552: The secret realm is in complete chaos! A monstrous little devil has turned the place upside down!

One day later.

Jianxu Secret Realm, Outer Region.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Accompanied by intense roars.

Huge mushroom clouds bloomed within a Demon City.

Powerful shockwaves surged wildly outwards, yet failed to affect the three Trial Takers in the air.

These three Trial Takers, two men and one woman, looked like young adults.

They wore loose sportswear and stood atop a small skiff.

This skiff was a special wooden boat, with array patterns inscribed on its bottom and a rudder at the stern.

"Haha! This feels damn good!"

Zhou Lu, a Second-Turn Professional with the Demolitionist Class from the Punishment Hall, cheered excitedly, waving his arms and legs.

Cheng Fei, standing nearby, twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

Looking at the flames spreading below and the Spirit fire raging around, he said to Wang Fei, who was piloting the airboat: "Sister! Let's go! Go! Go! The mission here is complete; let's head to the next location!"

"Let's go!"

Wang Fei nodded.

Just as she was about to steer the skiff toward another area.

Buzz!

Suddenly, over thirty Trial Takers appeared around them.

Most of these Trial Takers floated in the air; only a few possessed wings.

"What's going on?"

Wang Fei's eyelid twitched.

She turned her head to look at the surrounding crowd.

She said to Cheng Fei and Zhou Lu on the boat: "Two brothers! These people might be werewolves!"

"Get rid of your 'might be'! These damn people are Demon Hall brats!"

Zhou Lu looked eagerly at one person on the side and declared loudly: "Huang Tao! I didn't expect you to dare infiltrate the Punishment Hall's trial Secret Realm! Don't even think about leaving here alive today!"

As he spoke, he threw a flock of flying birds forward.

At the same time, Zhou Lu spoke to Wang Fei and Cheng Fei in the communication channel: "Cheng Fei! Be careful to control the explosive airflow and guide it towards other areas! Don't let it affect our boat!"

"Got it!"

Cheng Fei replied while slightly spreading his five fingers.

At this moment, the surrounding Trial Takers frantically launched various Skills and explosives toward them.

Before the various forces could approach the boat, they were manipulated by Cheng Fei's Talent and detonated.

The explosive shockwaves vented upwards and downwards.

The airspace where the skiff was located became a vacuum.

Just then, Wang Fei's expression suddenly changed: "Holy crap! Someone is trying to seize control of the skiff from me!"

After speaking, she quickly focused her Spirit and activated her Talent.

Simultaneously, Zhou Lu wailed in terror: "Ah!"

His eyes bulged out, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he immediately collapsed limply onto the floor.

Meanwhile, the flying bird bombs he had released were all collected by Huang Tao using a pouch.

Huang Tao smiled faintly as he looked at Zhou Lu, cursing in a low voice: "Idiot! Did you think we came here just to practice our aim by launching Skills?"

The moment his voice fell, Cheng Fei, who was currently defending, drastically changed his expression.

Bang!

Subsequently, Cheng Fei fell stiffly onto the deck.

The remaining Wang Fei could no longer hold out alone.

With a cry of anguish, she also lost the ability to resist under the siege of the werewolves, and was directly controlled by the werewolves' Spirit power and passed out.

Seeing the three faint, a phantom appeared behind Huang Tao.

Its appearance caused the surrounding werewolves to cease their attacks immediately.

"These three dogs are key targets cultivated by the Punishment Hall.

After capturing them, and if you capture a few more Trial Takers, you can put yourselves in an inherently invincible position—advance to complete the mission, or retreat completely unscathed!" The phantom instructed softly.

At this point, Huang Tao opened the pouch in his hand and collected the skiff along with the three people, including Cheng Fei.

Huang Tao said to the phantom: "Senior Brother Ying! If we succeed this time! Will you keep your word?"

"Of course!

If you succeed!

You will be my capable subordinates, and naturally, I will focus on cultivating you in the future!

For any Survivor mission you cannot complete, I, Ying Yuanshi, will personally help you overcome the difficulties!"

Ying Yuanshi looked up at the eager eyes around him, his mouth curving slightly, and immediately continued: "We have already signed the Mist contract!

With the rules as witness!

There is no going back on this!"

"Good! In that case! We will follow Senior Brother's instructions!"

Huang Tao nodded and then looked at the surrounding crowd: "Everyone! I have gathered... nearly three million companions here!

And captured at least one hundred thousand Trial Takers!"

"Haha! I have gathered five million companions here!

And captured three million Trial Takers!

Some Trial Takers resisted fiercely, so I, your brother, could only let them die a passionate death!"

A young man in a black vest opposite Huang Tao blew at his dangling hair and spoke with a look of disdain, holding his head high.

The others also spoke up successively.

Each was better than the last at gathering people, and better than the last at capturing and killing people.

Ying Yuanshi stared at the battle results reported by the crowd, slightly stunned.

The speed of these new generation members exceeded his expectations.

He nodded and said: "Very good! Very good! Now we have gathered at least ninety million people here! We can form a significant force!"

"I want you to wipe out all Punishment Hall Trial Takers in the outer region at all costs!"

"Guard the thirty-six core Demon Cities I mentioned!

All other Demon Cities can be abandoned immediately!"

"You must consolidate your core strength..."

After Ying Yuanshi finished giving his instructions, he took out a large number of god-level items, weapons, and healing supplies and distributed them to everyone: "Everyone! If this succeeds, we will create a new history!

Humanity will have more choices!"

"You will also receive more resources and better treatment!"

After speaking, the phantom he had condensed dispersed.

Huang Tao and the others discussed the coordination work among the various Demon Cities.

Only then did they turn and leave individually...

In a certain ruin in the middle ring of Sword Void.

Ying Yuanshi withdrew his divine power, finally letting out a long sigh of relief: "Phew! These guys are far more proactive than I imagined!"

He hadn't expected these Demon brats to gather nearly a hundred million werewolves in such a short time.

This made him feel relieved.

Just then.

Clatter!

Clatter!

A person walked in from outside the ruins.

This person wore a set of golden battle armor, and a ball of scorching flame burned around his body.

When Ying Yuanshi saw this person, his heart trembled, and he quickly stood up: "Wang Fang! What about the matter I requested?"

"Vice Hall Master has already agreed to your request!"

Wang Fang nodded: "He can give you a teleportation item to leave the Secret Realm!

But there is one condition: he wants you to destroy the Sixth Legion stationed in the middle ring area!"

"Hiss!

Holy crap!

Are you crazy?

This is an elite Punishment Legion personally cultivated by Qing Feng!

The reason the Guild's group Survivor trials for Second-Turn Professionals have been able to suppress all heavens these past few times is entirely due to the efforts of this Legion!"

Ying Yuanshi was stunned and involuntarily sucked in a cold breath: "Aren't you shooting yourselves in the foot?"

He couldn't understand!

Wang Fang sighed: "There's no choice!

The Hall Master harbors great ambition, but there are too many obstacles standing in his way!

First there was Qing Feng, and now there is that lunatic Seven Kills Shi!

He can only resort to this!"

"Only by destroying and then establishing can he realize his grand vision!"

After speaking, he took out several items from his storage pouch: "Among these, there are two pills that can heal your Primordial Heavenly Demon Body!

One item is the annihilation demon orb, which can directly annihilate the Sixth Legion's garrison!"

"The other item can enhance the power of the annihilation demon orb, increasing its power by ten million times!"

"At that time, you need to condense a Heavenly Demon clone, manipulate the clone to send the annihilation demon orb into the Sixth Legion, and then detonate it!"

He described the plan in detail.

After Wang Fang finished speaking, he added to Ying Yuanshi: "Remember!

If you step forward, you will surely die!

This matter must be completely framed upon Rahula Sword Master Xiao Wenshan!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Yuanshi felt completely numb.

He clenched his fist and nodded, saying: "I understand!"

"Good!

When the time comes, crush the mark in the outer region, and someone will come out to give you the jade token for departure!"

Wang Fang nodded, then turned and left.

Ying Yuanshi suddenly looked up at Wang Fang: "Wang Fang! How will you deal with Xiao Wenshan and the Demon Fetus?"

"Haha!

Once everything descends into chaos, the backup plan arranged by my Lord will turn the tide!

I hope that by then, you have already left Sword Void, otherwise, you will surely die!"

Wang Fang laughed wildly.

After he finished speaking, his figure turned into foam and dissipated at the entrance of the ruins.

Ying Yuanshi looked at the empty doorway and cursed softly: "Damn it!

Humans!

They truly are creatures of desire!

Even after becoming Spirit Servants, they remain selfish ghosts!"

"Among all the myriad races of the heavens, there is no creature more vicious than humans!"

As he spoke, he took out a healing demonic pill and used it immediately...

At this moment.

Sword Void, inside the Punishment Hall's General Command Hall.

A Commander suddenly stood up.

This startled his companions nearby, who all looked over.

This person walked to an empty space.

Crash!

In the blink of an eye, he actually poured out a pile of items from his storage pouch.

By the time the people around realized what they were, it was already too late.

Boom!

A violent explosion rang out in the hall.

In that instant, layers upon layers of arrays were activated on the hall walls.

Among the many Commanders, those in critical positions were teleported out by beams of light.

Those who left their positions, as well as the Commanders who were not key protected personnel, were reduced to ashes in the explosion.

After the explosion, a thin layer of Mist drifted in the hall.

These Mists seemed to possess life, drifting towards the surrounding arrays.

In the areas where the Mist touched the arrays, layers of ripples were stirred up.

At this moment, Shi Seventeen and Li Fengxian, who were working in the side hall, suddenly stood up.

Hearing the explosion, the two rushed to the doorway immediately, only to be blocked by the protective light barrier triggered by the blast.

"It's over!"

Seven Kills Shi's heart sank with a thud, and she froze completely on the spot.

Li Fengxian was even more dumbfounded: "Those damn Demon brats!

My merit is gone again!

This is truly rotten luck!

Holy crap!"

What the two saw was that the main hall outside had been mostly destroyed by the explosive force; all items and equipment had been turned into junk by the blast.

Shi Seventeen turned her head to look at Li Fengxian, then immediately and urgently instructed: "Go check the other side halls for Survivors!

Tally the casualties!"

She knew the Command Hall was unusable.

Buzz!

Shi Seventeen vanished from the spot.

Li Fengxian recorded what he saw through his vision, then instantly moved away from here.

Before long, the two returned to the side hall.

"The surviving Commanders are fine; I have isolated them separately!

But 85% of the Commanders in the Command Hall are dead!"

Speaking up to this point, Shi Seventeen fiercely smashed her fist onto the defensive array.

The array's light barrier stirred up a ripple.

At this moment, killing intent boiled within Shi Seventeen.

She wished she could immediately enter the battlefield and kill every living being she saw: "Demon Hall!

I swear we will never coexist!"

Subsequently, Shi Seventeen continued: "Now that the main hall terminal is destroyed, we can no longer contact the various trial squads, nor can we contact the other Legions!

We can only contact the Lone Wolves!"

"My direct contact personnel are all normal!

However, a large number of Lone Wolves completely lost contact during the recent explosion!"

Li Fengxian solemnly summarized the intelligence he had gathered: "The signals and contact for Cheng Fei, Zhou Lu, and Wang Fei have been completely severed!

But they are not dead!"

"They were captured!"

Shi Seventeen's eyes flashed.

She looked at the mass of Mist floating in the hall, her expression becoming extremely grim: "Damn it!

This is infuriating me!"

The situation had developed to this point, completely spiraling out of her control.

Even if she could save Sword Void this time, she would still be responsible for the dead Commanders and Trial Takers.

Being able to safely resign from the position of Punishment Hall Master would count as a mercy from the mist rule.

She needed to find a way to salvage this situation!

She suddenly looked up at Li Fengxian: "What about Su Lie?"

"That guy is fiercely cunning!

He has been destroying Demon Cities according to the markers we provided!

He is also particularly greedy, always clearing out all the resources from a Demon City before moving on!"

Li Fengxian shrugged helplessly.

Because of this, Su Lie had not encountered any attacks, nor had he faced any difficult problems.

This was the only good news right now!

Shi Seventeen grimaced: "Su Lie...

Since he has a mission!

Then let him continue destroying Demon Cities!

Arrange for Bai Yu to relay a message, telling him that Sword Void is in chaos and instructing him not to trust any Trial Taker!"

"I have already arranged this matter and notified the other Lone Wolves to change their missions, entering a hiding phase focused mainly on intelligence gathering!"

After Li Fengxian finished reporting, he said to Shi Seventeen: "Sister!

Our direct contact personnel have lost contact with the three Vice Hall Masters stationed in the middle ring!"

"Before losing contact, Vice Hall Master Zhao Tianyi was inspecting and assigning tasks to the Seventh Legion!

Vice Hall Master Miao Liu was resting at the Sixth Legion, and Vice Hall Master Fan Wen was leading a team searching for Ying Yuanshi's whereabouts!"

"Do you have any way to contact them?"

He suggested solemnly: "I recommend immediately dispatching the Seventh Legion into the outer trial area.

The Legion should gather the scattered Trial Takers and implement military management!

This is to prevent the Demon brats from gathering into an army!"

"And then arrange the..."

He detailed the final contingency plan: "Furthermore, I need to call for external help!

This trial has exceeded expectations, and we must arrange for powerful teams to enter here and suppress everything!"

Shi Seventeen nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Good!

I will contact them immediately!"

As she spoke, she took out a rules jade token.

This jade token could directly contact the various Vice Hall Masters.

Because they were all Spirit Servants and did not belong to the Trial Takers, they were considered NPC-level existences in Sword Void.

Therefore, they could be contacted through rules items.

But doing so would signify that this trial had already failed.

At this moment, the two couldn't worry about such things.

Preservation was paramount!

Just as Shi Seventeen took out the jade token to make contact, Li Fengxian also took out a jade token to contact Qing Feng.

The next second, both their pupils contracted, and they stared sharply at each other.

"Holy crap!"

The simultaneous exclamation rang out.

Li Fengxian and Shi Seventeen immediately spoke again simultaneously: "Someone tampered with the NPC rules of Sword Void!

A traitor has appeared among the Vice Hall Masters!"

...Also at this moment, Su Lie flew close to yet another Demon City.

Just as he appeared, preparing to destroy the Demon City.

Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz!

In the surrounding sky, densely packed Survivors suddenly appeared.

Huang Tao, a Demon Hall Second-Turn Professional, stood at the front of the crowd.

He examined Su Lie closely, a trace of strange excitement flashing in his eyes: "I presume you are Black Dragon!"