He began his journey to becoming a true immortal by causing others to fail their tribulations.

In the deep, unknown passage, Xun Yan raised his hand to retrieve his flying sword and came to the side of a ferocious spider beast.

He lightly kicked the spider-beast's corpse, then asked, "Senior Sister Xiao, this is indeed a ferocious beast. Has anything like this happened before?"

Xiao Meng shook her head and said, "No. Only we have been able to enter the secret realm, but the ferocious beasts inside have been unable to leave."

The sect had conducted experiments, whether using teleportation or luring ferocious beasts to the secret realm rift.

Whether it's a high-level ferocious beast or they're given layers of protection,

During their teleportation, they are all torn apart by some unknown and powerful force, leaving not only their physical bodies but also their souls behind.

But ferocious beasts have appeared here... Could there be some special secret realm ahead?

Xun Yan flipped his wrist and took out dozens of short swords from his spatial ring, all of which were low-grade magic weapons.

After infusing them with spiritual power to complete the recognition of their master, Xun Yan raised his hand, and dozens of short swords pierced into the corpse of the ferocious spider.

Seeing this, Xiao Meng asked curiously, "Junior Brother Xun, what are you doing? Finishing off the enemy? You're really cautious."

Xun Yan said as he quickened his pace:

"It was indeed a last-hit, but besides that, it was mainly about being prepared for the worst."

I'm worried that if the scorpion-tailed tiger successfully completes its tribulation and comes after us, it will definitely find the spider beast's corpse.

Third-tier demonic beasts are indeed more powerful, but their intelligence is still relatively low. After undergoing its tribulation, it was starving and saw so much food...

There's a high probability they'll feast; the short sword is small, and when not activated, it's essentially an inanimate object.

Even if the scorpion-tailed tiger discovered them, it wouldn't take them seriously; it wouldn't need to devour all the daggers.

"Once I consume a portion of them, I can activate their powerful commotion inside the scorpion-tailed tiger's belly, creating as many advantages for us as possible."

After hearing Xun Yan's explanation, Xiao Meng was a little surprised and said:

"Junior Brother Xun, I didn't expect you to be not only cautious, but also cunning... um... clever!"

You mean insidious, right?

After internally complaining, Xun Yan spoke:

"Senior Sister Xiao, you mentioned before that there were unusual occurrences in the Star Moon Great Forest, with some higher-level demonic beasts venturing to the outer areas."

Do you think it's possible that it's because of these ferocious beasts? Perhaps their territory was taken over by them, or maybe they were trying to escape even higher-level beasts?

After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Meng said:

"That's possible, but this has never happened before, and we can't yet determine how many ferocious beasts have escaped."

How high their level of cultivation is remains unknown. It's best to obtain more information to help us make the right decisions.

Xun Yan nodded and said, "Senior Sister is right."

As the two continued their advance, they encountered spider-like beasts from time to time. Fortunately, there weren't many of them, and they were all at the Qi Refining stage.

Even without Xiao Meng's intervention, Xun Yan could easily deal with these spider-like beasts.

After traveling for about ten miles, the two saw a rift in a secret realm.

This secret realm rift is over ten meters high and several meters wide, floating in mid-air and emitting a pale purple light.

Looking through the crack in the secret realm, all one could see was desolation.

The two arrived at just the right time, just in time to see several ferocious spider beasts crawling out of the crack in the secret realm.

Judging from their movements and speed, they seem to be avoiding some kind of danger.

However, after crawling out of the secret realm rift, these ferocious spider beasts were completely driven by their vicious instincts and pounced on Xun Yan and Xiao Meng.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xun Yan directly used his flying sword to eliminate the spider-like beasts.

Xiao Meng then took out a recording stone to record the entire process.

"Junior Brother Xun, it seems this is the culprit behind the anomalies. Should we continue investigating?" Xiao Meng asked.

Xun Yan did not answer immediately, but instead carefully observed the crack in the secret realm.

After a moment, Xun Yan finally spoke:

"Senior Sister Xiao, I feel that the aura of this secret realm rift is very similar to that of the Thunderous Secret Realm. Even if it's not, the level of danger should be about the same."

The creature that appeared from that secret realm rift possessed combat power no less than that of a Golden Core cultivator, and coupled with the ferocious beast's physique...

If we encounter such a situation, the odds are likely against us, unless we have some trump card for escaping.

Xiao Meng said, "I have a teleportation jade token given to me by my master. If activated, I can teleport you directly back to the sect."

The reason why the Misty Sect previously distributed teleportation jade tokens to its outer disciples was due to specific circumstances, which is why they were willing to spend so much money.

However, under normal circumstances, unless one is an important figure within the sect, or a disciple of the sect leader or peak master, it is not easy to obtain a teleportation jade tablet.

Others who want it can only exchange it with contribution points, but not only is it not cheap, it is also not guaranteed that they can buy it.

After all, such a life-saving trump card is always in high demand and short supply.

"Senior Sister Xiao, are you a personal disciple of Peak Master Qin?" Xun Yan asked curiously.

Xiao Meng shook her head and said, "I am only Master's nominal disciple."

After saying this, Xiao Meng's mood was clearly a little down. Although she quickly recovered, Xun Yan could still feel it.

However, he pretended not to notice and directly changed the subject.

"Senior Sister Xiao, although you have the teleportation jade token given to you by Peak Master Qin, we could still feel a strange suction force when we were falling."

This force prevents us from flying; we're affected even before we've entered the secret realm, at such a great distance.

"So, if we enter the secret realm directly now, will the impact be even greater, to the point that the teleportation jade token will become invalid?"

Xiao Meng nodded upon hearing this:

"What you said is possible. Once a Nascent Soul cultivator sets up a barrier, they can seal off space, rendering most teleportation methods ineffective."

Although this secret realm does not have a clear division of realms, it is definitely inextricably linked to space.

I was prepared for death, but if I die without being able to send a message back, then my death would be utterly meaningless.

At this point, Xiao Meng paused for a moment before continuing:

"Junior Brother Xun, let's find another way to leave here. Let's take the message back first and let the sect send someone more powerful to investigate."

"Okay, Senior Sister Xiao..."

Before Xun Yan could finish speaking, the hairs on his body stood on end.

That familiar feeling of terror returned, and he turned to look at the crack in the secret realm, sensing that something was watching him from behind it.

Just as Xun Yan was about to retreat, another tiger's roar came.

As expected, the Scorpion-tailed Tiger gave chase, and judging from the fact that its scorpion tail had changed from one to two, it had indeed broken through to the third level, which is the Golden Core Realm!

"Junior Brother Xun, you go quickly! I'll hold it off!" As soon as Xiao Meng finished speaking, she transformed into a streak of fire and rushed towards the Scorpion-tailed Tiger.