The cave was cool and cool, and the smell of blood from time to time told Xu Yue that there must be many people deep in the cave.
And with Zhao Ke's description, he finally had a rough idea of what happened during the battle.
At first, after encountering the eight people, no one became suspicious. Chang Qing even relaxed his vigilance, left the main force, and went to negotiate with the eight people.
Immediately afterwards, the eight people revealed their different intentions. After weighing the strength of both sides, they decisively chose to take action. They first killed Chang Qing and then attacked the large army, preparing to annihilate the dozens of people in that mountain forest.
In fact, originally, if these dozens of people worked together, it would not be impossible for them to fight.
But unfortunately, as Xu Yue guessed, many enemies have already been mixed into the secret realm. Some of them, like eight people, hunt in an honest team, and some are lurking among the disciples of Mount Di. Wait for the opportunity and make a sneak attack.
Therefore, as soon as the battle started, there were many rebels among the team, and many Dishan disciples were stabbed. For example, Zhao Ke was seriously injured after his heart was pierced with a sword.
Then, the balance of power tilted. Nearly ten enemies hiding in the team stopped pretending and directly joined the eight people and began to besiege everyone.
"At that time, if the monster beasts hadn't arrived in time, broke through the encirclement with strong physical strength, and fought against those eight people, we might have been dead." Speaking of this, Zhao Ke said with sincerity.
"Monster?" Xu Yue was startled.
"That's right, a few monster beasts at the peak of the Solid Spirit Realm! They were selected by Emperor Mountain to guard the spirit treasures in this secret realm. They are powerful and have high cultivation levels. They were later persuaded by Junior Brother Chang to join the team." Zhao Ke He nodded.
"So that's how it is... But even so, with a few monsters and a seriously injured you, you can't beat those eight people, right? I've seen the causes of their deaths, and it's definitely not what you can do." Xu Yue He said slowly.
"Indeed, even if the monsters join the battle group, we can barely hold our ground... We can escape mainly because of the help of strong people!"
A smile of reverence appeared on Zhao Ke's face, and he continued: "It's the alternate emperor! The alternate emperor of Ziteng Mountain Branch, Senior Brother Liu Yun, suddenly appeared and saved us!"
"Alternate emperor? Liu Yun?"
Xu Yue was stunned for a moment, really surprised.
Shouldn't the candidate emperors be outside? Why did they enter this secret realm?
"That's right! If it weren't for Senior Brother Liu, we would never have escaped from those eight people." Zhao Ke smiled and nodded, speaking respectfully.
After crossing another corner, many runes suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides of the cave, causing Xu Yue to slow down.
These runes shimmered in the darkness, and the power of the enchantment continued to come from above, covering the entire cave.
"This is Yidi Mountain's unique concealment technique. It can only be used by monks at the level of gods... Is this arranged by Liu Yun?" Xu Yue asked Zhao Ke in front.
Just now, he failed to detect Zhao Ke's sneak attack immediately because of this barrier.
"Yes, because of it, we, a group of defeated soldiers, can safely hide here, but unexpectedly, we were still found by Master Xu."
Zhao Ke kept walking and continued to lead Xu Yue deep into the cave.
A few minutes later, there was fire coming from the front, and the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, accompanied by wailing sounds one after another.
Xu Yue frowned, quickened his pace and passed Zhao Ke, reaching the innermost part of the cave.
There is an open space here, which is as big as a football field. The mountain walls around the open space are already lit with torches, making it bright.
At this time, nearly a hundred Yidi Mountain disciples were gathering here, either lying on the ground, wailing, or sitting cross-legged, trying their luck to heal their injuries.
In the distance, there were several huge black figures lying on the ground. While they were panting, white air kept coming out of their mouths and noses. The huge sound was like muffled thunder, echoing continuously in the deep cave.
They have the most sword marks on their bodies, and many wounds the size of arms have not healed at this time, and are still bleeding open and closed, which makes people feel distressed.
Xu Yue stood there, watching this scene silently.
"Senior Brother Zhao is back!"
"Senior Brother Zhao, what's the situation outside?"
"Old Zhao, this person beside you is..."
Scattered inquiries came from the cave, and many people looked at Xu Yue with curiosity on their faces.
"Everyone, please don't doubt that this is the Master Xu mentioned by Junior Brother Chang Qing." Zhao Ke introduced solemnly.
"Master Xu?"
"He is the one who discovered that the secret realm has changed!"
"It seems like he's still in the spirit-splitting realm... he's not very strong."
Some people were happy and felt that reinforcements had arrived, while others sighed and were a little disappointed with the strength of Xu Yue, the "master".
"Master Xu!"
At this time, a young man ran in a panic from a distance. He accidentally bumped into several classmates along the way and apologized bluntly.
"Master Xu! Disciple Liang Xuan, meet Master!" Liang Xuan came to Xu Yue and bowed down.
"Who are you?" Xu Yue was curious.
"Master Xu, my disciple is also a trial disciple in this secret realm. He was found by a star-tailed mongoose and notified of the evil situation. It happened that among the few people who were traveling with me at that time, there were actually two enemies lurking in secret! We and Xing The tailed mongoose and another monster fought together, and they escaped the fate of being attacked and killed." Liang Xuan quickly recounted his experience, and everyone around him fell silent.
Many of them had the same experience, but in the end, they were not as lucky as Liang Xuan.
"Star-tailed mongoose? Well done. Where is it?" Xu Yue said happily.
"On the order of Master Xu, it summoned several fast-moving monsters and continued to search for its fellow disciples!" Liang Xuan said.
Hearing this, many people nodded, and some turned around and looked at the nearly ten seriously injured monsters deep in the cave, their hearts filled with gratitude.
Without their help this time, Yidi Mountain's side would have suffered even higher losses, and countless disciples would have died under the butcher's knife.
"After that, we met the alternate emperor Senior Brother Liu Yun by chance. He told us that we could hide here, so we came here at night." After Liang Xuan finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was thinking of the previous experience. , still thrilling.
"Oh? Where is Liu Yun?"
Xu Yue looked around, and he sensed that although there were nearly a hundred people here, there was not a single monk in the realm of gods.
Zhao Ke on the side took over the words and said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Liu is not here. After he set up a barrier in this cave, he went around looking for our scattered disciples and notified them to gather here."
"I asked why there are so many people here."
Xu Yue nodded, quite agreeing with the other party's approach of establishing a shelter.
"Then where is he now?" Xu Yue asked.
"Now, Senior Brother Liu is either still continuing to gather disciples from the outside world, or he has gone to that place!"
Zhao Ke waved his hand, and several men and women came from a distance, most of them monks from the Yidi Mountain Sect.
"Master, don't worry, just look at this picture."
These people bowed first, then took out several maps from their arms and put them together gently, and a complete area appeared in front of Xu Yue.
Xu Yue frowned slightly, looked intently, and his eyes suddenly froze.
What this picture depicts is none other than the Guling Realm area, the exit of the Secret Realm Trial!
