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Su Mu's gaze swept indifferently over the crowd below, his expression extremely cold. With a casual wave of his hand, the formation that had trapped them dissipated with a bang.

"Alright, tell me what happened. When I arrived just now, I clearly heard the words 'secret realm ruins.' You'd better not try anything funny."

The green-robed female cultivator gave a bitter smile, knowing that she could no longer hide it, and had no choice but to lower her head and tell the whole story.

"Two months ago, when Elder Deng of my sect was hunting a level-five demon beast, the Poisonous Leech, in the open sea, he witnessed it flee into the entrance of a hidden ruin. Elder Deng dared not trespass, so he immediately returned to the sect and reported the matter."

At this point, a deep bitterness and fear welled up in her eyes.

"The sect immediately dispatched the sect leader, along with two Core Formation elders and our elite disciples, to investigate. Unexpectedly, upon entering the ruins, we encountered more than ten Level 5 Poisonous Leeches lurking inside."

Recalling that bloody scene, her voice trembled slightly.

"We were caught off guard. The sect leader died on the spot, Elder Deng was surrounded and killed by demonic beasts and dismembered, and my master was forced to self-destruct his golden core in order to barely trigger the restrictions of the ruins."

The moment the barrier was activated, the ruins were fully revealed, triggering a chaotic battle among the demons. We barely escaped, only to find ourselves caught in a small beast tide caused by the ruins themselves.

Upon hearing this, Su Mu's eyes flickered slightly.

Although these poisonous leeches have a gregarious nature, they are usually a level 5 leech that leads a group of low-level monsters. How could there be more than a dozen level 5 leeches appearing together?

Moreover, according to what the other party said, the ruins had already been revealed, and there must be many demonic beasts gathered there now. With this thought in mind, he had already decided to go and explore.

Tell me where those ruins are.

The green-robed female cultivator dared not delay, and quickly took out a sea chart, carefully marked a sea area, and respectfully handed it over.

"It's right here. But now it's become a dangerous place, with a large number of high-level demonic beasts gathering there."

Su Mu glanced at it and saw that the sea area was not far from here, and he had already made up his mind.

"Alright, you'd better leave now. I don't have time for you!"

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this, and they looked at each other in bewilderment, none of them daring to make a move.

Finally, the green-robed female cultivator cautiously glanced at Su Mu, cupped her hands, and asked softly, "Senior...do you really intend to let us leave?"

Su Mu gave a cold laugh.

"What, do you still want to stay by my side? I have no interest in you."

The cultivators were overjoyed and immediately bowed in unison.

"We will never forget your great kindness, senior! We hope you will take good care of yourself!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the group didn't even dare to breathe loudly. They hurriedly activated their magical artifacts and fled in panic towards Nanli Island.

Watching the hurried departure of the crowd, Su Mu shook his head helplessly, then leaped into the air and sped towards the ruins.

Two days later.

Su Mu stopped his escape light above a sea area, and slowly spread his divine sense. In an instant, he discovered that a large number of demonic beasts had gathered here, and the spiritual energy and demonic power under the water were intertwined and surging, which was extremely dense.

Just as he was about to sneak in to investigate, a strange movement suddenly came from his storage ring. Su Mu's heart stirred slightly, and a broken silver plaque instantly appeared in his palm, now gleaming with a faint silver light and trembling slightly.

"It's this?"

He found this broken plaque casually among the ruins of the Inner Sea, and it was there that he obtained the Jade Soul Mushroom and the Netherworld Dust Insect.

"Oh, right, there's also a sword sheath."

With a thought, he took the ancient scabbard from his world ring. Unlike the silver plaque, the scabbard remained unchanged, completely unremarkable.

"Um?"

However, Su Mu quickly noticed something was wrong. He clearly remembered that Hu Yue had left a mark on the scabbard, but now the scabbard was smooth and clean, without any trace.

"interesting..."

Su Mu channeled his magic power, leaving another mark on the scabbard before tossing it back into his world ring, intending to see later whether it would regenerate on its own.

He put away the silver plaque, held the monkey talisman in his hand, and with a flicker, transformed into a level five thousand-eyed demon, exuding a pure demonic aura, and plunged into the vast sea.

After entering the water, Su Mu took a short time to adjust. Although this monkey talisman could transform into the form of a demon beast, it could only change the appearance and could not inherit the opponent's supernatural powers.

He controlled the demonic body with a sense of unfamiliarity and awkwardness. After calming his mind, he dived into the depths of the sea.

The deeper they descended, the denser the high-level demonic beasts became. They saw as many as seven along the way. Demonic beasts were constantly fighting all around, and a fierce aura permeated the air as they vied for territory and resources.

Upon reaching the seabed, a scene of ruins came into view. Judging from the traces, the ruins here had not been destroyed for long, and the spiritual veins below were pure and full of spiritual energy, which explained why it attracted a group of demons to dwell there.

Su Mu wandered among the dilapidated buildings, but found no valuable treasures, nor did he find the source that could trigger the silver broken token.

"The ruins here are not large, and we don't know what they contain."

He quickly swam to the center of the ruins and found that it was much smaller than the ruins in the inner sea.

At this moment, in the very center of the ruins, more than ten level-five venomous leeches were tightly wrapped around a black alchemy furnace, their ferocious glints gleaming.

Around the alchemy furnace, several high-level demonic beasts lay lazily and contentedly, as if they had just devoured some highly nourishing substance, their expressions satisfied.

Su Mu was quite curious and secretly wondered what kind of opportunity these demonic beasts had obtained.

But as soon as he approached the black alchemy furnace, the dozen or so level-five poisonous leeches immediately let out sharp hisses, their cold vertical pupils locking onto him, filled with undisguised threat.

Unwilling to provoke a riot among the demons, Su Mu controlled the Thousand-Eyed Demon Body to slowly retreat, deciding to first thoroughly search the surrounding area.

Seeing him leave, the dozen or so level-five poisonous leeches temporarily restrained their ferocity and once again lingered and guarded the black alchemy furnace.

Su Mu searched the rest of the ruins for a long time, scouring almost the entire area, but found not a single decent treasure. It seemed that even if some spiritual materials remained, they had probably been devoured by the demonic beasts that had moved in earlier.

Left with no other choice, he had to return to the central area. He quickly considered his options and decided that he should first transform into a form similar to the venomous leech and take the opportunity to infiltrate the group of monsters to find out what was going on.

Just then, a thousand-eyed demon noticed Su Mu's presence. Upon seeing its own kind, it let out an excited roar, quickly pounced on Su Mu, and flapped its shell repeatedly, showing unusual enthusiasm.

Su Mu was taken aback at first, but his face darkened as he realized that this was actually a proposal to him.

He quickly escaped, intending to try again in a different monster form.

But the Thousand-Eyed Demon persisted, its body shimmering with red light, and its roars grew increasingly fierce, instantly attracting the attention of all the surrounding demons.

"Fine, let's finish this quickly!"

Feeling frustrated, Su Mu's figure flickered, and his Thousand-Eyed Demon form instantly vanished, transforming back into human form.

Before the Thousand-Eyed Demon could react, Su Mu raised his hand and threw out several array flags, instantly setting up a layer of restrictions to seal off the surrounding area.

He then summoned the White Bone Demon Banner, and a gust of yin wind rose up, instantly spreading the White Bone Yin Sha Formation, with black mist filling the air.

"Come, all of you, into my banner!"