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Deathly silence filled the entire square. Whether it was the cultivators from the Four Major Sects or the rogue cultivators that had entered, all of them looked at the youth standing in front of the flames with eyes full of fear.

To be able to kill an early stage Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator while still being at the peak of the Essence Refinement into Qi and looking very relaxed, no one would be willing to offend such a monstrous youth. It was common for cultivators to challenge someone stronger than them, but to be able to cross a large realm was already quite shocking.

This was because the two were originally not on the same level. Moreover, to be able to be chosen as a Heaven's Pride in a sect, which one of them was not a genius?

However, such a tyrannical early stage Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator was actually killed by a rogue cultivator who was even younger than him by a huge realm. Could it be that Li Heng was not strong, or was it that it was simply because Hong Ling was too strong?

No one was willing to offend such a young yet powerful cultivator. On such a person, there was often a large amount of luck. If they offended him, perhaps their luck would be ruined.

Hong Ling looked at the silent crowd, he kept his sword and returned to Lian Chengyue's side.

Shangguan Qinghong stared at them, although her eyes were full of anger, she did not make a move. Although he was furious, but he was still a man of his word, and the other sects did not make a move either.

They had gone through all sorts of dangers to finally arrive at the secret realm's plaza. If they were to make a rash move and accidentally capsized like Li Heng, they would be forced to suffer in silence.

After settling the trouble, Hong Ling finally focused his gaze on the bronze coffins that were opened. The coffins were originally hung on the cliffs outside of the secret realm, then appeared in the pillars of clouds, and now they appeared on the plaza again, causing people to be suspicious.

"Hong Ling, tell me, why are these coffins here?!" Lian Chengyue walked in front of Hong Ling and asked softly.

She knew that Hong Ling offending the Cangwu Li Clan was all because of her, but he still killed Li Heng and the Li Clan cultivator who had injured her without any complaints. This moved her, but at the same time, she was also secretly worried for him.

Hong Ling looked at the coffins, then looked at the Ghostly Infants guarding outside the coffin, and shook his head. In truth, even he did not know why the Ghostly Infants would appear here.

However, he was not completely clueless about this matter. After all, he and Lian Chengyue had once obtained a command order badge in the palace, but currently, he did not know what the use of that order badge was.

He looked towards Lian Chengyue and was just about to speak, when a change suddenly occurred on the plaza. The evil ghost that had originally disappeared, appeared again.

It roared in the air as it spread out its majestic divine sense, attacking the souls of everyone present, causing them all to have a splitting headache.

The consciousness in Hong Ling's body enveloped him and Lian Chengyue, continuously resisting the soul attack from the evil ghost, but then, something abnormal quickly appeared within the crowd. Weng Weng, lines of light slowly floated out from the crowd, and a few figures wrapped in gold light halos immediately appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"That's a command medallion!" Hong Ling's gaze turned serious, "Ah Yue, take out the order badge that I gave you. Quickly!"

Lian Chengyue nodded his head, and retrieved the order badge from his spatial ring. The moment the order badge appeared, it released a bright halo of light, enveloping the young lady and pushing Hong Ling away.

The ten cultivators, including Lian Chengyue, followed the ball of light and floated into the coffin that was blocked by the ghost soul, and disappeared. The remaining people looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.

Hong Ling was a little bewildered and uncertain at the moment. He had clearly sensed just now that Lian Chengyue and the other nine people had respectively entered the spatial teleportation passage within the bronze coffin.

However, what made Hong Ling at ease was that these ten people had entered into different spaces, he did not need to worry about Lian Chengyue meeting strong cultivators like Shangguan Qinghong who held hostility towards them.

Roar, the evil spirits in the sky suddenly scattered after the ten tokens disappeared, turning into ten black wisps of air and entering the ghost souls guarding the bronze coffin. The ghost souls, who were originally guarding the coffin, seemed to have escaped from their invisible bindings and rushed towards the group.

"How did these babies suddenly attack us?" He was just a cultivator with great perfection in Essence Refinement into Qi, and was the weakest of the cultivators.

A huge ghost baby's body flashed, it had already arrived in front of him. With a wave of its sharp ghost claws, chi, his body was cut into several pieces by the sharp nails, dying with grievance.

Everyone panicked. Top cultivators of the four sects, such as Shangguan Qinghong and Feng Qiyue, had already obtained tokens and entered the spatial passageway of the bronze coffin. No one knew where they were sent to.

Hong Ling quickly moved his body amongst the crowd to dodge the attack of the Ghost Soul. However, the Ghost Soul chasing after him seemed to have recognized him, and stared straight at him, causing the youth's head to instantly hurt.

He suddenly recalled that when he was preparing to enter the secret realm, he beat up a Ghost Infant. It seemed that the Ghost Infant was the one that was tightly biting onto his body.

There weren't many Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivators that could enter the secret realm anyway. Some unlucky ones died in various traps earlier on, and with the few tokens he had just taken away, there were less than ten cultivators left on the plaza.

These Ghost Souls were very close to the middle stage of Qi Refinement into Spirit. Without the Qi Refinement into Spirit's strength, it would be difficult for him to survive under their attacks.

Hong Ling felt a headache, because this Ghost Soul was simply too powerful. Every attack it made had a strong soul attack characteristic, causing him to have no choice but to use the consciousness of the Divine Court to defend against this soul-shaking power.

However, not everyone was able to resist the power of these Ghost Souls like him. Even the cultivators with great perfection in the Essence Refinement into Qi from the Four Major Sects had a hard time surviving under the attacks of these Ghost Souls.

However, no one dared to cooperate with Hong Ling, as the youth who had killed the cultivators of the Four Major Sects was a walking powder keg. If he accidentally got hated by the Four Major Sects, then the losses would not be worth it.

Hong Ling did not care about what the others thought, he knew that the Ghost Soul was no longer restricted, and could only lure it away. He had to bring the Ghost Soul to a place without any people, in order to use the Dragon Transformation to kill it.

It was a good thing that the people in the plaza didn't want to be killed by the Ghost Infants. They all took the Ghost Infants out of the plaza and flew in different directions.

Phew, after running for close to five kilometers, Hong Ling turned around and saw the Ghost Soul lying in front of him, baring his teeth and roaring at him. A look of concentration flashed past his eyes, this Ghost Soul was more than ten times stronger than when he had first met it.

Hong Ling completed his Dragonform and stared at the infant in front of him indifferently.

Although it was at least ten meters long, in Hong Ling's eyes, it was far less dangerous than the puppets guarding outside the palace. These Ghost Souls were not stone puppets that did not sense anything, but living beings with flesh and blood.

Gua, the ghost's sobbing sound echoed in the wasteland of the secret realm.

The longsword in Hong Ling's hand hummed, as his consciousness, Authentic Qi and sword intent poured into the sword body. After Dragonforming, his physical fitness had increased by more than a level, whoosh! The young man's figure flashed, and the longsword in his hand slashed one of the Ghost Soul's black, viscous ghost claws, bringing along a burst of black blood.

Roar, the ghost soul roared, its two front claws continuously waved, attempting to catch Hong Ling's figure that was moving extremely quickly.

However, Hong Ling's speed was simply too fast, and was basically not something a monster like the Ghost Infant could compare to. The youth was like a swift bolt of lightning, and wherever he went, hideous wounds would instantly appear on the Ghost Infant's body.

The infant ghost wailed once more. Black flames burned around its entire body, enveloping its body. Under the heat of the flames, its body gradually shrank, but its aura was rapidly rising.

Roar, it opened its mouth and spat out a ball of flame that directly struck Hong Ling, causing him to vomit blood.

Hong Ling rolled and got up, but before he could regain his senses, another ball of flame struck him, the longsword in his hand fiercely slashed out, with a hong sound, the longsword and the fireball dispersed at the same time, and the last hundred refined steel sword on the youth's body finally passed away.

However, it was clear that the infant ghost was not satisfied. At this moment, its mouth was burning with a fiery light, clearly preparing for its most terrifying attack.

"This guy is going to risk his life!" Hong Ling muttered, and finally released the restraints on his entire body's energy, exploding with an unprecedented tyrannical power in his body.

This was the first time since he had been promoted to the great perfection of Essence Refinement into Qi that he had displayed the full power of his body. This was the first time since he was promoted to the great perfection of the Essence Refinement into Qi that he had displayed the full power of his body.

With a thought from Hong Ling, he seemed to have a reaction with the dark golden lightning, or perhaps, the dragon blood that had awakened in his body resonated with the lightning. Under the control of his will, the lightning constantly gathered on his fist, causing him to feel a sense of extreme danger.

However, this was not the end. He could feel that his own Authentic Qi s, divine sense, sword intent and the dragon aura in his chest were all forcefully devoured by the lightning on his fists. After the lightning devoured all the energy, it became even more dazzling and powerful, as though it was heavenly punishment.

Hong Ling realized with shock that he was fundamentally unable to control this kind of power and that his Authentic Qi was quickly being exhausted. It was clear that maintaining this kind of power was an unbearable burden for him.

He looked at the Ghost Soul that was brewing with great strength in the flames, and with a loud shout, his fist wrapped in dark golden lightning shot out towards the Ghost Soul.

The infant ghost raised his head, and revealed a miserable smile towards Hong Ling, as if he was a child who had succeeded in his prank.

Roar, an unprecedented huge flame flew out from its mouth, fiercely smashing towards Hong Ling, colliding with the youth's fist that was covered in dark golden lightning.

With a boom, the fireball instantly collapsed. Hong Ling's fist ruthlessly smashed against the ghost baby's chin, and the dark golden lightning followed his fist into the ghost baby's body.

Ga Ya, the ghost infant screamed out miserably. Countless weak lightning bolts flickered on its body, slowly destroying its pitch-black ghost body.

It struggled and screamed, as though it was a spider caught in flames, it let out a pitiful cry, but Hong Ling did not move, he withdrew his Dragonform and watched as the ghost head turned into a pool of thick black blood, and slowly evaporated.

The instant he finished killing the Ghost Soul, the dome of the secret realm opened up and a golden light fell on his body. It brought him and disappeared from where he stood.