At that moment, an Elite Realm cultivator with one arm severed and blood pouring from his mouth staggered out of the Protective Shield onto the plaza, then vanished in a flash of White Light.
Just as Zhang Zhi was about to ask what was happening, several flashes of White Light suddenly appeared beside him. Several more Elite Realm cultivators were teleported over.
Immediately afterward, several more flashes of White Light appeared.
Seeing so many people teleported over at once, the person pulling Zhang Zhi along suddenly turned livid. He began cursing under his breath, and the footsteps that had been rushing toward the Protective Shield also came to a halt.
Someone on the Protective Shield's side saw the two of them stop and shouted, "We didn't do this! If we had, we wouldn't still be desperately holding this place, much less letting injured cultivators leave!"
The man thought for a moment, seemingly accepting the explanation from the people inside the Protective Shield, and prepared to continue rushing over.
Utterly confused, Zhang Zhi tugged at the man pulling him and asked, "Big Brother, may I ask your name? What exactly is going on? This is my first time entering the Trial Secret Realm. Could you tell me what's happening?"
Hearing Zhang Zhi say that this was his first time entering the Trial Secret Realm, the man muttered under his breath, "What an unlucky kid." Then he turned to Zhang Zhi and said, "My name is Hu Bin. You can just call me Big Brother Hu."
"This is the Race Battle Secret Realm. After killing members of other races, you can obtain Trial Tokens. The tokens can be exchanged for points, and they can also activate the Teleportation Array in the Trial Tower plaza to leave this place. They can even activate the Trial Tower and summon your clansmen here."
"However, you need a token of the corresponding color to leave. You're in the Elite Realm, so you only need a white token."
Zhang Zhi finally understood. He, the man before him, and the dozen or so people behind them had all been summoned here by someone else.
But the aliens had already surrounded the area beside the spring. Wasn't summoning Elite Realm cultivators here just sending them to their deaths?
Wait—sending them to their deaths?
He suddenly understood why Hu Bin's emotions had fluctuated so violently just now!
The situation was obvious. A scum among the human race—an individual in the Mortal Transformation Realm—had discovered that he couldn't obtain a green token and couldn't leave, meaning he could only die here. In his madness, he had deliberately activated a white token and summoned human cultivators in the Elite Realm to be buried with him.
Under the current dire circumstances, with two-digit numbers of Mortal Transformation Realm experts surrounding them and watching hungrily, ordinary Elite Realm cultivators had very little chance of killing an enemy of the same realm.
Fortunately, someone among the humans possessed a Protection Array Plate, a powerful trump card. Otherwise, everyone here would have been slaughtered by the Yuan Race long ago.
Thus, judging from the current situation, the dozens of people who had been desperately holding out in front were indeed not the scum who had summoned them. They had been fighting to buy the people who arrived later a chance to survive.
After grasping the general situation, Zhang Zhi smiled at Hu Bin and said, "Big Brother Hu, thank you. I understand roughly what's going on now."
With a slight exertion, he broke free of Hu Bin's grip. Then he turned to look at the Yuan Race outside the plaza. With a thought, Fang Yun appeared beside him.
Immediately afterward, twenty Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators and a thousand Elite Realm cultivators clad in White Rank Footman Armor appeared behind him.
Sensing that Zhang Zhi had broken free, Hu Bin turned around to ask what was happening. His pupils suddenly contracted, and his mouth opened uncontrollably. In the end, it opened wider and wider.
Zhang Zhi paid no attention to how shocked Hu Bin beside him or the people he had just summoned behind him were. He nodded at Fang Yun and said in a deep voice, "Kill them! Leave no survivors!"
The appearance of Zhang Zhi and his army caught the Yuan Race completely off guard.
When they saw more than twenty Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators and a large number of Elite Realm Footman Armor users appear, the Yuan Race fell into some confusion.
Some wanted to charge forward, some wanted to retreat, and others wanted to wait and see.
The strength of the human race had exceeded the Yuan Race's expectations.
Especially those Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators. They seemed to have something to rely on and did not take Fang Yun, who was charging toward them, too seriously.
The consequence of underestimating Fang Yun was naturally a bloody price. Two of them were killed by Fang Yun in a single exchange.
The remaining Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators were horrified and screamed as they hurriedly retreated.
Watching the Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators fleeing toward the rear get killed one after another by Fang Yun, Zhang Zhi couldn't help cheering.
The people inside the Protective Array seemed to have only just reacted. Seeing Fang Yun, who had displayed astonishing might nearby, chase after the Yuan Race's fleeing Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators, someone shouted, "Be careful! There's an Extraordinary Realm cultivator on the other side!"
That warning reminded the surrounding humans, and one after another, they shouted for Fang Yun to be careful.
Zhang Zhi wasn't too worried. An ordinary Transcendent Realm cultivator might not actually be Fang Yun's match.
The enemy Transcendent Realm cultivator realized that he had been exposed and could no longer launch a sneak attack. He charged directly at Fang Yun. After exchanging more than ten moves with him and realizing he couldn't gain an advantage, he covered the retreat of the other Yuan Race members, fighting as he withdrew into the distance.
Zhang Zhi was worried that there might be more Transcendent Realm cultivators present, so he didn't let Fang Yun pursue too far.
Otherwise, with Fang Yun and the twenty Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators, they would definitely have been able to surround and kill that Yuan Race Transcendent Realm cultivator.
After driving back the Yuan Race, Zhang Zhi looked at Hu Bin and a Mortal Transformation Realm cultivator standing not far from him.
When the two saw Zhang Zhi look over, they hurriedly put on somewhat ingratiating smiles.
After thinking for a moment, he waved to the two of them, signaling them to come over.
He also wanted to learn what had happened in this secret realm before.
After the two came over, they both first glanced at Fang Yun beside Zhang Zhi. The sight of Fang Yun instantly killing Yuan Race Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators and battling that Transcendent Realm cultivator was still vivid in their minds.
Faced with someone who might be able to kill them instantly, it was impossible for them not to feel fear.
When he reached Zhang Zhi, Hu Bin said respectfully, "Esteemed Master of the World, I was rather offensive just now. Please forgive me."
Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "Big Brother Hu, you're being too formal. I'm just a rookie who entered the Trial Secret Realm moments ago. I have to thank you for explaining things to me."
He tilted his head slightly and said to the Mortal Transformation Realm cultivator beside him, "May I ask your name? What happened in this secret realm?"
Hearing Zhang Zhi's question, the Mortal Transformation Realm cultivator hurriedly bowed slightly and replied respectfully, "My name is Cheng Ziran. My cultivation is at the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, and I specialize in formations."
"Oh." When Zhang Zhi heard him say that he specialized in formations, his eyes lit up.
Formations placed considerable demands on talent. The Protective Formation they had just seen had most likely been set up by this very person.
To be able to set up a formation capable of protecting so many people from attacks, Cheng Ziran's attainments in formations could not be low. He was a talented individual. Zhang Zhi would speak with him later and see whether he could gain any unexpected benefits.
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