89: Chapter 89 The Inner World

[Your gaze sweeps across the sky not far away.]

[Above the sky, dozens of black shadows are constantly approaching you.]

[The auras of Martial God Early Stage connect into one, like a moving black wall. Following closely behind are hundreds of auras at the Martial Saint Rank.]

["Are they all at the Martial God Early Stage? Though there are Martial Saint Realm Cultivators at every stage." You calculate silently in your heart. You feel the cultivation of those Martial Artists in the sky and think this, let's call them Martial Artists for now.]

[This is your first time seeing the so-called Extra-territorial Heavenly Demon. Although you have seen the name Extra-territorial Heavenly Demon many times outside the simulator, this is the first time you, Lin Liu, have actually seen one.]

["They really don't look very smart," you think, looking at the hollow eyes of those Extra-territorial Heavenly Demons.]

[You heard Marshal Ye and the others say that Extra-territorial Heavenly Demons at the Martial Saint Realm have some ability to communicate normally and don't look any different from ordinary people.]

[However, it doesn't seem to be the case. Putting those Martial Saints aside, even the Extra-territorial Heavenly Demons at the Martial God Realm look dull.]

[Forget it, you shake your head and stop thinking about it.]

[You raise your right hand, fingers slightly spread. The Spiritual Qi in your body awakens all at once. This is the first time you have invoked the Spiritual Qi in your body since your Breakthrough to the Fourth Realm; it is indeed different from when you were at the Martial God Realm, as it no longer starts from the Golden Core in your Dantian.]

[You feel as if every cell in your body has turned into a Golden Core. Soon, you find the most efficient way to invoke this Spiritual Qi.]

[The Spiritual Qi condenses into threads of pale golden light in the air. The light threads intertwine and converge, forming a long sword in your palm. The blade is as pure white as the moon, and the edge emits a faint hum in the chilling night wind of the Saint Realm.]

["pure white!" You gently raise the long sword in your hand.]

[The tip of the sword points to the sky, and then, without any flashy moves, you simply swing the sword down.]

["Rip!"]

[It is an extremely faint sound, like a paper cutter slicing through paper, or like a spring breeze cutting a willow branch.]

["Did he make a move?" In the command room, Head of Zhou Family asks, watching the descending long sword.]

["I only saw him swing his sword once. Was it too fast for me to see clearly?"]

["Me too!"]

["It should just be a warm-up move."]

[Several Martial Saint Peak experts look at each other, their gazes turning to Marshal Ye in unison.]

[Marshal Ye, biting on the cigarette that he still hadn't lit, remains silent for a long while before slowly shaking his head: "I don't know either. To me, that just looked like an ordinary sword swing."]

["He did make a move!" A Martial Saint Peak expert shouts while looking at the big screen: "Look, those Extra-territorial Heavenly Demons have all stopped!"]

[At this moment, all the Extra-territorial Heavenly Demons in front of you stop moving.]

[The next instant, a thin red line appears on everyone's neck.]

[Above the sky, hundreds of fountains of blood gush out simultaneously.]

[Scarlet pillars of blood shoot up from the severed necks, weaving into a sky full of splashes over the Saint-Grade city.]

[Extremely magnificent!]

[Venerable Li Kun is very confused right now. He just walked into this small Secret Realm. This is his first time entering this Secret Realm, and the moment he stepped in, he knew it was an Inner World.]

[If Secret Realms were to be ranked, an Inner World level Secret Realm would undoubtedly be the highest Rank. He can't believe it; if this Inner World were leaked, how many factions would come to fight over it.]

[It might even cause a reshuffling of some of the top factions on the Tianheng Continent.]

[There are only two types of Secret Realms: those opened by humans, or those formed naturally. However, the vast majority of Secret Realms have incomplete rules. Once born, they begin to continuously extract Spiritual Qi from the Tianheng Continent. Once the Spiritual Qi is full, it leaks out all at once, and when it is completely leaked, it disappears from the continent's map. At that time, the Spiritual Qi returns to the Tianheng Continent, and the day the Secret Realm's Spiritual Qi is full again and starts leaking is the time for the Secret Realm's development.]

[Because of this, a profession called Secret Realm Master was born on the Tianheng Continent. Generally speaking, this belongs to a branch of Formation Master, and its purpose is to extend the existence time of some large factions' private Secret Realms.]

[But the Inner World is different. The heaven and earth rules of this level of Secret Realm are not missing. It is equivalent to a Secret Realm completely independent of the Tianheng Continent. However, because of this, after the Inner World is born, it will have its Spiritual Qi absorbed by the Tianheng Continent.]

[Venerable Li Kun initially thought he was lucky, thinking it was just a small, undiscovered Secret Realm, but now that he has actually entered, he realizes it is the legendary Inner World!]

[You must know that even the top factions on the Tianheng Continent only possess one such naturally formed Inner World!]

[Although other top factions also have Inner Worlds, those were artificially created by spending huge amounts of Spirit Stones to hire Secret Realm Masters, and they also require huge maintenance costs.]

[Venerable Li Kun, a Loose Cultivator, actually stumbled into an ownerless, natural Inner World. For a moment, his breathing quickens.]

[The current Spiritual Qi concentration of this world should only be able to produce Cultivators around the Golden Core level. To increase the Spiritual Qi concentration of this Inner World, a special Formation is needed, and that Formation can be learned once one reaches the Soul Transformation Realm.]

["It seems that I, Venerable Li Kun, am truly the child of destiny, hehehe!!!" Venerable Li Kun cannot help but laugh out loud.]

[The next instant, a sword light appears.]

["A Soul Transformation Cultivator!" Venerable Li Kun is immediately shocked: "No, that's not right. This is not a technique of a Soul Transformation Cultivator."]

[Venerable Li Kun's expression immediately turns grave. He feels that he has been locked onto. The opponent should not have Soul Transformation cultivation, but this move should already far exceed the strength of the Nascent Soul Peak.]

["Damn it!" Venerable Li Kun cannot help but shout in shock.]

[Then he realizes that he can actually break free from the opponent's restraint, and only then does he remember that he is now at the Soul Transformation Realm.]

[He dodges the Sword Qi with a sideways movement.]

["No, my Puppet!" Venerable Li Kun shouts while looking at the fountains of blood above the sky.]

[Those were all Puppets he had painstakingly cultivated; they were gone in a single exchange!]

["Damn Nascent Soul ant." With his Soul Transformation cultivation, he quickly locks onto the opponent's position. He didn't even think he could appear in front of the opponent in an instant.]

[So you are stunned for a moment when you see Venerable Li Kun, and Venerable Li Kun is also stunned for a moment when he sees you!]

[Your expression immediately turns grave; your Divine Sense actually failed to capture the opponent just now.]

[But fortunately, you can feel the Spiritual Qi fluctuations in the opponent's body.]

[As the saying goes, using a rusty iron sword to challenge a Devil King with ten thousand health bars is actually not scary. What is most terrifying is that you have a max-level set and are sent to kill an ordinary old man, but that old man has no health bar.]

[Battles between Martial Artists are like this. Unless you can be absolutely certain that the opponent is a Mortal, it is very terrifying to have someone standing in front of you without the slightest Spiritual Qi fluctuation.]

[You point the long sword in your hand at Venerable Li Kun. His Spiritual Qi is indeed a bit more than yours, but so what!]

[It's like you have learned much more physics knowledge than a certain Mr. Niu, but do you really think this Mr. Niu cannot beat you in physics?]

["Young friend, wait!" Venerable Li Kun looks at the sword tip you raised, shouts, and pushes his palm forward, as if pacifying a Vicious Beast about to pounce.]