the Divine Soul and forcibly search it.

When an Immortal King is angry, even a casual grab is a catastrophe for a Heavenly Immortal.

On the stone platform, countless Cultivators retreated in horror, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.

A morbid excitement appeared on Liu Neng's face, as if he could already see the scene of him being rewarded for his 'merit'.