Ashes and scorched earth—
When Fang Ming Jing lightly swung his sword down, only this remained in front of his vision.
Forget about the demonic beasts lurking in the shadows, within a hundred meters, the towering ancient trees along with the entire earth were all devoid of color, turning into a swathe of black char.
The remaining terrifying heat around them still warped the air.
“How powerful…”
Hestia was speechless.
As a god, she actually didn’t have much combat ability, now witnessing such a scene, she only felt incredibly shocked,
Was this really just a casual swing of the sword?
“The sword grip is empty and filled with flaws, but…”
Sodoros’ eyes were incredibly sharp, he naturally could tell that Fang Ming Jing had only just started wielding a sword. But it was precisely because of this that the lion-like old man couldn’t help but marvel:
“The sword light that was released is without any imperfections, it gleams like snow blossoms. Group Leader, you are more talented than I expected…!”
“After all, he is the Little Group Leader.”
The parasol-spinning Yakumo Yukari still had a beaming smile on her face.
Fang Ming Jing didn’t pay attention to the chatter in the chat group, his gaze was fixed on the enormous snake corpse not far ahead—based on its aura, this was a Demonic Beast of the Returning Void Realm.
He stroked his chin, thinking of something.
Stinky Bean Sprout: “Does Sister Eri-na have any interest in demonic beasts as ingredients?”
God's Tongue: “….Are you talking about terrifying monsters like that snake?”
Stinky Bean Sprout: “There are also some normal demonic beasts, could you help me cook one after we find it?”
This was precisely his plan.
After all, the Secret Realm would last for a whole week, and he couldn’t cook himself. Besides, for薙切绘理奈, demonic beasts were considered rare ingredients, to say the least?
As expected,
God's Tongue: “Then send it to me once you find it, Ming Jing-kun, but it’s best if it’s the kind that is easy to handle.”
Hestia: “Eri-na’s cooking, I get a share too!”
Seventeen Year Old Girl: “哎呀, I'm also very interested, I can trade something for it.”
God's Tongue: “No need for trading, I’ll send it to the chat group after the meal is ready.”
She even sent a smiling emoji at the end.
The proud blonde young lady was really easy to get along with in the chat group…
However, compared to everyone’s joy, the empty nest old bone whose body was reduced to just a skeleton felt very wronged.
Ainz Ooal Gown: “Why do I have to transmigrate into an Undead?! Even if I became a Slime, it would be better than now!”
No one responded to him.
Although everyone felt sorry for his sudden change of fate, they couldn’t empathize, it would be overly arrogant to try and persuade him to accept his situation.
With his goal set, Fang Ming Jing continued his journey through the forest.
He was taking it easy, but the other cultivators in the Secret Realm might not be so fortunate.
The outer rim of the forest
“Senior Brother Qi, are we really going to go deep into the forest all at once?”
“Naturally, Junior Sister.”
The youth called Senior Brother Qi had a faint smile on his face.
“You have to know, the higher the risk, the greater the reward. While there are gains to be made in this outer region, they are nothing but trivial matters, only those rootless drifters will be satisfied with it.”
“唉! Junior Sister Qingyi, don't you have faith in Senior Brother Qi?”
“Haha, how could that be? Senior Brother Qi is the leader of our generation in the Ji Yun Sect, with him, who could threaten us?”
The few youngsters laughed happily, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of superiority when it came to their sect.
The junior sister, after their talk, also became more confident.
The senior brothers were right, they were disciples of the Ji Yun Sect, how could they be like those shortsighted drifters who only hang around in the outer region? This was the Secret Realm of the Chong Xiao Holy Land!
However, as they were happily chatting and continuing their journey into the depths, when they reached a clearing, their faces all changed.
An extremely pungent smell of blood hit them, there was chaos everywhere, a pile of demonic beast corpses, blood pooling everywhere, and at the center of the blood pool stood a young man with a fierce expression.
Seeing the young man at that instant, the Ji Yun Sect disciples who had been so arrogant before were instantly like wax, they couldn’t even breathe.
Liu Guan Zong!
How could he be here?!
Senior Brother Qi secretly groaned in his heart, he didn’t even dare to look at the figure standing in the pool of blood, only subtly gestured to his junior brothers and sisters to quietly retreat.
However,
“Stop.”
A cold voice came over, Senior Brother Qi felt his scalp tingle at that moment, he quickly looked up at the young man, and said somewhat brashly:
“Liu…Liu Guan Zong! We were just passing by! We are Ji Yun —”
Before Senior Brother Qi could finish, a head flew through the air.
The remaining Ji Yun Sect disciples subconsciously wanted to scream, but when they glanced at Liu Guan Zong’s indifferent eyes, they rationally suppressed it.
“I ask you, have you seen the Holy Son of the Chong Xiao Holy Land?”
“….No, no…”
The disciple who answered had a trembling voice and legs.
The answer made the frost in Liu Guan Zong’s eyes even more intense.
“What about Feng Ya Yue?”
“We know that! She went straight to the depths when she entered the Secret Realm!”
The frost in Liu Guan Zong’s eyes only subsided slightly.
He wiped his hands with the clothes of Senior Brother Qi’s still standing corpse, wiping away the crimson blood, before turning and heading deeper into the forest.
It wasn’t until his back completely disappeared from sight that the Ji Yun Sect disciples could no longer support their legs and collapsed to the ground.
For a long time, they couldn’t even stand up.