"I was thinking of letting the rest of you handle the two martial lords while the three of us try to stall the pavilion master of Shadow Pavilion. We'll open a path for the rest of us to try and take over the formation." Apollo told them his plan.They contemplated it."That's risky. If all five of us martial lords end up being held back by those martial lords, the secret realm's formation might end up in one of these people's hands. We'll just be offering it up to them on a silver platter."Everett was the first to bring this up.The Coopers had come fully prepared for this trip to the secret realm. They had to get the ownership. He would never give it up to another person.While Everett objected to this, the others stayed silent.However, they continued discussing this by transmitting their voices.Chase sat in a far corner and was quite helpless in this situation."Can you hear what they're saying, sir?"Chase asked Lucas."It's not difficult to listen in to them," Lucas
Inside South Monarch Manor of Capital City, two pretty women were busy preparing all sorts of ingredients.They were Bianca and Quinn. Chase had been gone for more than ten days since entering the secret realm, and there was no news of him. Both of them were not worried as all the others who entered the realm with him had not returned either. They heard that they would be in the secret realm for 15 days.It was the last day tomorrow. They were staying at this house that Chase had bought before he entered the secret realm to quietly wait for his return. The days had been peaceful.They had not left the house for the past few days, and Quinn finally named the house after the property agent, Chet, came around to ask about it. Quinn took the word 'South' from South River City and finally named the house South Monarch Manor.A signboard was made for the manor with the name sprayed in gold and put up. After that, more people seemed to gather outside the door in the next few days.Quinn
"The owner of this manor is out. If you have anything to say, just wait until he returns."Bianca did not want to waste time with Pablo and turned to close the door.However, Pablo gave his bodyguards a look, and a few of them forced the door open.They attempted to barge into the manor."What are you doing? This is private property! I'll call the police to arrest all of you!" Bianca glared at them angrily. She was furious at what they were doing."Call the police? Well, you can only call them if you have a chance to do so."Pablo acted even more arrogantly when he found out the owner was not here."Even though the Lassiters aren't at the top of the list of influential families, we're still considered quite well-to-do. Bianca Cooper, is it? Be with me and I guarantee you fame and fortune.""Get out!" she shouted at Pablo."You forced me into this. Take her back with us," Pablo ordered. His bodyguards headed straight for Bianca.It was not the first time Pablo had done somethi
"Talk! Who told you to come here?"Quinn knew the man before her could not be the mastermind behind this. It was someone else, so she started to interrogate him."I'll talk, I'll talk! Don't kill me. The Hawkinses sent me here."Pablo did not dare to hide anything and revealed the mastermind behind this."Which Hawkins family are you talking about?" Quinn asked."It's the Hawkins family from Capital City's Eight Influential Families. Please don't kill me. I'm just a lapdog working for them. Have mercy," Pablo quickly begged for his life."Get out. Tell the Hawkinses that this property has been bought. I won't let them get away so easily if they continue causing trouble here!" Quinn gave a soft wave of her hand after that, and Pablo was thrown out the door along with his bodyguards.…Pablo knelt on the ground in the Hawkins residence while updating what had just happened."Did she really say she wouldn't let the Hawkinses get away with this so easily?" Carson looked upset whil
Outside the door of South Monarch Manor, another group of people appeared. This time, they were led by Emmett."Stand guard at all of the entrances. Make sure even a fly can't go in and out of there!" Emmett gave the order before flying into the manor.This was a family matter of the Coopers, and no one should be left alive if they witnessed this. That was why Emmett left his men behind while he entered South Monarch Manor on his own.It was an excellent piece of property.Emmett was impressed by its design.A figure appeared in white. She looked pure and out of this world.It was Quinn.She had sensed Emmett's aura and saw him walking around the manor like he owned the place. However, it was only now that she appeared before him."Who are you? Why did you barge into private property?!" Quinn stopped Emmett and questioned him coldly.Emmett was momentarily stunned to see such a great beauty before him. However, he snapped out of it when he heard her words."Who are you? Where
Lorne's mind quickly churned when Quinn started to ask questions.She was a very young woman. Even though he could not sense how high her cultivation was, he felt that they should be on par.He reasoned that she probably had a treasure on her that hid her aura, which was why he could not sense it.Yes, that had to be it.It was nearly unheard of for someone so young to be able to achieve a breakthrough from a marquis of martial arts to become a marital lord. The woman in front of him looked to be in her 20s. It did not seem possible that she was stronger than him, who was a stage-three martial lord.Such incredible achievement could not even be found in the two sects, three schools, and four clans of the cultivating world.Lorne seemed to gain more confidence at this thought."Who are you? How dare you kill Emmett Cooper in front of me? Have you any idea that you will have nowhere to go in Bactria if you offend the Coopers?"Quinn replied calmly to Lorne's questions, "It doesn'
Quinn spoke coldly as she stared at Lorne's corpse.She released the Golden Voodoo Silkworm.It flew toward both corpses and devoured them very quickly."Quinn, what should we do about the people outside the door?" Bianca came up to her and asked."Ignore them. Tomorrow is the 15th day. Chase will be back then. We'll decide what to do after Chase returns." Quinn looked up into the sky as her eyes filled with longing for Chase.…Inside the secret realm, a furious battle was still ongoing.Eight martial lords were in a chaotic fight in the sky.The pavilion master of Shadow Pavilion had noticed that his side was losing on the ground. He attempted to help his men more than once.However, Apollo and the other three put a stop to that.The two other martial lords fighting by the pavilion master's side were also being stalled.There was a flash, and the pavilion master distanced himself from the fight."Shadeless, get out here right now! What are you waiting for?" the pavilion m
The pavilion master's words shattered the morale of those being slaughtered by Shadeless. All of them formed into shadow fragments and attempted to escape by flying off into the sky.They did not forget to curse at Apollo while escaping."Hmph! You should be prepared to die if you want to take over the Control Formation. Moreover, this wasn't a lone decision by me. It was decided by all five of us. Why are you only blaming me for this?!"Apollo said to them furiously. He was upset about it. It took only a simple phrase from the pavilion master to scare these people into scattering in different directions.The pavilion master smiled gleefully."Once Shadeless is done with those ants, I'll see how many among the five of you are able to escape!"Apollo looked at the martial lord who had made a sudden appearance. He was slaughtering the marquises of martial arts below them. He knew that if Shadeless joined the fight against the five of them, they would be in dire straits.He began t
Although there was no physical damage, the soul damage was very real. It was exactly that soul damage that allowed Chase to subdue Walter."Master, has the soul damage on your Greedy Wolf increased again?" Walter asked.Soul damage? How could a blade cause soul damage?Willow and Cyril were both stunned.With their current strength, neither of them had experienced it directly and had no idea that Greedy Wolf had already awakened a spirit—specifically, a star spirit aligned with slaughter.Hearing Walter's question, Chase suddenly recalled that the spirit within Greedy Wolf—Silly Husky—possessed astonishingly strong soul power.When they first met, it had disguised itself as a deadly blade spirit, radiating a terrifying killing intent that had completely fooled Chase.Fortunately, his own soul was resilient enough not to be tricked. He had eventually seen through Silly Husky's bluffing and recognized it as more bark than bite.Now, Chase wondered if Dominic could have been affec
Being the only one who had previously faced Chase's Greedy Wolf, Stone stood frozen in disbelief.He had always believed that as a stage-nine martial god, the gap between himself and Dominic, a peak martial god and an elder of the Nefarious Deity Sect, was merely half a step. Yet now, he had witnessed something that shattered his assumptions.His most powerful dark beast, the Crimson-Scaled Nether Serpent, was electrocuted to death in an instant. Then, even when he gave it everything he had and struck with Greedy Wolf, he still ended up at a disadvantage.Meanwhile, Dominic had taken on Chase's full three-pronged assault—including a direct strike from Greedy Wolf—with nothing but his bare skull and stood his ground.It was at that moment that Stone finally understood. The gap between him and Dominic was far larger than he had ever imagined.There was simply no comparison.He and Cherry had once considered challenging for the Supreme Elder title at the sect's year-end assembly, ho
This should be easy enough!"You brat! Dying at my hands is your greatest honor. Save your breath!" Dominic shouted as he launched the Nine Nefarious Holy Fist.His body swelled in size, his shirt bursting open to reveal muscles that were as hard as stone. They gleamed under the morning sun. The sight left Willow and Walter utterly stunned.An opponent who exploded out of his shirt right at the start? That was rare enough. However, to see a Supreme Elder doing it against a junior… Was this not a bit overkill?Facing him directly, Chase wore a serious expression. His consciousness detected an overwhelming vitality radiating from Dominic, so dense it even suppressed the aura of killing intent.After easily defeating Stone earlier, Chase's impression of the Nefarious Deity Sect had dropped a notch. He had thought that after so many rounds of body refinement and reinforcement by the Dark and Light Emerald Lotus, his physical strength should be at the top tier.Yet this Dominic, the s
The answer soon revealed itself.A sizzling noise rang out as the Crimson-Scaled Nether Serpent lunged at Chase with its jaws wide open, clearly intending to end his life in one bite.It thought to itself smugly, 'This fool is too slow. He's dead for sure.'However, to everyone's surprise, the serpent suddenly spasmed mid-air. Electric arcs danced across its scales as smoke began to rise from its body. Twitching uncontrollably, it looked like it had been struck by lightning. It fell straight to the ground like a thick rope within seconds, utterly limp.Stone stood there, dumbfounded.He had not expected his Crimson-Scaled Nether Serpent to be defeated so quickly. Sensing that the serpent was now truly and completely dead, his eyes flared with rage.Chase actually dared to kill his dark beast?!His expression turned grim. Black energy spirit surged from his body, and the demon-headed broadsword on his back gleamed with a menacing red light, eager to be unleashed. Even those nearb
Over the years, after being backstabbed by Ricky more times than he could count, Dominic had come to understand that when facing an unknown enemy, it was best to bide one's time and act cautiously."Stone, go test his strength," he ordered."Yes, sir," Stone replied.Dressed in a black robe, Stone rarely spoke, but his towering frame—nearly six foot five inches tall—and the massive demon-headed broadsword strapped to his back made it clear to anyone that he was not someone to mess with.Of course, there was no record of this person in Cyril's sect's registry either. The moment Cyril laid eyes on him, he knew this newcomer was a powerful force.He even considered warning Chase and the others to flee. However, seeing Chase step forward without the slightest hint of fear, he immediately understood that these people who were not listed must have come from a higher realm. He then silently shifted closer to Willow and Walter."Go ahead," Chase said calmly.Though his voice was not l
"I was originally at the martial god level, but after arriving in this world, my strength was suppressed down to martial monarch," Chase explained calmly."So... you came from a world where there's a higher realm?" Cyril was utterly shocked. The events of today had truly broadened his horizons.First, he was betrayed by a fellow outer disciple, then rescued by a stranger, who turned out to be a martial god!"You could say that," Chase replied, not willing to elaborate. After all, this world was only the third level of the Dark and Light Mineral Ore.Whether it was an illusion or a real world created by the Light Divine Pearl, no one could be sure. Everything would have to wait until they reached the ninth level of the defensive formation.Just then, a roaring sound came from the sky. They looked up to see three armed helicopters circling overhead."This is the ground unit. You're surrounded. Raise your hands and surrender immediately, or else—"Before the voice could finish, Cha
After carefully studying the appearances of the three, Cyril sifted through his memory.Before descending the mountain, his nine mentors had compiled a list of the strongest individuals in the current world. It included rankings in combat ability, strategy, physical strength, medical skill, and other crucial categories—listing the top 300 names.Yet he could not find any entry that matched these three people standing before him.That puzzled him greatly. Based on the data his mentors gave him, they had basically covered every top-tier power in the world. For these three to be so powerful and yet completely unrecorded… was hard to believe.After a moment of hesitation, he spoke solemnly. "I'm Cyril Stent, a disciple of the Miracle Doctor Sect. I came down the mountain on my mentors' orders."I didn't expect to run into this mess and drag you all into danger. I truly apologize. As the saying goes, each kind deed should be repaid. If you ever run into any trouble in the future, just
"Alright, go ahead," Chase said, noticing Willow's eagerness.After all, throughout their journey, she had spent most of her time being a burden. She probably felt bad about it.Now that she finally had a chance to contribute, of course, she wanted to prove herself—not just to them but to herself. What she did not know was that Chase was also highly skilled in medicine.Willow activated her cultivation technique, her eyes glowing violet. This was the Purple Shadow Divine Eyes, a secret technique from the Evil Shadow Sect's Great Impermanence Mystical Shadow Technique.It allowed her to perceive the flow of various extraordinary energies—vital energy, spiritual energy, sick energy, vitality, ghost energy, and more.At this moment, within her field of vision, Cyril's meridians appeared as clearly as if under an X-ray.She suddenly cried out, shutting her eyes tightly as if they were being scorched."What's wrong?" Walter and Chase asked at the same time.Chase quickly focused h
This thing… Was it not the Nine-Sea Giant Squid?Had it reincarnated?What mattered more was that Chase was currently only at the martial monarch level. Now that they were inside a plane, if things escalated even a little, the aircraft would definitely explode. Yet on the other hand, their flying abilities were restricted at the moment, so they were essentially just waiting to die.Chase immediately found himself in a dilemma.While he hesitated, Klondike—also known as the Nine-Sea Giant Squid—extended three or four more tentacles, wrapping them tightly around Cyril. It looked like it was about to stuff him into its mouth. There was no choice. Chase had to go all in.Chase activated the Passive Concentration Technique. On one hand, it hid his spiritual presence from detection, and on the other, it launched a direct soul attack against Mia's group and the Nine-Sea Giant Squid.Then, Greedy Wolf struck.Now that he had reached the martial monarch realm, Chase could control it wi