132: Star Spirit Realm! Is the Demon King coming?

“Contest-type Secret Realm?”

Stepping into the Secret Realm, a red light flashed before his eyes, and the scene drastically changed.

This was a land enveloped by a starry night.

Looking out from the fragrant emerald grass beneath his feet, there was a strange jungle rich in spiritual energy, a vibrant scene.

But further away, it was completely shrouded in a white mist.

Looking up...

The night sky had no moon, only countless stars, but most of them were dim and lifeless, with only a few faint ones twinkling, like dying candle flames.

“This world is called the Star Spirit World, but why are only the stars lifeless?”

Ye Ze was a bit curious.

However, feeling all the new things before him still made him exceptionally excited:

“This environment feels like it can only be compared to Blue Star before it entered the industrial age.”

As for now, in the transcendent era, there were indeed some spiritual flowers and grasses, but such a vibrant environment was truly rare.

This was a new world!

While contemplating, Ye Ze was about to walk forward, but then something unusual suddenly came from his backpack!

The world tree crown, woven from golden willow leaves, was actually emitting a red light.

This immediately piqued Ye Ze's interest.

【Wondrous Item - world tree crown】

Effect — 【1】: Experience gained +100%

【2】: Not yet activated (has activation opportunity).

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In the Ancient Battlefield, this item given to him by the World Tree could be said to be extremely effective!

Without this first effect: 100% experience bonus, Ye Ze would have been at least five or six levels lower than he was now.

And now, the second effect of this wondrous item...

Seems to have an activation opportunity?

“The trigger condition is actually being in a new world!”

Ye Ze's heart surged, and he instantly couldn't wait to advance!

First, naturally, was his long-standing good habit: sending out one hundred Squirrel Shadow Clones to scout the way.

For the Squirrel now, one hundred Shadow Doppelgangers only consumed a quarter of its magic, making it much easier.

The Squirrel Shadow Clones spread out like a carpet.

However, in less than half a minute, news of one of them dying came back.

“Demonic energy?”

Ye Ze walked forward, while summoning the Fox Fairy, Panda, and Demon Dragon, ready for battle.

The Mantis was hidden in the void, and Zero had long since transformed into a ring, always worn on Ye Ze’s hand.

Where everyone's gaze converged.

In the hidden jungle, there was only a blurry mist, materialized like a monster.

It was about three meters tall, with an oddly thin body and long, slender limbs, its fingers like sharp blades with black hooks at the ends.

Ye Ze frowned, a golden light flashing brightly in his eyes.

Eye of Insight, activate!

【Soul-splitting Demon】

Level: 40

Quality: epic-level

Attributes: Strength 350, Constitution 350, Agility 550, Spirit 550

Skills: Passive - Corruption, Soul Tear, Gloom Devour.

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Fortunately, even in a new world, the Eye of Insight was still useful.

But the attributes and abilities of this Demon were truly a bit outrageous!

It was almost on par with a Fiend General of the same level; it was more than twice as strong as monsters of the same level on Blue Star!

However, Ye Ze pondered for a moment and felt it was normal...

Blue Star's transcendent era had only lasted about fifty years.

And this Star Spirit World before him was clearly an older world with more developed transcendence, so it was only natural for it to be stronger than Blue Star.

“Hiss...”

Before him, the slender Soul-splitting Demon looked back, as if it had discovered prey, revealing a playful expression.

And the next moment, the Soul-splitting Demon's blade-like fingers directly stabbed towards its own head!

“Holy crap! Is it going to commit suicide so I don't get experience?”

“What a vicious scheme!”

Ye Ze was startled.

But then, he saw the Soul-splitting Demon's ‘head’ tear into clumps of mist, which then transformed into six or seven new Soul-splitting Demons!

Only then did Ye Ze look at the opponent's skills in detail...

“So Soul Tear means he tears his own soul?”

“After tearing, each clump of soul will turn into a new Soul-splitting Demon...”

“Damn it! He deliberately tore his soul to send me more monsters to farm!”

“So it's an ally! I misunderstood!”

Indeed, a Soul-splitting Demon with a fourth-tier strength splitting into six or seven clones of equal strength increased the threat several times over.

For a typical pioneering team, seeing the opponent's soul clones would likely make them frown.

But Ye Ze only felt happy.

That's right, brother!

It's just a pity that it seems unable to split into any more...

The several Soul-splitting Demons opposite exhaled mist, and waves of gloomy, corrupted fluctuations rushed towards Ye Ze!

Seeing this, the Fox Fairy chuckled, “Mere trifles!”

From the Fox Fairy’s hand, a faint blue spiritual energy emanated, condensing in the air into a giant palm!

This was just the most casual use of spiritual energy, gathering it to form an attack, but it was enough to deal with the current situation.

The giant hand crashed down.

Accompanied by a powerful gust of wind, it easily dispersed the opponent's Gloom Devour and continued to sweep through.

The Soul-splitting Demon seemed to sense danger, a look of terror appearing on its face, but it was too late to escape.

Boom!

【Killed Soul-splitting Demon, gained 40000 experience (+100%)!】

【Killed Soul-splitting Demon...】

The seven Soul-splitting Demons were instantly smashed into Annihilation by the Fox Fairy's spiritual energy hand.

At the same time, the experience from the seven of them increased Ye Ze's experience bar by another 14%, reaching 70%.

“Good brothers, these Soul-splitting Demons.”

Ye Ze sighed, but he didn't find anything dropped by them.

It seemed that, unlike the first God grade secret realm, there were no items that could be exchanged...

He continued to advance.

Perhaps because the battle just now was too loud, or he killed them too quickly, there seemed to be no other Soul-splitting Demons.

Only in front of a star realm tablet did he see a level 50 Soul-splitting Demon!

As a good brother, it was, as expected, split into seven... seven times the experience!

Ten seconds later, the experience bar rose to 85%!

However, this time, Ye Ze was more interested in the star realm tablet behind him.

The surface of the star realm tablet was covered with a faint, dazzling starlight.

When Ye Ze approached, a prompt sounded:

【Congratulations, you have triggered the ‘star realm tablet’！】

【Your civilization world, ‘Blue Star’, has become the fifth civilization world to activate a star realm tablet!】

【You have entered the Star Realm Leaderboard!】

【The higher your rank, the higher the probability of obtaining God-level items!】

“What does this mean?” Ye Ze was immediately stunned. “Fifth!?”

Could it be that there were four other civilizations that arrived in the Star Spirit World before him?

And they were also in this God grade secret realm!?

“What were the first four worlds?” Ye Ze asked impatiently.

But the star realm tablet before him did not answer at all, nor could he view the leaderboard; it seemed it would not reveal anything about unknown worlds to each other.

It did feel a bit like a Dark Forest...

Ye Ze inexplicably thought.

At this moment, the star realm tablet suddenly transformed into a palm-sized tablet item and fell into Ye Ze's hand.

【You have activated the Blue Star Civilization mission: Find the Star Core!】

【Mission Reward: Star Realm City.】

A city as a reward?

This exaggerated reward was something Ye Ze had never seen before.

If it had the Blue Star Civilization as a prefix, it probably meant a foothold for Blue Star in the Star Spirit World...

However, before Ye Ze could finish reading the mission brought by the star realm tablet in detail,

The Demon Dragon suddenly raised his head, a fierce glint flashing in his dragon eyes:

“Master, I smell Demons!”

“Demons!” Ye Ze's expression froze, “One of the previous civilizations was the Demon World?”

Could it be that the Demon King, the Demon Dragon's father, was coming?