Chapter 82: What Do You Mean You Threw Up? (Second Update)

Inside the Secret Realm.

Xiao Fan was entangled in combat with two Tongxuan Grass Fiends.

He was extremely annoyed.

Just now, he had hidden in the shadows and ambushed one Tongxuan Grass Fiend, subduing it in order to seize its spirit.

But just as he was about to succeed, an accident happened—another Tongxuan Grass Fiend had actually climbed up from beneath the cliff and directly interrupted him.

The Tongxuan Grass Fiend whose spirit he was about to seize also resisted fiercely, nearly causing him to suffer a great loss.

Damn it! Xiao Fan fought while retreating, constantly observing his surroundings, searching for suitable terrain.

Because he would need these two Tongxuan Grass Fiends to help him later, he didn't want to hurt them, so his sword moves leaned toward defense.

Swish! A flash of edge-light—Xiao Fan's left sleeve was sliced open with a gash.

As the saying goes, prolonged defense inevitably leads to a lapse.

Even though his personal ability surpassed these Tongxuan Grass Fiends, facing their ceaseless offensive without counterattacking would still leave openings for them to exploit.

Damn it!

Immediately, no longer caring whether he would hurt the Tongxuan Grass Fiends, he began to counterattack.

Clang! Clang! One Tongxuan Grass Fiend's both arms were severed—it was directly dismembered.

Xiao Fan sidestepped, dodging the other Tongxuan Grass Fiend's attack, then raised his hand and pressed it onto the head of the one he had dismembered.

The *Mu Ling Yang Wu Jing* activated! Because it had suffered grievous wounds, the spirit-seizing process went extraordinarily smoothly—the dim purple eyes quickly faded, and in the blink of an eye, two rays of multicolored light lit up within them.

Spirit-seizing successful!

Block it! Xiao Fan commanded in his heart.

The Tongxuan Grass Fiend whose spirit he had successfully seized immediately rose; although it had lost both arms, it still used its body to ram forward.

Seeing its companion charging at it, the low-intelligence Tongxuan Grass Fiend couldn't comprehend what was happening at all—it was utterly at a loss.

Seizing this chance, Xiao Fan swung his sword from the side.

Clang! He cut it clean in two at the waist, then his other hand swiftly pressed onto its head, seizing its spirit just as before.

Another surge of abundant spirit.

He could feel his own spirit continuously growing stronger; both body and mind were utterly at ease.

But along with the pleasure, there was also a feeling of being "stuffed to the brim."

"I've reached the limit," Xiao Fan realized inwardly.

With his realm at the ninth layer of Qi Refining and the *Mu Ling Yang Wu Jing* only at its introductory level, absorbing the spirits of three Tongxuan Grass Fiends was the limit.

The spiritual power within his spirit sea seemed about to begin transforming, but it was suppressed by a strange force.

Inside the Secret Realm, the highest one could cultivate was the ninth layer of Qi Refining.

But his foundation was already sufficient—once he left the Secret Realm, the spirits of the three Tongxuan Grass Fiends could serve a function similar to "Heavenly Earth Marvel's Divine Essence," helping him achieve a Heaven-Formed Dao Foundation.

"Then next…"

Xiao Fan looked at the two Tongxuan Grass Fiends whose spirits he had seized—one had lost both arms, the other had lost its lower half entirely.

Can they still be reattached?

The moment this thought surfaced in his mind, he saw the two blade-like arms he had severed earlier shrink into two Tongxuan Grass leaves, and the lower half of the body also transformed into half a Tongxuan Grass plant.

"……"

Well then, no need to think about it at all this time.

The two Tongxuan Grass Fiends looked up at him, their multicolored eyes seemingly filled with bewilderment.

Xiao Fan fell silent.

Can these two things, missing arms and legs, actually help him in the trials to come?

After hesitating for a few seconds, he still decided to bring them along.

"Fine, you carry it on your back, follow me for now."

Having them was better than nothing; worst case, he'd have them draw fire later, serve as meat shields pushed to the front.

It was just a pity about the spirits to come—such opportunities to harvest spirits were exceedingly rare.

Just as he was thinking this, before he had walked more than a few steps, Xiao Fan's expression suddenly changed drastically.

The spirit… was draining away!

No, wait! After carefully sensing it, he realized this wasn't draining—it was being stored.

Xiao Fan gently touched between his brows; he could feel that the extra spirit was stored right there.

Why was this? "From antiquity to now, my Dao eternal!"

Just as before, but this time the voice was incomparably clear, ancient and solemn, as if transmitted from primordial times.

Before his eyes, it seemed as if a scene of the heavens and earth first opening appeared—in the boundless chaos, a towering, vast divine being sat quietly, eyes bright as glazed glass, flowing with seven-colored radiant light.

"It's Senior Huo…"

Could it be… that this was Senior Huo's care for him? Yes! It must be so!

Perhaps because of that voice, Xiao Fan convinced himself with extraordinary ease.

"Since spirit can be stored, why don't I build an army composed of these monsters?" he murmured.

If so, he wouldn't even need to approach other trial-takers—just commanding the Tongxuan Grass Fiends would be enough to pile them to death! However, Xiao Fan didn't notice that, at some unknown point, his eyes had already been tinged with a thin layer of seven-colored light.

…………

An hour and a half later.

The number of people remaining in the Secret Realm was no more than a hundred.

Most had died at the hands of Tongxuan Grass Fiends; only a very small number had been defeated by other trial-takers.

Tongxuan Grass Fiends, whose strength was equivalent to the ninth layer of Qi Refining and who also knew sword techniques—as long as two worked together, they were enough to pose a threat to ordinary trial-takers.

At the edge of a certain canyon, a dust-covered hand suddenly reached out and gripped the edge of the dark-red cliff face.

It seemed someone was climbing up from below.

On closer look, one could see that although the hand was covered in dust, the flesh and bones were even, slender and long — clearly a woman's hand.

Soon, a human figure struggled up over the edge.

"Hoo~"

Letting out a long breath, Jiang Yujiu lay flat on her back at the cliff's edge, like a salted fish.

Finally climbed up! After resting for a good while, she slowly got up and turned her head to glance down into the canyon.

"Shit! That idiot from the Supreme Dao Sect has a screw loose in his head!"

Thinking of what had just happened, Jiang Yujiu couldn't help cursing out loud.

She had already climbed quite high, but that idiot from the Supreme Dao Sect let out a great roar that startled her into losing her grip, and she fell straight down.

On top of that, Yang Lin had used an overdraft-type secret art, moving at extreme speed, and somehow closed to within twenty meters of her.

And so, she was forced into the combat space just like that.

No choice then — she could only fight.

But to be fair, that idiot from the Supreme Dao Sect really was formidable. After being besieged by a horde of monsters for so long, his spiritual power was already mostly spent, yet trading blows with him still put her at a disadvantage.

His Bean-Scattering Soldiers technique, paired with that wildly ferocious thunder magic, was simply harder to deal with than the law cultivators from the second trial.

But if it were only that, it still wouldn't have been enough to break Jiang Yujiu's composure.

After trading blows with that Supreme Dao Sect idiot for a while, unable to settle the fight quickly, Jiang Yujiu used her signature skill — her charm technique.

Of course, she didn't expect to actually bewitch him; she only hoped it would serve as a distraction.

However…

But that Supreme Dao Sect idiot… that idiot actually threw up at the sight of her charm technique!

Yes! He threw up!

It would've been fine if you were just unmoved!

He actually threw up?!!!

The image was seared into Jiang Yujiu's memory — his eyes back then looked as if he had seen something utterly revolting.

Damn it!

Sure, she might not be an unmatched beauty, but she was still a gorgeous, alluring great beauty, damn it! What the hell was that vomit supposed to mean! Jiang Yujiu was both aggrieved and furious.

Fortunately, that idiot ultimately ran out of spiritual power and died at her hands.

Damn!

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