Inside the Rules Secret Realm.
The moment she passed through the light gate, a sensation of spatial shift washed over her.
Once the scene before her eyes stabilized, the one hundred and three Disciples of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace had already been scattered to different locations within the Secret Realm.
The sky was an eternal dark red, devoid of sun, moon, or stars; only strange cloud clusters floating about, emitting a dim, eerie halo.
The earth presented a shattered, scorched texture, with crisscrossing ravines and ruins visible everywhere.
The air was filled with thin yet violent Spiritual Qi, mixed with the aura of shattered Dao laws, making one feel oppressed, yet it also contained special opportunities.
Ye Ling'er landed within a scorched stone forest.
All around were dense, hideously shaped black stone pillars.
The Spiritual Qi in the air was incredibly violent, making it almost impossible to absorb.
She tightened her grip on the youyue twin blades in her hands, the spiritual power within her body circulating spontaneously as she observed her surroundings.
"This place is too strange... I must first regroup with my fellow Disciples..."
She took out her identity Jade Slip and injected it with spiritual power.
The Jade Slip glowed faintly, indicating the general direction of the nearest fellow Disciple—to the southeast.
She hesitated no longer, immediately determining the direction and heading toward the southeast!
However, just as she had passed several stone pillars, a sudden change occurred!
"Hiss—!"
From the shadows at her side, a dark figure shot out, lunging straight for her face!
It was a small snake, about the thickness of an arm, covered entirely in dark red scales with a single horn on its head!
Its speed was extremely fast, and more bizarrely, its flight path was erratic, as if it could briefly merge into the surrounding violent flows of Spiritual Qi, making it difficult to lock onto.
"Poison-Horned Python! A rank two Yao Beast!"
Information from the "Yao Beast Illustrated Encyclopedia" in the Immortal Palace's library instantly flashed through Ye Ling'er's mind.
This python is born in places where fire and poison converge; it is highly toxic, exceptionally fast, and extremely difficult to deal with.
Facing the surprise attack of the Poison-Horned Python, a light flashed in Ye Ling'er's eyes.
She did not choose to retreat or block; instead, her footwork changed.
She instantly executed the "Profound Moon Step" recorded in the Supreme Yin Manual.
Her figure became like a flowing shadow under the moonlight, leaving an afterimage in place while her true self appeared bizarrely at the side of the Poison-Horned Python.
At the very moment the Poison-Horned Python's strike missed, its old momentum exhausted and its new strength not yet born!
The youyue twin blades in Ye Ling'er's hands flashed with light, slashing crosswise through the Poison-Horned Python's vital seven-inch spot!
"Chii!"
With a soft sound, the dark red scales were like thin paper before the Yellow Rank Top-Grade Magical Artifact.
The Poison-Horned Python's body stiffened, and the bloodthirsty light in its eyes rapidly dimmed.
Instead of blood spraying from the wound, a thin layer of ice crystals condensed and rapidly spread.
In the blink of an eye, this rank two Peak Yao Beast was frozen into an ice sculpture.
Ye Ling'er gave her wrist a light flick; the ice sculpture shattered into a floor full of ice shards, and an egg-sized beast core fell with a "ding-dong".
With a wave of her hand, she pulled the beast core into her palm, sensing the energy contained within.
"A rank two beast core, the quality is decent. Taking it back, perhaps Senior Sister Zhao can use it for Alchemy."
She placed the beast core into her Storage Pouch, her movements clean and efficient.
In her first real combat, instantly killing a Yao Beast of the same rank, Ye Ling'er felt no great waves in her heart.
Inside the Myriad Phenomena Pagoda, she had experienced too many battles with her fellow Disciples.
Though this Poison-Horned Python was strange, compared to those two powerful Senior Sisters, it really amounted to nothing.
She took out her identity Jade Slip again, and after injecting spiritual power, light spots flickered on the slip.
It showed that several miles to the southeast, the light spots of three fellow Disciples were moving slowly, seemingly in the process of regrouping.
"I'll first regroup with the nearest fellow Disciples."
Ye Ling'er's body moved as she executed her movement technique, weaving through the stone forest as quickly as a ghost in the dark night.
While Ye Ling'er was searching for her fellow Disciples, in other parts of the Secret Realm, the Disciples of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace were also encountering various situations.
Wang Teng and Li Haoran had good luck; their teleportation points were not far apart, and they soon regrouped.
The two were currently back-to-back, facing a pack of'Shadow Demon Leopards' that were pitch-black all over, shaped like cheetahs, but with a single eye on their foreheads!
There were seven or eight of these Yao Beasts, all rank two, exceptionally fast, and skilled in pack fighting.
"Senior Brother Wang, leave the three on the left to me!"
The Yellow Rank Top-Grade longsword in Li Haoran's hand drew a streak of sword light, the Sword Qi solidifying as it precisely blocked the Shadow Demon Leopards lunging from the left.
"Good! Then leave these on the right to me!"
Wang Teng gave a low roar, and the Tianque Heavy Sword in his hand swept out, bringing with it a heavy wind pressure.
He followed the path of the strength sword, emphasizing breaking through finesse with pure power.
A heavy sword has no edge, for great skill requires no carving; combined with his solid Foundation, the power was staggering.
Sword light and leopard shadows intertwined, as the clashing of metal and the roars of Yao Beasts continued.
The two coordinated with tacit understanding, both offense and defense well-covered; though they were two against many, they did not fall into a disadvantage at all, instead gradually forcing the pack back.
On another side, Zhao Linger and Wang Zhaojun had fallen into a depression where many strange, scorched plants grew.
A faint toxic miasma permeated this place, but it had little effect on the two who had taken Poison-Avoiding Pills.
"Zhaojun, look at this 'Heart-Eroding Vine'!"
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