The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 1008 - 1006: Secret Realm! Plundering Qi Yun!

Chapter 1008: Chapter 1006: Secret Realm! Plundering Qi Yun!

This secret realm is unnamed.

It was an accidental discovery during the establishment of the Miracle Ridge.

However, this secret realm is already shattered and its existence will not last much longer.

After many years of exploration by the Nine Courtyards of the Miracle Ridge, it was found that the secret realm, now broken, cannot accommodate warriors above the third level of the Earth Elixir Realm. The presence of any warrior above that level would accelerate the disintegration of the secret realm.

Therefore, the Array Dao Temple from the Nine Courtyards decreed the placement of the Heaven-reaching Array within the secret realm. Should any warrior above the third level of Earth Elixir Realm appear, they would be immediately transported out!

And naturally, the Broken Spirit Bead is also a means from the Array Dao Temple.

After entering this secret realm, Qi Yun naturally manifests behind the warrior.

This Qi Yun, a transformation of the spirit of the secret realm, can be absorbed and refined by the warrior to break through states.

The Qi Yun of the secret realm is determined by the rating of the entering warrior’s Martial Soul.

The higher the realm of the Martial Soul, the more abundant the Qi Yun!

Take Lin Bai, for instance, who possesses only a Yellow Level First Grade Martial Soul; therefore, his Qi Yun is merely one Zhang.

If one has a Yellow Level Ninth Grade Martial Soul, the Qi Yun would reach the height of nine Zhang!

For a Mysterious Level Nine, the height would be eighteen Zhang!

For an Earth Grade Nine, twenty-seven Zhang!

For a Heaven Level Ninth Grade, thirty-six Zhang!

This initial Qi Yun can be seen as a special privilege for warriors with higher-rated Martial Souls.

The more Qi Yun there is, the greater the realm a warrior can break through when they absorb and refine it.

Once, a warrior in this secret realm, with a cultivation of the ninth layer of the Human Elixir Realm, absorbed seventy Zhang of Qi Yun and directly broke through from the ninth layer of the Human Elixir Realm to the third level of the Earth Elixir Realm before being transported out of the secret realm.

How to obtain the Qi Yun of the secret realm?

There is only one way to acquire Qi Yun.

That is to plunder!

Continuously plunder others’ Qi Yun to increase your own until you feel it is sufficient to refine into your body and break through your current cultivation state.

Once a warrior refines Qi Yun, they can no longer linger in the secret realm and will be immediately teleported away.

Plundering Qi Yun doesn’t mean that you can increase your Qi Yun by the exact amount you plunder from your opponent.

On the contrary, the increase in Qi Yun is extremely slow.

To this day, the Nine Courtyards of the Miracle Ridge still do not understand the pattern of increment following the plunder of Qi Yun; it seems totally at the whim of the Qi Yun itself.

About the matters of the Qi Yun of this secret realm, Dugu Yun had already explained in detail to Lin Bai before.

"Since we’re here, let’s start plundering."

"Killing someone here, the Miracle Ridge won’t interfere."

Lin Bai smiled lightly, stood up from the ground, and looking up at the Mang Gu Jungle before him, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

These Mang Gu Jungles, like lifeless objects, showed no signs of vibrance whatsoever.

In reality.

As soon as Lin Bai entered the secret realm and was getting familiar with his surroundings, a large number of warriors had already been transported out of the realm.

These teleported warriors typically fall into two categories.

One is those who leave on their own; they entered the secret realm without intending to plunder others’ Qi Yun, directly refined their own Qi Yun, broke through their realm and then left immediately.

The other is those who are pursued by powerful enemies; barely touching soil, they were confronted by strong ones whom they couldn’t overcome, thus swiftly crushing the Broken Spirit Bead to leave the secret realm. Had they been slower, their fate would likely be death.

And of course, the ranking on the Heroes List is determined by the height of the final Qi Yun, ranking the warriors accordingly.

During last year’s Hero Ranking Martial Arts Competition.

The first place, Chief Disciple of the Fist Daoist Courtyard, Tian Changlin, fifty-one Zhang of Qi Yun.

The second place, Chief Disciple of the Sword Art Academy, Murong Fei, fifty Zhang of Qi Yun.

The third place, Disciple of the Fist Daoist Courtyard, Lu Lun, forty-nine Zhang of Qi Yun.

The fourth place, Chief Disciple of the Chulong Courtyard, Wu Qiu, forty-eight Zhang of Qi Yun.

The fifth place, Disciple of the Fist Daoist Courtyard, Rong Jun, forty-seven Zhang of Qi Yun.

The sixth place, Disciple of the Fist Daoist Courtyard, Luo Xuntian, forty-six Zhang of Qi Yun.

The seventh place, Disciple of the Fist Daoist Courtyard, Shi Yifan, forty-five Zhang of Qi Yun.

Eighth place, Chief Disciple of Spear Daoist Courtyard, Cai Yunqi, forty-four Zhang of Qi Yun.

Ninth place, Chief Disciple of Knife Dao Sect, Qiu Yukui, forty-three Zhang of Qi Yun.

Tenth place, Disciple of Knife Dao Sect, Sword Demon, thirty-seven Zhang of Qi Yun.

Previously, Dugu Yun had told Lin Bai that the Fist Daoist Courtyard has always been hailed as the number one courtyard of the Miracle Ridge, primarily because during the battle for Qi Yun in this Secret Realm, the Fist Daoist Courtyard had too many experts ranked in the Heroes List, with as many as five last year.

And Sword Demon, when he entered the Heroes List last year, was only at the Fifth Layer of the Human Elixir Realm... At that time, with the cultivation of the Fifth Layer of the Human Elixir Realm, he gained thirty-seven Zhang of Qi Yun, which was acclaimed as defying the heavens and unparalleled!

Now, Sword Demon had reached the Great Perfection Realm of the Human Elixir Realm, and his entrance into the Secret Realm today was surely aimed at advancing to the Earth Elixir Realm.

The person Lin Bai needed to be most wary of now was the expert from last year’s Heroes List because they did not go to the Five Peaks this year but stayed in the Nine Courtyards instead, intending to vie for Qi Yun once more.

Lin Bai’s figure leaped through the forest, with the one Zhang tall spectrum of seven colors behind him particularly eye-catching.

Whoosh——

Suddenly, at this moment.

From the Dense Forest beside him, a brilliant saber light streaked towards Lin Bai’s neck.

Lin Bai’s steps halted slightly, he turned his head to look, and said coldly, "A disciple of Knife Dao Sect?"

"Give me your Qi Yun, and you can die."

The disciple who burst out of the Dense Forest was a young man in his early twenties, already possessing the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Human Elixir Realm.

If there were bystanders here, they would recognize at a glance that this person was ranked among the top sixty experts on the Dao Academy Blade Ranking!

"Sixteen Zhang of Qi Yun, is your initial Qi Yun this high?" Lin Bai glanced at the spectrum of colors behind the man and a smile appeared on his face.

Sixteen Zhang of Qi Yun would mean that this person must be a Warrior with a Martial Soul of at least the Mysterious Level.

"Die!"

The man’s eyes flashed, and the saber light came slashing straight down.

"Hmph!" Lin Bai snorted coldly, a flash of purple light flew out from his Storage Bag, he quickly grabbed the sword hilt and struck back with a reverse sword strike!

Boom——

A terrifying force exploded in mid-air, sending the approaching Warrior flying back!

"How is this possible!"

"You are only at the Ninth Layer of the Human Elixir Realm, while I am at the cultivation of the Great Perfection Realm of the Human Elixir Realm, how could you possibly repel me with one sword strike!" the retreating disciple from Knife Dao Sect cried out in astonishment.

"Just perfect, you’ve brought me Qi Yun, I also want to see, after plundering your Qi Yun, to what extent my Qi Yun will increase!" Lin Bai snorted coldly, striking with the sword once more.

"Senior Brother, don’t kill me!"

"Senior Brother, spare my life, I am willing to offer you ten Zhang of Qi Yun, please allow me to live," the disciple from Knife Dao Sect immediately said when he saw he was no match for Lin Bai.

"There’s such an option?" Lin Bai was taken aback, a curious smile appeared on his face, and he immediately stopped his sword, "Ten Zhang is not enough, at least give me fifteen Zhang!"

"Fifteen Zhang..." The disciple from Knife Dao Sect’s face showed a hint of malice, seemingly reluctant.

"What? Unwilling? Then, do you prefer to die by my sword, or would you rather crush your Broken Spirit Bead and be expelled from the Secret Realm?"

"Think it through, if you leave the Secret Realm, then you lose everything."

"I’m asking you for fifteen Zhang of Qi Yun, you’ll still have one Zhang left, then you can still plunder Qi Yun from other disciples in the Secret Realm!" Lin Bai said lightly, with a smile.

"Alright, I’m willing," the disciple from Knife Dao Sect said fiercely, a glint in the corner of his eye, as fifteen Zhang of the spectrum of colors from behind him split off and flew towards Lin Bai.

Lin Bai naturally absorbed the Qi Yun!

Afterward, Lin Bai’s one Zhang of Qi Yun turned into nine...

"Not bad, fifteen Zhang of Qi Yun allows my one Zhang to turn into nine, which is quite good," Lin Bai said, smiling faintly.

After offering his Qi Yun, the disciple from Knife Dao Sect quickly dashed away.

Lin Bai did not make a move to kill him, after all, competing for Qi Yun in this place was based on ability, and since Lin Bai had already obtained enough Qi Yun, why bother to take a life?

"Let’s continue!"

"This Secret Realm is getting more and more interesting," Lin Bai said with a cold smile.