Ye Ling'er traveled quickly, and soon sensed familiar spiritual power fluctuations coming from ahead.
Passing through a stone forest, she saw Zhao Linger and Wang Zhaojun fighting several Rock-Armored Scorpions, as well as Liu Lie, who had just arrived and was shooting arrows from afar with a bow.
"Junior Sister Ye!"
Zhao Linger shouted happily when she saw her.
Ye Ling'er nodded, drew her youyue twin blades, and joined the battle.
With her addition, the group, who already had the upper hand, quickly resolved the fight.
"Let's first meet up with the other fellow Disciples."
Ye Ling'er suggested.
Everyone nodded. Using their identity jade tokens, they could sense that more and more light dots representing fellow Disciples were approaching a certain area.
Elsewhere, Liu Ruyan was currently standing at the edge of a scorched, withered forest.
Opposite her were five Disciples wearing Flowing Cloud Sword Sect attire and looking hostile.
The leader, who wore a sword at his waist and possessed a sharp aura, was Chen Feng, an Elite Disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect who had entered this Secret Realm, cultivating at the Early Golden Core stage.
They had come for a stalk of "star-patterned ironwood" growing deep within the withered forest and ran straight into Liu Ruyan, who had arrived first.
"Jade Pool Immortal Palace?"
Chen Feng sized up the solitary Liu Ruyan, a hint of scrutiny flashing in his eyes, followed by a measure of disdain.
"It seems your Sect is truly overflowing with talent, daring to send even an Early Golden Core stage female cultivator to explore such a dangerous place alone."
Chen Feng's words carried the arrogance and probing nature typical of the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect.
In his view, the opponent was alone, while they had five people; the advantage was clearly on their side.
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan's expression remained calm as she nodded slightly.
"That's right, it's just me."
"However, I discovered this star-patterned ironwood first, so it naturally belongs to my Jade Pool Immortal Palace."
"Discovered first?"
A late-stage Foundation Establishment Disciple beside Chen Feng sneered.
"Objects within a Secret Realm, Heaven And Earth Treasure, have always belonged to the capable. Can you hold onto it?"
Liu Ruyan smiled faintly.
"Whether I can hold onto it or not, you'll know if you try."
"But, are you truly prepared to fight me?"
"Enough nonsense!"
Chen Feng frowned. Liu Ruyan's unperturbed attitude made him uncomfortable, as if he had been slighted.
"Since you refuse to yield, let's settle this with our hands!"
Before his voice faded, he drew his sword with a *clang*, pointing the tip straight at Liu Ruyan.
A condensed, azure Sword Qi suddenly erupted, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound, stabbing directly toward Liu Ruyan's glabella!
This sword strike was fast, accurate, and vicious, containing the full spiritual power of the Early Golden Core stage; clearly, he intended to inflict a serious injury with a single blow!
Facing this attack, Liu Ruyan's expression remained unchanged.
She raised her right hand, and a strange rune silently appeared in her palm.
A peculiar fluctuation instantly rippled out, centered on her palm!
Chen Feng, sensing this aura, felt his pupils suddenly contract!
He felt as if his thoughts, movements, and even the spiritual power surging within his body had become incredibly sluggish in that instant!
It was like sinking into a sticky swamp, or being dragged into slow motion!
The fiercely sharp Sword Qi slowed down visibly the moment it touched that fluctuation.
"What kind of strange spell is this?!"
"This... how is this possible?!"
Two of the Foundation Establishment Disciples cried out involuntarily.
The fact that their Senior Brother's Sword Qi had been neutralized so easily was truly beyond their comprehension.
Chen Feng's expression grew even uglier. He realized that the strength of the woman before him likely far exceeded his expectations.
"Attack together!"
He held nothing back, unleashing a killing move. Spiritual power surged wildly over his long sword, transforming into a massive Sword Gang that angrily cleaved down with the momentum of splitting a mountain!
The four Disciples also pushed their spiritual power to the extreme. Their four swords merged into one, forming a massive Sword Ray that struck directly at Liu Ruyan's back!
Attacking from both front and back, the might was astonishing!
A trace of seriousness finally flashed in Liu Ruyan's eyes.
She brought her hands together in front of her, and a faint character—'Pull'—composed of countless tiny runes, appeared between her palms.
"Reincarnation... Pull."
She softly uttered the three words, then gently pushed her hands forward.
There was no earth-shattering boom; the 'Pull' character simply met Chen Feng's powerful Sword Gang.
A bizarre scene unfolded!
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