Chapter 522: The Secret Realm Trial Ends
Today was the day the secret realm opened once again.
Outside the secret realm, the ancestors of the eighteen vassal forces and the Phoenix Clan were all guarding the entrance, waiting for their sect members to emerge from within.
"They are out; disciples are out!" An ancestor shouted excitedly.
Although the treasures and points the disciples obtained in the secret realm were important, coming out alive was the most important thing.
"It is the disciples of the Sword Prefecture." An ancestor spoke slowly.
After the Sword Prefecture disciples came out, the leader took out all the demon crystals they had seized and gave them to the Phoenix Clan Ancestor to count.
"Ten Path Union demon crystals, one hundred Spirit Nurturing demon crystals... a total of 35,000 points." The Phoenix Ancestor spoke faintly.
Upon hearing this score, the Sword Prefecture disciples showed not a hint of excitement on their faces.
As time gradually passed, the disciples of the various vassal forces came out one after another.
The scores of the other six vassal forces from the non-Barren Prefectures were all between 30,000 and 40,000. Meanwhile, the points of the several vassal forces from the Barren Prefecture reached nearly 100,000.
Soon, the disciples of the Blue Phoenix Clan walked out. The Blue Phoenix Clan Ancestor hurriedly walked up and asked, "Where is Lan Yan?"
Lan Xin of the Blue Phoenix Clan said, "Reporting to Ancestor, Eldest Sister is about to undergo Nirvana."
"What?"
Hearing this, the Blue Phoenix Clan Ancestor's expression changed drastically. Although disciples who had awakened the Phoenix bloodline could be reborn through Nirvana, the price was huge; the cost would be far greater than what was earned in the secret realm.
"Exactly what Demon Lord did you encounter?"
Seeing her own ancestor, Lan Xin's confidence instantly returned. "Reporting to Ancestor, Eldest Sister was not suppressed by a Demon Lord but was killed with one sword strike by that fellow from the Mystic Prefecture."
"How is this possible?"
The Blue Phoenix Clan Ancestor looked at his junior with a face full of astonishment. Mystic Prefecture cultivators were usually at the tail end; how could one have the ability to kill a genius of his Blue Phoenix Clan?
Before his shock could subside, the Thunderbird Clan Ancestor also let out a cry of alarm. "Why is the kid Lei Xiao gone?"
Lei Yun of the Thunderbird Clan said loudly, "Ancestor, Ninth Brother was killed with one sword strike by the cultivator from the Mystic Prefecture. Before coming out, Lei Xiao specifically instructed that we must speak of this matter loudly so the Blue Phoenix and Great Wind clans could hear it."
The Thunderbird Ancestor's expression changed abruptly; he had also heard the conversation of the Blue Phoenix Clan just now.
Not far away, the Great Wind Clan had the same reaction.
Just as the three clans intended to turn their spearheads toward the Phoenix descendants of the Mystic Prefecture, the Phoenix Clan Ancestor spoke. "Are your three families handing over the demon crystals or not?"
Hearing this, the disciples of the three families hurriedly handed over their demon crystals.
"Blue Phoenix Clan, 80,000 points."
"Thunderbird Clan, 100,000 points."
"Great Wind Clan, 85,000 points."
Upon hearing the point counts, the ancestors of the three great forces nearly blacked out and collapsed directly to the ground. These points were simply insufficient to allow their families to enter the top three.
"Damned Mystic Prefecture cultivators!"
After the three ancestors spoke in unison, they cast their gazes one after another upon the Fire Phoenix Valley cultivators from the Mystic Prefecture.
Sensing these fiendish gazes, the two ancestors of the Feng family could not help but furrow their brows tightly. If these three families looked for trouble together, it would indeed be hard for them to handle. However, since Beixuan had done it, they were not afraid; at worst, they would just have a fight.
This was the Phoenix Ancestral Land, not the ancestral land of those three families. The Ancestor would not permit the people below to fight too disgracefully; where would the Phoenix Clan's dignity lie then?
Just at this moment, the voice of the Phoenix Clan Ancestor rang out once again.
"Azure Phoenix Clan, one hundred and twenty thousand points."
As soon as this number was announced, the eighteen vassal forces present were all stunned. Everyone's gaze turned toward Qing Li and her group.
The Fire Phoenix Clan, in particular, had been waiting for the Azure Phoenix Clan to submit to them. They had absolutely not expected the Azure Phoenix Clan to actually manage to surpass them this time.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Qing Li's mouth; even she had not expected to achieve such a good ranking this time. After being severely beaten by the True Red King and the Golden Flame King, they had become more cautious and their strategies were more refined.
After suppressing one Marquis, they had obtained an incredible Blood Sacrifice Demonic Artifact. Relying on that Demonic Artifact, they suppressed a second Marquis, which was how they achieved such astonishing results.
The Azure Phoenix Clan had now surpassed the Fire Phoenix Clan, ranking second among the seventeen teams. Qing Li thought to herself: The top three are guaranteed this time.
"Where are the Mystic Prefecture cultivators?" A cultivator in the crowd muttered. His voice was not loud, but since everyone outside the secret realm was silent, this sentence was heard clearly.
The Thunderbird, Great Wind, and Blue Phoenix clans, whose attention had been momentarily diverted by the Azure Phoenix Clan, once again cast their gazes toward the secret realm's entrance.
Time passed minute by minute. With only one day left until the secret realm closed, various speculations began to surface among the crowd.
"Could that group of Mystic Prefecture cultivators have been completely wiped out in the secret realm?" "We cannot exclude that possibility; after all, those Mystic Prefecture cultivators do not look very powerful."
"But they suppressed the geniuses of the Blue Phoenix, Great Wind, and Thunderbird clans." "Then they mostly used some kind of treasure. Otherwise, how could those fellows from the Mystic Prefecture be compared to the local disciples of our Barren Prefecture?"
Just as everyone was discussing amongst themselves, a group of figures slowly walked out of the secret realm. Compared to the slight disarray of the disciples from the other seventeen forces, this group was spirited and proud, clearly looking like a triumphant return.
Especially the young man at the front of the team; every action and movement he made exuded an extraordinary temperament. Even the Phoenix Clan Ancestor could not help but take an extra look at this young man.
It muttered, "Why does this brat have the aura of the True Meaning of the Great Dao on him?" It quickly denied this thought: "I must have been mistaken. This brat is clearly just a Path Union junior; how could he possibly comprehend the True Meaning of the Great Dao?"
"Ye Beixuan pays respects to the Ancestor." Although Ye Beixuan heard the Phoenix Ancestor's words, he still bowed respectfully toward the other party.
"En." The Phoenix Ancestor, who had a good impression of such an unpretentious young man, said faintly, "Take out all the Demon Crystals you harvested this time."
"Yes." The storage ring in Ye Beixuan's hand flashed, and soon a pile of Demon Crystals as tall as a small mountain appeared in everyone's sight.
This amount of Demon Crystals did not cause discussion among the crowd. It was only when everyone clearly saw the Demon Crystal at the very top of the pile that they fell silent collectively.
Even the Phoenix Ancestor, who was charged with counting the Demon Crystals, was stunned for a moment. It doubted its eyes and looked a few more times. Sensing the aura of the True Meaning of the Demonic Dao and the Buddha Dao emanating from that Demon Crystal, it subconsciously blurted out:
"This... This Half-Saint Demon Crystal, from which Demon Lord did you obtain it?"
As soon as these words came out, the entire venue erupted in an uproar...
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