Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 857 - 856 Strange People

Chapter 857: Chapter 856 Strange People

The two True Monarchs sent the message back to the Star System, silently awaiting instructions from their senior brothers. Before long, a divine thought was transmitted, giving directions for the next action,

The Daoist Sparrow clicked his tongue, "Goodness, are the senior brothers crazy? They actually demand we sacrifice lives to kill these three people?"

The Daoist Zhi-Liao sighed, "What can we do? The Innate Spiritual Treasure of Hell Star isn’t very cooperative, and we can only confirm these three from the Upper Realm. They can easily defeat the strongest disciple at the Golden Core level of our Anchor Chain Star System. Naturally, we have to kill them; it’s the only way to ensure a certain result.

However, they actually require that those disciples who choose these three people must go in person... How many lives will it take to satisfy this?"

The two lamented, Daoist Sparrow shook his head, "Maybe there’s no choice. The trial rules of Hell Star state that one must rest for one or two years after ten battles. So if we don’t catch them this time, we’ll have to wait another year or two, increasing uncertainty and the price we have to pay.

Instead of losing more people later, it’s better to invest now. Sending the real body is more adept in every aspect, especially in battle; the spirit puppets temporarily assembled by the Innate Spiritual Treasure are no match for a real person."

Daoist Zhi-Liao furrowed his brow, "That Innate Lord of Hell Star only gave us twenty entry slots..."

Daoist Sparrow chuckled, "That’s enough. There are still three left. We need to keep a close watch and see which disciples accidentally choose these three people. During the transmission, we’ll send their real bodies there!"

Zhi-Liao thought for a moment and nodded, "That’s the only way."

Neither mentioned whether the Golden Core disciples were willing or cooperative. In their minds, for the future of the Anchor Chain Star System, everyone has a duty to contribute. Can they refuse this?

At the same time, nearly a thousand Golden Core cultivators awaited the choice of opponents within the Glazed Tower’s spiritual power. Many would request entry into hell mode, but who to choose specifically appeared random. Yet, it’s actually only the Innate Spiritual Treasure of Hell Star that can control that. Even they, along with Acquired Spirit Treasures, could only watch.

What they could do, however, was tamper during the transmission after the Innate Spiritual Treasure of Hell Star had chosen a target, sending real people instead of spiritual energy.

Their agreement was for twenty slots, yet only seventeen had been filled, so three more could be sent. Whoever encounters those three Upper Realm guests, their real body will be transmitted, maximizing their combat effectiveness. If it doesn’t work, continue, as there are countless Anchor Chain Golden Cores...

Pawns must have the awareness of being pawns.

...Within the Three Cave Star Domain, Dongzhen Sect’s Trial Palace, the Master responsible for observing the disciples’ normal states sat with eyes closed. Though he sat, his divine sense enveloped the trial disciples present, without exception.

Over the past few days, some have lost qualification from failed challenges, while others persisted. However, the Trial Palace never vacated, with some leaving and others arriving, endlessly circulated.

This kind of spiritual energy space transmission carries certain risks, such as system chaos due to spatial disturbance or cultivators’ unstable spiritual power making them faint. It requires intervention from these elders to rescue them in time; otherwise, there might be an empty shell left without consciousness, losing valuable core disciples in vain.

So don’t be fooled by his calm demeanor; his divine sense has never relaxed.

While wandering the Palace in spirit, suddenly, an unusual fluctuation arrived, startling the Master to open his eyes. In the third row, ninth seat from the left, transmitting energy was faintly dissipating...

The seat was empty, but he remembered clearly that a female disciple had sat there. They were all just regular spiritual transmission disciples, so how did it also involve transmitting real bodies?

He quickly scanned the entire palace’s transmission setup, finding no anomalies. Among the dozens of disciples in the hall, this was the only occurrence, giving him some speculation. He immediately contacted the sect’s True Monarch via divine sense and received a reply shortly after,

"This concerns the secrets of the Anchor Chain Star System; the reason cannot be disclosed externally. Reassure this disciple’s friends and family, offer compensation, and avoid causing an impact..."

He somewhat understood...

...Inside the Glazed Tower, the spiritual body from Shui Zhen Dong was still hesitant. For the past days, she remained in this ambivalent state, which is unthinkable for a Golden Core cultivator, but that’s her personality.

She’s not afraid of fighting or dying but unwilling to raise her rank on the deaths of other cultivators, even if they are criminal offenders.

Who doesn’t make mistakes?

But her rank indeed hasn’t progressed in years, and soon, due to age, she’d fade from the elders’ and teachers’ view. The common belief is that surpassing the Upper Realm becomes increasingly unlikely for Golden Cores over three hundred years old, and now she’s approaching that line.

The only solution is to fight in the Trial Arena.

Days passed, sensing the spiritual bodies around her arriving and leaving while she remained still. She knew she had to make a choice, or she’d be kicked out of the trial arena, losing her chance this year entirely.

Clenching her teeth, she had to overcome the psychological obstacle and bravely take this step. She always felt unsatisfied; although her personality was soft, her Daoist Method was flawless; during demonstrations with sisters at the mountain gate, everyone praised it. She shouldn’t be stuck around the rank of ten thousand.

With determination set, she no longer hesitated, directing her spiritual energy towards the screen. The next moment, something felt very wrong?

She had rich experience with countless trial arena spiritual transmissions, usually feeling light and smooth. But this time, it was slow and sluggish, as if not transmitting spiritual energy but actual objects...

Though the process felt lengthy to her, it was quick in reality. Then she found herself in a space, covering her mouth in astonishment, because she had returned to her original body, unlike countless previous transmissions where her spirit would merge with a puppet.

Had the puppet been upgraded to be indistinguishable from a real person? Or was it originally her body?

In her surprise, she forgot that she came for a trial battle, unconsciously feeling her hand, pinching her face, rubbing her waist, utterly confused?

The Anchor Chain Star System’s plan was limited to the high-level True Monarchs, and only a few high-ranking Nascent Soul Masters knew a bit about it. Among the mid-to-low-level disciples, beyond those twenty selections, no one else knew. This was the norm in the Cultivation World.

Ranked in the ten-thousands of the trial arena, with no strong background or networks in Dongzhen Sect, she’s naturally clueless about the internal matters, leaving her baffled.

Then, beside her came a voice, "What are you touching? Need me to help you?"