78: Chapter 77 Two Offices

Everyone formed hand seals, waiting with full concentration for the arrival of the first wave of attacks.

However, the churning yellow soil suddenly fell silent.

Everything seemed to have come to a standstill.

Only the leisurely white clouds in the Secret Realm sky drifted, obscuring the light.

A moment later, the light scorched away the moisture in the clouds and pierced through the thin veil.

The light flashed like thunder, suddenly brightening.

The Cultivators in the air narrowed their eyes slightly.

At this moment, countless long worms finally broke through the soil and lunged to bite at the Cultivators in mid-air.

In an instant, the radiance of spell techniques erupted.

These long worms were not particularly strong, but they came wave after wave, giving everyone absolutely no chance to catch their breath.

The Cultivators present were like they were welcoming an endless rainstorm, and the long worms were the dense raindrops coming towards them.

Fortunately, Li Fan's Foundation was solid enough, and endless Sword Qi slashed downwards.

He dealt with the incoming waves of long worms with ease.

However, Li Fan still felt some unease. While it was easy for him to handle tens of millions of long worms alone,

he did not know if the other Cultivators who entered together could withstand it.

If even one person failed to hold on, the entire situation would take a sharp turn for the worse.

It was possible that he would end up facing hundreds of thousands or even millions of long worms.

Thus, Li Fan activated Spirit Reflection, suppressing the continuous tide of worms.

He then observed the condition of the other Cultivators to see if he could offer assistance.

To his surprise, the other Cultivators were handling this endless tide of worms with equal ease.

A few who were familiar with each other were even working together to push the swarm back.

Li Fan finally realized that his teammates were not useless, but were actually top-ranked C-Class Cultivators from Xuanzong University.

They were genuine Prodigies selected from the hundreds of millions of people in the Xuannü Civilization, the cream of the crop.

Just then, Shi Cangyue let out an angry shout, and magical runes crawled all over his arms.

"A bunch of trashy little worms, do you really think you can run rampant just because there are many of you?"

"You're all just Foundation Establishment fourth or fifth layer trash, watch me send you back to your mother's womb!"

As he spoke, the power of his fist projected from his body, smashing into the continuously emerging long worms.

With a single strike, hundreds or thousands of long worms were turned into blood mist.

Seeing that even the weakest one was fine, Li Fan withdrew his gaze.

It seemed he did not need to worry about this worm tide.

Until the light dimmed, no more long worms shot out from the yellow soil.

Beneath everyone's feet, a shallow marsh formed from demon blood and shredded corpses had appeared.

Seeing that there was no movement, Li Fan slowly descended, using Spiritual Qi to push aside the muddy blood swamp, and stood upon the yellow soil.

The duration of this worm tide's rampage far exceeded Li Fan's estimates.

At first, everyone could calmly fend off the exploding swarms of worms, but later it evolved into a pure contest of Spiritual Qi reserves.

Li Fan, possessing the Qi Sea Technique and a Qi Spiritual Root, had a continuous supply of Spiritual Qi, so he did not appear embarrassed in the slightest.

He looked up and scanned the air; the other Cultivators were not in good condition.

If the worm tide had continued until the light brightened again, there was an eighty percent chance that someone would have run out of Spiritual Power and died here.

Seeing Li Fan staying safely in the blood marsh for a while, the other Cultivators also descended one after another, sitting cross-legged to regulate their breathing.

Yun Baimei came over and sat beside Li Fan. She was surprised to find that Li Fan's aura had not weakened in the slightest.

She asked, "In such a tense situation just now, you were still able to find time to recover?"

Li Fan frowned and ignored her.

However, Yun Baimei, detecting signs of Life Qi from Li Fan, felt a surge of joy.

While continuing to ask questions, she reached out her hand, wanting to flirt with Li Fan.

"What? Not talking? Is there some secret?" "Let me see."

Seeing her actions, Li Fan clicked his tongue lightly and turned his head, about to spit out the word "Scram."

But he noticed that Yun Baimei had an expectant look on her face, as if she was just waiting for him to say that word so she could start enjoying it.

Immediately, Li Fan swallowed the words he was about to use to scold her and pondered in his mind.

Scolding her would make her feel good, so wouldn't praising her instead solve it?

Thus, Li Fan changed his words: "You're not bad either. After all that, you still have the energy to pester me."

Who would have thought that upon hearing Li Fan's complimentary reply, Yun Baimei appeared even more delighted.

This left Li Fan bewildered, and the expression on his face was quite colorful for a moment.

Yun Baimei smiled with a hint of cunning and whispered, "Didn't expect that, did you? Scolding me increases affection, and praising me also increases affection."

"In this life, am I destined to fall in love with… you?"

Watching Yun Baimei suddenly express her love so bluntly, it did not seem fake.

Li Fan felt a headache; if he remembered correctly, this was only their second meeting.

"Fellow Daoist Baimei, Li has always been pure-hearted and desires little… I do not get close to women." "I have not yet made plans to take on another Dao Companion."

It wasn't that he didn't have plans; it was just that his current strength didn't allow it, and his kidneys were still a bit sore.

Besides, this would be another one. Those few at home would surely join forces to drain him for days. Who could withstand that?

Thus, Li Fan cupped his hands. "Could we, perhaps, discuss this at a later date?"

Yun Baimei revealed an inscrutable smile and replied softly, "Sure~" "When?" "Now… perhaps?"

It was called an inscrutable smile, but Li Fan had already seen it countless times on the faces of Nangong Miao and Wen Xinmei.

He collectively referred to this type of smile as the "Battle Face."

If the woman in front of him displayed it and Li Fan could not stop it, a very serious leakage accident would immediately occur.

Fortunately, the Yun Baimei in front of him was someone Li Fan could currently stop.

He just raised his hand to interrupt, preparing to brush it off.

At this moment, with the support of his Qi Spiritual Root and the Qi Sea Technique, he keenly sensed a slight disturbance in the surrounding Spiritual Qi, and it was continuously amplifying.

"Underground…? No! That's not right!"

Li Fan looked past Yun Baimei; something was shooting towards them at extreme speed and would arrive in an instant.

Immediately, Li Fan pressed down on Yun Baimei, who was in front of him waiting for his reply.

His Spiritual Qi erupted throughout his body, and simultaneously, he unleashed Spirit Reflection, gathering the Spiritual Qi in the Secret Realm to condense a Qi Shield.

This Qi Shield was one of the few spell techniques in the Qi Sea Technique. It had three layers: outer, middle, and inner.

The next moment, an object appeared, moving so fast that one couldn't say it pierced into the Qi Shield, but rather it simply appeared inside it.

The outer layer disintegrated directly, and a massive amount of Spiritual Qi instantly dissipated, surging outwards.

This caused many of the resting Cultivators to cast their gazes over.

At this moment, the middle layer of the Qi Shield rippled with Spiritual light, and cracks continuously appeared.

It was only then that Li Fan saw clearly that what had suddenly attacked was a continuously spinning long spear.

"A Cultivator?"

Seeing the cracks in the middle layer of the Qi Shield spreading and nearing collapse, Li Fan didn't say a word; he raised his foot and kicked the still-bewildered Yun Baimei away.

He immediately prepared to dissipate the force and redirect the offensive power carried by the long spear elsewhere.

He wasn't an idiot. If it weren't for protecting Yun Baimei just now, he would have long since escaped. Who would take a hit head-on for no reason?

However, before Li Fan could redirect and dissipate the impact, the pressure on the Qi Shield suddenly lightened.

The silver-white long spear that had pierced into the Qi Shield shot back violently, a streak of light cutting through the air and reaching the edge of the horizon in an instant.

At this moment, a team of people slowly appeared, and the leader steadily caught the long spear.

Li Fan withdrew the Qi Shield and looked into the distance. Seeing the standard uniforms they were wearing, he was somewhat puzzled. "People from the Secret Realm Administration Bureau and the Junxuan Division?"