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Chapter 1152: Chapter 1045: Reminder
A month before the Teleportation Array was to be activated, Li Zhirui had already arrived nearby to wait, not even considering searching for Spiritual Objects, choosing instead to hide in space to find refuge.
More and more Cultivators were being controlled by crazed Cultivators, those puppet creatures would attack any living beings they saw, regardless of whether they were Cultivators or Devil Beasts.
With Li Zhirui’s strength, dealing with these puppets wasn’t difficult, but the problem was their overwhelming numbers, usually appearing in groups, and there were no benefits to be gained!
The Spiritual Objects on their bodies had long been plundered clean by that crazed Cultivator.
Moreover, it was as if he was doing it for fun, manipulating Cultivators and Devil Beasts to slaughter each other, causing the entire Secret Realm to be filled with a thick scent of blood, along with visible corpses.
"There must have been at least ten thousand Cultivators who entered the Secret Realm for training originally, right? Who knows how many are still alive, and what about the Devil Beasts in the Secret Realm." Thinking this, Li Zhirui couldn’t help but let out a sigh.
It’s known that this Secret Realm is specifically for Void Refinement, Integration Cultivators to train in, with tens of millions of Devil Beasts residing within.
But on Li Zhirui’s journey, he did not see any traces of Devil Beasts!
He was not a person brimming with benevolence and compassion but rather, he felt a melancholic sentiment akin to a sense of lament when one sees the misery that befalls others like themselves.
On the day the Teleportation Array was activated, Li Zhirui had long since hidden his form in the vicinity.
Fortunately, that crazed Cultivator was not truly insane and did not destroy the Teleportation Array, otherwise, Li Zhirui would have had no means to leave the Secret Realm.
The moment the Secret Realm was activated, Li Zhirui silently slipped inside, a beam of Spirit Light flashed instantaneously, but not until he truly left the Secret Realm and set foot on the land of Kunlun State, that his suspended heart finally settled back in place.
The Cultivators guarding the Formation who caught a whiff of the faint scent of blood on Li Zhirui did not pay it any mind, for who among the Cultivators that came out from that Secret Realm did not have the lives of several Devil Beasts on their hands?
Regrettably, what they did not know was that this touch of blood scent was not from Li Zhirui killing any Devil Beast, but rather from the less than ten-mile journey as he flew towards the Teleportation Array!
Li Zhirui, not wanting to create trouble, did not share with them the events that had transpired in the Secret Realm; after rapidly paying a portion of Spiritual Objects, he hurriedly used an Escape Skill to leave the area.
"Running so fast, could it be there’s someone after him?" joked a Cultivator with a laugh.
But in the next moment, several Cultivators who also came out from the Secret Realm shouted with panic-stricken faces: "It’s bad! Something big has happened in the Secret Realm; of the tens of thousands of Cultivators who entered, at least seventy percent are being controlled or have already died!"
Like Li Zhirui, they had been hiding near the Teleportation Array early on, but worried about potential traps, they did not rush out immediately, waiting until they saw Li Zhirui safely depart before daring to enter the Formation and escape from the Secret Realm that had almost turned into a Blood Sea.
"What?!"
"Impossible! The Devil Beasts in the Secret Realm do not possess such formidable power."
The guarding Cultivators did not believe their words; even an Integration Cultivator, no matter how powerful, could not possibly control thousands of people, many of whom were of the same Realm.
"What we’ve said is true, there is an Integration Cultivator who, by practicing some unknown Cultivation Technique, can easily control beings of the same Realm, not only Cultivators but even the Devil Beasts within the Secret Realm have also met with disaster."
Look closely at their expressions, and one will realize these Integration Cultivators are filled with terror.
Seeing this, the guards finally became serious and intended to further inquire into the matter when more than twenty Cultivators stepped out from the Teleportation Array.
"Qian, quickly inform the elder ancestor, something terrible has occurred in the Secret Realm!"
The speaker, covered in blood, appeared as if he had just climbed out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Deng, what happened to you?"
A shiver ran down Qian’s spine as he sensed that something indeed went awfully wrong in the Secret Realm. Without further inquiring, he gestured to his fellow Cultivators to take care and promptly activated a Sound Transmission Talisman.
Because he was unclear about what had happened in the Secret Realm, he could only fill in the contents with what the previous Cultivators had said, in addition to Deng’s tragic condition.
This matter swiftly alarmed the overseeing Individual Immortal; within less than half an incense stick’s time, he arrived, and several more Individual Immortals came in succession.
"That Demon Cultivator has likely already left this place by now, and there may be no living creatures left in the Secret Realm." After understanding the situation, the Individual Immortal had his answer.
"He’s using the power of blood and Mana of Cultivators and Devil Beasts to quickly restore his own Cultivation."
Having said that, the Individual Immortals sighed resignedly.
The opponent likely has made foolproof plans, making it rather difficult to capture him.
"This Secret Realm is ruined as well, it must undergo a purification before it can be re-operated." 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
"Those who should leave, do so quickly. You all stay here and see if there are any Cultivators still alive."
With those words, the several disappeared from sight.
The conversation between the Individual Immortals was not hidden from the crowd, so the news quickly spread throughout the nearby Immortal City.
Li Zhirui, who had been paying attention to related news, learned of this right away and although he had already left the Secret Realm, the recollection still left him with lingering trepidation.
The cause of the unprecedented heavy casualties in this Secret Realm, where barely one in ten survived, was a crazed Cultivator who had been possessed by a Demon Cultivator. Not only was he very much alive, but his Cultivation had also skyrocketed.
Li Zhirui found out from various sources that the former identity of the crazed Cultivator was an Individual Immortal Realm Demon Cultivator. Before the end of his lifespan, he sealed all his power and memories, erasing all traces of the Demonic Tao, and using a special Soul-Seizing Technique, he became an unborn infant.
