67: Chapter 66 (Minor Revision) Guarding the Secret Realm Alone!! The Chaotic Eyes Reappear!!

"Uncle Gao, Commander An, lead the teachers and the Qianniu Guard to maintain the school-protecting grand formation first. I'll go check out the Duel Secret Realm."

With that, Yuan Tiangang turned to hurry toward the Duel Secret Realm.

Suddenly, his heart sounded an alarm, a strong sense of crisis making him feel as though needles were pricking his back.

He quickly formed a finger incantation with his hand,

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out.

"Clang!"

"Clatter～"

At Yuan Tiangang's back, a sound of metal clashing came, followed by the sound of a bullet hitting the ground.

The next second, a broadsword with an ancient design and dense beast-head patterns appeared in his hand.

Behind him, Commander An blew away a wisp of blue smoke rising from the firearm in his hand, a sneer hanging on the corner of his lips:

"Teacher Yuan, surrender! Can your single Longquan Sword withstand the strafing of the hundreds of Qianniu Guards under my command?"

Holding the Longquan broadsword, Yuan Tiangang pointed it at Commander An from afar and said:

"Whether I can withstand it or not aside, aren't you afraid that the powerhouses of the Jinyang Li Family will return from the secret realm frontline and chop off your dog head?"

Commander An laughed wildly and coarsely:

"You don't need to trouble yourself with that! Come!! Let me see if your sword is fast or our guns are fast! Brothers! Open fire!"

Immediately, gunshots and the whistling of swords merged into a chaotic mess.

Suddenly, a miserable scream rang out.

Uncle Gao, who had just been busy organizing the teachers to maintain the grand formation, was already stabbed straight through by a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hairstyle holding a katana.

The person who made the move was none other than Yagyu Ichiro's uncle—Yagyu Muxin.

"Thud."

Uncle Gao's corpse heavily collapsed into a pool of blood.

"Uncle Gao!!"

Sorrow filled Yuan Tiangang's eyes; Uncle Gao was one of his few drinking buddies in this Prince Qins Mansion, and the two of them were very close.

However, the perpetrator Yagyu Muxin wore a triumphant smile on the corner of his lips,

and even cut off Uncle Gao's head, hung it on his katana, raised it high, and shouted:

"Uncle Gao is dead!! Breach the school gate!"

Instantly,

screams and the sound of weapons clashing within the formation were endless, and bloody light filled the entire sky.

"Awoo!"

In the southeast corner, a black Western dragon dozens of meters high rose from the ground, spitting out large swaths of thick, pale-green acid.

In the northwest, a huge Tengu with double wings on its back flapped its wings, and a terrifying storm instantly swallowed a group of un-rebelled teachers.

Gargoyles streaking across the sky,

werewolves on the ground tearing apart halves of corpses and howling to the sky,

and Behemoth giants with robust and sturdy physiques wrestling with the two stone lions at the school gate.

The main entrance of Li Tang Wanbang University instantly fell into chaos.

...

Meanwhile, at the duel viewing arena.

Suddenly, the earth began to shake violently, and the beautiful clouds in the sky were forcibly stirred and torn apart by an invisible giant hand.

Liu Jianren grabbed the railing of the viewing gallery:

"What the fuck? There's an earthquake!"

The watching contestants were all somewhat panicked; Du Zimei, holding a bronze mirror, kicked Li Taibai in the buttocks with one foot.

Li Taibai abruptly jumped up and cursed:

"Which grandson kicked me?!"

Du Zimei made a bitter face and pointed at the sky:

"Taibai, stop sleeping, the sky has fallen."

While Li Taibai was muttering something about how that's impossible, suddenly

he raised his head and blankly looked toward the sky.

Yes, this time the sky falling that Du Zimei spoke of was not an exaggeration.

In the sky, the clouds were forcibly torn open like a rag, revealing a giant eye.

If Sun Po were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that behind the torn cloud canopy,

the chaotic giant pupil identical to the one in the Wujiang Secret Realm was revealed!!

...

The chaotic giant pupil merely flashed by, and the earth's tremor and the sky's anomaly quickly stopped, as if this place was not its target.

Meanwhile, inside the Duel Secret Realm.

Li Tiance's voice suddenly resounded in Sun Po's heart:

"Brother Po, as stated in my letter,

what this Duel Secret Realm connects to is the Grand Canal of Jinyang City.

The Grand Canal was opened by the Yang Family, which perished centuries ago, flowing through the four central provinces and serving as the lifeline of our Li Family.

Now, an anomaly has occurred in this Grand Canal, and the elders at home are all at the frontline and unable to reinforce us for the time being.

But according to what Tiance's exclusive talent [Heavenly Khagan] foresees, the change is today,

and the one pointing to the only unbroken line of fate is to have Brother Po guard this secret realm until three quarters past noon.

Only then will the teachers and students of Li Tang Wanbang and the commoners of Jinyang City have a glimmer of survival. I hope Brother Po will do his utmost."

Hearing this, Sun Po said:

"I will do my best, that demon pill..."

"Brother Po, rest assured. The demon pill will naturally be offered to you after Military God Li returns. The demonic oath made by Tiance cannot be fake."

Sun Po thought to himself that indeed,

this was also the reason he could agree to Li Tiance.

First, Military God Li Jing had a tower in his hand, and beneath the tower was suppressed a demon pill.

Sun Po could hardly not be tempted by such exchange conditions.

Second, although Sun Po was only a high school student,

he also knew the value of a demonic oath.

The most common method for every Card Maker wanting to increase spirituality was meditation.

Even if the methods of meditation differed, ultimately, they all required peace of mind.

As for things like inner demons, they belonged to something invisible and intangible yet genuinely existent.

For a Card Maker who violated a demonic oath, the best outcome was never making an inch of progress for the rest of their life,

and more often falling into madness or having their spiritual space shattered, without exception.

Thus, with enormous benefits and strong guarantees, Sun Po truly had no reason not to agree.

...

Soon,

the mental dialogue between the two ended.

Looking at the other person still acting like nothing was the matter,

at this moment, even Sun Po had to sigh at the power of Li Tiance's exclusive talent [Heavenly Khagan].

That's right, this direct mental dialogue with Sun Po was also the effect of Li Tiance's exclusive talent [Heavenly Khagan].

Li Tiance deeply knew how hard it was to win the trust of someone they had never met before,

especially saying things to Sun Po like it's destined to be you, risk your life to help me guard my home.

Therefore, Li Tiance also showed great sincerity, revealing many secrets,

and even told Sun Po detailed information about his own exclusive talent:

[Heavenly Khagan]:

The Heavenly Khagan is good at archery, and any power can be attached to the arrows he shoots,

possessing the absolute hit effect with the highest power priority.

This skill was actually very unpretentious,

but what made it terrifying were the three words "any", "highest", and "absolute".

As everyone knew, numerical monsters and mechanism monsters were certainly terrifying, but even more terrifying were conceptual gods.

Think about how "100% caught blade with bare hands" could become an invincible control skill;

then such a conceptual god skill with lethality was even more invincible.

For example, the mental dialogue between Li Tiance and Sun Po was because Li Tiance had learned a spell called Arrow of the Mind,

and under the blessing of Li Tiance's [Heavenly Khagan], this Arrow of the Mind attached a line of the mind,

so the two of them could converse mentally.

From this point alone, Sun Po could already see that this was an infinitely shady archer skill.

And this mental dialogue also made Sun Po feel the anxiety once again that his spiritual defense was not strong enough.

...

Suddenly, the school alarm bell rang loudly:

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

"Emergency notice! Emergency notice!"

"Students still on campus, please immediately proceed to the school's main entrance to gather!!"

"Students still on campus, please immediately proceed to the school's main entrance to gather!!"

"Students still on campus, please immediately proceed to the school's main entrance to gather!!"

...

The moment the alarm sounded, Du Zimei grabbed Li Taibai and sprinted wildly toward the main entrance.

At this time, only a few provincial competition contestants remained in the viewing gallery.

The next second, on the viewing gallery, Li Tiance stood up and cupped his hands toward the crowd:

"Everyone being able to reach the provincial competition means you are dragons and phoenixes among men. It is Tiance's fortune to know you all.

Now Li Tang Wanbang University has suffered an anomaly, and Tiance hopes everyone can lend a helping hand for Tiance's sake.

If you are willing to follow Tiance to defend Li Tang Wanbang University, you are friends of our Li Family.

The Li Family is willing to prepare a [secret realm core fragment] for every friend as a reward."

As the words fell, everyone present breathed a bit heavier.

[secret realm core fragment]!!

As everyone knew, [field card]s were extremely powerful and extremely precious, and children of many major clans might not even possess them.

The main reason why [field card]s were precious lay in their main material—[secret realm core fragment], which had an extremely high acquisition difficulty.

Among so many geniuses present in the provincial competition, there were no lack of wealthy and powerful clans, but even they did not have a [secret realm core fragment].

In the provincial competition, there were only three [field card]s: Sun Po's [Tianhe Budu], Li Tiance's [Xuanwu Gate], and Guan Zhen's [Righteousness of the Peach Garden].

Among them, Guan Zhen's [Righteousness of the Peach Garden] was even an exclusive talent.

Moreover, the friendship of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans families was likewise of extremely high value.

Such conditions could be said to be unprecedented.

Sure enough, someone responded at the scene very quickly.

"A knight's valor does not allow me to retreat."

Don Quixote, who was defeated yesterday, stepped forward first.

"Guan is also willing to go!"

Guan Zhen, who had just been crushed by Sun Po, also came out from the Duel Secret Realm.

The ordinary purple-card contestant who had just been defeated also went willingly.

Xu Xiu glanced into the secret realm several times, but ultimately agreed to go to the school's main entrance together.

In the end, almost everyone was willing to go to the school's main entrance with Li Tiance.

Liu Jianren was so anxious that he quickly drilled into the Duel Secret Realm and shouted to Sun Po:

"Brother Po, are you not going? A secret realm core fragment!!

Even if you don't use it, you can sell it! It's worth a fortune!"

Sun Po waved his hand and said:

"You go ahead, I still have my own business to attend to."

Sun Po originally wanted to entrust a few words about paying attention to safety,

but remembering Liu Jianren's [Mandate Dragon and Snake], he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

Liu Jianren very much wanted to ask what business it was, but managed to hold back and followed the large army toward the main entrance with three glances back at every step.

At this point, everyone had gone to the main entrance to support,

leaving Sun Po alone in the Duel Secret Realm.

Sun Po looked at his watch.

"Hmm, three quarters past noon... now it's only ten o'clock in the morning, which means I have to guard for over two hours?"

Just as Sun Po was calculating,

at this moment, thick fog suddenly rose within the Duel Secret Realm,

and in the mist, bizarre roaring sounds could be vaguely heard...

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