105: The first step in cultivating immortality! Breaking through the encirclement alone!

Looking at the new entry, Ye Ze suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment.

Substituting mana with spiritual energy!

Does this represent the true entry into cultivation?

Spiritual energy, Ye Ze had only seen in some fantasy novels, equivalent to a cultivator's unique 'mana bar'.

It turned out that the Fox Fairy's previous use of immortal arts consumed too much because using mana to activate them was inappropriate, like a small horse pulling a large cart.

And spiritual energy is more suitable for activating immortal arts!

The entry 【Tao Without Boundaries】 only allowed the Fox Fairy to master immortal arts, but without corresponding other abilities...

The appearance of spiritual energy might solve a major problem for the Fox Fairy!

Having figured this out, Ye Ze immediately bestowed the entry upon the Fox Fairy to test its effect.

【Entry "Refining Essence into Qi" successfully bestowed!】

【Summoned Beast - Fox Fairy: Mana attribute changed to → Spiritual Energy!】

Mana is 20 times the spirit attribute; the Fox Fairy originally had a mana cap of 17,820.

After converting to spiritual energy, the label on the attribute panel changed from blue to purple; although the cap value remained unchanged, the Fox Fairy's aura felt stronger.

"Try casting an immortal art?" Ye Ze probed.

The Fox Fairy's expression was excited, feeling an unprecedented power filling her body.

Then, the Ice Seal reappeared, freezing the four corpses nearby once more...

"It only consumed one-thirtieth of the spiritual energy!"

"And the effect is 30% stronger than before!"

Seeing such a significant effect, Ye Ze felt greatly relieved.

The Fox Fairy's current sustained combat ability is more than ten times stronger than before!

Perhaps this is truly the first step in cultivation...

Ye Ze couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

However, at this moment.

Yi Xing, who had just gone outside to keep watch, suddenly looked nervous:

"Not good, it seems a lot of people have surrounded us!"

Liu Anran and Zhou Qi frowned deeply, "How could they arrive so quickly!?"

"The exchange point has an icon on the map; if they had a plan, finding it would be very fast!"

Ye Ze also noticed the enemies at this time.

Shortly after the secret realm began, he released a hundred Squirrel Shadow Clones to search the vicinity in a carpet-like manner.

And at this moment, they allowed him to clearly perceive his surroundings...

Among a patch of trees not far away, there was a five-person Lionheart Kingdom team.

"Proceed as planned, gather first!"

As they spoke, they hurried across a patch of eerie green grass.

And by a giant tree they passed, a shadow on the ground stood up, transforming into a Squirrel and watching them depart.

The same scene occurred in many places in all directions.

Once the exchange point opened, all enemy professional players swarmed in, intending to gather, but instead, they surrounded Ye Ze and his group at the exchange point.

Around the forest cabin, nearly twenty enemy professional players arrived!

"Hahahaha! I didn't expect everyone inside to be from N/A!"

"It seems they killed Bell..."

"Then let's slaughter them all and let those N/A people outside know the consequences of offending us!"

From all directions, voices from the Lionheart Kingdom and the Freedom Empire could be heard!

Yi Xing and Zhou Qi's expressions were grim... there were too many opponents!

Even though they had killed many, the numerical disparity was still several times greater!

Moreover, they were in the exchange point cabin, surrounded by enemies on all sides, putting them at a geographical disadvantage.

"Should we teleport away quickly?"

Zhou Qi looked at Liu Anran and asked, and Liu Anran then looked at Ye Ze...

Ye Ze's mind was calm: "No rush."

No sooner had he finished speaking, another top-tier elite from the Lionheart Kingdom army arrived from outside!

Known as 'Os,' he looked at the exchange point cabin, his tone excited:

"I didn't expect the last four N/A people to be here!"

"Looks like we can catch them all in one go!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Ze and the others couldn't help but feel a jolt in their hearts.

Sword Saint Yi Xing angrily shouted outwards, "What do you mean! Where are the other two N/A people?"

Os, the kingdom army elite who had just spoken, waved the large saber in his hand; its blade was stained crimson with blood, and blood was still dripping from it...

He grinned mockingly and laughed, "Look, they're right here!"

"Damn it!" Yi Xing gritted his teeth.

Only six N/A people entered, and Yi Xing and Zhou Qi were lucky enough to meet Ye Ze.

But the other two were not so lucky.

After all, thirty-four enemy professional players entered... the probability of encountering enemies was far greater than encountering teammates.

Ye Ze also knew that people would definitely die on the battlefield.

Not only in wars against N/A, but every year on the international battlefield, many people die due to conflicts over dungeons, secret realms, and resources.

And perhaps even more in the future...

But Yi Xing couldn't bear it anymore; he directly pulled open the exchange point door, and a sharp, arc-shaped sword qi slashed towards the opponent!

However, the next moment.

It was shattered by an overwhelming barrage of spells, cannon fire, and energy waves, which then engulfed the exchange point cabin.

If Yi Xing hadn't retreated quickly, these countless ranged attacks would have inflicted enough damage to kill him four or five times over.

"Hahahaha! Let's see how long you can play turtle!"

Os, the elite from the Lionheart Kingdom army, laughed loudly, "Continue!"

The firepower of nearly twenty people seemed intent on trapping the four inside the exchange point.

And Ye Ze affirmed, "Don't worry, they won't die in vain."

At the same time, he controlled over a hundred Shadow Doppelganger Squirrels to counter-surround from outside the encirclement!

And the Fox Fairy, following his command, directly broke through from the front!

"You dare to come out!?" Os, the leader of the opposing side, laughed ferociously.

Another round of focused fire, spells, cannon fire, energy waves...

But this time, the Fox Fairy waved her single hand, and all ranged attacks were blocked by a telekinetic barrier not far in front of her.

"What!??"

Everyone was stunned, unable to believe it.

Waving her hand to block the attacks of nearly twenty people, is this something a Tier 4 can do?

And then, 【Immortal Art - Heavenly Lightning】!

The Fox Fairy could freely manipulate the spell; she transformed the Heavenly Lightning into a thunder dragon wreathed in dazzling electric light!

The thunder dragon roared, rampaging and ruthlessly pouncing on the enemy's formation.

"Shit! A big move right off the bat?"

Professional players from both the Lionheart Kingdom and the Freedom Empire immediately used their various means to resist!

After all, there were nearly twenty opponents, and they barely managed to block this single thunder dragon with their combined efforts.

"Without your big move, let's see how you resist!"

"Attack them..."

Before he could finish speaking, many people present suddenly trembled.

"!!!???"

The Fox Fairy's six tails were seen fluttering.

Behind her, six ferocious thunder dragons, identical to the one just seen, appeared!

【Six Tails】 + 【Immortal Art - Heavenly Lightning】, six consecutive charges!

That single Heavenly Lightning strike was only barely blocked...

So, what will you do about these next six strikes?

Seeing this, the nearly twenty professional players from the two opposing nations felt their scalps tingle and their minds reel.

Especially Os, the elite of the kingdom army leading them... his breath caught, his body felt as if plunged into an ice cellar, and an unprecedented sense of crisis welled up within him!

Why is this N/A professional player so much stronger than the ones encountered before!?

Aren't they all supposed to be Tier 4?

The Fox Fairy's target was clear this time; the six thunder dragons concentrated their attack on Os.

An extreme sense of danger rushed towards him; Os was about to swing his saber to block, but his great saber instantly disintegrated into scrap metal under the lightning!

The lightning swept over like a torrent.

Os wailed and screamed in the lightning, finally turning into countless charred fragments.

...

Outside the secret realm.

Upon seeing two compatriots die and be teleported out, all the N/A people sighed inwardly...

"Two promising talents who could have reached Tier 5, just gone like that."

"Something finally happened..."

Although Wu Ming had repeatedly reminded himself many times, seeing it actually happen still brought him some grief.

Seeing this, Blood King Dracula finally laughed again, "This is how it should be!"

"These are the achievements we should have!" Knight King Arthur breathed a sigh of relief.

However, no sooner had the two finished speaking than the secret realm entrance moved again.

This time, it was two Lionheart Kingdom professional players who had been frozen to death.

Dracula said with satisfaction, "2 for 2, acceptable..."

But not long after, five more corpses were teleported out...

Dracula frowned.

Because among these five, there was actually one of the top three powerhouses from his Lionheart Kingdom!

And they were stripped of their equipment again!

Just as they were about to speak... four more corpses were teleported out.

And then, another corpse, Os's.

At this moment, Dracula and Arthur's faces finally couldn't hold up!

"What price did we pay to kill two N/A people!!!"