SQLJBFDTW Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Secret Realm (3) 3, 2, 1, Ready to Snatch Opportunities Haphazardly…

The further they went, the wind picked up, and the sky was filled with sand, obscuring their vision. Chao Jianxue raised his sleeve to cover his face, struggling to see ahead, and saw tiny fragments of bone mixed with the sand grains in the wind.

They tried to use protective wind-repelling spells, but for some reason, their spiritual power seemed disconnected from their bodies, they could sense its presence, but couldn’t use it.

“Hey, try this!” One person offered a magic tool, unfolding it into a large, rotating Xuanji Umbrella, covering their heads and barely blocking half of the wind and sand.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, a piercing screech sounded overhead.

Yu Wei’s sword flew out of its sheath, striking and cutting off half of a Rakshasa bird’s wing. The Rakshasa bird staggered in mid-air, tilted its head back, and emitted an even more mournful cry, like a child’s incessant wailing at night.

The senior apprentice sister raised the Xuanji Umbrella, pondering, “This is not good…”

Sure enough, after that cry, the sky on both sides dimmed like paper, and the wind brought a sense of oppressive foreboding.

Yu Wei held his sword, his expression also slightly solemn, and succinctly uttered a single word: “Run!”

Run?

Chao Jianxue was a little confused. Could someone tell him what was going on? But his survival instincts had already kicked in, and he strode forward, desperately catching up with the others who were already running.

The wind and his own breathing were heavy and ragged, and in that heavy panting, the sound of countless wings suddenly resounded.

Chao Jianxue turned his head to take a look and was immediately scared out of his wits.

The sky behind them was already covered by a swarm of Rakshasa birds, approaching them like a black cloud.

No matter what, human legs can’t outrun birds in flight. In the blink of an eye, the Xuanji Umbrella was pecked through with a hole by the Rakshasa birds’ sharp beaks. The senior apprentice sister cried out in distress, “My umbrella!”

With the umbrella broken, the protective magic tool was no longer effective.

Countless Rakshasa birds swooped down towards them, the sound they made was like a thousand kinds of cries crammed into a small, airtight compartment.

Chao Jianxue’s vision blurred, and he only saw an exceptionally large Rakshasa bird rushing towards his face. Suddenly, a force pressed down on the back of his head, slamming him face down into the sand.

“Don’t move!” It was Yu Wei’s voice.

Although he was saving him, couldn’t you have warned me first! Chao Jianxue swallowed a mouthful of sand, feeling like crying but with no tears. His life was at stake, so he could only listen to Yu Wei and dared not move.

The sound of swords clashed, mingled with the mournful cries.

These Rakshasa birds seemed to be trying to prevent them from entering the skull in the center.

Since they couldn’t use their spiritual power, they had to rely on their most basic survival skills. Their hands were already numb as they dodged and weaved.

“Does anyone have any more magic tools!”

“I can’t even move my hands! There are too many monsters! Yu Wei, be careful!”

In a flash of lightning, Yu Wei dodged sharp claws aimed at his eyes, and when he braced himself against the ground, his sword was stabbed right next to Chao Jianxue’s face in the sand. Chao Jianxue cautiously glanced sideways and saw blood on his face.

Their eyes met, and Yu Wei immediately turned around to block another Rakshasa bird flying towards them.

In a panic, Chao Jianxue suddenly remembered that he did have magic tools… Unlike the others who couldn’t move their hands, he was different.

But Yu Wei might recognize his magic tool, and he would lose face if he was recognized!

Never mind, he couldn’t just lie here and enjoy the benefits.

Chao Jianxue buried his face in his arm and rummaged around, calmed his mind, and threw out a blinding “flashbang,” while shouting loudly, “Close your eyes!”

The white light was overwhelming and blinding, instantly making people curse.

Chao Jianxue was abashed. This was the only thing that didn’t require spiritual power to activate.

He only remembered that Yu Wei had mentioned that Rakshasa birds “feared sunlight,” and thought it might have some effect.

Thank heavens, he had listened to Yu Wei’s words. After the flash, most of the Rakshasa birds retreated.

Chao Jianxue jumped up from the ground, subconsciously grabbed the person next to him, and began to run wildly against the wind.

“You’re full of surprises!”

The others, all Core Formation cultivators, quickly caught up with him. Chao Jianxue was running too fast to speak, only watching the black hole of the skull’s mouth get closer and closer.

But his vision was also blurring. He went all out, but his strength gradually waned, and his chest began to ache.

At this moment, the person he had been pulling had run ahead of him. Chao Jianxue was running out of strength, but the other person’s hand was still holding him tightly.

Through the wind and sand, he couldn’t see clearly who he was pulling.

The Rakshasa birds flapped their wings and came back, approaching like a black cloud.

The smell of blood rose, and Chao Jianxue knew that his face must be very painful. If he had known that entering the secret realm meant racing with monsters, he would have started training his body a month in advance.

Finally, they reached the front of the black hole. The others had already jumped in one after another. Chao Jianxue saw the distance between the opening and the top of his head, and a sense ofdesolate melancholy arose.

If his jumping ability was good enough, he could have jumped up with both feet, put his hands in his sleeves, and directly rotate in the air, diving in like a fish. But his legs were heavy, and it was like climbing to heaven.

However, the person pulling him didn’t give him time to react, and had already risen into the air, pulling him up as well.

A Rakshasa bird had almost pecked his butt, nearly adding a new hole.

With a “thump,” Chao Jianxue fell onto the person, feeling dizzy and disoriented, and sat up, legs trembling.

“Thank you.” The person under him spoke, his breathing also unsteady, his voice not as clear andRunsmooth as usual.

Chao Jianxue jumped up in shock.

Good heavens, how did he end up falling on Yu Wei again!

He quickly took a few steps back, retreating to where his senior brothers and sisters were.

They looked up and out, and the Rakshasa birds indeed couldn’t get in. They had come to the right place.

Even more gratifying was that they weren’t the only ones here. There were also some familiar and unfamiliar faces, disciples from other sects, many of whom were injured. They had also been chased and attacked by the Rakshasa birds outside, and some even had their eyes pecked out.

Looking at it this way, although they had also suffered some injuries, they were still relatively unscathed.

“It’s you!”

Chao Jianxue looked and saw Hua Ze. He had changed into tight-sleeved garb and was standing with two disciples from the Su Xin Sect.

“The outside is really dangerous. Not only can you not use your spiritual power, but those monster birds are so difficult to deal with. Thanks to the help of the two Su Xin Sect sisters, otherwise I would have been finished out there.”

The two Su Xin Sect disciples calmly nodded to them and said, “There is no need to be so afraid. The outside should be an illusion created by Lord Fuheng Zhenxian. If you suffer a fatal injury and fall in the illusion, you will probably be thrown out of the secret realm directly. Our junior sister is like this; her life tablet is still lit.”

“Is that so…” Hua Ze acted surprised, “I thought Senior Fuheng would not make such a dangerous place.”

The Wuwu Sect members looked at each other, thinking that professional matters should be left to professionals. The Su Xin Sect excelled in mind techniques and could recognize illusions in desperate situations.

Chao Jianxue humbly asked for advice: “Sisters, is this place still an illusion?”

They shook their heads: “This place is not.”

In other words, dying here meant actually dying.

Chao Jianxue rubbed his forehead. When he fell on Yu Wei just now, his forehead hit his chin, gradually causing a faint pain.

He glanced and saw that Yu Wei’s chin was red. He was now staring at him with a thoughtful expression.

Chao Jianxue quickly apologized: “I bumped into Senior Brother, sorry, sorry!”

Yu Wei, with that red mark, looked somewhat pitiful, but he was still cold and indifferent: “It’s okay.”

“Was that light-splitting talisman you threw?”

Chao Jianxue acted dumb: “Ah, I was just trying it out. I bought it at the market a long time ago. I didn’t expect it to be so bright.”

His eyes were clear and didn’t seem to be faking it, and also revealed a kind of innocence. But the corners of his eyes were upturned, overflowing with a cunning flavor.

The more Yu Wei looked, the more he felt that these eyes should not be born on this face that was so ordinary that it was impossible to pick out its merits or faults.

He nodded: “This talisman has enough power and is a top-grade talisman.”

Chao Jianxue laughed and said: “No wonder it was so expensive, I thought I was being cheated!”

There was something Yu Wei didn’t say: this quality of talisman was priceless and rare on the market, and it was unlikely that an outer disciple could buy it under normal circumstances.

Yu Wei exchanged glances with his senior brothers and sisters and decided to put it aside for now.

Unlike the yellow sand outside, entering this skull was another scene.

Inside the dark bones, it was pitch-black away from the light. Fortunately, spiritual power could be sensed here again, and many people took out lighting magic tools. The seemingly dim light illuminated the entire interior of the skull.

In the middle of the sandy ground was a stone staircase leading underground. When they threw a stone down, they couldn’t hear an echo, which was frightening.

People went down one after another. The number of participating disciples was already much smaller than the number seen in the dense forest at the beginning. Some had perished in the dense forest, and some had been thrown out under the onslaught of the Rakshasa birds.

The Rakshasa birds had disappeared from the Xuanzhen Realm for hundreds of years. Fortunately, Yu Wei and others were knowledgeable and well-informed, so they were unscathed.

Chao Jianxue thought to himself that books were not read in vain.

The cave entrance was narrow. He learned from Yu Wei and adjusted his breathing for a moment before crouching down and entering the stone cave.

The fluorescent white magic tool floated in front, illuminating the long, long, endless stone steps below.

“When are we going to reach the end if we keep walking like this? Why not just fly down and take a look?” Hua Ze said.

Chao Jianxue wanted to say, “How did you naturally blend into the Wuwu Sect’s team?” But before he could speak, he heard Yu Wei say, “Don’t.”

He tore off a piece of his sleeve and threw it down. The aquamarine fabric turned into pieces of debris in the light.

Chao Jianxue hid behind him and concentrated on looking there. Only then did he see the strange silk threads in mid-air, crisscrossing and densely packed below. If people jumped down unprepared, wouldn’t they become a plate of sashimi?

But the steps were really long and endless. It would be more convenient if they could roll people down like a ball.

He didn’t know how long they had walked. In short, Chao Jianxue felt that his knee joints were about to break down, his eyes half-closed, and he looked dizzy, before he heard someone say, “We’re here!”

His foot then stepped into the water.

Without knowing what kind of mechanism was triggered, they heard a “boom,” and flames like snake shadowsStop flared up, instantly igniting the fire lamps on the surrounding walls. A thick, bloody smell instantly permeated and filled everyone’s faces.

Seeing the scene in front of them, many people couldn’t bear it and bent over to vomit.