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Chapter 499 Trap
Liuying has practiced in the Demon Sect for thousands of years and has long been accustomed to this kind of "mutual help" fellow-disciple friendship.

Although Lord Soul-Snatcher is only the fourth senior brother and is not favored by the master, his strength in the Spirit Transformation Realm is there, and the two have no choice but to submit.

There was no point in running away, so Liuying had to walk in front with the equally miserable Feigui, allowing the cold gaze of the Soul-Snatching Master to linger on her back.

From time to time, people flew by in the sky on magical weapons, and on the ground there were quite a few weak cultivators who relied on the art of speed to travel. A little identification would reveal that they were all heading in the same direction: the center of Yuanbao Island.

Following the instructions, the three arrived at their destination in a short while.

As the place with the richest spiritual energy on the island, this place should have been developed for a period of time. There are thousands of well-built buildings, which all look like caves. You can also see the light of the spirit gathering array in the cave, but there is no activated defensive array outside the cave.

In the center surrounded by caves of all sizes, there is a large square with a radius of about seventy or eighty miles and a smooth surface.

"There's something wrong with this land! There's a strong fire aura! And it's very new!" Fei Gui sniffed, showing his sensitivity to the five elements: "This place was burned out by someone using great magic power! It's at least dozens of feet deep! The entire land has been burned into colored glaze!"

"Could this secret realm be underground..." Liuying had just opened her mouth to express her guess when she discovered her target and decisively stopped talking.

On this flat and vast square, there are one or two platforms in each of the four directions of east, south, west and north. In the middle of the platform is an elliptical, pitch-black light gate that is almost ten feet high. There are stars dotted in the light gate, and there are faint wisps of mist entwined around it, which is full of mystery.

Next to each light gate stands a stone tablet that is one meter tall, with some words written on it, but they are difficult to see clearly because of the distance.

Fortunately, the three of them were all direct descendants of the Soul Devouring Sect, and were well-known among all the demon cultivators for their powerful spiritual awareness. With just a quick glance, they knew what was written on all the stone tablets.

As mentioned above, these seven light gates on the platforms are the entrances to the secret realm, but these entrances are very different from other secret realms. The number of people who can enter each time is limited. Each gate also limits the realm of the entrants. Only those who meet the level of strength can enter.

There is only one door on the north side, which can only lead to the Qi Refining Stage. Five people can enter at a time, and the five people will be teleported to one place to explore the secret realm together.

On the west side are two platforms and two doors, but they are not limited to the Foundation Establishment Stage. Five people can enter one door at a time, and the other door can accommodate twenty-five people at a time. It is also specially noted that the secret door for twenty-five people is very dangerous, so those who enter are advised to do so according to their ability.

There are also two gates on the south side, one for five people and the other for twenty-five people, but they are limited to the Jindan stage. The same is true on the east side, but the difference is that it is limited to the Yuanying stage.

There are no other doors to the secret realm. Obviously, high-level cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Stage are not qualified to enter the secret realm.

I have also seen similar secret realms with limited realms like Firefly. There is one in the Soul-Devouring Sect. This is because that small world is too small and the way of heaven is flawed. If a person above the Jindan stage enters, it is very likely that the world will be shattered and disappear forever.

There is an insect nest in this small world, which can continuously produce all kinds of giant insects of strange shapes. Although the souls are fragile and cannot be of great use, it is also a very practical trial secret realm for the sect's low-level disciples to practice their actual combat abilities.

However, although this secret realm has restrictions on realms, anyone below the Nascent Soul stage can still enter. It is not like the other secret realms, which have such strict restrictions that one can only enter one realm.

This situation obviously didn't make sense. After Liuying communicated with Duohun Zhenjun, she received the great favor of "let's wait and see the situation for the time being."

There was nothing interesting in the other three directions. Just as the stone tablet said, no one could get in. The three of them quickly came to the two high platforms on the east side.

Quite a few people have gathered here, and the Five-Person Secret Realm seems to have been specially organized, forming a basic order. There are many people watching in the sky, but those who are preparing to enter on the ground have very consciously lined up in long queues, five in a group, separated from each other.

The situation on the side of twenty-five people was much more chaotic, with people talking everywhere and flying around. It took a long time to form a team of twenty-five people, and they seemed timid. It took a long time to unify their pace and walk into the mysterious door of the secret realm together.

Liuying took a closer look and realized that the two platforms were not as flat as they had appeared before. In fact, they were separated by a low wall, with the door to the secret realm as the center, with the entrance on one side and the exit on the other.

The five-person secret realm was in good order, with a team entering in order every three to five minutes or so. After waiting for a few minutes, the next team would come in. Liuying had studied formations for a while, and although he had only reached the third level, he still had a keen eye.

She was sure that the entrance to this secret realm was definitely not a fake array! It was a real door to the void, and there was definitely another world on the other side of the door! She could faintly sense that after each team entered, the void ripples spread like water waves.

Suddenly, at the exit of the secret realm, two figures supporting each other appeared abruptly. They were two young men wearing yellow armor, both in the middle Nascent Soul stage, with boiling earth power. They had similar faces and looked like a pair of brothers.

The two were obviously injured, their steps were unsteady, and they could only take two steps before falling to the ground together. They had no choice but to sit cross-legged and take out pills from their storage bags to heal their wounds.

Didn't they say there were five people in a team? What about the other three? Are they all dead? This secret realm is more dangerous than I thought...

Suddenly, the face of one of the two brothers turned black, and then he opened his mouth suddenly. A sharp female voice that was completely inconsistent with his rough appearance instantly sounded from his throat, like a scream, like a wail, and the full hatred almost turned into substance and gushed out.

With this sudden sound, he violently spat out a mouthful of black blood. As soon as the black blood hit the ground, it was like some kind of venom, directly corroding a large area of ​​the solid platform ground.

Liuying looked very carefully and it seemed as if there were hundreds of small insects swimming in the black blood, swimming up and down from time to time, emitting bursts of foul smell.

Is this a poisonous insect? Not really! These insects don't look like entities! Instead, they look more like the condensation of some evil thoughts, and the evil thoughts inside are very clear! They are somewhat similar to the methods of the Ghost Control Sect!

Is there a ghost in this secret place? Is this guy using the methods of a ghost?
This is good news! Ghosts are, after all, a kind of soul driven by evil thoughts! This kind of soul is famous for its toughness and nourishment! Although it is troublesome to deal with evil thoughts and it takes a lot of time to kill them, if they are fully absorbed, they are definitely a good tonic for our Soul Devouring Sect disciples! If there is a fourth-level ghost inside, it is not much worse than the fourth-level top-grade soul-nourishing pill!
Master has always been stingy. Things like the Soul-Nourishing Pill cannot be obtained without great merit. If there really are ghosts in this secret realm, then isn't it a paradise for our Soul-Devouring Sect?

Isn't it possible for me to be promoted to a god within a hundred years?
The two brothers were still taking the time to heal their wounds when five people suddenly appeared at the exit.

Liuying has a good memory. Judging from their appearance, these five people seemed to have just entered the secret realm an incense stick ago. How come they came out so quickly? The people who entered a long time earlier than them have not come out yet!
Could it be that he felt that the ghosts inside were difficult to deal with and knew that his own strength was limited and he couldn't handle it, so he just withdrew?

But looking at the joy on their faces, it seems that is not the case. They are all safe and sound. Did they get some adventure or benefit in the secret realm and are afraid of losing it. So they have no desire to explore again and can't wait to get out?
What benefits did they get? Why didn't they show it to everyone? Just leave like that? Where are you going?

Alas, there are too many people here and it’s hard to take action. Otherwise, I could just catch one and eat his soul, and then I would know what they got in there.

The demon cultivators were all people with strong temperaments and great patience, and the master did not give a time limit, so the three of them tacitly chose to continue waiting and collecting information.

There was a flash of light, and four more figures appeared in the exit area. The four of them were dressed the same way, and they seemed to belong to the same sect. One of them was an old man who was surrounded and protected by the other three, and he looked very alert.

The four men had some injuries, but not serious. They were able to move freely and were in good spirits. Unlike the others who were unarmed, the old man was holding an ordinary long banner in his hand, with a vigilant look on his face, staring intently, with some fear in his expression, but more of greed.

This banner is composed of a half-meter long white pole and a pure black banner cloth. There are no words on the cloth and it looks very ordinary indeed. And unlike those magic weapons, it does not emit any spiritual fluctuations, not even the spiritual fluctuations unique to the five elements materials. It is just like an ordinary object.

This thing is obviously a good thing that this group of people got from the secret realm. Could it be that the divine object is self-destructive? It needs to be injected with a large amount of mana, or drip blood to recognize the master in order to activate its magic?
Liuying couldn't help but rely on her spiritual awareness that far surpassed that of her peers to secretly probe out, wanting to find out the true situation of the long banner.

What if this thing is destined to be with me?

The essence of spiritual consciousness turned into a long invisible thin line, which followed the four people who were about to leave little by little, and soon touched the long flag.

In an instant, an extremely cold breath was transmitted from the thin thread of spiritual consciousness to Liuying's hand, making her shiver all over.

Is it ice? No! No! This is completely different from the way of ice! This breath only targets the consciousness! Only targets the soul!
And what was this slippery feeling? This slippery feeling, this hidden malice...

This thing is wrong! Without any hesitation, Liuying immediately cut off his consciousness and used his energy to expel this breath.

Unfortunately, this breath was unexpectedly difficult to deal with. It was as if it had countless tentacles, clinging tightly to her body-protecting consciousness and sucking it greedily. No matter how Liuying used her magic power to pull it or how she stimulated her consciousness, it was of no effect.

This won't work! This thing is eating up my consciousness! It's getting bigger and stronger!
Liuying was a demon cultivator after all, and had fought his way out of the evil land of the human-demon border, amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He made a quick decision, and immediately cut off the spiritual consciousness along with a small piece of the polluted soul, and threw it far away.

Fortunately, she is a disciple of the Soul-Devouring Sect. She has experienced the Soul-Crushing Curse from her master many times since she was a child and is very experienced. If she were an ordinary Nascent Soul, it would not be so easy to split her own soul in such a short time.

Although his vitality was damaged, he could still make up for it by devouring the souls of Yuanying-level cultivators and above in the future.

Before Liuying could breathe a sigh of relief, the mixture of spiritual consciousness and a small piece of soul that she threw out suddenly expanded and turned into a pale ghost face, making a "chuckling" sound in the air, and then flew into the ordinary long banner in an instant, scaring the four people.

The four men looked back, but had no intention of stopping. They took out their magic weapons and flew away.

Liuying's face turned pale. As a victim, she had the deepest feelings about the long banner. She was very clear that her consciousness and soul had been completely devoured by the long banner, and even completely digested!

This is actually a magic weapon that can devour the consciousness and soul of others! There is actually such a magic weapon in this world!
I feel like he's a perfect match for our Soul Devouring Sect... No! He's a perfect match for me!

However, I wonder if the consciousness and soul absorbed by this thing can be fed back to the user? If not, why does this thing crave for consciousness and soul?

The old man obviously didn't activate the magic weapon. It was completely autonomous in devouring his own consciousness and soul! The desire came from itself!
This isn't right. There are so many magical instruments for the Nascent Soul stage in the entire world of cultivation, but how many of them have spirits and consciousness of their own?

It is not easy for a magic weapon to give birth to a spirit. It is closely related to the grade of the materials used in the magic weapon, the secret method of refining, and the combination of the user's skills. Logically speaking, only the Fanxu Reverend can own a spirit-level magic weapon!
The long banner looked ordinary, could it really be a treasure that could return to the void? If I could get it, wouldn't my master be...

"You guys keep watching here, I'll be back soon!" The one who spoke was the Soul-Taker. After saying that, he activated his magic weapon and turned into a beam of black light, disappearing into the horizon.

The direction he was heading was exactly the direction the four people holding the strange long banner were heading!

As expected of fellow disciples, you actually thought the same thing as me! Damn... I wish I could do this mission by myself! Now... Should I go back and complain to my master?
This thing might be a treasure that can help one return to the void. Fourth Senior Brother can’t carry it on his shoulders... It must be held by the Master himself to keep it safe!
People kept walking into the secret realm, and people kept appearing behind the secret realm gate, but it was obvious that fewer people came out than those who went in. Even among those who came out, many teams suffered heavy casualties, with only one person or half a person left!
It was obvious that this secret realm was indeed dangerous, but it also contained good things. Many people looked alert after coming out, and some even couldn't suppress their joy and appeared very excited.

They watched like this for more than two hours, and finally, the Soul-Taker came back. His face was very calm, and it was impossible to guess whether he had caught up with the gang and got the long banner.

His voice was as calm and cold as always: "You two! Go find three independent cultivators and go in and take a look!"

(End of this chapter)