HLnovel Chapter 53 Cloud Realm
Chapter 53 Cloud Realm
Ye Danqing guessed correctly; Qingya Zi was indeed in trouble.
Half an hour ago.
A night breeze gently rustled the hem of his clothes. Qingya Zi was flying in the air on his sword, looking up at the dark mountain peaks not far away. He could feel the impregnable barrier surrounding the mountain peaks, and his eyes became complicated and deep.
This time, he came to Fuguang Town partly to find Su Luo, but the most important reason was for a secret realm deep in the mountains—the Cloud Realm.
A few days ago, the Cloud Realm, which had remained unchanged for a thousand years, suddenly showed signs of activity, with a faint indication that it was about to reopen. This activity immediately startled the patriarch of the Lingxiao Sect. After investigating, he returned and told everyone that the Cloud Realm would reopen in another six months.
At that moment, everyone was in an uproar.
The Azure Continent has over twenty secret realms, but with generations of cultivators venturing in search of treasures, the spiritual energy in many of these realms has weakened, and spiritual plants and beasts have become increasingly rare. However, in this special period, the Cloud Realm, which has been silent for a thousand years, is about to open!
Over a thousand years have passed; it's unimaginable how many enviable spiritual plants and beasts might reside within! Legend has it that the Cloud Realm originated in ancient times, once the site of an ancient battlefield, and is therefore sealed by an extremely powerful barrier. With exceptional luck, one might even find sealed ancient magical artifacts! How could this not drive people mad?!
But after the initial excitement, the powerful figures in the cultivation world began to sigh and lament again.
Unfortunately, this secret realm has a very strict rule: only cultivators with a cultivation level below the Golden Core stage can enter.
Therefore, cultivators at the Golden Core stage and above could only sigh in vain, pinning their hopes on the outstanding disciples within their sects. However, opportunity always comes with challenge, and the more powerful the secret realm, the more dangerous it is.
The terrifying dangers within the Cloud Realm, which has remained untouched for a thousand years, are absolutely unprecedented. If the sect's most outstanding disciples were to enter such a challenging secret realm, their chances of survival would be slim.
Even so, many sects still sent elders and disciples to investigate, and many independent cultivators also rushed over upon hearing the news.
Qingya Zi also planned to let Ye Danqing and the others go in to look for opportunities, so he wanted to come and see the situation for himself.
Along the way, they encountered people from various sects, and more and more cultivators gathered near the mountain peaks, it seemed they were all waiting to enter the Cloud Realm in half a year.
Qingya Zi withdrew his gaze from the barrier, changed direction on his sword, and flew towards Fuguang Town.
It's time to find Danqing and the others; they should have just left with Su Luo not far...
When they were about ten kilometers away from Fuguang Town, Qingya Zi suddenly stopped his sword, his eyes scanning the woods ahead with a fierce gaze, his face extremely ugly.
How did he sense an ominous aura there? That aura was so similar to the aura of the demons from over a decade ago!
Are there demons here?!
But the next moment, that aura suddenly disappeared, as if everything that had just happened was just Qingya Zi's illusion.
Qingya Zi frowned, flew to the top of the forest on his sword, jumped off the sword nimbly, and slowly walked through the dense forest, using all his divine sense to search for the demonic aura that had seemed like an illusion just now.
His feeling was definitely true; there must be demons here. But why would demons appear here?
Qingya Zi's mood grew increasingly heavy.
A thousand years ago, the great war between immortals and demons cleaved the Azure Continent in two by the Myriad Manifestations Sea. The Myriad Manifestations Sea renders the spiritual power of cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage ineffective, thus preventing any cultivator other than a Nascent Soul expert from crossing it. This also meant that after the Demon Lord's death, the demons could no longer cross the Myriad Manifestations Sea, ensuring the safety of both the Spirit Realm and the Human Realm!
But now, demons have reappeared. What does this mean? It means that this demon's strength has likely reached the Nascent Soul level! That's why they were able to cross the Myriad Manifestations Sea. But what are they doing here? Were they also attracted by the Cloud Void Realm?
The forest was almost completely dark, with only the cold moon casting a faint glow. As Qingya Zi walked through the forest, he felt that the silence was terrifying; there wasn't even a bird's call.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. A chill ran down his spine, and he instinctively turned to look at the dark forest behind him, shouting, "Who's there?! Come out!"
He had been vigilantly probing with his divine sense the whole time, yet he almost missed the other party approaching! This person is no ordinary individual!
At that moment, a strange laugh came from the darkness. Although the tone was amused, it inexplicably gave off a chilling and dangerous feeling.
A masked man in black robes slowly emerged from the shadows, exuding an imposing aura. In his hand, he held a sword that was entirely black yet gleamed with a blood-red light.
Qingya Zi's pupils suddenly contracted.
"It's you!"
He remembered Sect Leader Liu mentioning that someone had recently broken into the Trial Tower, not only taking the sealed demonic sword but also fighting Lingya Ancestor to a standstill. The person was characterized by wearing black clothes, a mask, and carrying a bloodstained demonic sword!
Having heard of the other party's deeds, Qingya Zi naturally wouldn't underestimate his strength. Therefore, the moment the man in black appeared, his natal sword, Qingyun Sword, immediately came out of its sheath.
"You know me?" Upon hearing Qingya Zi's words, Lin Ji narrowed his eyes behind the mask, a strong killing intent surging within them.
"You're the black-clad demon who wreaked havoc at the Tianyi Sect before, right? I've heard about you!"
Qingya Zi held a long sword, its tip pointing directly at his opponent. "How did you manage to impersonate Ning Wanshuang? And how did you kill the Fourth Elder? Were you hiding in the Tianyi Sect just for that demonic sword?!"
Lin Ji raised an eyebrow. "Ah, so you finally figured it out? I thought you were so stupid you wouldn't even know until you died."
Qingya Zi was furious at his audacity and unleashed the pressure of a peak Golden Core cultivator, shouting, "Demon, why did you do this?!"
Lin Ji seemed unable to see the long sword gleaming coldly in front of him, nor could he feel the immense pressure emanating from it. He tilted his head, chuckled, and spoke casually and arrogantly.
"Why do I ask? Why so many whys? I just did what I wanted to do. I only want to kill whoever I don't like. Yes, just like I don't like you right now, you're going to die soon..."
"What a madman!"
Qingya Zi's whole body tensed up as he stared intently at the demons in front of him.
The aura emanating from this demon was terrifying, especially his extremely unique red eyes, so vividly red that they seemed ominous, as if some terrifying monster about to burst forth from the earth was lurking within them, making it difficult to look directly at him!
This demon is strange! Very strange!!
Lin Ji's crimson eyes were filled with a ruthless and bloodthirsty glint.
He rushed towards Su Luo as soon as he finished his task, but he hadn't gone far when he suddenly sensed the presence of a peak Golden Core cultivator. In this Spirit Realm, there is only one person with such cultivation: Qing Ya Zi of the Tianyi Sect.
But what is he doing here?
Lin Ji suddenly remembered that the Tianyi Sect was still searching for Su Luo, and his killing intent erupted instantly.
Yeah, what could Qingya Zi possibly be here for? He's just here to bring Su Luo back to Tianyi Sect!
Damn it! Why is everyone coveting his things?! He should have killed all that trash from the Tianyi Sect the moment he got the Demon Sword! So, first he needs to get rid of this nuisance.
Thinking of this, Lin Ji slowly raised the demonic sword in his hand. Black energy swirled around the sword, and faint, whispering voices could be heard from within that black energy, making it extremely eerie.
Qingya Zi felt a chill run down his spine. He mobilized all his spiritual power and gathered it at the tip of his sword. With a flick of his wrist, he launched a direct attack at Lin Ji.
Lin Ji sneered, standing still and blocking Qing Ya Zi's attack with his demonic sword. The two swords clashed and unleashed a huge burst of spiritual energy. The massive spiritual energy fluctuations directly blew everything around them away, even affecting the distant houses, from which screams echoed.
Qingya Zi secretly thought to himself that something was wrong.
What a blunder! They've dragged ordinary people into the conflict!
But it was too late for him to regret it, because the other party had already begun to counterattack, wielding the demonic sword and attacking recklessly.
After fighting him for several rounds, Qingya Zi quickly understood why he could fight the ancestor for so long.
The opponent was a born killing machine, unleashing wide-ranging, deadly attacks without any regard for defense. He was utterly fearless of death; on the contrary, the more wounds he sustained and the faster he bled, the brighter his eyes shone beneath his mask, until they were dripping red.
Qingya Zi was horrified, looking at the other person as if they were a monster.
When Lin Ji saw that familiar gaze again, a chill ran down his spine, causing him to burst into loud laughter.
"Hahaha! A dignified elder of the Heavenly One Sect actually fears a demon like me! How utterly laughable!"
Qingya Zi's face turned ashen from the mockery. He gritted his teeth, channeled all his spiritual power, gripped his sword, and charged forward again, shouting, "Demon, are you ready to die?!"
The two fought even more fiercely, leaving ruins in their wake. Trees were reduced to ashes, and even the air itself seemed to become distorted.
However, the longer the fight dragged on, the more exhausted Qingya Zi became. With each clash of their swords, he keenly sensed that the demonic sword was greedily absorbing the spiritual energy circulating within the Qingyun Sword.
Something's wrong! What kind of strange demonic sword is this!
Qingya Zi subconsciously withdrew the Qingyun Sword, but the demons fought with increasing ferocity, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
Just then, Qingya Zi sensed a reaction from the sound transmission stone in his storage bag and was momentarily stunned.
Why did Danqing suddenly seek him out?!
In a fight between experts, even a small opening can be fatal!
Ye Danqing was only distracted for a moment, but Lin Ji had already rushed over like a ghost, his black sword cutting through the wind and fire, aiming straight for his eyes.
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