Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

"That piece of trash Chen Zhuofei, he clearly defeated the extraterrestrial demon, but when he was counting the spoils of war, he lost an arm. It's hilarious."

"Join forces with cultivators from other sects within the secret realm?"

"What a joke! Those good-for-nothings aren't even qualified to be cannon fodder. Teaming up with them would only be a burden."

Xu Lingyue's face was full of arrogance. He glanced at the corpse at his feet, and then his whole body glowed with a blue light as he flew away into the distance.

As the number one strongest disciple of the Burning Heaven Palace this year, his strength surpasses that of Chen Zhuofei. Even among the thousands of cultivators participating in the Blood Trial, he is one of the best. Therefore, he has the right to be proud and doesn't take the so-called joint proposal seriously at all.

On the contrary, this intelligence piqued his interest.

Others might fear extraterrestrial demons like tigers, but as long as they are at the Qi Refining level, Xu Lingyue is not afraid at all.

They even desperately wanted to fight the other side.

So this arrogant fellow, after flying a distance, actually stopped his escape light and hovered in mid-air. The spiritual light emanating from his body became more and more dazzling, and could be clearly seen for miles around.

Then this guy exhaled loudly, leaned back slightly, and then suddenly lunged forward, letting out a loud roar: "Xu Lingyue of the Burning Heaven Palace is here! Extraterrestrial demons, do you dare to fight?"

He roared three times in a row, the sound echoing through the mountains. Xu Lingyue felt a surge of relief, but when he looked around, all was quiet and there was no sound at all.

A smirk curled at the corners of his mouth, revealing a hint of arrogant disdain: "Hmph, so the so-called extraterrestrial demons are nothing but a bunch of cowardly bullies."

……

Xu Lingyue was unaware that in the grove of trees not far to his lower left, a faint, almost invisible light barrier was blocking his senses.

There was a man and a woman in the light screen.

The man was in his early twenties and quite handsome, but he had a humble expression on his face, bowing and scraping. He didn't even dare to look directly at the woman standing in front of him when he spoke.

The girl looked even younger, with a slender figure and beautiful features. She had a smiling expression on her face and looked at Xu Lingyue's figure in the sky as if she were looking at an idiot.

Fairy Yaoguang!

"Tsk tsk, so arrogant, deliberately exposing his presence in mid-air to issue a challenge."

"On the surface, it seems to be targeting us extraterrestrial demons."

As the woman spoke, a strange expression appeared on her face. These cultivators from the trash realm actually slandered her and her kind as extraterrestrial demons.

However, Fairy Yaoguang did not dwell on this issue. After only a slight pause, she continued, "But in reality, this is almost like deliberately putting oneself in danger."

"After all, all cultivators who enter this secret realm, even those from the same sect, are in competition. Is he really not afraid of becoming the target of everyone's criticism?"

"You may not know, my fairy." Yu Jinfeng's expression was also somewhat speechless, then he changed to a humble expression: "This guy is named Xu Lingyue. He is the strongest among the young cultivators of the Burning Heaven Palace. It is said that he not only has an earth spirit root, but also possesses a strange spiritual body. Therefore, this guy not only cultivates rapidly, but also has explosive combat power. He has always been arrogant and doesn't take anyone seriously."

"Oh, so he's the strongest person from your Azure Sky Cultivation World to enter the Crimson Trial Realm this time?"

"I wouldn't dare say who is the strongest. After all, there are more than a dozen sects and families participating in this trial, especially the five major sects, all of which have outstanding talents. It's hard to tell who is the strongest."

"But Xu Lingyue is definitely a strong contender for the title of the strongest."

As Yu Jinfeng said this, a hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

Although he came from the Lingyun Sect, he was no match for that guy in terms of status or strength. Now he had been captured by the extraterrestrial demons and had a restriction placed on him. Under these circumstances, he was naturally even more unhappy with Xu Lingyue, who was free and arrogant.

So he suggested, "Fairy, this guy is an important figure in the Burning Heaven Palace, and is highly regarded within the sect. If you are confident you can take him down..."

Fairy Yaoguang smiled: "Little one, if you're smart, just do your job properly and don't play those little tricks."

"How dare you try to provoke me?"

Yu Jinfeng's expression changed drastically, and he immediately knelt down to beg for mercy. However, Fairy Yaoguang did not care at all: "I was just telling you not to try to be clever. Even if you don't sow discord, I will not let this arrogant and reckless fellow go."

As Fairy Yaoguang spoke, she slowly walked out of the light screen, but there was one thing she didn't say to Yu Jinfeng.

During my university years, I was a top student. Not only did I excel in cultivating immortality, but I also minored in some general subjects, such as psychology, which earned me a master's degree.

This kind of genuine talent and systematic learning is far superior to the quantum-style indoctrination method of stuffing a few psychology textbooks into your head.

The former is similar to rote memorization, while the latter represents a genuine grasp of psychological knowledge.

So even though she couldn't read minds, Yu Jingfeng's little schemes were as clear as day to Fairy Yaoguang.

As the saying goes, don't show off, or you'll get struck by lightning.

Xu Lingyue had no idea what kind of terrifying opponent his momentary arrogance would attract, or what kind of tragic end he would face.

……

Now let's talk about the other side.

In other locations within the secret realm, all the surviving cultivators of the Burning Heaven Palace received a group notification and message from Chen Zhuofei via their identity tokens.

Not everyone is as indifferent as Xu Lingyue.

On the contrary, most people take this news very seriously.

……

"An extraterrestrial demon?"

This was a desolate place. An ordinary-looking disciple of the Burning Heaven Palace frowned deeply as he looked at the information displayed on his identity token: "Damn it! Before we came in, the elders said that the Blood Trials had encountered attacks from Heavenly Demons before, but generally speaking, the possibility was not high. I didn't expect to actually encounter one!"

"Even Senior Brother Chen suffered a great loss. The Heavenly Demon's methods are indeed strange. I must be more careful from now on."

……

Beside a river.

Two groups of monks are currently engaged in battle.

There were only three on one side, while there were more than a dozen on the other side.

Strangely, the side with fewer people not only wasn't chased and attacked, but gradually gained the upper hand as time went on.

Suddenly, the leader of the three shouted for them to stop.

The dozen or so cultivators had long been unable to hold out, so they were naturally delighted that the other side was willing to give up. Maintaining a vigilant posture, both sides temporarily chose to cease fire.

The leader of the three cultivators looked extremely grim. After a slight hesitation, he actually threw the token representing his identity towards the other side.