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

Chapter 540 The Useless Female Supporting Character's Sword Master Mother (43 pages)
Many people were persuaded by this argument.

Some people decided to stay;
Some people insisted on leaving.

But they didn't realize that they didn't have a choice in the current situation.

As the magma suddenly erupted, a terrifying monster soared into the sky.

They began to devour everything in the secret realm.

Naturally, they also set their sights on young cultivators brimming with spiritual energy.

They fought desperately, killing monsters and barely managing to survive until they reached the vicinity of the entrance to the secret realm.

Upon seeing it, all hope was shattered, followed by a profound sense of despair.

The entrance to the secret realm has been closed for unknown reasons.

With their strength, they simply cannot force their way in.

Therefore, they only have two choices left.

Either stay where you are and wait to die.

Either wait for people outside to notice something is wrong and then take action to rescue them.

Whichever choice you make, it may all end up being nothing.

Those monsters were too ferocious. The smaller ones were alright; they could hold on for a while.

However, those who were larger than humanoid were stronger than them.

Not to mention the enormous creature overhead, whose size blotted out the sky, whose pressure on them was equivalent to that of a supreme expert!
A group of exceptionally talented individuals, who were competing not long ago, have suddenly begun to work together.

They pulled out their best supplies in an attempt to buy time until rescue arrived.

During this process, people were constantly injured and some died.

Only six of them remained...

Zhu Wen has finally arrived.

"Someone died?"

Following the direction these people pointed, Zhu Wen saw the corpse lying next to him.

Some were still whole, while others were mangled beyond recognition, as if they had been torn apart and gnawed.

Zhu Wen immediately understood:

"Did those monsters eat it?"

The survivors nodded silently.

Zhu Wen didn't say anything, but counted the dead players.

"There are eight people here. Where are the eleven people?"

The contestants looked at each other, then shared the information they knew.

They fled here; not all of them died here.

Seven more people died during the incident, but their bodies could not be found.

In other words, there are four people who are not here.

"Lord Zhu Wen, your son Chu Yi isn't here either. He got separated from us while fighting monsters on the way!"

One of the survivors told Zhu Wen this information.

In addition, Lu Xiu, Lu Zhuangzhuang, and an unknown contestant are not here.

Zhu Wen nodded to indicate that he understood.
"I'll go find them; you all leave here first."

These people stood guard near the entrance to the secret realm, hoping that anyone entering would spot them immediately.

They probably didn't expect that Zhu Wen and Jing Lingchun would choose another spot and tear through space to slip inside.

That location was just a little distance from the original entrance to the secret realm.

That's why Zhu Wen and Jing Lingchun were unable to find the person immediately.

Now, Zhu Wen decided to tear open the crack along the direction of the entrance to the secret realm.

It had been opened once before, so Zhu Wen didn't have to expend much effort to reopen the entrance to the secret realm.

A group of surviving contestants were moved to tears. They hurriedly left the secret realm with the corpses and remains, bowing deeply to Zhu Wen before leaving to thank her for saving their lives.

Zhu Wen waved his hand dismissively, and then prepared to search for Chu Yi's whereabouts.

To be honest, she wasn't too worried.

Chu Yi's strength is definitely much greater than it appears on the surface. Even Zhu Wen couldn't quite grasp its limits, so there's nothing to worry about with such power.

Zhu Wen was simply curious about the origin of this incident and what those monsters flying in the sky actually were.

She flew with great interest in the direction those people had pointed out, wanting to find out the source of these monsters.

As I approached, I overheard two people arguing.

"...I never imagined it would develop like this!"

"So many people have died, and you can just say you didn't know?"

"Then what do you want me to do? Just commit suicide to atone for these people?"

"I suggest you think carefully about how you're going to deal with other people's anger once you get out of here!"

"I already said, I didn't do it!"

"..."

Lu Zhuangzhuang's desperate screams echoed in the ruins of the secret realm.

The person facing her was Lu Xiu, Lu Zhuangzhuang's cousin.

Zhu Wen had heard Ming Miao say that the two of them should have a good relationship and get along quite well.

But why are we arguing like this now?
Zhu Wen watched the commotion from the sidelines, not in a hurry to go out.

However, she didn't hide for long.

Another monster jumped out of the crater, its size larger than Lu Xiu and Lu Zhuangzhuang combined.

The brother and sister fought back fiercely for a while, and it looked like the monster was about to bite Lu Zhuangzhuang's chest.

Suddenly, Zhu Wen's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.

By the time she realized what was happening, she had already killed the monster.

Panting, Lu Xiu helped the still-shaken Lu Zhuangzhuang up and looked in the direction of Zhu Wen.

Upon seeing that it was her, he was instinctively overjoyed:
"Your Excellency Zhu Wen!"

But then she remembered that Zhu Wen and Ming Miao were companions and had previously been quite hostile towards the Lu family.

So that bit of joy quickly faded, replaced by a calm acceptance of life and death.

Zhu Wen was very curious: was this calmness a genuine understanding or a feigned one?
Just then, Jing Lingchun appeared.

"Fellow."

He called out "Zhu Wen" before he saw Lu Zhuangzhuang and Lu Xiu.

Zhu Wen then explained that he had just encountered a group of survivors and had already sent them out.

Only then did Jing Lingchun learn that 15 out of the 25 contestants had died.

More than half of them died, which was definitely a major mistake by Reflection Peak.

To be precise, it was Jing Lingchun's mistake.

Because he was the one who prepared this secret realm in the first place.

Jing Lingchun was extremely annoyed. Disregarding his status as a peak Mahayana cultivator, he apologized to Lu Zhuangzhuang and Lu Xiu.

The brother and sister said it was nothing, but what they were really thinking was only known to themselves.

After all, this matter involves life and death, and no one can easily say that they don't care.

The scene became somewhat quiet and solemn for a moment.

Zhu Wen simply asked:

"So what is this?"

Jing Lingchun, who has lived long enough, was indeed not entirely unaware of the situation.

He frowned, his face grim.

"If I remember correctly, these things are ghosts."

"A ghost?"

Jing Lingchun nodded, and then slowly began to introduce himself.

The so-called Netherworld Ghosts are monsters born from the resentment of the strongest warriors on the battlefields they left behind. They are born without intelligence and only possess animalistic instincts.

Moreover, ghosts devour everything around them to fill the emptiness in their hearts; this is the only thing they do from the moment they are born into this world.

"So, this little secret realm was originally a battlefield?"