Chapter 824: Binding the Birth System to Become a Life Winner Chapter 825: Xuanhuan World Passerby A (45)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Ready? Ready for what?

Fan Sheng's brain was still slow to react, and by the time he realized what Lu Yan actually meant, he was so shocked he nearly fainted again.

Fan Sheng:...

No one said he'd be targeted by this Pangran Giant!

Could it be that during his amnesia he did something unforgivable? Why did this Pangran Giant insist on catching him?

"Young Master Lu, Miss Shen."

Fan Sheng simply shouted while running—not really hoping Lu Yan and Shen Yao would save him, but reminding these two to stay away from him. Given his luck and the hatred he'd drawn, Fan Sheng found it hard to believe he could escape alive.

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow, fending off the jointed limbs constantly surrounding and slicing at her while remarking to Lu Yan that Fan Sheng still had a conscience—knowing his own odds of survival were slim, he still kindly reminded them to watch out for safety.

Lu Yan:...

"Perhaps he's also thinking of an acquaintance; besides, Fan Sheng is alone here, but outside there's still the Fan Family. Lian Tang City isn't just the Fan Family's foundation," Fan Sheng must be considering more, his purpose being to maximize benefits.

Shen Yao:...

That sounds rather realistic—no wonder he's fit to be Family Head? He's thinking too much.

The jointed limbs around them moved more flexibly than in the previous Illusion Realm, showing that direct management by the Leader was still very useful.

Because Lu Yan and Shen Yao were currently focusing on stalling, their attack intensity wasn't great; this parasitic mother body mainly focused its energy on capturing Fan Sheng and opposing the Xuan Yuan Clan and Sima Clan.

Most of the people who came over with Lu Yan and Shen Yao due to the Illusion Realm breaking were worse off—they were currently the weakest group in the Secret Realm and the main source of nourishment for the parasitic mother body.

The parasitic mother body didn't even deliberately target them; when it was hungry, a jointed limb would roll them up, equivalent to some daily snack.

These people, unable to resist, were nearly collapsing. They started running around everywhere, and those most affected were the Sima Clan and Xuan Yuan Clan—after all, these two groups had chased the evil demons in seeking immortality, and look now: not only did they not gain immortality, they ended up imprisoned themselves.

"Get away, all of you get away!"

The Sima Clan's Clan Head was so angry he wanted to use his long sword to chop everyone around him apart. Hmph! Useless trash! All they knew was to cause him trouble.

"Sir, what should we do?"

The Sima Clan's people began to have restricted movements, provoking the jointed limbs besieging them to become even more arrogant, almost wanting to dance those vine-like tentacles everywhere.

"Deal with the trouble at hand first, then take the opportunity to join forces with the Xuan Yuan Clan and break out," the Sima Clan's Clan Head, already realizing he'd been deceived, no longer had any thoughts of seeking immortality—whatever happened, they had to get out alive first.

The other Sima Clan members acknowledged receipt, but that was all it was—acknowledgment—because they simply couldn't handle these troubles at hand. Even because of others running around, their original defense line loosened, and the jointed limbs seized the opportunity to viciously attack their weakest parts, successfully rolling up Sima Clan members as an extra meal.

Sima Clan Clan Head:...

Too much! Too much!

The Sima Clan's Clan Head was furious to the extreme. His long sword not only chopped the jointed limbs but also chopped those who ran over seeking protection. Anyway, everyone who could come here had unspeakable purposes; he wouldn't feel he'd killed the wrong person, only regret that he couldn't free his hands and hadn't killed enough.

The Sima Clan's strength was still far above others, so this massacre could be called a one-sided crushing, even though they still had a common enemy.

"Tsk tsk tsk, see? This is the Human Race, always loving internal strife."

Simply internal strife experts. No wonder the Human Race always encounters various trials; even without trials, they'd create them themselves. After all, human nature is hard to change.

System:...

The System watched the bloody scent spreading. Although the place where the Sima Clan attacked was still some distance from them, how big was this Secret Realm anyway? Besides, the parasitic mother body pursued them relentlessly, their range of movement had long been enclosed, and sooner or later the bloody scent would spread to their side.

"Can't we just frame the Sima Clan to death in advance?" the System said huffing and puffing, then mentioned the Xuan Yuan Clan should be the same. These two families were evenly matched; if they really got out, they'd be two hard-to-eradicate toxic tumors.

"Frame to death? Easier said than done," Shen Yao said while also dodging the jointed limbs' encirclement and interception. Although she appeared leisurely, these jointed limbs had considerable killing power—just looking at those constantly being captured showed how capable the jointed limbs were.

"Better to hope we can get out first, then directly seal off the entire Secret Realm, close the Bronze Gate, and break the Array." By then the Sima Clan and Xuan Yuan Clan couldn't leave here, and with the parasitic mother body's abilities, these people would sooner or later become nourishment.

"Is that easy?" the System hesitated, wondering in its heart whether the Host had relevant skills. Apparently, she hadn't cultivated any, right?

"Those additives I put in the Array earlier—by the time, signs should appear." So, the later steps would be easy to achieve; what's most important right now is how to leave.

Speaking of this Secret Realm, where is the exit?

Exit?

"On that parasitic mother body," Lu Yan pointed out the difficulty of their leaving—or rather, it was no longer a difficulty, after all this parasitic mother body was much larger than the one outside the Secret Realm.

"The Bronze Gate is one-way passage—you can enter, but cannot exit."

Lu Yan knew this information thanks to the memory information left by his mother.

The Sima Clan and Xuan Yuan Clan fought while retreating, just wanting to rush to the Bronze Gate and return through it to the City Lord's Mansion in Jin Jue City.

Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that those who passed through the Bronze Gate back wouldn't be the City Lord's Mansion, but the parasitic mother body's Base Camp.

Shen Yao raised her hand and chopped off the jointed limbs besieging her. "We need to get close to the parasitic mother body."

Lu Yan grunted and nodded. At the same time, both of them experienced exhaustion and were attacked by the jointed limbs.

Fan Sheng was already seriously injured. He widened his eyes watching Lu Yan and Shen Yao exhausted, thinking to himself that this time they were truly finished. Could it be that all three of them would die here today?

Sigh

Only to blame himself for not restraining his greed. He had noticed the problem earlier, but his desire for power and immortality affected his rational judgment. Finally, he was tortured and controlled by the Illusion Realm, and along with it, several companions he'd met on the road also couldn't escape misfortune.

Right now Lu Yan and Shen Yao came in for him. No matter what, he couldn't betray this goodwill.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Sheng suddenly burst out, saving the two quickly before Lu Yan and Shen Yao were tied up by the jointed limbs.

Lu Yan and Shen Yao:...

They never expected that Fan Sheng, who was being targeted with full force by the parasitic mother body, could actually burst out his microcosm and save the two of them.

Although this was done deliberately by them, facing the time bomb Fan Sheng, the two certainly still spoke the truth.

They could only express their gratitude in words. The three formed a group to face the parasitic mother body.

Compared to the previous leisure, the current parasitic mother body appeared more irritable.

It kept pressuring the people before it, and struck even harder when it attacked.

Fan Sheng's body was still depleted; that last burst had nearly cost him half his life.

For the time being, only Lu Yan and Shen Yao struggling to support them kept the three from being caught by the jointed limbs.

But staying deadlocked like this was no solution. After a moment's thought, Fan Sheng said they should follow the group ahead—they might have a way.

"The people of the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan are not far from Jin Jue City; they might be forces of Jin Jue City," Fan Sheng said. Since he had not come through the Bronze Gate of the City Lord's Mansion, he did not know what was happening inside Jin Jue City.

But the people of the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan were more ostentatious, and with the internal power divisions of Jin Jue City, Fan Sheng still recognized these two clans.

The three began moving slowly toward the other side's position. Since the distance between the two sides was short, their movements could not be discerned for the moment.

"Sir, let's leave quickly," the following subordinate could not hold out any longer. Some people had already been seized by the jointed limbs and taken away as nourishment.

The clan head of the Sima Clan grunted, turned and glared fiercely at the people still gathering toward them, then signaled the subordinates to follow. "Go!"

As the Sima Clan moved, the Xuan Yuan Clan beside them saw the situation and closely followed.

Compared to the Sima Clan's earlier large-scale slaughter, the Xuan Yuan Clan was more discreet in this regard. The people gathered were treated as cannon fodder by them; even if occasionally some of their own people met with trouble, the clan head of the Xuan Yuan Clan could keep things steady, still not minding that the gathered people dragged them down, and instead enthusiastically organized them to resist.

The benefit of this was that the crowd on the Xuan Yuan Clan's side grew larger and larger. Even though the jointed limbs attacked without cease, they still could not cause the Xuan Yuan Clan to suffer heavy losses in large numbers.

In the current environment, population was key. Even if used as cannon fodder to fill the battle line, they could at least fill a few more minutes than other forces, increasing their own probability of escape.

Sima Clan:...

They really were fed up with this old six of the Xuan Yuan Clan. Whatever he did, he liked to sneak around and hide behind others. It was the same when they cooperated before—the matter of Jin Jue City had the Sima Clan at the front, while clearly the demons were released by both sides together.

Shen Yao, Lu Yan, and Fan Sheng carefully followed behind the two groups, dealing with the jointed limbs around them while analyzing and confirming the direction of this group's movement.

After experiencing one narrow escape after another, they finally saw the outline of the Bronze Gate.

How to put it?

Upon seeing the Bronze Gate again, Shen Yao still felt somewhat shaken.

"Is... is that the Immortal Ascension Platform?"

As expected, Fan Sheng also uttered the three words "Immortal Ascension Platform."

Shen Yao and Lu Yan did not ask Fan Sheng how he knew the secret of the Immortal Ascension Platform. They just watched the mysterious stairs standing behind the Bronze Gate.

"This Immortal Ascension Platform is so crude. I thought it was some kind of ladder to heaven."

As it turned out, it really was just a set of stairs. Some dancing immortals were carved around it, and a few extra rays of light appeared around it, and that was enough to call it an Immortal Ascension Platform.

Even a scam couldn't be this perfunctory.

"Host, they have never seen what the true Immortal Cultivation World looks like, so naturally they don't know the situation of the Immortal Realm above. This Immortal Ascension Platform looks crude, but it strikes at what's in their hearts." In other words, they did not come for the Immortal Ascension Platform itself, but for the meaning it represented.

After all, what they originally pursued was longevity. The Immortal Ascension Platform was a key step toward longevity, so they would definitely seek out the Immortal Ascension Platform.

Fan Sheng unconsciously walked forward a few steps, distancing himself from Shen Yao and Lu Yan, who remained motionless in place.

The jointed limbs that had been attacking them stopped and returned to the side of the parasitic body's main body, becoming docile.

The people of the Xuan Yuan Clan and the Sima Clan also saw the Immortal Ascension Platform, and a look of longing appeared in their eyes.

However, at this moment, those who could not restrain themselves and had already run toward the Immortal Ascension Platform—those people could still keep their composure. At least they knew this might be another trap.

"Sir."

"Don't speak. Let them test it first."

The clan head of the Sima Clan waved his hand, his eyes fixed on the not-too-distant front, until figures appeared on the Immortal Ascension Platform, and someone truly climbed up successfully.

"Sir, this is the Immortal Ascension Platform. It's real!"

The subordinate was excited. Compared to leaving through the Bronze Gate, they definitely still wanted to pursue longevity. Seeing the Immortal Ascension Platform within reach, how could they let others pluck the fruit?

"Sir, let me go take a look. We can't let others benefit for nothing."

The subordinate wished he could rush over directly and drive away those trying to climb. Was this a place for them to come? Ignorant of death!

The clan head of the Sima Clan saw his own subordinate being so ignorant of death and simply waved his hand to agree to the request. Just wanting to go see the Immortal Ascension Platform? Go, go. Others might not have this strength. The subordinates he could bring in all had extraordinary combat power.

Instructing him to be extra careful, the clan head of the Sima Clan began observing the subordinate's situation.

The Xuan Yuan Clan beside him saw the situation and also sent out their own people. However, the Xuan Yuan Clan instructed them even more to be careful in everything, to evacuate in time if there was a problem. They were not determined to explore the secrets of the Immortal Ascension Platform at this moment.

Shen Yao raised her hand and touched Lu Yan. "What do you say?"

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows. "Take advantage of now. Let's hurry and leave this place."

The Immortal Ascension Platform was fake, the Bronze Gate was fake. Only the passage inside the parasitic body's main body was real.

Raising her hand to restrain Fan Sheng, who still wanted to move forward, she knocked him unconscious before he could react. Then Lu Yan and Shen Yao turned their backs on the crowd before them and rushed straight toward the parasitic body's main body not far away.

Because the Immortal Ascension Platform and the Bronze Gate were in front, no one would pay attention to the situation behind them. Even if someone saw, they would only think Shen Yao and the others were unlucky, and could actually be caught by the parasitic body's main body.

"Caught? Hmph! Just nourishment and cannon fodder. Not worth mentioning at all." Everyone still watched every move of the Immortal Ascension Platform closely.

When they noticed someone successfully reaching the top of the Immortal Ascension Platform, the entire platform instantly lit up. Immortal music suddenly appeared, accompanied by fluttering flower petals falling down, and a passage.

A passage?

"Is... is this real?"

"Exactly! Ascend to immortality, ascend to immortality—this is how one can become an immortal!"

"Hurry, I want to go over, hurry!"

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