101: Who is the fearless one who is causing trouble?

These three Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection experts, rushing at extreme speed towards the secret realm entrance, were precisely the core direct disciples of Flying Origin Palace who had previously spent numerous items at the stone tablet area to exchange for a holy land key.

At that time, they were only one item short of obtaining the holy land key.

As a result, the holy land key on the stone tablet, along with the Holy Land Emblem, vanished into thin air from the stone tablet!

Afterward, they had been investigating this matter.

They all wanted to know if the disappearance of the holy land key was due to someone else acquiring it?

Now... they finally had some discoveries!

"These lights are very likely the radiance emitted by the secret realm!!"

The Black-Clothed Youth leading them had a terrifyingly grim expression.

The numerous treasures they had invested back then were enough to cause significant damage even to the entire Flying Origin Palace.

Yet, in the end... they got absolutely nothing!

Even now, thinking about it still filled their hearts with a suffocating frustration.

"The secret realm cannot open without reason!"

"A holy land key is required to open it."

"If I find out which scoundrel used some despicable method to steal the holy land key from us, I will surely flay him alive, dismember him, and make him wish for death but be unable to die!!"

The Black-Clothed Youth leading them had a flicker of rage in his eyes.

From the light currently being emitted, they had already surmised that this was, in all likelihood, the light from the secret realm.

They all desperately wanted to know... who exactly opened the secret realm!?

With that, their speed increased.

Rushing over to investigate... *Pfft!*

Several tiny flying needles cut through the air, piercing directly through the foreheads of several Qi Martial Realm martial artists.

Even Qi Warrior Realm Late Stage martial artists were utterly defenseless against these flying needles, instantly shot dead on the spot.

As an exclusive item capable of killing anyone below Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection, as long as one was not Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection, they could not withstand the flying needles' lethal shots.

Xiao Shi picked up the items dropped by these martial artists after their deaths.

He did a preliminary count.

Over the course of one day, roughly thirty people had entered the secret realm.

Among them, those in the Qi Warrior Realm Early Stage and Middle Stage were the most numerous.

Those newly entering the Qi Martial Realm were practically no longer seen.

After all, after more than a month of slaughter, it was difficult for those with the strength of a newly entered Qi Martial Realm to survive such brutal combat.

Even those newly entered Qi Martial Realm who were still alive were hiding in safe places, waiting for the two-month time limit to arrive before leaving, not daring to run around.

Even if they saw the light emanating from the secret realm entrance, they wouldn't dare to approach.

Xiao Shi sorted through the many items he had acquired.

They were all items of common quality and medium quality.

High-quality items still hadn't appeared.

He even suspected whether other Qi Martial Realm martial artists, besides those in Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection, actually dropped high-quality items.

The probability... was too low!

Previously, at least top-quality items had dropped.

However, not a single high-quality item had appeared.

Fortunately, among these common quality and medium quality items, there were some that he could use.

【Name: Raging Bull Ram (Earth Grade)】

【Type: Body Tempering Technique】

【Grade: Qi Warrior Grade】

【Description: A body tempering technique from the Body Tempering Sect, Savage Sect, it mobilizes all the body's strength to form a fierce impact!】

【Remark 1: The stronger the physical body, the fiercer the impact's power!】

【Remark 2: Must possess a physical body comparable to the Qi Martial Realm to cultivate.】

...This was Xiao Shi's first time seeing a body tempering technique.

He knew that body tempering techniques were a very rare type of technique.

After all, this type of technique could only be cultivated by body cultivators.

It was destined not to be numerous.

And with his current physical body strength, although this was only an Earth Grade body tempering technique, in his hands, it could still unleash extremely powerful might!

Once he had mastered this body tempering technique, a Qi Martial Realm martial artist who had only opened thirty-four Qi Vortex, like those he had killed before, would probably not be able to withstand a single impact from him.

And once he formed the Vajra Tendons, the Raging Bull Ram he unleashed would inevitably reach an even more terrifying level!

Besides this body tempering technique, Xiao Shi also acquired two types of poisonous powder this time.

【Name: Chaotic Qi Powder】

【Type: Poison Powder】

【Grade: Qi Warrior Grade】

【Description: When scattered, the poisonous powder will be inhaled through breathing, causing the Qi Vortex within the body to become chaotic.】

【Remark: Before use, please take appropriate precautions, otherwise you will also be affected.】

...【Name: Flowing Qi Powder】

【Type: Poison Powder】

【Grade: Qi Warrior Grade】

【Description: When scattered, the poisonous powder will be inhaled through breathing, causing the Qi Strength within the body to accelerate its loss.】

【Remark: Be careful not to get affected yourself!】

...These two types of poisonous powder were clearly aimed at Qi Vortex and Qi Strength.

Whether it was chaotic Qi Vortex or loss of Qi Strength, both were quite serious situations for Qi Martial Realm martial artists in combat.

Although Xiao Shi wouldn't use them here, he pondered that after leaving Seven Stars Holy Land, if he encountered enemies he couldn't defeat outside, perhaps these two types of poisonous powder could play a crucial role in reversing the situation.

The only drawback of these two types of poisonous powder was that when using them, one could easily get affected themselves.

However, Xiao Shi had the martial emperor mask, which inherently provided immunity to poisonous gas and poisonous powder, so he didn't have to worry about getting poisoned.

Furthermore, among the items dropped this time, a total of five heavenly materials and earthly treasures appeared.

With these five heavenly materials and earthly treasures, Xiao Shi didn't even need to wait for the third round of harvest; he could now directly use these heavenly materials and earthly treasures to cultivate the Vajra Tendons!

The remaining unusable items would be used to expand the Taiyin Qi Vortex.

If he was lucky... perhaps he would have a chance to expand two Taiyin Qi Vortex to their limit at once!

In addition to that, the Wandering Soul Guardians around Xiao Shi had also reached more than twenty.

However, to upgrade the Battle Souls in the wristband to the Blood Martial Realm, this number of Wandering Soul Guardians was clearly not enough.

He still needed more Wandering Soul Guardians.

Just then, Xiao Shi noticed... that at the entrance, three figures had already appeared at the light gate.

Upon their arrival, these three figures did not hesitate at all and directly stepped into the light gate.

"Qi Warrior Realm... Great Perfection!"

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Finally, a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert had arrived!

The three Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection experts, led by the Black-Clothed Youth, stepped into the light gate with an imposing aura.

The moment they appeared in the Taiyin Region, they immediately confirmed that this was the secret realm within Seven Stars Holy Land!

"Someone really opened the secret realm!!"

The Black-Clothed Youth leading them was filled with surging anger and murderous intent!

"I'd like to see which death-defying bastard is behind this!!"

The other two also had fierce glints in their eyes.

Daring to cut them off like this was an irreconcilable enmity!

No matter who this person was, they would be someone the Flying Origin Palace was determined to kill!

However, as soon as they entered, they smelled an incredibly strong scent of blood.

Looking down, they saw numerous corpses all around them, scattered at their feet, and the pungent smell of blood emanated from them.

Among these corpses, they saw disciples of the Seven Stars Sect, as well as their own Flying Origin Palace disciples, and even people from other factions in Seven Stars Province.

And in front of these corpses, a tall, mysterious figure completely shrouded in a black robe stood there, silently gazing at them.

Around him, numerous Wandering Souls, like guardians, clustered and surrounded him.

"Holy Land Souls!!"

"This... so many!!"

The pupils of all three of them simultaneously contracted.

Their expressions instantly changed drastically.

One moment they were domineering and fierce, the next... all that was gone.

Their faces were pale, leaving only terror.

Not only that, they also saw... that the mysterious figure, completely shrouded in a black robe, was holding a small crossbow and aiming it at them.

The moment they were targeted by the crossbow, a chill instantly surged madly from their tailbones!

An incomparably intense life-or-death crisis directly exploded in the minds of all three of them!