How to capture the evil villain? I choose to be his mother!

Chapter 539 The Useless Female Supporting Character's Sword Master Mother (42 pages)
Bang.

The water mirror went out.

The secret realm was completely cut off from the outside world.

The audience immediately erupted into a heated discussion—

"What happened? Is there a problem?"

"My junior sister is still inside, how come she suddenly disappeared?"

"This kind of secret realm is quite unstable, so it's possible that communication might be temporarily cut off."

"No, look at those people from Reflection Peak, they're clearly panicked! Could something really be wrong?"

"With four supreme experts here, even if something unexpected happens, they should be able to be rescued."

"Hurry and go check it out! Every minute we're late increases the danger!"

"..."

Zhu Wen lifted his eyelids and sensed something unusual.

She looked at Jing Lingchun first.

He was also the one who arranged this little secret place.

Jing Lingchun was clearly surprised by how things had developed:

"My connection with the secret realm... has been severed?"

Such secret realms are usually created by the strongest beings.

Like Jing Lingchun's Reflection Peak Mirror World, it is his own little secret realm.

However, with the fall of the strongest beings, such secret realms will also be lost in the river of time.

It may be lost to time, or it may be discovered by someone else.

Logically speaking, this secret realm is not even as large as the mirror world of Reflection Peak, which means that the original owner's strength was not as great as Jing Lingchun's.

So, Jing Lingchun should have more than enough control over this small secret realm, so how could the secret realm have lost contact with him?
Jing Lingchun's face darkened. Not daring to be negligent, he quickly resumed control of the small secret realm.

But when he tried to sense things, it was like throwing mud into the ocean; he received absolutely no response.

This made him unable to sit idly by and wait for his fate, so he simply decided:

"I'll go and see for myself."

After Jing Lingchun's words, some of the contestants' family members and fellow students in the audience calmed down a little.

Just as Jing Lingchun was about to get up and fly towards the secret realm, Zhu Wen called him back in time.

"I'll go with you."

Jing Lingchun, knowing that Zhu Wen was inside, did not refuse:
"Then let's go together."

Before leaving, Zhu Wen specifically instructed Mingmiao:

"Go find Secretary Wang, but be careful on your own."

Mingmiao didn't want to be a burden to her, so she nodded repeatedly:
"Yeah, don't worry, they all know I have Sister Zhu backing me up, so they won't dare to do anything."

Zhu Wen smiled:
"Yes, with me backing you up, you're not afraid of offending people."

Mingmiao smiled sweetly.

Afterwards, Zhu Wen and Jing Lingchun got up and flew towards the secret realm.

The two figures floated in mid-air, surrounded by constantly turbulent air currents.

Jing Lingchun silently felt:

"This secret realm seems to be on the verge of collapse."

No wonder the connection was suddenly lost; it turns out that this secret realm's fate has run out.

But an even stranger problem arose—

When Jing Lingchun discovered this little secret place, it was still very lush and full of life.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been exhausted so quickly.

If Jing Lingchun had known this, he would never have offered the secret realm as a training ground for the contestants.

Jing Lingchun had a feeling that something else had happened, and decided to go and find out.

Zhu Wen nodded:

"Okay, let's go together then." Because of the turbulent airflow around them, the spatial barrier was also quite unstable.

Only through the combined efforts of Zhu Wen and Jing Lingchun was a small breach barely managed to be created.

And it did not affect the normal operation of the secret realm itself.

They took the opportunity and crawled inside.

When he saw the scenery before him clearly, his gaze narrowed slightly.

All that could be seen was the sky ablaze with fiery red light.

Lava flows through the jungle.

The lush trees were reduced to ashes in an instant.

As for those expensive spiritual herbs and items, they also vanished into thin air.

Looking around, there wasn't a trace of life in sight.

Not to mention the contestants.

Does that mean they are all dead?

Zhu Wen's expression was unreadable; he simply said to Jing Lingchun:
"Split up."

Jing Lingchun knew this was the best way and readily agreed.

They had only been separated for a few minutes when Zhu Wen saw the monster floating in the air.

It was a monster made entirely of black smoke and lava. It looked very strange, covered in what looked like scales. Its head was very long, and its body was horribly bloated. Because it defied the growth patterns of common creatures, it gave people a creepy and disgusting feeling.

There was more than one of these monsters; they varied in size, the smallest being only the size of Zhu Wen's fist, while the largest was large enough to blot out the sky.

And this little secret realm is filled with monsters like these, I have no idea where they came from.

Zhu Wen stood still, but the monsters had already sensed her presence and began to breathe scorching flames at her.

Zhu Wen raised his hand to block.

However, before that, she first felt a tremendous tremor coming from the ground next to her.

It was Jing Lingchun who made the move!
"Looks like I can't fall behind."

After muttering to himself, Zhu Wen waved his hand and released thousands upon thousands of sword energies.

The countless monsters fell like locusts, quickly piling up into a small mountain.

Zhu Wen did not stay where he was, but continued to move forward, trying to search for traces of the surviving players.

She was lucky; it didn't take long before she was spotted by several pairs of anxious eyes in the ruins.

"Your Excellency Zhu Wen!"

"Master Zhu Wen!"

The name "Zhu Wen" has resounded throughout the five continents in the shortest possible time.

The contestants present all knew who she was.

Her attitude was somewhat ambiguous before.

But now, seeing Zhu Wen is like seeing a savior; I am filled with gratitude and immense joy.

There were six contestants in front of me, and they all looked disheveled, with injuries of varying degrees.

Fortunately, all six of them survived and made it to Zhu Wen's rescue.

Zhu Wen asked them what had happened.

Before the contestants could even speak, they couldn't help but burst into tears.

It turns out that when they first entered the secret realm, things went smoothly. Although everyone was secretly fighting, the overall mission was still progressing, and the competition was very fierce.

Suddenly, at some point, the atmosphere around them changed. First, someone was inexplicably bewitched and attacked their hastily assembled companions. The companions, mistaking this for betrayal, retaliated in kind...

The two sides fought fiercely, and soon both were severely injured and nearly died.

At the crucial moment, it was Chu Yi who realized that there was something wrong with the two.

They took timely precautions and only then did they realize the problem with this little secret realm.

At that time, most people's first reaction was to leave the secret realm.

They participated in the Heavenly Pride Tournament to make a name for themselves, not to die here.

However, some people were unwilling to withdraw at this time, worried that this phenomenon might just be a test from Lord Jingling Chunzhou.
They might not even be killed. On the contrary, if they leave rashly, it would be tantamount to automatically giving up their qualification to participate and handing the victory over to others.