Seeing this, Liu Changxu knew that if things continued this way, sooner or later he would encounter other fourth-tier sea monsters and have to fight them. With his cultivation only at the Nascent Soul early stage, that would put him at a severe disadvantage.
Fortunately, the other Nascent Soul cultivators who had entered the secret realm were all fellow disciples. Bound by the sect's rules, they dared not attack him without cause. Otherwise, he would have been in even greater danger.
After weighing his options again and again, Liu Changxu decided that hiding was still his best choice.
Thus, Liu Changxu and Liu Changlan hid inside the Ruyi Lotus Palace. He then shrank the palace to the size of a bean and concealed it in a hollow in a tree.
Not long after Liu Changxu hid the Ruyi Lotus Palace in the tree hollow, the fighting between the humans and demons in the secret realm grew increasingly fierce.
Their scattered skirmishes soon escalated into a full-scale clash.
In this secret realm, it was difficult to stay clear of the fighting without a treasure like the Ruyi Lotus Palace.
There was no helping it. However vast the secret realm was, it still had boundaries, and a Nascent Soul cultivator flying at full speed could find them without much difficulty.
Thus, whichever side lost the clash, the defeated had no way to escape and could only meet their deaths. With neither humans nor demons having any path of retreat, both sides fought with unwavering resolve.
At first, the fourth-tier sea monsters held the upper hand thanks to their numerical advantage.
But the Human Race’s Nascent Soul cultivators soon realized the danger and brought out the treasures they had kept at the bottom of their chests, unleashing them on the fourth-tier sea monsters.