Chapter 320: Perilous Secret Realm
A single slash brought down the giant bird.
The "Infinite Divine Demon Body Refining Technique" within Xu Lingjun activated spontaneously.
Reaching the Profound Realm.
The "Infinite Divine Demon Body Refining Technique" no longer limited itself to just absorbing True Qi that entered his body, but now accepted all external Spiritual Qi, Blood Qi, and more.
Especially with the death of the Thunder Wing Bird, its body had not even hit the ground before being torn apart by the remaining flying demon beasts.
But the blood mist spreading across the sky was absorbed by Xu Lingjun as he passed through, becoming part of his depleted True Qi...
The consumption from using Excalibur was swiftly replenished.
And without pausing, Xu Lingjun continued to dash deeper into the Secret Realm.
In the blink of an eye, he had vanished without a trace.
Came quickly, left quickly... like an illusion.
"Who is that person?"
Some patrol squad members, currently wielding hot weapons against the demon beasts, couldn't help but voice their confusion.
"I don't know, I've never heard of anyone in Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion holding a sword-shaped cannon."
"So impressive, he's so fast."
"He's going in to save people, he's a martial artist at the Profound Realm... With that speed, he must be able to save more students!"
Upon hearing this,
all the patrol squad members were invigorated.
They shouted, "Guys, give it all you've got, try to buy more time. Every extra minute we fight buys another student their life. Once this is over, we'll be the greatest contributors, and we won't have to worry about the academic credit reward!"
"Oh!!!"
Everyone cheered loudly.
Meanwhile, Xu Lingjun wasted no time.
There are so many students from Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion trapped in the Secret Realm, if he had to save all of them, even he couldn't manage it.
At this point, he could only prioritize those close to him, ensuring they were safe before considering saving more people.
"Xiaoya, fully search for Jun Qing's whereabouts!"
"Understood!"
Xiaoya seemed to understand the dire situation, knowing that if Jun Qing couldn't be rescued within three hours, she might die in the Secret Realm alongside Daxiong.
Though Xu Lingjun didn't know exactly how terrifying the so-called Terminator System was, judging by Liu Zhiyuan's tone, even a Level 9 Demon Beast wouldn't survive within it.
Holding the Sword of Oath and Victory in one hand, and the Positioning Device in the other,
he avoided any entanglements with demon beasts if possible... His speed was so great that they couldn't catch up even if they tried.
But if he encountered demon beasts that wouldn't relent and were too fast to evade,
with the Sword of Oath and Victory at hand, and due to Xu Lingjun's current strength, though not as strong as when he collaborated with Gu Xi and Li Jingjun,
he wasn't far off either.
Even a Level 8 Demon Beast would lose an arm against his strike.
How could these demon beasts, at most Level 7, avoid it?
He showed no mercy, launching an Excalibur straight away.
The scorching fresh Shiyue Cannon could easily kill any persistent demon beast, leaving behind a strong smell of grilled meat where Xu Lingjun passed.
As he entered the Secret Realm,
hundreds of light spots appeared densely on the Positioning Device.
Xu Lingjun charged toward the nearest direction.
Though he had instructed Xiaoya, her detection range was limited, proving less useful than the Positioning Device, which could only confirm locations, not identities... If it could, Xu Lingjun would have saved Jun Qing first.
But now,
he could only check spot by spot... four hundred people, hoping there's still time.
Xu Lingjun thought, his heart unable to shake off the anxiety.
Two minutes later, he arrived at the position nearest to him.
There lay a skeleton stripped clean, with broken bones and no flesh left... indicating that they must have suffered greatly before death.
In the nearby bushes, a Spiritual Protection Device emitted a crystalline glow, obviously deployed, yet failing to save its owner's life.
Xu Lingjun picked up the Spiritual Protection Device.
There was no time for sentimentality.
He dashed towards the second location.
The second location...
was a group of demon beasts tearing into a human corpse, the Spiritual Protection Device's signal was clearly there, but it was nowhere to be found.
A brief comparison, and Xu Lingjun's gaze fell on a porcupine.
Without hesitation, he slashed down with Excalibur.
The Spiritual Qi within the Secret Realm was much denser than outside, so even Excalibur, which consumed a lot of True Qi, could be restored to its original state within minutes under the influence of his "Infinite Divine Demon Body Refining Technique" having reached the Profound Realm.
After a single slash...
a swath of destruction was left in its wake.
And the porcupine was cut in half at the waist... a blood-stained Spiritual Protection Device dropped from its insides.
Xu Lingjun picked it up.
Even if the person was dead, the device couldn't be left outside. Otherwise, it might cause others to waste time coming again.
Two trips both fruitless, but Xu Lingjun wasn't discouraged, he flew toward the third light spot without hesitation.
He couldn't even confirm whether either of the two Spiritual Protection Devices belonged to Jun Qing...
but the likelihood was small.
After all, with Daxiong by her side, even though Daxiong was young, he was still a Level 7 Demon Beast.
The possibility of them protecting each other was quite high.
The fourth point, the fifth point...
Xu Lingjun rushed through with no success.
The situation was even worse than Liu Zhiyuan described, or perhaps Xu Lingjun was unlucky, having found four or five Spiritual Protection Devices, yet their owners were already dead.
But it wasn't surprising, martial artists merely at the True Transformation Realm, dealing with Level 5 Demon Beasts was already challenging enough, against Level 6 they could only flee, and Level 7 Demon Beasts could take their lives.
There was no room for luck.
Until the seventh light spot.
Seeing the young girl being chased by three demon beasts, even though it wasn't Jun Qing, and she was heavily injured, finally seeing someone alive.
And at the time, she was accompanied by someone who was clearly a Teaching Assistant.
The two worked together, and since the three demon beasts seemed to want the prey for themselves, they were somewhat wary of each other, which allowed the two to survive until now.
Even so...
If Xu Lingjun hadn't arrived in time, they probably wouldn't have lasted much longer.
"Senior!"
Zhou Tingting, panicked, glanced at her Teaching Assistant senior sister.
Only to find Wu Qian, the Teaching Assistant, equally helpless.
The enemies were simply too many, any one of the three demon beasts she wasn't afraid of, but with all three, she couldn't handle them.
She gently spat out blood and said, "You run first, I'll buy you time..."
"No, we'll leave together."
Before she finished speaking.
A man's shouted voice suddenly rang in their ears.
"Get down!"
"What?"
The two women looked up in surprise, instantly frightened pale, seeing a golden blast heading towards them, they flung themselves to the ground, the blast grazing past their heads.
Yet the three demon beasts weren't so lucky.
They were thoroughly incinerated by the scorching beam.
"Are you alright?"
Xu Lingjun jumped down, carrying the Sword of Oath and Victory, and walked into the blood mist, which dissipated quickly, within seconds.
And Xu Lingjun's depleted True Qi was mostly replenished.
"We're... alright..."
The two women looked at Xu Lingjun, their eyes couldn't help but brighten, the anger from having their hair singed vanished.
They felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude they couldn't express for being saved.
[You saved Wu Qian from mortal peril, earning her heartfelt gratitude, garnering the favor of the world's source will, Origin Value +127!]
[You saved Zhou Tingting from mortal peril, earning her heartfelt gratitude, garnering the favor of the world's source will, Origin Value +152!]
Unexpectedly, the Origin Value reward from these martial artists in life-and-death situations was so considerable.
Xu Lingjun nodded, "It's good you're alright, come, I'll take you away."
Having found someone alive, naturally one should take them out... although the main priority was to save Jun Qing, it wouldn't be right to leave others to die.
Fortunately, with Mark 50, his speed was quick, so it wouldn't take too long.