Leaning against a large tree, Wu Tao set up the "Low-Level Maze Array" runes and began to ignore everything around him.
He only focused on the palm of his hand, where a miniature, rune-inscribed black demonic blade floated.
Beside him, the daughter's belongings were piled high.
Several pink bellybands, many silk robes, stacks of women's undergarments, hundreds of types of rouge and powder, numerous fans, handkerchiefs, and silk brocade clothing...
These were all found in Wang Siyuan's storage bag. Upon seeing these items, Wu Tao's worldview was instantly shattered.
At first, as these feminine items were slowly taken out one by one from the storage bag, Wu Tao's eyes widened.
At that moment, he was truly dumbfounded.
If not for the storage bag containing a few magic artifacts, several bottles of spirit-enhancing elixirs, and healing elixirs...
Wu Tao truly wouldn't have believed that this person, neither male nor female, this wretched pervert, was here to participate in this bloody secret realm trip with a mortality rate exceeding seventy percent!
In Wu Tao's opinion, Wang Siyuan, this effeminate creature, was more like someone going to participate in a mortal beauty pageant.
The cultivation world is far more brutal than the mortal world. The strong survive, the weak perish. It's the naked law of the jungle; the victor takes all, and the loser becomes a pile of bones.
Sometimes, not even the qualification for reincarnation is left; after death, even the soul and corpse will be exploited.
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No matter how he thought about it, killing Wang Siyuan felt like a loss. It was too disgusting...
Only when he saw the miniature, rune-inscribed black demonic blade did Wu Tao feel that everything was worth it.
This was an incredibly terrifying and fearsome demonic blade.
Countless curses were etched onto the demonic blade, which pulsed with a strange and dreadful black light.
Looking at the miniature, rune-inscribed black demonic blade in his palm, Wu Tao's eyes flickered with complex emotions of excitement and lingering fear.
The terrifying power of this rune-inscribed black demonic blade made Wu Tao deeply afraid. Fortunately, Wang Siyuan, this perverse creature, had not produced this black demonic blade in time.
Thinking of this, Wu Tao couldn't help but let out another cold snort, saying with disdain, "Wang Siyuan, you truly are a foolish and stupid, money-sending, rotten bottom, little bunny brother."
The blade of the rune-inscribed black demonic blade was as dark as the night, exuding a profound stillness, and faintly emanating a bloody glow. The blade was inscribed with the five characters "Zhan Xian Xue Mo Dao" (Immortal Slaying Blood Demon Blade).
Wu Tao happily played with it for a while longer before reluctantly putting it back into his storage bag.
With this rune-inscribed black demonic blade, Wu Tao suddenly felt his spine straighten and his courage swell. In this Huangji Taiyi Secret Realm, there was essentially nothing he feared.
This unexpectedly acquired Zhan Xian Xue Mo Dao, in his eyes, was an unadulterated supreme offensive magic artifact.
The blade energy emitted by the Zhan Xian Xue Mo Dao could not only easily sever ordinary magic artifacts but also corrupt other magic artifacts. Moreover, the more people died by this blade, the stronger its power would become.
Of course, the Zhan Xian Xue Mo Dao also had a significant drawback: it required the user to consume some of their vital blood with each use. Prolonged use of the Zhan Xian Xue Mo Dao was undoubtedly like drinking poison to quench thirst, a path to self-destruction.
However, even with such a major flaw, the value of the Zhan Xian Xue Mo Dao was immeasurable to Wu Tao.
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Wu Tao was unaware that at this very moment, on a grassy area not far from the core of the secret realm, disciples from the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Demonic Heavenly Sect, who had encountered each other by chance, were locked in a fierce battle.
As both sides had seven or eight members, their strength was evenly matched, a contest of equals.
This was the first large-scale life-and-death combat of this trial. Both sides were vying to be the first to enter the area rich in spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, to facilitate their collection.
Of course, if they could quickly eliminate their opponents and seize their wealth and spoils, that would be even more satisfying!
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In the end, the Taiyi Immortal Sect disciples proved to be superior. After killing most of their opponents, the remaining three from the Demonic Heavenly Sect retreated with their injuries.
The group from the Taiyi Immortal Sect then took the lead in breaking into the core area teeming with spiritual herbs and medicinal plants.
Within the densely packed core area, not only were there various rare flowers, exotic fruits, and other natural spiritual treasures, but there were also powerful demonic beasts guarding them, capable of rivaling the elite disciples of both sects.
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One bud sprouts, two flowers bloom.
Meanwhile, Wu Tao encountered another major danger on his journey through the Huangji Taiyi Secret Realm. At a narrow intersection, he was blocked by four disciples from the Demonic Heavenly Sect, who stood before and behind him, cutting off his path.
Wu Tao frowned upon seeing this. He hadn't expected to be so unlucky, ambushed by others before he could even collect many spiritual herbs and medicinal plants, and in the worst possible scenario: one person against many!
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The place where he was now was a narrow, deep gorge. The environment of the gorge was extremely perilous. There was only one small path through this entire section, leading to the area ahead where spiritual herbs and medicinal plants were more abundant.
On either side of the path were incredibly steep, treacherous peaks.
Wu Tao scanned with his divine sense and found that these four were basically cultivators at the eleventh or twelfth level of Qi Refining. Seeing the fierce and ruthless expressions on the faces of the four Demonic Heavenly Sect disciples, he knew that any more eloquent talk would be useless!
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"Kid, you've got guts, walking alone in this secret realm. You've run into us four brothers today, and you're done for. Hurry up and kneel and beg for mercy, and perhaps we'll leave you with an intact corpse!" said the burly man in the lead, with a menacing look.
Then he turned to his three fellow disciples and said, "Let's hurry up and give this hypocrite from the Taiyi Immortal Sect a good welcome, so he knows that it's not easy to get by as a brash kid in this cultivation world!"
Upon hearing this, one of his companions shrugged his shoulders, took out a pair of high-grade magic artifacts emitting a dark aura, the "Silver Poison Blood Demon Hook Claws," from his storage bag, and was about to attack...
Seeing Wu Tao frown, he flipped his left hand, and a fiery red flying sword appeared in his palm. He struck first.
Then, with a flash of light from the Fire Shadow Spirit Flying Sword, it materialized into nothingness and instantly disappeared from its original spot.
"Careful!" the burly man shouted in alarm, reaching into his storage bag.
The Fire Shadow Spirit Sword reappeared, transforming into a crimson streak of light and lunging directly towards the burly man's chest.
After all, these four were from the demonic path and were experienced in combat. As soon as Wu Tao made a move, the burly man and the others were instantly alerted.
Before the Fire Shadow Spirit Sword could reach him, a mid-grade magic artifact, the Green Edge Bronze Great Shield, was placed in front of him. That wasn't all; a spiritual energy shield then rose up, enveloping the burly man.
After doing all this, the burly man pulled out another mid-grade magic artifact from his storage bag, the "Blazing Sun Fire Flag," adorned with a golden crow and blazing sun, glowing crimson. He was about to unleash some kind of strange demonic fire technique...
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However, the moment he got the great flag in his hand, he was stunned by the scene before him.
A several-meter-long giant sword, completely engulfed in flames, struck heavily, shattering the great shield.
With a further advance, the light shield collapsed.
In the haste of the moment, he only had time to block with the "Blazing Sun Fire Flag."
Immediately after, the several-meter-long giant sword, completely engulfed in flames, struck him.
First came a burst of sparks, followed by the sound of metal clashing, and then the sound of something shattering...
Finally, the burly man felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if countless blades had pierced his body, terrifying him to his core.
"You idiot, get up!" Just as he closed his eyes, preparing for death, he heard a comrade's anxious voice.
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The burly man quickly opened his eyes and looked down. Only then did he discover that during the previous exchange, his Blazing Sun Fire Flag had shattered into countless pieces, leaving only a small portion clutched in his hand.
The pain in his body was caused by the numerous fragments of the Blazing Sun Fire Flag, which had been driven back by the immense force and embedded themselves into his body.
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The middle-aged man's high-grade purple magic artifact, the "Purple Qi Flowing Light Sword," the fat man's pair of high-grade magic artifacts, the Silver Poison Blood Demon Hook Claws, and the mid-grade magic artifacts – several skulls – beside the sinister old man...
They engaged in a back-and-forth struggle with Wu Tao's Fire Shadow Spirit Sword. Relying on the abundance of their magic artifacts, they managed to suppress the Fire Shadow Spirit Sword in a short period.
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