The Demon King is back, leading adorable kids on an adventure around the world!

As Luo Tian's voice echoed in everyone's minds, Nian Nian was sitting by the campfire roasting a piece of snake meat.

"Go to the largest secret realm. Leave the smaller ones for the sect disciples to use for future training."

Once the spiritual energy recovers, even more ancient secret realms will emerge underground. We can look for them then.

Luo Tian paused for a moment in his telepathic transmission.

"I'll tell you how to open the secret realm: just find the weak points in the array and destroy a few of the array bases."

Niannian put the meat down and looked around.

"Dad said we should go to the biggest secret realm."

Xiao Jin yawned: "We should have gone a long time ago. It's no fun fighting in these small secret realms."

No one else objected, and that night, after packing up, the group left the secret place.

After flying for nearly half a day in the direction Luo Tian indicated, they arrived at the foot of a giant mountain shrouded in thick fog.

The mountain rises high into the clouds, and mist flows between the mountainside and the summit, obscuring the top.

Niannian circled halfway around the foot of the mountain, then squatted down and reached out to probe the soil beneath a rock face.

My fingers touched a hidden base; the soil beneath was hard and textured, unlike natural rock.

She looked up and said, "Found it, this is the node."

Then she inserted the Taiyi Sword and pried it a few times, and a crack appeared in the array base. She then slashed the crack horizontally a few times, and stone chips flew everywhere, and the array base shattered completely.

After searching and destroying three more similar locations, the fog covering the entire mountain began to thin, revealing a huge hole in the mountainside.

The cave entrance was dark and gloomy, from which a cold wind carrying the smell of mud and blood surged out.

"Let's go." Niannian brushed the dirt off her hands and led the way inside.

This secret realm is completely different from the ones before.

The entrance was just an ordinary cave, but after walking for less than half an hour, it turned into a wide valley.

A hazy light could be seen overhead, like daytime on a cloudy day, and all around were thick, ancient trees covered with vines and moss.

There was a noticeable fluctuation of spiritual energy in the air, several times denser than outside.

The group had walked less than two miles when the ground began to shake, as if some huge creature was running in more than one direction.

Immediately afterwards, three boar-shaped monsters, each nearly three zhang in size, rushed out of the forest from different directions.

Its entire body was covered in dark red bristles, its fangs protruded, its eyes were red, and its cultivation level was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

They crashed directly into the crowd without testing the waters.

Xiao Jin was the first to step forward. He transformed into a half-dragon, his body covered in golden scales, and his hands turned into sharp claws. He blocked the charge of a wild boar and brought it to a stop.

Ye Qianxue and Li Mengmeng each faced one of the opponents, unleashing the Ice Soul Sword and the sword formation simultaneously, attacking from both sides.

Niannian looked around but didn't make a move, standing at the back to keep watch.

Although the three wild boars were fierce, their peak Nascent Soul cultivation level couldn't withstand them for long against the group.

Before an incense stick could burn, the first head had its neck torn open by Xiao Jin, the second head was pierced through the heart by Ye Qianxue's sword, and the third head was strangled by Li Mengmeng's sword formation.

However, the commotion was too great, and seven or eight more wild boars of the same kind sprang out of the forest, two of which had already reached the early stage of the Void Refinement realm.

"Is this ever going to end?" Xiao Jin shook the blood off his hands and rushed forward again.

The fight lasted for nearly half an hour. After the wild boar was killed, the forest was quiet for a moment, but something else was approaching in the distance.

This time, a group of gray-black bird-like monsters with wingspans exceeding two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) arrived, circling above the valley.

Each of them possessed cultivation levels ranging from Nascent Soul to Void Refinement, with the leader being the largest, boasting a wingspan of nearly four zhang and an aura approaching the mid-stage of Void Refinement.

They flew around overhead a few times before swooping down, their claws and beaks striking simultaneously.

Qianqian took a step forward and raised her hand to unleash an illusion.

The silvery-white light spread instantly, and the lead gray bird was stunned for a moment. It veered off course in the air and bumped into another bird next to it.

However, illusions cannot last long and can only cause brief disruptions.

Niannian and Ye Qianxue took off on their swords to intercept them, but Xiao Jin transformed, jumped up, grabbed a wing, and pulled it down.

Luo Qiqi picked up a rock from the ground and threw it into the air with astonishing force.

It smashed a gray bird so hard that its wing broke, and the bird tumbled and fell crookedly into the woods.

During the intervals, Qianqian maintained the aura of illusion, keeping the birds' attack rhythm constantly disrupted.

By the time they finally shot down the leading gray bird, the two martial arts students with the lowest cultivation levels in the team were already sitting on the ground panting, and the others were also quite exhausted.

Xiao Xiao ran over to check on the condition of the group, confirmed that no one was seriously injured, and then performed a superficial healing spell on each of them.

"Let's rest for half an hour before we go."

Niannian looked around and chose a spot against the rock wall for everyone to stand.

Luo Qiqi sat on the rock, her face a little pale, but she still looked quite energetic.

Qianqian stood beside her, resting with her eyes closed, a faint white light emanating from her fingertips.

Xiao Xiao leaned against the stone wall and drank a few sips of water, looking more tired than someone who had been fighting.

Healing techniques aren't used for nothing. Using them once or twice is fine, but using them repeatedly can be quite taxing.

While we were resting, something approached us again in the woods.

This time it was a group of green-skinned lizards, not very big, but extremely fast.

They dart out of the bushes and bite people's ankles. Their cultivation levels are all between the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, so they are not considered a major threat, but their sheer numbers make up for it.

Xiao Jin cursed and jumped up to stomp several more to death. It took a lot of effort for everyone to clean it up.

For the next few hours, the troops fought as they marched.

The monsters they encountered were of various kinds, including unicorns that looked like rhinoceroses, swarms of dark red bats, and a giant python coiled in the valley with a cultivation level close to the peak of the Void Refinement stage.

After each match, Xiao Xiao would treat the injured player.

The green light in her palm started as thin as a finger, but later it could cover the wounds of two or three people, greatly speeding up the healing process.

She herself didn't realize it, but after each treatment, the Tree of Life inside her seemed to grow a little thicker.

The sky remained a hazy, grayish white, obscuring the passage of time.

The team faced their toughest battle when they encountered the giant python at the peak of the Void Refinement stage in the valley.

Pythons have thick skin, potent venom, and can whip their tails very fast.

Ye Qianxue's shoulder was hit, causing a crack in her bone, and she almost dropped the Ice Soul Sword.

Xiao Xiao pulled her down to treat her for half a cup of tea before reconnecting her.

Finally, Xiao Jin and Niannian attacked from both sides. Xiao Jin transformed into a semi-dragon to suppress the giant python's tail, while Niannian stabbed the python in the jaw with her sword, finally killing it.

"This place is never going to end."

Xiao Jin transformed back into human form and leaned against a rock, panting.

"So far, they've all been below the Void Refinement stage; I haven't seen a single one at the Integration stage."

Niannian squatted by the stream washing her hands: "The ones that are in the middle are in the back."

She looked up at the end of the valley, lost in thought.

The group continued deeper into the valley, and after walking for about two more hours, the terrain began to change. The valley narrowed, the stone walls on both sides became higher and higher, and the ground changed from soil to gravel.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the air had clearly increased to a new level, but it was also accompanied by an even stronger smell of blood.

It didn't come from nearby, but drifted over from a very far place.

Three demonic beasts appeared ahead of the road, squatting on the gravel ground. Their size was not too exaggerated, but their auras were all at the early stage of the Fusion Realm.

They watched the procession enter, not moving immediately, but simply staring, as if waiting for them to get closer.

Niannian slowed her pace and raised her hand to signal the group to stop.

"A Nascent Soul stage demon beast has arrived," she whispered, gripping the Taiyi Sword tightly.

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