He did not dare act openly. Instead, he quietly activated the Myriad Worlds Thief-Catching Hand and began stealing from the Blood Soul Sect Leader from far away. Streams of invisible immortal power were drawn from the man and flowed silently through the air into Yun Che's meridians.
Ding! Theft successful. Congratulations, you received 210 points of immortal power. Ding! Theft successful. Congratulations, you received 270 points of immortal power.
System notifications kept ringing in Yun Che's mind. His cultivation at the sixth level of the Immortal Realm, which had only recently stabilized, actually began to stir again, showing faint signs of another breakthrough.
The Blood Soul Sect Leader was making threats when he suddenly felt an inexplicable disturbance in his immortal power, as though something were secretly drawing it out. He paused, but merely took it for an effect of the secret realm's restrictions and gave it no further thought, continuing to threaten Yue Mingsha.
"That remains to be seen."
The Blood Soul Sect Leader raised his hands and clapped. Three more people emerged from the depths of the main hall, all formidable experts of the Fourth Turn Realm.
"We brought three elders at the same realm this time. Yue Mingsha, you've just finished a fight and used up plenty of immortal power. We're taking this immortal source today!"
These demon cultivators had been following Yun Che and his master outside all along. They had waited until the pair cleared out the demon cultivators in the Underground Palace and opened the secret realm's entrance before secretly slipping in through the Teleportation Array, waiting to reap the rewards of others' efforts.
A cold smile curled Yue Mingsha's lips, and her grip on her Immortal Sword tightened. "A pack of skulking rats, daring to boast in front of me.