Chapter 588

Qing Lin wasn't here accompanying them.

He told Ye Liuyun that it needed to go out to patch a leak, then it left first.

Ye Liuyun actually wanted to go along to see how to patch it, but now Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er are cultivating, he doesn't dare leave, fearing a backlash from Liao Bingyu.

But he wasn't idle either; he took out the collected primordial pills and crystal stones and began cultivating.

At this moment, Liao Bingyu inside the ice coffin actually had her Divine Sense isolated by the coffin, and she didn't know what was happening outside.

This ice coffin only needs a little of her Ice Power to be activated.

But now, being absorbed together by Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er, Liao Bingyu discovered her Ice Power was being rapidly depleted.

"Probably Ye Liuyun is attacking the ice coffin! Let him attack; anyway I only need a little power to drive the ice coffin. This guy definitely can't outlast me!"

Thinking this, she increased her output.

"Huh?" As soon as she increased output, she discovered the Ice Power was being lost even faster.

However, she now also didn't dare open the ice coffin to check the outside situation; she could only continuously output Ice Power to keep the ice coffin running.

Thus, she alone outputted inside; the Ice Power, amplified by the ice coffin, was then absorbed by the two outside.

At first, Liao Bingyu didn't feel the consumption was large, after all he was at the Yin Yang Yi Chong realm, and the Ice Power contained in the True Essence within the primordial pill was extremely strong.

But continuing like this without replenishment, after a long time she couldn't bear it either. The ice coffin is not connected to the outside.

Not even Divine Sense can get in, let alone air. Even if air could enter, the primordial qi contained in this Secret Realm is barbaric, and she cannot cultivate it.

What's more frightening is that now she wants to withdraw her Ice Power and open the ice coffin, but she can't do it. Now the outside is actively absorbing her Ice Power, and she has lost the initiative.

Whoever takes the lead in absorption depends entirely on whose power is stronger.

Outside, Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er's realms have now respectively risen to Tian Gang Ba Chong and Tian Gang Qi Chong.

They had been cultivating inside the Xuan Kong Shi all along; their realms had originally already reached Tian Gang Liu Chong and Tian Gang Wu Chong. After experiencing over ten days of Ice Power supplementation, their realms rose extremely quickly.

For the two Martial Cultivators who cultivate Ice Power, this absorbed Ice Power is their supplement, which can be quickly converted into their True Essence.

The Ice Power inside their bodies now exceeds Liao Bingyu's. So they have become the leading absorbers. As long as they don't stop, Liao Bingyu cannot stop even if she wants to.

At this moment, their realms are rising extremely fast—how could they stop! Moreover, as their Ice Power increases, their absorption speed also gets faster and faster.

Thus Liao Bingyu miserably lies in the ice coffin, passively outputting Ice Power. The cramped space inside the ice coffin, together with the fear of continuously losing True Essence, almost drives her spirit to collapse.

"This is really putting oneself into a coffin!" Liao Bingyu at this point is already unable to cry.

After three days, the Ice Power emanating from the ice coffin was finally exhausted, and only then did Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er stop.

"Congratulations! Your realms have caught up to mine!" Ye Liuyun laughed as he congratulated them.

Wu Qingcheng's realm has already risen to Tian Gang Jiu Chong. Yu Er, although at Tian Gang Ba Chong, has already increased at an extremely fast speed.

Even Ru Yue and Bai Hu beside them are envious.

Ru Yue has also been cultivating inside the Xuan Kong Shi all along, but at the moment she is only at Tian Gang San Chong. Bai Hu has also been cultivating all along, not only devouring the primordial pills and ferocious beast meat of strong Yin-Yang Realm cultivators, but also refining a venerable-rank spear; nevertheless his realm has only reached Tian Gang Qi Chong.

Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er are also overjoyed. They never imagined that one day their realms would actually catch up to Ye Liuyun.

"Even if our realms catch up to yours, the two of us still can't beat you!" Wu Qingcheng said with a laugh.

"What's the rush! Just get familiar with your power! Coincidentally our realms have all risen, so we can go out for some training. Right now there are no outsiders in the Secret Realm, making it relatively safe. The people of the three sects have already left via the Teleportation Array. We can go find some ferocious beasts to practice on."

"Good, good!" Ye Liuyun's proposal received unanimous approval from everyone.

"Wait a moment, let me check the situation inside the ice coffin." Ye Liuyun hasn't forgotten about Liao Bingyu inside the ice coffin.

But when he cautiously opened the ice coffin, he discovered that Liao Bingyu had already died.

She didn't die because her True Essence was drained dry. Depleting True Essence only turns a person into an ordinary one; it doesn't cause death.

She died of despair!

In that situation, no matter how she struggled, she couldn't change her fate. Ultimately, because she saw no hope, she gave up her vitality.

"Ah! Why bother? I never said I had to kill you!" Ye Liuyun sighed.

Actually, if Liao Bingyu had a good attitude, Ye Liuyun might really have let her go.

Just then, Qing Lin also returned.

These past few days, it has come back several times; seeing Ye Liuyun and the others cultivating, it didn't disturb him.

Now seeing Ye Liuyun stop cultivating and Wu Qingcheng and Yu Er's realms also increase, it immediately became happy. It rushed over, pulling Ye Liuyun to go outside, gesturing urgently with its hands.

Ye Liuyun looked at its gestures and couldn't help but frown.

"Don't rush, speak slowly!" Ye Liuyun comforted it.

Thus Qing Lin went to great lengths before finally explaining the matter completely.

Originally, after Xiao Mingyue and the others withdrew from the Secret Realm, the three great sects instead increased their attack intensity on the Secret Realm.

They have already split into multiple teams, simultaneously attacking different locations of the Secret Realm, causing multiple leaks in the Secret Realm.

If this continues, outsiders will likely be able to enter through the various leaks.

"Isn't the Secret Realm capable of defense?" Ye Liuyun asked Qing Lin, somewhat puzzled.

Qing Lin explained to him: "On one hand, the Secret Realm's remaining energy is scarce, so its defensive power is gradually weakening. If it were before, these people definitely couldn't break in. On the other hand, the opposing side might have an expert guiding them; they understand the Secret Realm's weak points very well, can quickly find the leaks and enlarge them."

"If we just patch the leaks, can we block them?" Ye Liuyun asked Qing Lin.

Qing Lin quickly nodded, but then immediately looked worried and shook his head.

Ye Liuyun understood its meaning. That is, plugging the leaks can temporarily stop their attacks; the remainder, the Secret Realm's own defensive capability, can then serve to block them.

But this is also only temporary. The main reason is that the Secret Realm's energy is about to run out; it itself cannot last much longer.