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"you--!"
In an instant, Gongsun Hua's heart was also ignited with anger. He cursed, and then saw Yun Chu'an throw out another white object.
It was a spider cocoon that suddenly expanded rapidly in mid-air, turning into thousands of spider silk threads that bound his body once again!
Dragon-Binding Rope!
Before entering this secret realm, Zhu Yunqing had given him a magical artifact. Although its effectiveness was far inferior to the large-scale ambush meticulously prepared by this spider demon, Gongsun Hua was far from being at his peak!
While he was distracted, the Dragon Binding Rope had already wrapped him up completely, making it impossible for him to move at all!
"Second brother!"
Gongsun Liu caught a glimpse of his brother being captured out of the corner of his eye, and his heart pounded with anxiety. He tried to turn and help, but suddenly an overwhelming chill swept over him, and a massive ice wall abruptly appeared in front of him, making it impossible for him to escape!
Chapter 268 Zhu Yunqing's Heart Flutter
"roll!"
Gongsun Hua roared and shattered the ice wall with his sword, but all that could be seen afterward was Yun Chu'an swinging his halberd and beheading his elder brother.
Crimson blood spurted into the sky, and Gongsun Liu's eyes widened in fury: "No—!"
This was something he could never have imagined before: the four brothers of the Gongsun family had never encountered any opponents, yet in just one day, two of them died at the hands of the same person!
He must be! He must die!
Gongsun Liu almost lost his mind; he felt his heart bleeding. He rushed towards Yun Chu'an without thinking, but seeing his imposing momentum and fierce attack, the latter didn't fight him at all and turned to run away!
He pushed his technique to its limit, and golden lightning bolts hurtled past him at breakneck speed. In his haste, Gongsun Liu was unable to catch up with him.
After finally catching up, he prepared to strike with his sword, but thousands of ice crystals suddenly froze his arm, rendering him unable to move.
A throwing knife suddenly flew in and pierced his body. The poison spread along with his spiritual energy, causing him to let out another wail.
Zhu Yunqing and Nie Ningshuang were able to free up their hands and switch from defense to offense. In just a few moves, they defeated the guy and his death was only a matter of time!
But in the end, what dealt him the final, most fatal blow was the blazing storm that descended from the sky.
Ye Jinglan descended from the sky like a storm, her fist, clad in black silk gloves, seemed to clench with a blue light. This punch landed on Gongsun Liu, who had no chance to react and immediately collapsed to the ground, utterly dead.
At this point, the battle is over.
Although his older sister had stolen one of his lives, Yun Chu'an didn't complain at all. His physical strength was already at its limit, and now that he was safe, his legs immediately gave way, and he sat down on the ground, panting heavily.
However, the surrounding forest was still burning, and the thick smoke he inhaled choked him, causing him to cough again.
Zhu Yunqing rushed over and helped him up, her eyes filled with heartache and reproach.
Ye Jinglan's gaze swept around and when she saw the corpses of Gongsun Hua and Gongsun Shui, her eyes lit up and she said with delight, "Great! You've almost finished dealing with them all. I thought you could only hold off the three of them."
It's understandable that she would have such thoughts, after all, the cultivation levels of the three of them were generally lower than those of the three from the Gongsun family, so it was inevitable that they would be at a disadvantage.
Even though they launched a surprise attack and seized the initiative, Ye Jinglan didn't expect that they could end the battle—after all, the other side had two mid-Foundation Establishment stage opponents, and Nie Ningshuang had just woken up and hadn't recovered to her full strength. It would be good enough if they could hold them off!
Her face lit up with surprise, then her gaze settled on Yun Chu'an. The latter forced a smile, looked up at his older sister, and chuckled, "If you had come any later, this last head would have been mine!"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yunqing angrily said, "Shut up! You dare to charge at an enemy in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage? Aren't you afraid that if you make even the slightest mistake, your head will roll!"
As she spoke, she turned to look at Ye Jinglan: "And you! The plan was all set up beforehand: focus our efforts on dealing with those who were infected first, and then deal with the others. But what have you done?!"
Despite the family's resounding victory with no major incidents, Zhu Yunqing had no desire to celebrate. The thought of Yun Chu'an facing a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator with only a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivation level filled her with lingering fear, terrified that something might have happened to him!
Ye Jinglan shrank back: "I was just afraid he'd run away..."
Yun Chuan suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhu Yunqing's hand, saying, "Eldest sister is also afraid of leaking information. If we don't wipe them all out and let one or two escape, we won't be able to frame the snake demon for the whole thing, and the Gongsun family will inevitably retaliate even more fiercely."
He took a deep breath and gripped her hand tightly: "Fourth Sister, you can trust me, I'm very strong now."
"From now on, I can protect you and our home."
Zhu Yunqing's heart trembled violently.
Her hand involuntarily tightened around Yun Chu'an's, and she felt her heart trembling violently. Her eyes were fixed on his, unblinking. She had a thousand words she wanted to say, but at this moment, they were all stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a single word.
our home……
A thousand emotions surged within her, and she couldn't look away from Yun Chu'an's face. She wanted to say something, but at that moment, not far away, Ye Jinglan suddenly spoke up, quite oblivious to her feelings: "There's no time to waste, let's hurry up and go. This environment isn't suitable for Chu'an to recuperate, and this trial space will probably shatter soon."
“Let’s go out and then go home. We still have a lot to do to cover these things up.”
After she finished speaking, she didn't rush to be the first to leave. Instead, her body turned into a blur, and she collected all the storage bags on the Gongsun family members, taking them all as their spoils of war.
Zhu Yunqing snapped out of her emotional turmoil, suppressing her surging emotions. Her face, painted with tear-streaked makeup, appeared calm and composed as she softly asked, "Chu'an, can you still walk?"
Yun Chu'an stood up: "That's about right, it's acceptable."
"Then let's go," Zhu Yunqing said, pulling him up and leaping towards the only exit of the secret realm.
Nie Ningshuang glanced at the two of them, her intuition telling her that something was definitely wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
In the end, she could only shut her mouth, keep her eyes down, and silently follow behind, moving forward without saying a word.
They escaped unharmed despite the dangers, and things were progressing smoothly, albeit with some difficulty. Meanwhile, on Flaming Mountain, the situation had deteriorated to the point where the entire world was on the verge of collapse.
The Black Bull cultivator at the Golden Core stage charged here like a madman, roaring as his body began to grow larger, transforming in the blink of an eye into a terrifying black-haired giant bull nearly a hundred meters tall and weighing tens of thousands of tons.
Towering trees, dozens of meters tall, were easily snapped at his feet like weeds, and the earth trembled with his run. His hooves pounded through the flowing crimson lava as he ran all the way to the foot of the Flaming Mountain, his eyes red as he gazed at the cracked volcano and the legacy left by his ancestors.
It's all over, it's all over...
Anger burned in his chest, causing him to roar in agony. He charged forward on all fours, trying to salvage even the smallest remnant of his legacy.
"Hehehehe..."
A sinister laugh suddenly rang out from high above, above the sky shrouded in thick smoke, where the dome of this trial space had actually shattered.
A thousand-meter-long serpent peered down from the sky, one after another, until finally three such colossal creatures emerged, their triangular vertical pupils gleaming with a sharp light as they greedily gazed at the shattered Flaming Mountain below.
All of this was their doing. Since the black bulls had declared their intention to target them, in order to prevent the mountain demons from conspiring together against them, these snake demons decided to target the black bull family first!
Destroy their treasure, this vast trial space!
Thus, today's scene unfolded: the three Golden Core cultivators joined forces to find the power source and weak point of the trial realm outside, and then destroyed it.
The entire space shattered, the sky cracked, the earth collapsed, the mountains crumbled, and endless magma flowed from the flames. All the rewards originally intended for the trial participants were destroyed, leaving very little behind!
This apocalyptic scene was the work of the giant serpents. Looking at this tragic scene, the giant serpents were filled with pride. Then, one of the giant serpents looked towards the center of the volcano, its eyes filled with greed: "Everyone, the Bull Demon King's ultimate treasure is probably hidden in the deepest part of that volcano. Now that the whole world has collapsed, that treasure should have been revealed."
"Why don't we go down, seize that thing, and then leave?"
Chapter 269 The Princess is Exposed!
The other two giant snakes immediately chimed in, "Good idea, let's go!"
They swooped down, and from all directions, several more Golden Core cultivators streaked across the sky.
They each had their own agendas. Some wanted to seize the treasure, some wanted to stop the Black Bull family, and others were targeting the snake demons!
A sword beam flashed across the sky, and Yan Shui rode her sword at breakneck speed, standing shoulder to shoulder with the hundred-meter-tall Golden Core Giant Bull beside her, looking up at the snake demon in the sky with icy eyes.
Yan Shuiyi is in a bad mood right now. Her original intention in coming here was not for the treasure, but for the trial. She hoped to break through to the Golden Core stage through the enormous pressure of the trial environment.
Before she could even begin, all of this was ruined by the yellow pythons!
She was furious and, looking at the culprit, felt an irresistible urge to take action.
"Don't be presumptuous!"
An aged, frail voice rang out, and the hunched old man also rose into the air, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Golden Elixir Black Ox. He was Prime Minister Ge from the capital.
At this moment, he no longer concealed his aura, releasing his Golden Core stage cultivation. This sudden support caused the Golden Core serpent in the sky to change color drastically. It never expected that so many Golden Core experts would come to its aid so quickly.
Although Yan Shuiyi is not a Golden Core cultivator, she is still Yan Shuiyi!
Before the snake demons could react, another voice rang out: "A bunch of despicable scoundrels!"
The handsome young man with a jade-like face and a scholar's cap soared into the sky, while Sheng Linglong stood high above him as well. She coldly surveyed her surrounding opponents, letting out a sneer, but her gaze finally settled on the black bull, her eyes flashing before she lowered her eyes to conceal the fierce light within them.
She knew the story of the Bull Demon King very well. As a member of the royal family, she naturally hated this guy who had once wreaked havoc on her country and shaken her rule.
At this moment, facing both the snake demon and the bull demon, she was constantly weighing her options.
She suddenly looked up, her lips moved, and a voice reached Ge Xiang's ears: "Teacher, why not lure this black ox into fighting that snake demon to the death, so that they both perish in the end?"
Although the snake demon is hateful, it only endangers a few surrounding families and cannot pose a significant threat to the royal family for the time being.
But Black Bull is their age-old enemy!
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Ge's expression shifted slightly, and he hesitated for a moment. However, after weighing the options, he nodded gently and said, "Yes, that's fine."
Although he believed that concentrating all efforts to eliminate the snake demon was the best option, since it was the royal family's wish and they were unwilling to join forces with Black Bull, he had no choice but to support them.
It's not a big problem; it's a good thing if it can cause enemies to fight each other.
The Golden Core Black Bull, glaring angrily at the snake demon in the sky, was unaware that two of his three allies had already decided to send him to his death.
Further away, You Wensi hovered in mid-air, carefully concealing herself with magic, not in a hurry to reveal herself.
Her gaze was fixed on the lava in the crater, looking at the fractured earth, her eyes flickering.
The treasure left behind by the Black Bull King should be there. Should I take the risk and go straight in?
Although a battle for the Golden Core stage is imminent, and rushing in directly is very risky, if one can succeed...
Restoring her former cultivation level was her top priority. Even though Yan Shui was so close, and might be a good opportunity to kill her, she couldn't care less at this moment.
She wanted to obtain the treasure and restore her cultivation.
Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned.
The three giant serpents in the sky and the four golden elixir cultivators on the ground were facing off in pairs, none daring to make the first move.
Yan Shui calmed himself, his heart filled with anxiety and a chilling killing intent. But just then, a muffled growl shattered the silence!
"Oh oh oh-"
The call, like the beating of bells and drums, echoed from the crater, pounding in the hearts of everyone present. The Golden Core cultivators present all paled; yet another powerful Golden Core cultivator was being born!
"Ugh—!"
With a final, liberating roar, the massive Flaming Mountain shattered into pieces in the blink of an eye, and a giant a hundred meters tall rose from the mountain, letting out a triumphant roar!
He wore a huge horned helmet, had a head of rough black hair hanging down his back, wore a huge bull nose ring, wore black gold armor, and held a hundred-meter-long iron rod in his hand!
Crimson lava flowed down his iron rod, armor, and gauntlets, yet it did nothing to burn his body; instead, it made him roar even more exhilarated: "Ah—!"
He had already obtained the final treasure. He had already touched the entrance to the fifth level of the trial, but the serpent demons' sabotage gave him one last boost, rendering all the difficulties ineffective, thus allowing him to successfully obtain his ancestor's legacy.
He not only obtained the weapons and armor used by his ancestors, but also successfully broke through to the Golden Core stage!
Realizing what had happened, everyone present immediately changed color, though their feelings varied.
"it is good!"
Both Yan Shuiyi and Black Bull King couldn't help but admire them, their confidence growing even stronger, now feeling that victory was within their grasp.
The snake demons were visibly shaken. With this guy joining the fray, the balance of victory had been tipped, and they no longer had any chance of winning whatsoever!
Sheng Linglong's face was gloomy as she looked at the new Golden Core stage bull demon, believing that if these guys were allowed to grow up, they would become the country's greatest enemy in the future.
As You Wensi gazed at the towering bull, he felt his heart bleeding.
We were too late; this guy actually took the treasure!
Forget it, consider it a wasted trip. Since I can't break through to the Golden Core stage today, I'll just go back...
Yun Chu'an's face appeared in her mind, her eyes flickering.
Okay, let's go back and give him some more training so he can break through as soon as possible...
Silently, she was the first to turn and leave.
Above the sky, the three golden core serpents saw that the balance of power had completely tilted, and fearing that the other side would join forces to capture them, they hurriedly turned around and retreated.
At the crater of flames, the young black bull, his feet treading on lava, wanted to give chase, but his grandfather stopped him: "Don't chase him!"
He stood side by side with his grandson, turned his head to look back, his eyes fixed on "Gao Tianci" and Ge Xiang, his eyes gleaming. He lowered his head and suddenly said, "Thank you both for stepping forward today to help us repel the Yellow Python and fight against evil!"
He seemed to have discovered something, and "Gao Tianci's" eyes flickered. Now that his cultivation level had been exposed, the news could not be kept secret. There were countless small families around who were secretly spying on him, and soon many families would know the true identity of "Gao Tianci".
Since that's the case, why not just make it public, and then swiftly and decisively eliminate those guys whose crimes you already have evidence against?
With this thought in mind, she suddenly removed the brocade hat from her head. Her long, black hair cascaded down, and the illusion cast on her face was dispelled: "There's no need for that. My father sent me here to eliminate the threat posed by the Yellow Python family."
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