104: Something big happened!

When Nalan Xun led the crowd into the secret land, Xiao Shi had already left the secret land with Slit-Eyes and Wang Luo.

Now, only seven days remained until the two-month deadline.

Even if they continued to stay in the secret land, it would be meaningless.

After all, neither the plants in the Taiyin region nor those in the other regions could complete their growth within seven days.

At the same time, all the exclusive items in Xiao Shi's possession had been used up.

Although he could still rely on the Wandering Soul Guardians around him to kill, he planned to accumulate these Wandering Soul Guardians in his bracelet.

If he used these Wandering Soul Guardians to kill, he wouldn't be able to accumulate them in the bracelet.

What's more, if more Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection martial artists arrived, his current methods would be difficult to cope with.

Xiao Shi understood the principle of knowing when to stop.

His gains were already very substantial.

There was no need to take such unnecessary risks.

"Next, I just need to get through these seven days peacefully!"

Xiao Shi and the others went directly to a hidden place, intending to stay there for seven days.

After that, they would be able to leave this place safely.

Their gains here had far exceeded everyone else's.

Even Slit-Eyes's five-person group, with two harvests in the secret land, had obtained forty clusters of special Qi.

With these special Qi, they had each activated six or seven special Qi Vortexes!

All of them had undergone tremendous transformations.

And Xiao Shi's gains were even more immense.

Before entering the Seven Stars Holy Land, he had only activated one Taiyin Qi Vortex.

Now, he had successfully activated twenty-three Taiyin Qi Vortexes!

And five of those Taiyin Qi Vortexes had been expanded to their limit.

He also had the bracelet for accumulating Wandering Souls.

Coupled with the many items obtained after the slaughter here, his harvest was extremely vast!

It was something he dared not imagine before entering the Seven Stars Holy Land.

He still remembered how "poor" he was before entering the Seven Stars Holy Land!

At that time, it was incredibly difficult to find a Qi Martial Realm martial artist to kill.

Now, in this Seven Stars Holy Land, he had successfully killed over a hundred Qi Martial Realm martial artists!

Whoosh.

Xiao Shi took out the heavenly materials and earthly treasures and began to refine them.

He hadn't had time to refine these heavenly materials and earthly treasures before.

Now he planned to use them to complete the cultivation of Vajra Tendons.

He was only a hair's breadth away from completing the cultivation of Vajra Tendons!

It was estimated that with one or two more heavenly materials and earthly treasures, he could officially cultivate Vajra Tendons.

Xiao Shi was very much looking forward to this.

Whoosh!

As the refined heavenly materials and earthly treasures seeped into his body, Xiao Shi's entire meridians vibrated.

He clearly felt that the meridians in his body were being reshaped one by one, and under continuous reshaping, his body once again emitted a golden luster.

An increasingly powerful physical strength lingered and manifested on his body.

Inside his body, golden tendons appeared one after another, each carrying astonishing and terrifying power.

Even when connected to his skin, they formed a powerful fluctuation that flickered on his body, making the golden luster emanating from him even more intense.

Xiao Shi's breathing was steady, and a sharp glint appeared in his eyes.

He felt that at this moment, his physical strength had increased tremendously.

And that wasn't the main point!

The main point was that he clearly felt his body seemed much lighter.

He even had an illusion that with a single movement, he could break through the air.

This feeling made Xiao Shi very surprised, and he couldn't help but want to try it.

His figure flickered in place.

Swish!

He instantly appeared at a great distance.

It wasn't until his body stopped that the sound of air being torn apart came from behind him.

His overall speed had increased by nearly ten times from its original basis!

At the same time, when he unleashed the Bewildering Shadow Step, which originally could only form three illusions, now, with the surge in his speed, it directly formed... ten illusions!!

It wasn't until he stopped moving that these illusions gradually disappeared one by one.

"What the Vajra Tendons bring is mainly an increase in speed!"

Xiao Shi's eyes were filled with pleasant surprise.

Such speed... even some Qi Warrior Realm Late Stage martial artists might not be as fast as him.

In the future, even if he encountered an enemy he couldn't defeat, he could still escape using his speed.

Especially since this was not his limit speed!

"If I use the Taiyin Escape... then what level will my speed reach?"

Xiao Shi's heart thumped.

It was a pity that he couldn't use the Taiyin Escape to try it out at the moment.

On the one hand, the use of the Taiyin Escape consumed too much Qi Strength.

On the other hand, the Taiyin Escape could only be used at night; it was difficult to use during the day.

Even if forced, the effect would be greatly reduced.

Although he couldn't try it now, Xiao Shi believed that with the speed of the Taiyin Escape, even if he faced a powerful Qi Warrior Realm Late Stage martial artist, he would have a certain degree of self-preservation.

At the same time, the Taiyin Escape was not just for escaping.

It would also have good effects when used for offense or sneak attacks.

"Next, only the Vajra Bones remain!"

Xiao Shi knew that once he completed the cultivation of Vajra Skin, Vajra Tendons, and Vajra Bones, he would form the Indestructible Vajra Body!

At that time... his entire physical strength would be able to reach a level comparable to the Blood Martial Realm!

Xiao Shi was extremely looking forward to this.

However, he could also foresee that the cultivation of the final Vajra Bones would undoubtedly be more difficult than the previous Vajra Skin and Vajra Tendons.

More heavenly materials and earthly treasures would be needed.

Fortunately, now that he had cultivated Vajra Tendons, he still had quite a few remaining heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

He could use these heavenly materials and earthly treasures to get a feel for the specific situation of the Vajra Bones.

Xiao Shi immediately continued to refine these heavenly materials and earthly treasures to cultivate the Vajra Bones.

After he refined more than ten heavenly materials and earthly treasures in his hand, he didn't even cultivate a single Vajra Bone.

This also gave him a preliminary understanding of the difficulty of cultivating Vajra Bones.

"It seems that to cultivate Vajra Bones, the number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures required will be a terrifying figure!"

Xiao Shi sighed with emotion at this.

Time flew by.

Now that the vast majority of people had all entered the secret land, Xiao Shi and their situation was very safe.

There was no need to worry about powerful Qi Martial Realm experts appearing.

However, to be safe, Xiao Shi still stayed with them.

So that if an unexpected situation occurred, he could still protect them.

Although his exclusive items had been used up, he still had many Wandering Soul Guardians around him.

With Xiao Shi's prudence, he would always keep a backup plan until the last moment, just in case.

This continued until the last day, when Xiao Shi finally chose to leave.

"Please, Senior, tell us your name!"

As he was leaving, everyone pleaded.

Until now, they didn't know the name of this senior who had shown them such great kindness.

They all wanted to know his name so that they could repay him in the future if they had the chance.

However, Xiao Shi had no intention of leaving his name, maintaining his aloof persona.

His figure flickered and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Everyone felt very regretful about this.

They could only refer to him as... the taciturn and aloof Senior...

After Xiao Shi separated from the crowd, he quickly moved away from them and came to an uninhabited valley.

He stayed there until just before it was time to leave.

"That's enough."

He looked at the many Wandering Soul Guardians around him, and only at the last moment before leaving, did he begin to accumulate these Wandering Soul Guardians into the bracelet through the bracelet.

When all the Wandering Soul Guardians were gathered into the bracelet, one of the three black gemstones on the bracelet suddenly burst forth with bright light, successfully illuminating it!

At the same time, the Battle Soul within the bracelet also broke through from Qi Warrior Grade Great Perfection to... Blood Martial Realm!!

"It's a success!"

Xiao Shi's heart was particularly excited.

With such a powerful trump card, even when he went outside, he would have sufficient self-preservation capabilities!

At the same time, his figure began to shrink, from a tall and burly two-meter physique to one meter seventy-five, and his entire body also shrank a size.

He returned to his original figure and appearance.

The martial emperor mask on his face merged into his skin, and he changed into a new set of clothes.

After all this was done, a vortex appeared at his feet.

Waves of transmission power continuously emanated from the vortex, enveloping his entire body.

Not only Xiao Shi, but every living person in the Seven Stars Holy Land also had the same vortex appearing at their feet.

They were successively transmitted out of this Seven Stars Holy Land by the vortex.

"It's finally over!"

For those who had hidden early and waited for the end, they all felt a sense of relief at this moment.

It was truly too dangerous to stay in this Seven Stars Holy Land!

But for Nalan Xun and others in the secret land, it was quite depressing.

They had thought that entering this secret land would bring great gains.

Every day, they anxiously waited for the plants in the secret land to grow.

However, until this moment, these plants had not completed their growth.

"Damn it!!"

Nalan Xun's expression was ferocious and he was extremely frantic.

After all this effort, in the end... he still hadn't gained any opportunities or fortunes from this secret land.

Especially when he thought of the many treasures their Flying Origin Palace had prepared for this secret land, his heart ached so much he couldn't breathe.

With endless unwillingness and helplessness, his body was gradually swallowed by the vortex at his feet, disappearing from the Seven Stars Holy Land...

Outside the Seven Stars Holy Land.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Figures were successively transmitted out.

The first to be transmitted out were precisely those Blood Martial Realm powerhouses.

Among them, a Blood Martial Realm Elder from the Seven Stars Sect was panting, his face pale, with only one hand remaining, and his body covered in scars.

The remaining Blood Martial Realm martial artists of the Seven Stars Sect also had various injuries, their gazes cold as they glared furiously in the direction of the Flying Origin Palace.

From the Flying Origin Palace's side, a sinister old man with a protruding bump on his forehead clutched one eye, crimson blood continuously flowing through the gaps in his fingers. He was half-kneeling on the ground, clearly not lightly injured.

Although the other Blood Martial Realm martial artists from the Flying Origin Palace also sustained injuries, generally speaking, their situation was slightly better than that of the Seven Stars Sect.

The two sides were in the midst of a fierce battle before being teleported out of the Seven Stars Holy Land!

On the other side, Red Tiger Sect Master Guo Chengdao, and three other Blood Martial Realm Elders were also injured.

However, it was not serious.

This time in the Seven Stars Holy Land, they all had their own gains.

Although the Flying Origin Palace's gains were more than those of the Seven Stars Sect and the Red Tiger Sect, it was not enough to create a significant gap.

Even if the Flying Origin Palace was stronger than the Seven Stars Sect and the Red Tiger Sect in terms of the number and strength of its Blood Martial Realm martial artists, they had no advantage in the Blood Martial Realm area of the Seven Stars Holy Land.

The Blood Martial Realm area had special rules.

It was not the same as the Qi Martial Realm area.

Historically, in the competition for opportunities in the Blood Martial Realm area, there would not be too much of a disparity among their three sects.

What could truly bring decisive changes to their three sects...

was primarily the gains from the Qi Martial Realm area!

This was also the reason why the Flying Origin Palace... was willing to take out many treasures that would severely damage the sect, just to have Nalan Xun exchange for the holy land key.

They knew that in the competition for opportunities in the Blood Martial Realm area, it was difficult to create a gap with other sects.

The competition for opportunities in the Qi Martial Realm area was the key to deciding everything.

Now, as these Blood Martial Realm martial artists were teleported out of the Seven Stars Holy Land, they also ceased their fighting.

Although there was some hatred in their eyes.

They were all able to restrain themselves.

The Flying Origin Palace Master indifferently glanced at the Blood Martial Realm higher-ups of the Seven Stars Sect.

Even though the Seven Stars Sect was incredibly aggressive in this competition, even severely injuring one of their Elders, he knew that the final outcome would still not change.

Just the fact that they knew of the stele, the holy object, and the secret realm within the Seven Stars Holy Land... destined them to still be the biggest winners.

Unshakable!

The Seven Stars Sect Master's gaze was cold.

He similarly believed that their slaughter strategy implemented in the Seven Stars Holy Land this time would allow them to surpass the Flying Origin Palace in terms of gains!

Although neither side exchanged provocative taunts, the air was already thick with an atmosphere of intense confrontation.

Compared to the confidence of these two sects...

Red Tiger Sect Master Guo Chengdao was instead the least confident, and his heart was the most uneasy.

Soon.

Figures were successively teleported out of the Seven Stars Holy Land.

The higher-ups of the three sects all turned their attention to their own Qi Warrior Grade disciples.

The survival rate of these disciples often reflected their situation within the Seven Stars Holy Land.

As these Qi Warrior Grade disciples were teleported out...

the expressions of the Flying Origin Palace and the Seven Stars Sect's higher-ups all changed from anticipation to astonishment, and then to fury!

The Flying Origin Palace Master looked at the disciples before him in disbelief.

He was horrified to discover that five of their Flying Origin Palace's core personal disciples... were missing!

This caused a massive stir in his mind.

In his opinion, a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection was almost an invincible existence in the Qi Martial Realm area.

Especially since they were the Flying Origin Palace's core personal disciples, their strength was already considerably stronger than ordinary Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection martial artists.

Yet now... five had died!

One must know that never before had a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection martial artist died in the Seven Stars Holy Land.

Such a result had far exceeded the Flying Origin Palace's tolerance.

After all, the cultivation of every core personal disciple required a great deal of time and effort!

The hearts of the Flying Origin Palace's higher-ups were all bleeding at this moment!

As for the Seven Stars Sect, although they had no losses among their Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection martial artists, many of their other disciples had died.

This also greatly angered the Seven Stars Sect's higher-ups.

Logically speaking...

with their strategy of grouping together for slaughter, only other forces should have suffered significant casualties.

Yet now, it was their Seven Stars Sect that had suffered significant casualties.

Among the three sects, the Red Tiger Sect had the fewest casualties.

This result left the higher-ups of all three sects somewhat bewildered.

They truly couldn't understand what had happened in the Qi Martial Realm area.

At the same time.

The moment Nalan Xun was teleported out, he immediately looked at the many people who had been teleported out, searching for that mysterious powerful individual!

However, after searching around...

he failed to find that mysterious powerful individual among these people.

"This person is indeed not from these two sects!"

Nalan Xun had already been certain of this point early on.

Based on his understanding of the Seven Stars Sect and the Red Tiger Sect, he knew it was impossible for such a powerful individual to emerge from among them.

He felt that this mysterious powerful individual was very likely to be a rogue cultivator with a significant background!

He rushed to the Palace Master with an anxious expression and whispered,

"Palace Master, quickly take me to search the vicinity for a tall and burly mysterious person. This person used some unknown method to snatch the holy land key from me, and all the opportunities and fortunes in the secret realm have fallen into his hands. We must find him!"

Upon hearing this, the Flying Origin Palace Master's heart trembled once more.

Not only had they lost five core personal disciples, but even the opportunities and fortunes in the secret realm... He immediately no longer hesitated.

He immediately gathered everyone to search for this mysterious person.

No matter what, they had to find this person!

Otherwise, their losses this time would truly be too great!

Since their teleportation-out location was the same as their entry location into the secret realm, only people from their three sects were here.

Everyone else had entered the Seven Stars Holy Land from various different directions.

They now needed to find those people!

Find that mysterious powerful individual!

Xiao Shi watched the Flying Origin Palace group leave in a hurry. Although he didn't hear their discussion, he could guess some of the situation.

It was just a pity.

They were destined to not find this mysterious person.

Just then.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Shi suddenly felt...

that something seemed to have appeared on his body.

And this item seemed to be something he had brought out from the Seven Stars Holy Land.

This made his heart feel very strange.

Logically speaking...

exclusive items from the Seven Stars Holy Land could not be taken out from within, but now Xiao Shi felt that this item that had appeared on his body seemed to originate from those three holy land badges!

What could this be?

Xiao Shi was very curious.

However, there were too many people here now.

He couldn't conveniently check it.

Cen Qingci, Yang Zhen, and the others nearby all breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Xiao Shi safe and sound.

They had been very worried about Xiao Shi's safety inside earlier.

After all, they hadn't seen Xiao Shi from beginning to end.

Now seeing Xiao Shi unharmed, they were all very happy, and at the same time, felt regret for Xiao Shi.

"Lao Xiao, where did you go! Why didn't we see you at all?"

They came to Xiao Shi's side and asked with curiosity.

"After I went in, I found a place to hide."

Xiao Shi had already prepared his excuse.

"What a pity, if you were with us, the gains this time would have been huge!"

Wang Luo said regretfully.

"Oh? Did you have any great gains this time?"

Xiao Shi asked with curiosity.

"The gains were truly immense! We met that taciturn and aloof senior again!"

Yang Zhen said excitedly.

"Taciturn and aloof senior?"

Xiao Shi was stunned.

He hadn't expected them to refer to him that way.

Immediately, Wang Luo and Yang Zhen told Xiao Shi everything they had encountered.

After Xiao Shi finished listening...

he also appropriately showed envy and regret.

However, he stated that he also had some gains inside, and had already opened quite a few Qi Vortexes.

Soon.

As these Qi Martial Realm martial artists were teleported out of the Seven Stars Holy Land...

Red Tiger Sect Master Guo Chengdao also did not linger there.

Although the situation of these Qi Warrior Grade disciples in the Seven Stars Holy Land this time was quite unexpected, it was not the time to understand the situation yet.

Guo Chengdao first used teleportation to bring everyone back to the sect.

He took a headcount.

This time, they also had losses, especially in the early stages of the Qi Martial Realm, where more than eighty percent of their disciples were lost!

However, compared to the Flying Origin Palace and the Seven Stars Sect, this loss was nothing.

Of course.

Guo Chengdao also knew.

The loss in numbers was only one aspect.

The most important factor was primarily their gains in the Seven Stars Holy Land!

This would determine the future status and development of their Red Tiger Sect in Seven Stars Province.

If they had significant gains in the Seven Stars Holy Land and could produce more Blood Martial Realm martial artists, then their Red Tiger Sect would stand more firmly in Seven Stars Province.

Therefore, upon returning to the sect...

Guo Chengdao immediately began to understand what had happened in the Qi Martial Realm area and what everyone had gained this time.

However, just then...

the Elder responsible for guarding the sect, upon seeing their return, immediately rushed over in a hurry, his face filled with panic and extreme anxiety.

"Sect Master, you've finally returned, something big has happened!!!"