Secret Region, Battle

The battle-ready voice of the Venerable Rock Axe echoed over the sand valley.

Venerable Star Demon frowned slightly. He knew that this companion would act recklessly whenever he encountered a powerful stranger.

With a slight movement, he first stood between Venerable Rock Axe and Qie Qiong.

"Pan Fu, calm down!" Venerable Star Demon's voice was steady. "Don't forget the main purpose of our trip!"

The Venerable Thousand Illusions's gaze shifted between the Star Demon and the Qie Qiong; as a Soul Master, her perception was exceptionally sharp.

In her perception, a hidden aura of destruction constantly surrounded Qie Qiong, which made her quite suspicious.

This Venerable Qie Qiong seems to be quite extraordinary.

Stopped by Venerable Star Demon, Venerable Rock Axe snorted somewhat resentfully.

The leader among the three was clearly the Venerable Star Demon. He ultimately suppressed the urge to immediately challenge him, but his enormous eyes, as big as copper bells, were still fixed on Qie Qiong with a fighting spirit.

"Qie Qiong, that's just how he is. He always wants to spar with a strong opponent."

Qie Qiong stood with his hands behind his back in the void, showing no discomfort whatsoever at Pan Fu's undisguised fighting spirit.

He also knew that the Rock Venerable had always been like this and had no ill intentions.

It can only be said that every strong person has their own personality, and that personality is unlikely to change.

His gaze swept past the Pan Fu and landed on the Venerable Star Demon, who was clearly the leader of the three. He asked curiously, "Oh? Something important? What could be so important that it has the three Venerables acting together?"

Seeing that Qie Qiong had taken the initiative to ask, and that Qiong Qiong's strength seemed to far exceed expectations, the Venerable Star Demon no longer concealed anything.

He nodded and shared the information with Qie Qiong, "Indeed. Qie Qiong, you've just arrived here, so the information may not be complete." The Venerable Star Demon said in a deep voice, "Just recently, in the area where the Boundary-Breaking Mountains Abyssal Valley, the battle between the two King Rank of our clan and the Demon Race suddenly triggered a spatial anomaly."

He raised his hand, and a simple star map outlined by starlight appeared, marking the location he had mentioned.

"A completely new secret realm, never before discovered, has appeared." The Venerable Star Demon's voice carried a hint of excitement. "It's quite large, and there are signs of powerful treasures, perhaps even Supreme Treasures."

"Supreme Treasure?" Qie Qiong asked in confusion.

Logically speaking, the two Universe Master the Human Race and Demon Race races back then would never have left behind Supreme Treasures of the supreme level. After all, even if they didn't need them, they would still be a considerable resource after returning to their races.

The Venerable Star Demon nodded heavily. "The possibility is not small. However, that's precisely the problem." His tone held a hint of helplessness. "The appearance of this secret realm caused quite a stir, and since our people and Demon Race were present at the time, other races have likely also received the news."

"The most important thing now is to obtain the Supreme Treasure before those High Venerables arrive."

"Now, a standoff has formed near the entrance to that secret realm!" Venerable Star Demon's radiant light looked at Qie Qiong. "On Human Race side, several elite King Rank squads from my Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena are there. On the Demon Race side, several powerful King-level squads under Venerable Rock Armor and Venerable Shadow Snake, stationed at the northern stronghold, have also arrived, along with several extremely powerful Special Lifeform form King Rank -King Rank. The number of people and top combat power on both sides are temporarily equal, and neither side dares to act rashly, much less venture deep into the secret realm, fearing that the other side might take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack or block the exit. Thus, the situation has reached a stalemate."

He looked at Qie Qiong and asked, "The three of us are just about to head out to take command. Those two Venerables of the Demon Race, Yan Jia and Ying She, are probably already on their way, perhaps even ahead of us. Qie Qiong, since you're here, I wonder—"

The Venerable Star Demon didn't say it explicitly, but his meaning was clear.

Faced with a secret realm that may contain great treasures or even Supreme Treasures, as well as the eye-catching Demon Race venerables and other powerful figures who may come, the Human Race naturally wants to be as strong as possible.

Qie Qiong was able to silently annihilate the Molten Fire King's squad, demonstrating a strength that definitely warrants recruitment.

Most importantly, since Qie Qiong is already here, he'll find out sooner or later anyway, so he might as well do her a favor.

Qie Qiong listened quietly, a flash of silver light disappearing deep in her eyes.

He seems to have some luck on him.

Three grains of Time Constant Sand were harvested within the previous millennium.

Now that he needed a plausible excuse for the "Clone Technique," a brand new secret realm was born.

It's as if he really is the chosen one?

He looked at the Venerable Star Demon, a slight smile curving his lips.

"A stalemate?" Qie Qiong's voice remained calm. "Then let's go take a look."

After saying this, the four of them said no more, transformed into Flowing Light, and sped away towards the secret realm.

Just as the four members of Qie Qiong transformed and sped towards the secret realm.

At the entrance to that newly appeared secret realm, the atmosphere was already tense, as if swords were about to be drawn.

A spatial rift, torn open by the Immortal Divine Power, hung in the void like a giant maw.

Deep within the crack, countless strange Flowing Light could be faintly seen, and the aura emanating from them all indicated the extraordinary nature of this secret realm.

This is the entrance to the new hidden realm of the present world.

Two teams floated in clear distinction on either side of the entrance.

On the Human Race side, the five elite King Rank squads under the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena form the core, comprising approximately twenty King-level Immortals.

The two leading Limit King Rank, "Sky-Splitting King" and "Saint Luo King," along with the other King Rank powerhouses behind them, watched the other side with wary expressions.

On the other side, the Demon Race was equally powerful, with several formidable Demon Race King Rank squads.

Two of them possessed auras that were in no way inferior to those of the Human Race at the Limit King Rank.

Both sides' powerful figures wore wary eyes, awaiting the arrival of their respective Venerable Ones.

If they were farther from each other's strongholds, they would have already started fighting, but they are too close here.

They also knew that this battle for the secret realm was definitely not something that they, a few dozen King Rank, could control.

Their gazes met silently, as if the air in the area had frozen.

Sudden!

A heavy, mountain-like pressure descended suddenly, instantly weighing on the hearts of Human Race King Rank, making it difficult for them to breathe.

"Roar--!"

With a deafening roar, an enormous figure instantly appeared in front of the Demon Race army.

It resembles a giant tortoise, but its shell is not smooth; instead, it is made of black rock, making it look like a moving mountain from a distance.

But each of its rocks gleams with a cold, metallic luster, demonstrating its unparalleled defensive power—it is none other than the Venerable Rock Armor of the Demon Race.

The Venerable Rock Armor's earthen-yellow vertical pupils swept over the Human Race's King Rank procession, filled with disdain and naked killing intent. "A bunch of ants, daring to block your way? Die!"

Its sound reverberated through the void.

The Universe Venerable unleashed his full pressure, causing the formation of the Human Race King Rank to involuntarily waver slightly.

The absolute suppression of realm made the King Rank appear extremely vulnerable in front of the Venerables.

"Lord Rock Armor!" The morale of the King Rank in the Demon Race camp soared.

Immediately afterwards, a figure appeared silently beside Venerable Rock Armor.

It was a slender figure shrouded in a black cloak; judging from the fact that he was standing beside the Venerable Rock Armor, he must be a Universe Venerable.

On the outskirts of the Constant Sand Continent, only the Venerable Shadow Snake remains among the Demon Race.

It did not speak, but when its cold gaze swept over the Human Race Sky-Splitting King and Saint Luo King, it was as if it were looking at two corpses.

The Venerable Rock Armor clearly had no patience to wait for the Human Race King Rank to say anything. It raised its huge forepaw, and a terrifying energy wave instantly gathered on it, before slamming it down fiercely onto the Human Race camp.

Although it is Universe Venerable known for its defense, it is confident that it can crush these Human Race ants who are not even Invincible King in one fell swoop.

"Not good! Retreat quickly!" Sky-Splitting King shouted sharply, his Space Laws surging as he tried to dodge, but under the suppression of Venerable Rock Armor, his movements were much slower than usual.

Saint Luo King's face turned deathly pale. He felt an irresistible destructive force completely lock onto him, and the shadow of death instantly enveloped him!

"Hmph, do you really think my Human Race has no one left?" A cold snort suddenly rang out on the battlefield.

Just as the Venerable Rock Armor's earth-shattering claw was about to strike, Human Race were in King Rank, hum!

A stream of Annihilation Divine Power precisely wrapped around the raised forepaw of the Venerable Rock Armor!

The powerful strike from the Venerable Rock Armor suddenly stopped.

It felt that divine power was spreading along its front paws.

Its prized defenses were nearly breached by a single burst of divine power from the opponent.

Although it was a breakthrough, it was only a minor scratch.

But that was enough to shock it.

At the same time, four figures instantly appeared in front of the Human Race camp.

It was none other than Qie Qiong and his three companions, and the one who had just made the move was none other than Qie Qiong.

When the four arrived, the Venerable Rock Armor was already about to make his move. Apart from Qie Qiong, who could stop him, the other three Venerables were powerless to do anything about it.

The moment the four appeared, they instantly suppressed the aura of the two Universe Venerables of the Demon Race.

Venerable Star Demon was surrounded by dazzling starlight, forming a barrier to protect the King Rank behind him; Venerable Thousand Illusions's figure became even more illusory, while Venerable Rock Axe was filled with fighting spirit, his huge stone axe emitting a series of humming sounds as he stared intently at Venerable Shadow Snake.

"Greetings, Your Excellencies!" The Human Race King Rank breathed a sigh of relief, their morale instantly reversed.

"High Venerable?" The Venerable Rock Armor finally extinguished the Annihilation Divine Power, looking at the silver-gold figure with some surprise and uncertainty.

It was familiar with the methods of Star Demon and others, and definitely did not possess such a powerful Domain Supreme Treasure.

That's right, it used the power of Qie Qiong as the ability to use Domain Supreme Treasure.

After all, there is no secret technique in this universe that can make divine power more powerful.

Even Special Lifeform with thousands or tens of Ten Thousand Times Genes manifest their abilities in other ways, rather than in the quality of their divine power.

Although the aura of this newly appeared Universe Venerable was restrained, it instinctively sensed extreme danger.

"Rock Armor, Shadow Serpent." The Venerable Star Demon stepped forward, his voice questioning, "A dignified Universe Venerable, attacking a junior who has just been granted the King Rank, doesn't he feel it's beneath his dignity?"

"Status?" The Venerable Rock Armor's massive head swayed, mocking, "In this Constant Sand Secret Region, whoever has the biggest fist has the biggest status! Besides, how did my clan's Rock King die? Do you even deserve to talk about status? You've come quickly, but this secret realm, our Demon Race is determined to have it!"

For some reason, these two Intermediate Universe Venerables still had such great confidence when facing four equally powerful beings.

Qie Qiong's gaze calmly swept over the two Demon Race venerables, a slight smile seemingly curving his lips as he sneered:

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Are you sure about it? With all that Stone in your body?

The Venerable Rock Armor was mocked by Qie Qiong, and his anger ignited instantly, unleashing a world-destroying aura from his body.

"Roar!!"

The space around it instantly distorted. A terrifying pressure, far surpassing that of Intermediate Universe Venerable, swept across the entire sand valley.

Burning divine power!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Venerable Rock Armor immediately began to burn his divine power.

The aura surged a thousandfold in an instant.

Although his strength hadn't increased by that much, he had already firmly stepped into the threshold of Advanced Universe Venerable. "This Venerable Rock Armor is truly a madman!" Venerable Star Demon's expression changed drastically. "He Burning Divine Body right from the start; he has no choice but to burn it as well!"

Facing the Venerable Rock Armor burns with divine power, any hesitation would be fatal.

Almost simultaneously with the eruption of the rock armor, Venerable Star Demon, Venerable Thousand Illusions, and Venerable Rock Axe also burned their own divine bodies without hesitation.

If the enemy's divine body is small, the three of them will do whatever it takes to stall until the enemy dissipates from its burning state on its own.

However, facing a large divine body like the Venerable Rock Armor, the three of them had no choice but to finish the battle quickly.

"Buzz--!"

The hazy starlight surrounding the Venerable Star Demon instantly transformed into dazzling silver flames, like a burning galaxy, its aura surging.

His domain expanded rapidly, attempting to stabilize the space around him, which had been shattered by the rock armor, and to protect the King Rank behind him.

The figure of the Venerable Thousand Illusions became even more ethereal and uncertain, as if composed of countless burning, colorful streaks.

However, her main purpose was to keep an eye on the Shadow Venerable Shadow Snake, who was lurking beside the Venerable Rock Armor.

"Well done! I'm not afraid of you!" Venerable Rock Axe was the most ferocious. His ten-meter-tall divine body suddenly erupted with earth-yellow flames, and the stone axe in his hand emitted a deafening buzz, shattering the space at the axe blade.

His eyes burned with fighting spirit, and his enormous stone axe, carrying the force of Heaven Opening, took the initiative to meet the towering claw that the Venerable Rock Armor was slapping down!

Boom!

The stone axe of the Venerable Rock Axe slammed down on the claws of the Venerable Rock Armor.

A violent energy shockwave exploded instantly, forming a visible ripple of destruction that spread wildly in all directions!

The space within a radius of hundreds of kilometers appeared to be shattered into large, fragmented pieces.

The King Rank of both clans, if not for the distance and the protection of their respective venerable figures, would have been dead long ago.

Peng-

Venerable Rock Axe and Venerable Rock Armor were both involuntarily sent flying backward.

"Hahaha, you think your pathetic divine body is worthy of going toe-to-toe with me?" Venerable Rock Armor sneered. "If I lose one percent, how much will you lose?"

You think you're worthy to fight me?

Human Race have this weakness: their divine bodies are too small. Even the divine body of Venerable Rock Axe, which is over ten meters tall, is considered small in the eyes of Venerable Rock Armor.

However, within the normal divine body of Human Race, this is already the largest part.

Therefore, many powerful Human Race eventually chose not to be human.

P. S.: There will be another chapter tonight, it'll be 10,000 words.