The ten peak Nascent Soul female cultivators tasked with joining forces to kill Tang Yu were all long-renowned elders of the Jade Maiden Sect.
They had cultivated for over a thousand years and were highly experienced in every aspect of combat.
The ten scattered in different directions.
With the secret realm's mist restricting their divine senses, even communicating through voice transmission became difficult once they were too far apart.
Fortunately, a major sect like the Jade Maiden Sect had explored many secret realms and had long anticipated all sorts of situations.
They had each been given a bracelet artifact. Even with the mist's interference, they could use the bracelets to determine one another's locations and regroup.
As the Jade Maiden Sect began splitting up, the many elites of the Joyous Union Sect continued to move together as they ventured deeper into the secret realm.
As they advanced, the mist grew increasingly dense, and the mist beasts that appeared steadily became stronger.
The mist beasts rose from Foundation Establishment strength at the start to Golden Core strength.
Then, once Nascent Soul-level mist beasts began appearing, the Joyous Union Sect members had no choice but to slow their advance.
"If we keep going deeper, could Divine Transformation mist beasts appear?"
An elder wore a worried expression as she cautioned the group.
After exchanging glances, Nangong Ying said with a grin, "If there's only one, then with so many of us, we can still handle it. Mist beasts are weaker than cultivators of the same realm; the troublesome part is that they keep reviving. But if we can take one down, that black bead will definitely be worth a fortune."
Everyone who had made it this far was a Nascent Soul cultivator.
At her words, every one of them was tempted.
A bead