Unable to Defeat

"Tsk tsk, what a pitiful sight. Coming to the Empress Secret Realm without any strength? Isn't that just courting death!" The boy carrying a large bag said sarcastically, looking at the fat man's miserable state.

The fat man's tragedy made some of the young talents present feel guilty, but most of them didn't care at all.

As geniuses from various powerful forces in the Tianyuan Realm, they were confident in their own strength. The fat man who had suffered such a tragedy was only from a second-rate Lineage, and they did not take him seriously.

"This is getting more and more interesting; it seems even bloodier than what's described in the Shentu Family's jade slips."

The Leopard Girl licked her fingernails, already eager to try.

"Heh!" The boy with the bag on his back chuckled but didn't reply. He glanced at Gongsun Hong subconsciously. Gongsun Hong stood casually with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with him.

"The difficulty is reduced by 10% for the second person to step onto the bridge of light."

The Empress Secret Realm's indifferent voice rang out again. People exchanged glances, and this time no one tried to take it.

The fat man who jumped onto the light bridge earlier suffered quite a few losses because he didn't understand the rules and the strength of the wild beasts. For example, at first, he naively thought he could bypass the wild beasts and rush across the light bridge directly, but he was blocked by the formation.

The sudden opening of the third eye by the wild beast also raised their doubts, as it seemed that the beast's strength had greatly increased after opening its third eye.

Lin Yu watched from the sidelines, gritting his teeth as he prepared to go on stage. However, at that moment, the boy with the bag on his back stepped directly onto the bridge of light.

"Hehe, I'll give it a try!"

The surrounding teenagers were all watching the boy in the pocket. He was clearly very strong, and if he couldn't get through, many of them would probably give up.

The moment the boy in the pocket touched the ground with one foot, the Ancient Savage Beast roared and charged straight at him.

The boy in the pocket leaped into the air, and in mid-air, the pocket on his back opened, releasing a group of Black Shadow who pounced on him.

"Hmm? A crow?"

The boy's pocket contained a flock of crows, each the size of an eagle, with blood-red eyes and sharp beaks, charging at the Ancient Savage Beast as if it had no regard for its life!

"This is a secret technique of the Beast Taming Sect. These crows, tempered by this secret method, have lost their minds and are like zombies. They can be sealed into Spiritual Beast bags. Chu Cai is a prominent figure among the younger generation of the Beast Taming Sect, and his Spiritual Beast bag is also of the highest grade. It can probably hold hundreds of thousands of zombie crows!"

Among the crowd, a woman who knew about the Beast Taming Sect spoke up.

"Hundreds of thousands?" People were shocked when they heard this. How much effort and dedication would it take to refine hundreds of thousands of crows?

"The Beast Taming Sect..." Yi Yun pondered for a moment. The Lin family was powerful, but in the Tianyuan Realm, they only occupied a small spiritual mountain. Although the Jade Spirit Mountain was a treasure land, its area was very small compared to the vast Tianyuan Realm.

Similarly, the Shentu Family was also like that.

In the Tianyuan Realm, there are also many Lineage and sects hidden deep within the Tianyuan Realm, possessing immense strength and profound foundations.

Currently, the Shentu Family has only selected a dozen or so forces to cause trouble in the Empress Secret Realm. The previous Lihuo Sect and the current Beast Taming Sect have both made Yi Yun feel the power of the sects.

In the Tianyuan Realm, Yi Yun had never been in contact with any of the sects here before.

As Yi Yun was pondering this, the Pocket Boy released at least a thousand crows, which densely filled the entire light bridge.

Each time the Ancient Savage Beast charged, it had to face the obstruction of hundreds of crows.

"Go to hell!"

Just then, Chu Cai his move. He took out a crescent-shaped blade from his Space Ring, lowered his body, and charged towards the Ancient Savage Beast like a cheetah.

"What? He actually attacked Ancient Savage Beast?!"

People were shocked to see this. The Empress Secret Realm was originally an extremely difficult place as a trial ground for the Ancient Empress to select her successor. Now, in the first round of trials, many people felt that their strength was not enough to dodge the Ancient Savage Beast. Yet Chu Cai actually went to ambush the Ancient Savage Beast.

That's incredibly arrogant!

In the blink of an eye, before people could even think, Chu Cai had already rushed to the foot of the Ancient Savage Beast!

Most wild beasts have backs and limbs as hard as divine iron, but their soft bellies are their weak points!

The Ancient Savage Beast before them, though formed from condensed energy, was almost indistinguishable from a real wild beast; it was practically a living creature.

Its weakness should be the same as that of ordinary wild beasts. After all, the Ancient Empress originally intended to use formations to recreate the real world so that she could select her desired successor in the most realistic environment.

Chu Cai had anticipated this, which is why he launched a sneak attack on the Ancient Savage Beast. Under the cover of the crows, and with his superb Movement Technique, he actually reached the belly of the Ancient Savage Beast.

"Snap!"

With a single slash, the blade's light surged wildly. This was the Nine Yin Heavenly Thunder Saber of the Beast Taming Sect. The blade moved like lightning, reaching extreme speed. Speed itself was a powerful form of attack.

"Clang!"

Chu Cai's strike landed squarely on the belly of the Ancient Savage Beast.

However, instead of being happy, Chu Cai's expression changed drastically. The sensation from his blade was chilling. His blade had only managed to cut off a bit of the Ancient Savage Beast's fur; it hadn't even cut into its flesh!

"This!"

Startled, Chu Cai retreated at full speed, but the Ancient Savage Beast's claws were already slashing down!

Chu Cai used all his strength to block the claw with his scimitar. His tiger's mouth was split open and his arm was injured. Just then, a beam of light shot out from the third eye of the Ancient Savage Beast!

The light was like a sharp sword; hundreds of crows were instantly reduced to ashes when it hit them. The beam continued its momentum and pierced through Chu Cai's shoulder.

"Puff!"

Blood splattered everywhere, Chu Cai, pale-faced, collapsed onto the bridge of light!

"Chu Cai has also been defeated!?"

People were terrified; this was just too difficult!

However... contrary to what people expected, after Chu Cai fell to the ground, he rolled on the spot and actually stood up again. He gritted his teeth and pressed his pierced shoulder. People could clearly see that leech-like insects were protruding from inside his shoulder.

These insects were actually growing inside Chu Cai's flesh and blood, which was chilling.

"This is!?"

People were shocked. Those insects looked disgusting, and they had no idea what they were for. Chu Cai had actually raised them in his own flesh and blood.

"This is a secret insect of the Beast Taming Sect. Keeping it inside the body can relieve pain and repair wounds. Although Chu Cai's arm has been pierced, his combat power will not decrease too much!"

It was Gongsun Hong who spoke, the genius youth of the Lihuo Sect. He rarely spoke when he entered the secret realm, giving people a sense of unfathomable depth.

Gongsun Hong is right. A large part of Chu Cai's combat power comes from those crows. If Chu Cai himself doesn't use his sword to attack the Ancient Savage Beast and just keeps dodging, his combat power won't decrease much.

In fact, even if Chu Cai were to save his own life, he wouldn't dare to recklessly attack that Ancient Savage Beast.

It's completely impervious to swords and spears, with no weaknesses whatsoever!

"Ancient Savage Beast formed from condensed energy is different from those in reality... even its abdomen is as hard as divine iron, it's simply invincible..."

A young man spoke up from the crowd, but Gongsun Hong shook his head. "That's not the case. It's probably because the energy simulated by this Empress Secret Realm makes the wild beast too strong. Even if its weakness is no longer a weakness, it's still a weakness. If it were an Ancient True Spirit, even if we knew its weakness was in its abdomen or eyes, so what? Several Emperor working together might not be able to kill it!"

Gongsun Hong's voice was calm. In his opinion, Chu Cai was too naive, actually thinking of defeating this Ancient Savage Beast. How could that be possible?

Gongsun Hong's words sent a chill down everyone's spines. Indeed, they had to put aside their confidence and explore this Empress Secret Realm with a sense of awe.

Because in the eyes of the Ancient Empress, these so-called geniuses were actually all weaklings.

If they want to overcome all obstacles and achieve unstoppable success in the secret realm assessment, it would be an impossible task.

As people were thinking this, Chu Cai had already released thousands of crows on the Guangqiao Bridge. He sacrificed these crows as if he didn't care about the cost, letting the Ancient Savage Beast tear them apart at will, in order to delay the Ancient Savage Beast's advance.

Chu Cai, despite his injuries, dodged the attacks that were missed.

And so, he managed to hold on for the time it takes for An Incense Stick.

Chu Cai became the first person to pass the first round of trials!

...(To be continued~^~)