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"Ah Yue, let's go in as well!" Hong Ling kept the spatial rings of the sect disciples, pointed to the cloud pillar, and said to Lian Chengyue.

The girl nodded and ran to his side with a smile. With a flash of his body, he had already entered the spatial tunnel. They were very fast, and they continued to move forward through the spatial tunnel like two lightning bolts.

subconsciously narrowed his eyes as a bright light shone before his eyes and he followed Hong Ling to the entrance of a huge palace. The two of them looked at the huge palace in front of them in shock and couldn't understand why there was such a huge building complex within the secret realm.

In their minds, this secret realm was actually located within a huge mountain. But, could this mountain really contain such a large group of palaces?

Hong Ling brought Lian Chengyue and looked around the huge palace buildings. Before them, Shangguan Qinghong and the other two early stage Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivators had already entered, but they did not notice their figures at this time. Obviously, they had entered already.

"Hong Ling, what should we do? Should we enter these palaces?"

Lian Chengyue tilted her head, looked at the youth who was carefully observing the entrance of the palace, and asked softly. Her gentle voice sounded soft and gentle, and the scorching aura pounced on Hong Ling's neck, causing his breathing to become rough.

The youth forcefully suppressed the blood energy in his chest that seemed to have been ignited by a raging fire as he nodded. He took a few steps forward and arrived before the entrance to the palace.

Weng, a bright halo of light suddenly appeared on the ground. Hong Ling subconsciously frowned, as he was surprised to see a few large stone sculptures that had rushed out from underground.

"What are these?" Lian Chengyue stood beside him and was a little curious.

However, when the golden lines appeared on the bodies of the stone statues, her expression changed. These stone statues seemed to have come to life. A tyrannical aura emanated from their bodies.

Phew, Hong Ling let out a long exhale of Turbid Air, and stared at the stone sculptures that had the lines of Spiritual Power flowing out, his eyes were filled with seriousness, he never thought that there would be something strange on the bodies of these stone sculptures.

"Ah Yue, these stone sculptures are puppets used to guard the palace gates!" The youth took out his long sword and stood on it. "Wait for me here. I'll test the strength of these puppets!"

As he finished his sentence, his silhouette flickered as his longsword infused with a tyrannical sword qi directly slashed at a puppet closest to him. The puppet's eyes instantly opened, shining with a resplendent golden radiance as countless stone fragments fell from its body, allowing the youth's sword to ruthlessly slash onto it.

Hong Ling's hand that was holding onto the sword trembled slightly. The defensive power of this puppet was far beyond his imagination, he moved his body again as his divine sense and sword intent flowed into the sword qi and fiercely slashed down at the puppet.

Crack, a deep sword beam appeared on the puppet's chest. Hong Ling was overjoyed, it seemed that this attack was effective.

He was carefully observing the transformation of the puppet in front of him, when suddenly there was a cracking sound, and the stone chips on the bodies of the other three puppets fell off. They stood up with swords in their hands, and with their bodies running, they became faster and faster, and the stone swords in their hands ruthlessly slashed at Hong Ling.

The three meter tall puppets had swords that were over twenty feet long in their hands. As they slashed down at the youth, their auras were incomparably terrifying and majestic.

Hong Ling was shocked. Even if he was a cultivator with a perfect Essence Refinement into Qi at the moment, he would not dare to bear such a sword strike, let alone three swords cutting down at the same time.

Boom! The stone sword viciously smashed into the ground, creating a 10 foot deep hole. As the stone sword smashed into the ground, countless cracks spread out.

Hiss, Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. He was now certain that the strength of these puppets had already surpassed the Essence Refinement into Qi and reached the level of an early stage Qi Refinement into Spirit.

Ah Yue, these puppets are very powerful, and have already stepped into the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit. Although they do not have an independent consciousness, their power is not to be underestimated.

Behind Hong Ling, the nine hundred plated steel swords were slowly floating, this was his last storage. Once the nine swords were destroyed, it would be very difficult for him to use the Imperial Sword Technique, but, facing these puppets, he could no longer think about it.

The four puppets stood in place, the golden lines on their bodies constantly absorbing the Spiritual Power s in the air, turning into energy for their movements.

Hong Ling's Authentic Qi mixed with his divine sense and rushed into the nine swords, he did not dare to hold anything back with his sword intent at this moment, facing the four puppets that were comparable to the early stage of Qi Refinement into Spirit, he obviously did not dare to have any thoughts of being lucky anymore.

"Ah Yue, follow me. Remember, no matter what happens, do not stop, or else if you are not careful, we will all die!" Hong Ling said to the girl behind him as he heavily exhaled a mouthful of Turbid Air.

Lian Chengyue nodded her head, she no longer held back her consciousness, following the flow of the sword intent into the Sword Qi of her sword.

"Let's go!"

Hong Ling bellowed as his pupils contracted. The nine longswords instantly formed a gigantic sword formation, resonating with each other and producing powerful sword qi that enveloped both him and Lian Chengyue inside. He quickly turned into a dragon, his aura soaring continuously as he brought the girl forward.

Hong Ling's body staggered, and dark golden dragon blood surged out from the corner of his mouth. At this moment, his body and mind was merged with the sword formation, and the sword formation was attacked by the enormous sword of the puppet, which naturally affected his body.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The swords of the four puppets continued to strike the sword formation. This was the first time a crack appeared on the barrier created by the sword formation.

Hong Ling still did not dare to stop. At this moment, he was borrowing the power of his Dragon Transformation to firmly support the depletion of the sword formation.

Lian Chengyue grabbed onto his clothes and followed beside him, feeling great heartache, she once again felt that she was weak, even though she had comprehended Sword Intent and Divine Sense, the young lady realised that she could not help Hong Ling at all. She smashed a gigantic boulder that was flying towards them with her sword, and silently followed the young man.

The two of them were constantly dodging the attacks of the four puppets, advancing forwards. Initially, they were less than three hundred meters away from the entrance of the palace, but this short distance of three hundred meters had transformed into a path of purgatory.

The puppets continued to block the attack, the stone sword in their hands continued to slash down unrestrainedly. If not for Hong Ling's Dragon Transformation, his strength had reached the Qi Refinement into Spirit, the sword formation would not have been able to stop the terrifying attacks, and their heads would have been chopped off long ago.

At a distance of one hundred meters, it was already past a third. Hong Ling looked at the sword formation that was starting to gradually crack above his head, gritted his teeth, and leapt down onto a longsword, borrowing the force to raise his body. Looking at the stone sword that was being fiercely slashed by the puppet, the longsword in his hand ruthlessly welcomed it.

Boom! The youth's body was ruthlessly smashed down. However, he just happened to block this sharp sword attack and did not let it land on the sword formation.

Just as he was about to hit the ground, Hong Ling twisted his waist and dissipated the energy in the air. He quickly hugged Lian Chengyue's waist, and with a tap of his foot, he used the momentum to travel ten meters away. The sword formation enveloped their heads, and the buzzing sounds became weaker and weaker.

"Ah Yue, the sword formation above us is unable to withstand the attacks from the four puppets. Listen to me, when the sword formation breaks, you better not stop.

Hong Ling quickly said next to the girl's ear. Lian Chengyue's ears turned red as he agreed, but then he saw that the young man's expression changed, and immediately let go of her. He once again leaped high into the air, meeting the stone sword that was cutting through the air.

Bang, he was once again smashed to the ground ruthlessly, but this time, Hong Ling was not able to dissipate the tyrannical force in the air.

He fiercely crashed into the ground, smashing a huge crater in the limestone path, causing the youth to immediately stand up and chase after Lian Chengyue.

Kacha, after enduring countless of attacks from the puppets, Hong Ling's sword formation finally could not take it anymore and was ruthlessly smashed by the two stone swords, shattering instantly.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue had lost the protective barrier set up by the sword formation and were completely exposed under the puppets' attacks. They had already traveled two-thirds of the three hundred meters in the passage, but the remaining distance was definitely much harder than the previous path.

"Ah Yue, go, don't look back!"

With a light slap of his palm on the girl's back, Hong Ling used the tyrannical Authentic Qi s to wrap around the girl, pushing her thirty meters away and speeding up her movements. Meanwhile, he stopped his movement and stared fixedly at the two puppets that were encircling him, then looked at the other two stone golems that were going to chase after Lian Chengyue.

With a flash, the sword in his hand was covered with a layer of dark golden lightning, and fiercely slashed one of the puppet's legs. Kacha, that puppet's gigantic leg was instantly sliced apart by his sword.

The corner of his mouth dripped with dark golden dragon blood. He had just forcefully brandished his sword that had gathered all of his essence energy. He had already suffered a backlash from his own strength and his meridians had become extremely damaged. He continued to grit his teeth, catching up to the enormous golem.

This similarly incomparably magnificent sword strike was incomparably magnificent, and it chopped off one of the puppet's legs. Boom! The puppet collapsed, struggling to stand up, but it was unable to do so.

Hong Ling stood in front of the puppet with sword in hand, looking at the other two, his eyes filled with concentration. At the moment, most of the energy in his body was already used up, and even the dragon aura in the Reverse Scale on his chest was close to being exhausted.

However, he was still 300 feet away from the entrance of the palace, and in his current state, he could not outrun the two undamaged puppets. Furthermore, the other two puppets that he had previously cut off had light flowing out of their legs, slowly healing their injuries.

"There's only one chance, I must seize it!" Hong Ling said to himself, he looked at the two puppets holding the stone sword, and all of the power in his body exploded out.

With a roar, he leaped high into the air and viciously chopped at a puppet. The puppet seemed to sense the youth's all-out attack, and the sword in his hand instantly turned into a sweeping slash.

"Hehe, I've been tricked!" Hong Ling's face revealed joy, the sword he had been chopping down suddenly turned, blocking in front of his chest.

Bang! The stone sword smashed into his Hundred Refinement Pattern Steel Sword, breaking it in half. Hong Ling withdrew his resistance and allowed the power of the puppet to carry him away.

The other puppet's figure flashed, and the longsword in its hand continued to sweep out, wanting to slash Hong Ling's body into two in midair. However, how could the youth allow it to do so?

BOOM! Hong Ling's consciousness dimmed and he instantly became ignorant of everything. His figure flew backwards and he directly smashed against the palace door ruthlessly.

With a rumble, a layer of soft light rippled on top of the palace door. It formed a huge hole and slowly pulled the youth's body, which was in the Dragonform, into it.

At this time, Lian Chengyue had just arrived at the entrance of the palace. She leaped, hugged Hong Ling's body, and followed him as they disappeared into the palace.

The four puppets suddenly lost the Qi of Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue, and their bodies stiffened, they once again sheathed their swords and stood still, and slowly sank into the ground, and on the ground, the stone tablets that were initially destroyed due to the battle slowly returned to their original state, as though nothing had happened.