30: Bai Xiaoxiao arrives in Heisha City and encounters invaders in the secret realm

"What do you mean by this?"

Black Sand City, former Golden Phoenix Legion headquarters.

Bai Xiaoxiao sat there, trying her best to maintain her composure.

But her words still revealed the anger and urgency within her.

Sitting opposite her was Xue Ling, Snow Phoenix's younger sister.

Hearing this, Xue Ling calmly said, "I'm sorry, the Golden Phoenix Legion no longer exists. You've come to the wrong place."

After Zhao Wu and his group were instantly killed by Ye Xiao, Xue Ling managed to save her life under Ye Xiao's command thanks to the Slave Seed Contract.

Afterward, she gathered and reorganized the remaining members, renaming them the Dark Night Legion.

And she appointed herself as the Legion Commander.

Although the Black Tiger and Silver Dragon Legions were puzzled by this, they took no further action.

After all, the expert who killed Snow Phoenix was still around, and they didn't know if he was involved behind the scenes.

Even though they each had forces supporting them.

But distant water couldn't quench a nearby thirst; they hadn't seen any movement from the Dragon Abyss Legion since they entered Blackwater Canyon.

They naturally knew what had happened.

So, they dared not act rashly.

And the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family, who originally backed the Golden Phoenix Legion, remained silent after Zhao Wu's incident.

Firstly, the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family had only communicated with Snow Phoenix privately before.

Others were unaware that the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family was the power behind the Golden Phoenix Legion.

Furthermore, with the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family's background, they likely wouldn't be interested in Black Sand City's meager income.

Otherwise, they would have sent people from Longyuan to take charge long ago.

The reason they secretly supported the Golden Phoenix Legion was probably to conceal their secret in the Miasma Hidden Forest.

However, now the Miasma Hidden Forest had undergone changes due to the appearance of Night Shadow.

Their arrangements there no longer held much significance.

Anyway, Snow Phoenix, the only one who knew the situation, was dead.

The Dragon Abyss Zhao Family also lost interest in Black Sand City.

Therefore, the current Dark Night Legion legitimately broke free from the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family's control.

Which led to Xue Ling's words just now.

As for whether the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family would seek out Xue Ling again in the future.

Ye Xiao rather hoped they would.

This way, he could use Xue Ling to uncover the secret of the Mixed-blood from the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family.

However, the Bai Family didn't know these things, and Bai Xiaoxiao naturally didn't either.

She only knew that she was now level 30.

She had also successfully obtained the Calamity Herald's token for her first advancement quest.

However, as soon as she arrived in Black Sand City, she was told that she couldn't complete the quest now.

This was absolutely unacceptable for Bai Xiaoxiao, who was determined to become this year's strongest Rookie King.

One must know that Rookie King was not just a title.

As long as one possessed this title, one would receive the blessing of the Eternal World's rules, gaining attribute bonuses.

The way to obtain this title was for the year's rookies to reach level 90 first and complete the third advancement quest.

Zhao Hao of the Dragon Abyss Zhao Family was the Rookie King of his year.

Bai Xiaoxiao had already decided to leverage Zhao Hao's influence to escape the Bai Family's control.

Therefore, she was determined to become the Rookie King.

But now, Xue Ling told her she couldn't help her complete the quest.

How could she not be angry!

She even felt that Xue Ling in front of her was looking down on her, a rising star from a collateral branch of the Bai Family.

Immediately, she angrily slammed the table and stood up.

"Do you perhaps think my Bai Family is someone anyone can manipulate at will?"

Xue Ling was unmoved by Bai Xiaoxiao's threat and continued to speak unhurriedly.

"I naturally wouldn't dare offend the Bai Family, but the people from the Dragon Abyss Legion went in earlier and haven't come out yet. Does Miss Bai think the Dragon Abyss Legion is inferior to my Dark Night Legion?"

"That would be giving my Dark Night Legion too much credit. This little sister is undeserving of such praise."

Bai Xiaoxiao's expression changed.

She had just arrived in Black Sand City, and although she had heard news of the Dragon Abyss Legion, she wasn't clear about what they were doing there.

After hearing this news, Bai Xiaoxiao finally realized that the people from Longyuan had also gone in.

At this point, even with her inner dissatisfaction, Bai Xiaoxiao couldn't flare up.

The Dragon Abyss Zhao Family.

That was not someone she could provoke, especially since she would rely on them in the future.

Although unwilling, Bai Xiaoxiao could only suppress her urgent feelings and wait patiently.

The only fortunate thing was.

Although she couldn't complete the advancement quest immediately, no one else could either.

Unless they chose the more troublesome alternative quests.

But that would only waste more time.

After figuring this out, Bai Xiaoxiao felt a little more at ease.

However, she didn't know.

As early as yesterday, Ye Xiao had already killed the Calamity Herald and successfully completed his first advancement quest.

He had even killed the Calamity Herald several times over the past half-day.

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As for Ye Xiao at this moment, he had already left Black Sand City after hastily assigning a series of tasks to Xue Ling.

Evil Devour had already been stacked to 25 layers, so he naturally didn't need to keep guarding the boss.

He just needed Xue Ling to get the Skill Stone later and save them for him.

Of course, the main reason he left Black Sand City in such a hurry was because just now, the Miasma Hidden Forest's secret realm badge had issued an alarm.

Someone had invaded the secret realm.

Because of Remi's situation, Ye Xiao was naturally very concerned.

So he rushed to the Miasma Hidden Forest immediately.

Now that he was the controller of the Miasma Hidden Forest, he could use the secret realm badge to instantly teleport into the secret realm.

Otherwise, it would take at least half a day to get from Black Sand City to the Miasma Hidden Forest.

However, just as Ye Xiao used the badge's teleportation function and arrived in the secret realm.

He saw two unfamiliar figures, one in front and one behind, sandwiching a person.

The person being ambushed was the NPC Remi.

Remi was the key figure for him to obtain the exquisite gem in the future.

Ye Xiao didn't have time to think, and a Fireball appeared out of thin air.

The scorching flames cut through the air, directly slamming into one of the figures.

It directly sent the opponent flying several meters away.

At the same time, Divinity Speed activated.

Ye Xiao's figure instantly appeared beside Remi, just about to attack the opponent.

However, the other unfamiliar figure seemed to have sensed Ye Xiao's appearance the moment he appeared.

His reaction was extremely fast; almost at the moment Ye Xiao's Fireball was cast, he had already retreated.

And by the time Ye Xiao approached.

A black hole inexplicably appeared beneath his feet behind him.

Immediately after, Ye Xiao saw that person jump into it without hesitation.

The black hole then disappeared.

In less than a second, that person completely vanished from Ye Xiao's sight, as if he had never appeared.

This scene stunned Ye Xiao.

Immediately after, Ye Xiao came before the other figure.

He found that he had been roasted to a crisp by the Fireball, deader than dead.

But Ye Xiao's expression was serious.

At this moment, a piece of information was slowly blurring on this figure.

But it was enough for Ye Xiao to know the identity of the person.

He had never expected that the two people who suddenly invaded were also NPCs, just like Remi.

At this moment, Ye Xiao looked back at Remi.

He suddenly noticed that Remi looked listless, his eyes devoid of spirit.

Conspicuous black blood was continuously oozing from his mouth.

Ye Xiao's expression changed slightly.

Remi finally saw Ye Xiao at this moment and gave a pale smile.

"Sir, I've been poisoned."

Ye Xiao frowned slightly.

"Is there a way to cure it?"

Remi shook his head and said bitterly, "This poison was personally concocted by me. Even a master of the Holy system cannot purify this Soul-Devouring Worm Poison."

Ye Xiao was silent.

NPCs are different from Professionals in the Eternal World.

They are more like the indigenous people here, and detoxification is naturally not as simple as for Professionals, who can easily detoxify through purification methods or general antidotes.

Ye Xiao was helpless in this regard.

However, he still had many questions to clarify, and Remi was key to creating exquisite gems.

Now that he was about to die, how would Ye Xiao create exquisite gems?

Remi seemed to have seen through Ye Xiao's thoughts.

After coughing up another mouthful of black blood, he weakly said, "Sir, it seems you must have noticed something. Indeed, I did conceal some things from you before."

"However, that was just for self-preservation, but now that I'm about to die, I can tell you everything."

"I ask for nothing from you, Sir. I only ask that if you have the opportunity in the future, you could conveniently help me avenge myself. I would be eternally grateful."