The wind surged, kicking up loose sand and stones from all directions.
The hard stones, regardless of their material, still caused significant pain when they struck Bai Shengyi's immortal body, which was as hard as the toughest ore.
Li San and Zhang Wu couldn't help but raise their hands to shield themselves from the wind and stones, weakly saying, "Qiao Yi, hurry and stop Cai Zhi! Once the Great Summoning Art is used, it requires a vast amount of spiritual energy to sustain. There's no spiritual energy here at all. Cai Zhi's cultivation will surely drop!"
Cai Zhi's cultivation was already declining due to his cough. If it dropped further, he would be consumed by the secret realm, just like Hou Changming!
Qiao Yi's face darkened. "How do you expect me to stop Cai Zhi?"
He now regretted not stopping Cai Zhi's madness earlier, wanting to use Cai Zhi to test this man and woman.
There were only five people from their Purple Yellow sect who had come this time. The secret realm had just opened, and Hou Changming was already dead. If Cai Zhi died as well...
At the center of the raging wind, Cai Zhi remained oblivious to his companions' anxiety and concern. He looked at the black gate gradually taking shape above him, casting a contemptuous and malicious smile at Bai Shengyi and Qin Si.
"Great Ancestor, quickly, help me kill them!"
"Alright." An aged voice responded from within the black gate, which then rumbled open.
Not far away, Bai Shengyi's eyes widened in astonishment as she gazed at the familiar yet strange gate.
"The Netherworld Gate?"
Why could people from the Purple Yellow Middle World open the Netherworld Gate?
Wasn't the Netherworld Gate the exclusive secret art of the Nether Fiend clan?
Bai Shengyi had encountered the Netherworld Gate twice. The first time was during a fight with Dao Monarch Yan Hua. On that occasion, the Netherworld Gate was filled with countless Yellow Springs Azure Flowers, within which hid Nether Fiends, and Bai Shengyi had nearly fallen victim to the karmic threads.
Later, Bai Shengyi learned that Dao Monarch Yan Hua and Immortal Ling Hui were both princesses of the Nether Fiend clan. For this reason, Bai Shengyi had always believed the Netherworld Gate to be a secret art of the Nether Fiend clan.
The second time was not long ago, during a confrontation with Tang Qiao. However, because Qin Si arrived, Tang Qiao was teleported to another dimension before she could open the gate.
"What a foul stench!"
Yue Miaomiao knew nothing of the Netherworld Gate. She only found the scent emanating from the gate to be terribly unpleasant.
"Roar!"
Yue Miaomiao let out a roar and lunged at Cai Zhi, baring her sharp teeth in her open maw, intending to tear Cai Zhi's arm to stop the gate from opening.
"I'll help Little White Tiger."
Chui Ming also disliked the stench. Without waiting for Qin Si's command, he emerged from his contracted space, transforming into a massive Profound Eye Tiger and charged forward.
"Roar!"
Yue Miaomiao's full-force pounce failed to even touch Cai Zhi's sleeve. This was because the colossal Golden Core suddenly emitted a golden barrier, securely shielding Cai Zhi within, leaving Yue Miaomiao outside.
"Sister Chui Ming, help me." Yue Miaomiao's tiger claws scratched at the barrier, managing only to leave a mark. The foul stench grew stronger, and the Netherworld Gate had already opened a crack. She immediately panicked.
Chui Ming favored this little white tiger, finding her delicate, soft, and obedient nature much cuter than that brat Xiao Yu'er.
She nudged Yue Miaomiao's tiger head, signaling her to move aside, and then flapped her wings, crashing directly into the barrier. Simultaneously, mysterious and vast spatial power coursed along the barrier...
"Crack... Crack..."
The barrier protecting Cai Zhi shattered instantly.
Qiao Yi, with his extensive knowledge, immediately saw the implication of this and exclaimed, "Who exactly are you people!"
Such mastery over spatial rules was extremely rare, even among the prominent families in the Purple Yellow Middle World!
"Guess?"
Bai Shengyi curled her lips into a cold smile, then suddenly leaped up, flying towards the gradually widening Netherworld Gate.
Qin Si naturally followed her.
"A'yi, you want to go in and see?" Qin Si, as always, understood Bai Shengyi's intention immediately.
Bai Shengyi nodded. "Although we could kill this wild chicken demon and prevent the gate from opening, I want to know what this gate truly is. If it's a secret art of the Nether Fiend clan, how could it be so easily manipulated by a wild chicken demon? If not, why has the vast universe secret realm shown no reaction to such a powerful external force?"
They had been in the secret realm for over a day and had discovered some issues with it.
The secret realm consciousness they had previously speculated about did exist, but it was extremely weak, only capable of expelling weaker individuals from the entry team. Moreover, this consciousness clearly lacked intelligence and couldn't adapt, acting rigidly. Otherwise, cultivators whose cultivation dropped within the secret realm wouldn't be killed by it.
Several of their group had entered, but shortly after arriving, they encountered an uncivilized ancient divine beast, which scattered their team.
While this secret realm had limited spiritual energy, it contained many high-grade spiritual items.
Bai Shengyi and Qin Si conversed as they walked to the gate. She said to Yue Miaomiao and Chui Ming, "Miaomiao, Chui Ming, please keep an eye on him."
"No problem!" The little white tiger wagged its tail happily, delighted to be assigned a task by Bai Shengyi. It lunged at Cai Zhi again.
Without the barrier's obstruction, it caught Cai Zhi's wing in its mouth, getting a mouthful of chicken feathers.
"Pah! Pah! Pah! So smelly!"
"Shut up! You're the one who smells! *Gurgle, cough, cough...* " Cai Zhi was furious. Their clan valued cleanliness above all else, spending more than half their day preening their feathers. How could they be smelly! This little beast was spouting nonsense!
"Miaomiao never lies, you are indeed stinky! Like you crawled out of a dung heap!"
As Yue Miaomiao spoke, she herself felt disgusted. She abruptly turned her massive tiger head and slapped the wild chicken demon with a claw.
"Bang!"
The wild chicken demon flew back, only to be fanned back by the Profound Eye Tiger's wing with another "bang."
Cai Zhi's energy and spiritual power were significantly depleted, and his cultivation had dropped considerably. He was no match for the two tigers. In no time, he was dazed and infuriated by Yue Miaomiao and Chui Ming.
"This... this... Qiao Yi, hurry and make a decision." Li San and Zhang Wu were dumbfounded, having never expected things to escalate to this point.
In their eyes, when Cai Zhi summoned his Great Ancestor, although he would suffer greatly, he was sure to win. But the current situation was entirely different!
"You two go help him. I want to go in and take a look with those two," Qiao Yi said.
"Are you insane?" Li San grabbed him. "That's their clan's exclusive secret technique, you know that. How many powerful beings have died in that gate over the years!"
Qiao Yi sighed heavily and said helplessly, "Do you think I want to go in? Look at Cai Zhi and that gate yourself."