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As the Secret Realm Gate opened, five figures shot out first.
"Hey, why are the disciples of Golden Cloud Palace the first to appear?"
Someone shouted, and the area around Golden Cloud Palace erupted in excitement. The Palace Master, Huang Chengyang, quickly led a group of elders to meet them.
Cheng Xiaofeng and the others were in a terrible state, covered in blood with no part of their bodies unharmed, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.
"Why are only you five left? Where are the others?" Huang Chengyang's expression darkened, and his mood soured. In previous Nine Sect Trials, there had been casualties, but nothing as severe as this time; they had lost two-thirds of their Trial Disciples.
Just as he was about to ask further, Cheng Xiaofeng leaned in close and whispered something in his ear.
"What? Such a thing happened?" Huang Chengyang's face changed dramatically as he turned to glance at the platform not far away.
Prince Ning and Yunhai Zhenren had already stood up from their seats, their gazes towards Cheng Xiaofeng and the others extremely cold.
"This matter is not easy to discuss openly; let's return first," Huang Chengyang said with a complex expression as he led the disciples back to their previous camp. Instead of leaving directly, he gathered all nearby elders and disciples to discuss quietly.
Cheng Xiaofeng looked through the crowd at the Dragon Tiger Sect's camp and sighed softly.
Earlier in the Qiu Yang Secret Realm, he had resolved to explore a valley where treasures might appear. However, on the way, he encountered a small team of Trial Disciples from Fengyu Holy Institute, and they immediately engaged in battle. Fortunately, the chief disciple Zhou Jun was not among them. After a fierce fight, both sides suffered heavy casualties; only five disciples from Golden Cloud Palace remained while the entire team from Fengyu Holy Institute was wiped out.
After witnessing the strength of Fengyu Holy Institute, Cheng Xiaofeng lost confidence and led his remaining disciples to retreat into a cave near the exit. When the exit finally opened, they were the first to leave.
"Prince Ning played this hand ruthlessly; it's already remarkable that Xiaofeng made it out safely. However, it seems unlikely that this will end well. If we leave now, we'll only be targeted by Prince Ning first. It might be better to wait and see what methods Prince Ning will use to swallow us Seven Great Sects whole!" Huang Chengyang said through gritted teeth.
"Shouldn't we inform the other Sects?" one elder from Golden Cloud Palace said nervously.
"No need, they will find out sooner or later. Moreover, once we act rashly, we will immediately become targets of Prince Ning," Huang Chengyang said, suppressing his anger. "For now, we can only take it one step at a time. Since our Golden Cloud Palace's Trial Disciples have managed to escape this calamity, there must be more Trial Disciples who anticipated the Fengyu Holy Institute's plans and seized the opportunity to flee."
The elders nodded in agreement and continued to discuss their next course of action in hushed tones.
Although the other major sects were quite surprised by the situation at Golden Cloud Palace, they did not dwell on it too much and simply continued to wait eagerly for the appearance of their own Trial Disciples.
One after another, more Trial Disciples shot out from the Thunder Gate. Unlike the group from Golden Cloud Palace, most of them appeared alone outside the gate, belonging to different sects.
Soon, the news of the massacre of disciples from the Seven Great Sects by Fengyu Holy Institute and Flowing Cloud Villa began to spread.
However, even so, the Seven Great Sects remained inactive; they would not confront Prince Ning until the final trial results from Qiu Yang Secret Realm were announced.
Once again, a flash of lightning erupted from the gate as more than ten disciples emerged from the secret realm, looking extremely frightened.
"The disciples of Fengyu Holy Institute and Flowing Cloud Villa have finally appeared!" someone whispered. This group was dressed in the sect uniforms of Fengyu Holy Institute and Flowing Cloud Villa, with a few disciples from Dragon Tiger Sect among them. However, everyone could see that they were subordinates of Li Xingqi and Jiang Shiji, who had long since pledged allegiance to Fengyu Holy Institute.
This group of Trial Disciples was quickly taken away by Prince Ning's people and brought to the platform.
"Did the plan fail? Why didn't Zhou Jun and Yun Letian come out with you?" Prince Ning asked in a cold voice, his expression darkening as he lowered his tone.
A disciple from Fengyu Holy Institute suddenly knelt on the ground and cried out loudly, "The Demon Lord! It's the Ancient Demon Lord! There is a sealed Ancient Demon Lord in the secret realm; everyone is dead!"
His voice was loud enough for everyone present to hear.
"The Demon Lord? What Demon Lord? Xiaofeng, do you know what that kid was talking about?" Huang Chengyang exclaimed softly in shock.
"Reporting to Master, I am not very clear either. There were indeed some unusual occurrences in the secret realm at that time. I wanted to investigate further but was intercepted by several disciples from Fengyu Holy Institute midway, which forced me to retreat," Cheng Xiaofeng replied with a puzzled expression, as he had not ventured deep into the central area of the secret realm and thus did not know what had actually happened.
"Utter nonsense, incomprehensible! Drag him away!" Prince Ning waved his large sleeve, and the hoarse and pained Trial Disciple was immediately pulled away.
His gaze shifted to the other Trial Disciples, noticing that they were no different from the previous one, each with a dazed look, stiff expressions, and their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
"Could it be that some kind of monster has appeared?" Prince Ning was perplexed. To avoid causing further chaos, he did not continue to inquire but instead whispered to Yunhai Zhenren beside him.
"The situation has changed. It seems our plan has not succeeded. What are your thoughts on the next steps, my lord?" Yunhai Zhenren said awkwardly.
"Let's wait a bit longer. They have long known my plan but have remained still, biding their time. If we act rashly now, it will only provoke these people to resist. Even with Lei Mingyuan's three thousand city defenders, we may not be able to eliminate them all," Prince Ning said with a sullen face.
He had originally thought that as long as the elites of Fengyu Holy Institute joined forces with the elite disciples of Flowing Cloud Villa, they would surely be able to eliminate all the Trial Disciples of Nine Sects. Then they could take advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack and annihilate the upper echelons of Nine Sects while commanding the Northern Jin army at the border to invade en masse, ensuring a decisive victory and easily taking down the Northern Border Four Nations.
The plan was intricately linked; any flaw in one part could lead to unpredictable consequences. Now that the first part of the plan had already failed, he had no choice but to make adjustments.
In secret trials, Nine Major Sects often sent out their young elite disciples in hopes of achieving good rankings. These elite disciples were also the future of their respective sects. If they were brutally eliminated, any sect would suffer greatly and lose its will to resist. Prince Ning intended to deal a heavy blow to the Seven Great Sects by killing their Trial Disciples, but he never expected the outcome would be so far from what he anticipated.
The atmosphere became increasingly tense. Although there were few Trial Disciples left from the Seven Great Sects who could escape Qiu Yang Secret Realm, Fengyu Holy Institute and Flowing Cloud Villa also suffered heavy losses. The two sects had jointly dispatched over forty Trial Disciples, yet only about ten managed to leave successfully, each appearing dazed as if they had suffered a severe psychological blow and were hardly usable.
Most importantly, Zhou Jun and Yun Letian had yet to emerge from Qiu Yang Secret Realm, which made the higher-ups of Seven Great Sects even more satisfied and ignited their fighting spirit further.
Crackle!
Arcs of electricity flickered as the dimly lit door deep within finally brightened again. Four figures were enveloped in a golden light and sent out from within.
As soon as the four stood firm, a tremendous noise erupted from within the door, followed by a flash of silver light that disappeared completely amidst the flowing arcs of electricity.
"The secret realm has closed!" Everyone gasped in astonishment.
The gate closed, signifying that no one would leave the Qiu Yang Secret Realm again. The remaining Trial Disciples present were just a few dozen left from this Nine Sect Trial.
The last to emerge from the Qiu Yang Secret Realm were Ye Feng, Ning Ruoxue, Xiao Bing, and Yun Letian. As they stood still, they cautiously surveyed their surroundings.
Ye Feng's Soul Thought expanded far and wide, quickly discovering Bai Chengfeng and Bai Qiufeng's group, while also noting a powerful middle-aged man on the platform.
"That's Prince Ning!" Ning Ruoxue whispered to Ye Feng.
Frowning slightly, with a glint of killing intent in his eyes, Ye Feng fixed his gaze on the formidable middle-aged man on the platform.
Prince Ning, Zhao Jieli, was the mastermind behind the attempt to unite Silvermoon City and the Ning Family to eradicate the Ye Family. A peak expert in the early stages of the Gangwu Realm, he held real power with an army of a million, and he was now less than a hundred yards away.
"Ye Feng, Ning Ruoxue?" Yang Han from Dragon Tiger Sect shouted excitedly from their base.
Bai Chengfeng was taken aback as well; he hadn't expected that among the four who appeared last, two were disciples of Dragon Tiger Sect.
The Dragon Tiger Sect members immediately left their base and hurried over.
"How did your Yun Letian from Flowing Cloud Villa end up with a kid from Dragon Tiger Sect?" Realizing that his prized disciple Zhou Jun might have perished among them, Prince Ning's lips twitched as he cast a hostile glance at Yunhai Zhenren beside him.
Yunhai Zhenren's heart sank. He quickly stepped forward and shouted towards Yun Letian in the distance, "You wretch, come here at once!"
"Sorry, from today on, I Yun Letian am no longer a disciple of Flowing Cloud Villa, nor am I your disciple Yunhai Zhenren!" Yun Letian's words were shocking.
A wave of murmurs erupted among the high-ranking members of various sects. The elders of Flowing Cloud Villa looked on in disbelief; they had never anticipated that Yun Letian would betray the sect in front of everyone.
It was like a resounding slap to Yunhai Zhenren's face, causing him to stagger back.
"You... how dare you!" Yunhai Zhenren trembled as he pointed at Yun Letian, his face flushed with anger to the extreme!
Bai Chengfeng and Bai Qiufeng did not expect such a situation to arise; the second-ranked outstanding disciple of the younger generation, Yun Letian, was actually planning to betray the Sect.
"You've taught a good disciple!" Prince Ning snorted coldly, a glint of coldness flashing in his eyes. "What use is a traitor to the Sect?"
Yunhai Zhenren's mind shook violently, and with a single sentence, his gaze turned even more murderous. Without waiting for everyone to react, he suddenly soared from the wooden platform and in an instant rushed towards the secret realm exit where Yun Letian was.
Bai Chengfeng and Bai Qiufeng were shocked at this sight. They wanted to intervene but felt it was somewhat inappropriate; after all, it was a matter of their Sect, not something they could meddle in.
While the two hesitated, Yunhai Zhenren had already reached above Yun Letian, swinging his palm as True Essence surged forth like clouds and mist.
"Who dares to touch him?" Ye Feng shouted coldly. Before Bai Chengfeng could dissuade him, he had already leaped into the air to confront Yunhai Zhenren.
"You brat, I'll kill you along with him!" Seeing that a Trial Disciple from Dragon Tiger Sect dared to directly challenge him, Yunhai Zhenren's fierce countenance intensified, and he increased his strength by threefold.
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