55: Slaying the Silverback Wolf

"No!"

"From the moment you entered First Cultivation University, you were destined to walk alongside death. This is our war against the Yao Beast, and sacrifice is an inherent part of war. From now on, prepare yourselves for the decisive battle in five days to complete the Secret Realm subjugation in one fell swoop!"

Hou Wu rejected Song Xian's proposal.

Everyone's expression was solemn, but as Sequence Members, this was something they had to face; teammates would sacrifice themselves, and one day, they themselves might also die in battle.

...

At this moment, in the underground dark river of the Blue-level Secret Realm.

As his Spiritual Qi gradually recovered, Zhang Sheng felt that the flow of Spiritual Qi was somewhat abnormal; it seemed to be gathering toward a certain location.

With his Spirit Eye, he looked in the direction where the Spiritual Qi was converging; the gathering point was beneath the river water. Sensing no foul Spiritual Qi of any Yao Beast, Zhang Sheng leaped into the cold river water.

Zhang Sheng continued to swim toward the gathering point of the Spiritual Qi, and to his surprise, he emerged from the water again, arriving inside a karst cave.

The dense Spiritual Qi inside the karst cave was almost tangible, and the speed at which Zhang Sheng's Primordial Chaos Qi Refining operated on its own had actually doubled.

All the surrounding Spiritual Qi was gathering toward the stalactite above the cave, and beneath the stalactite was a naturally formed bowl-shaped structure.

Inside the bowl-shaped structure was a cluster of milky white liquid; to Zhang Sheng's eyes, this cluster of milky white liquid was the Incarnation of Spiritual Qi.

"Could it be Spiritual Milk?"

For the trip to the Secret Realm, Zhang Sheng had long ago downloaded the Spiritual Material Compendium and the Yao Beast Atlas from Myriad Treasures Net; these were all contents recorded within the Yellow-rank Jade Slip.

Judging from the concentration of Spiritual Qi, this small cluster of Spiritual Milk was Millennium Spiritual Milk; a single drop contained about 100,000 units of Spiritual Qi, making it a precious medicine capable of instantly recovering the Spiritual Qi within one's body!

Zhang Sheng took out a jade bottle used for storing Medicinal Pill and filled it with the entire cluster of approximately one hundred drops of Spiritual Milk.

After his Spiritual Qi fully recovered, Zhang Sheng returned to the surface along the same path; the time had already reached the second day.

At this moment, the Secret Realm was exceptionally quiet; it seemed the first round of tentative subjugation organized by the military had already ended.

Just at this moment, a question suddenly rang out in Zhang Sheng's earpiece: "Is Zhang Sheng of First Cultivation University still alive? Please reply immediately!"

The voice came from the Star Flash transmission of a search and rescue drone.

Zhang Sheng clicked the reply button on his earpiece: "Zhang Sheng is safe, no extraction needed, will exit the realm at an opportunity!"

The small drone tens of kilometers away immediately transmitted the information back to the entrance of the Secret Realm, and then specialized personnel brought the information outside the Secret Realm.

Inside the office, Yan Xueli was still pacing back and forth, having not slept all night.

He didn't know how to explain Zhang Sheng's death to his old friend at Huaxia Agricultural University—should he tell Old Liu that the Talent he sent over had sacrificed himself in less than two months?

He was even less able to face Zhang Sheng's parents; according to his file, Zhang Sheng was the only child in his family.

Looking at the suicide note left by the young man, tears fell from the corners of Yan Xueli's eyes; at this moment, he wished it was he who had sacrificed himself in the Secret Realm.

Just at this moment, his cell phone rang.

...

Zhang Sheng concealed his aura and flew to high altitude, pushing his Spirit Eye to the limit; he wanted to find that heavily injured Silverback Azure Wolf; now was the best time to deal with it.

Zhang Sheng flew within the Secret Realm for a full half-hour, deliberately avoiding some flying Yao Beast, and finally discovered the aura of the Silverback Azure Wolf at a high mountain.

Although its aura had recovered somewhat, it was still in a heavily injured state at this moment.

Even though it was heavily injured, the Silverback Azure Wolf was, after all, a Divine Breath Realm Beast, and there were no other Yao Beast around it, which actually gave Zhang Sheng an opportunity.

Zhang Sheng concealed his aura and stopped in front of the high mountain, directly facing the Immortal Cave in the cliff where the Silverback Azure Wolf was hiding.

"Fireball Technique!"

Several huge fireballs shot into the cave entrance where the Yao Beast wolf was hiding. "Roar!" A burst of painful wolf howls shattered the rocks at the cave entrance, causing them to fall.

A giant wolf, its entire body scorched, rushed out from the cave!

Its ferocious eyes glared at Zhang Sheng in the air; a horrifying wound extended from between its brows down to its neck and chest, which must have been left by Song Xian.

One of its front legs was reduced to nothing but a bone covered in cracks, with traces of an explosion remaining.

"Wood Prison Cage!"

Vines grew from the Void Realm, and just as they were about to entangle the Yao Beast wolf, streaks of silver blades spewed from the wolf's mouth.

The Yao Beast wolf's Talent Spell—Moon Slash!

Zhang Sheng dodged and maneuvered, leaving behind numerous afterimages in the air.

The crescent-moon-like silver slashes tracked Zhang Sheng's figure like homing missiles.

"Nine-Layer Spirit Shield!"

"Pop, pop, pop, pop~!"

Nine consecutive Spirit Shield were instantly generated around Zhang Sheng; this was a strategy Zhang Sheng had developed to deal with Divine Breath Realm Beast after his Spirit Shield Spell reached the Perfected State.

Several Moon Slash struck, breaking through five layers of Spirit Shield in succession!

This Silverback Azure Wolf's second-tier Talent Spell was actually this powerful!

Zhang Sheng immediately cast the Electric Shock Spell, and four first-tier High Grade Flying Dagger transformed into four streaks of rainbow light, attacking the Yao Beast wolf.

Three of them were obtained by Zhang Sheng after killing the Flowing Fire Hawk and the Wind Falcon.

The four Flying Dagger transformed into flying electric drills, entering directly into the wolf's body along its wounds.

At this moment, the outcome was decided!

A moment later, Zhang Sheng obtained another blue jade plaque, and he unconsciously gripped it a little tightly.

As for the wolf's corpse, he cast the Freeze Spell to turn it into an ice sculpture, buried it casually on the mountain, and after marking the spot, Zhang Sheng flew toward the direction of the Secret Realm light gate.

There were a total of three Divine Breath Realm Beast in the Blue-level Secret Realm of Huaxia; currently, Zhang Sheng had already taken care of two, with only the last one, the Mountain Shaking Ape, remaining.

Even though Zhang Sheng was confident in killing this Mountain Shaking Ape alone, he did not intend to do so.

Although Huaxia had long established regulations regarding the subjugation of Secret Realms—that the Yao Beast belonged to whoever killed it—he still had to leave some scraps for the other Sequence Members; having two Blue Jade Slip was already enough.

The urgent priority now was to bring back the secret of the Blue Jade Slip; Huaxia had to act quickly, and they also needed to find a way to get a share of the Blue-level Secret Realm of other countries.

Upon reaching the light gate, Zhang Sheng looked at this massive light gate that was fifty meters high and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

It was fortunate that these Secret Realm Yao Beast lacked intelligence; otherwise, if the three Divine Breath Realm Beast and a crowd of low-tier Yao Beast just guarded the entrance of the Secret Realm, it would be difficult for humans on Earth to subjugate the Secret Realm.

The moment he stepped out of the Secret Realm, feeling the thin Spiritual Qi in the air, Zhang Sheng even felt a momentary sense of discomfort.

However, ever since the first White-Grade Secret Realm appeared, the concentration of Spiritual Qi on Earth had been continuously increasing.

With the appearance of the Blue-level Secret Realm, the White-Grade Secret Realm had now completely disappeared and no longer appeared, leaving only the Yellow-rank Secret Realm that kept appearing, as well as the Blue-level Secret Realm that descended once every day.

Since the United States experienced the first Blue-level Secret Realm descent, thirty days had passed, and thirty Blue-level Secret Realm had appeared globally, all relatively scattered in location.

Back at school,

"Zhang Sheng, I really didn't expect to see you again!" Just as he got off the elevator, Zhang Sheng saw Zhao Xue rushing over.

Wait! It was that guy Wang Yu again!

Another Zhao Xue in the lobby was looking at him with a smile.

"Zhang Sheng, it's good that you're back, brother, thank you!" Lin Jin actually walked up to Zhang Sheng and gave him a big hug.

"It's good to be alive!"

"Zhang Sheng! Welcome back!" Dean Yan and Dean Hou said in unison.

The ten Sequence Members and the two Deans were all present.

Seeing everyone's excited mood, Zhang Sheng felt a bit ashamed; in fact, from the very beginning, Zhang Sheng had intended to keep the spoils for himself.

"Today, I have a very important matter to tell everyone!" Zhang Sheng said seriously.

...

Zhang Sheng told everyone about the Blue Jade Slip he obtained after killing the Divine Breath Realm Beast.

"What? You killed the Silverback Azure Wolf and the Azure Scaled Flood Dragon?" Song Xian said in shock; wouldn't that mean Zhang Sheng's true strength was not below his own?

In fact, Song Xian, who possessed the All Meridians Open Talent, had nearly three times the Spiritual Qi in his body as Zhang Sheng, and he was now approaching the Perfection of the Qi Sea Realm, even surpassing the strongest Divine Breath Realm Beast in the Secret Realm—the Mountain Shaking Ape.

Song Xian's weakness lay in his Spell. His Spell could only exert ten points of power for ten points of Spiritual Qi. But Zhang Sheng's Spell at the Perfected State could exert ten points of power with just one point!