Chapter 279: 279, Energetic Youth
Translator: 549690339
Within the ancient secret realm, as soon as Xu Zhongcheng finished speaking, his surroundings fell into a deathly silence.
Even though people wanted to stop him, they knew in their hearts that Xu Zhongcheng was not wrong.
“In critical moments, sacrifices must be made!”
However, in the same situation, different people make different sacrifices.
Perhaps some would let the weak be cannon fodder, letting those of little value be the ones to make sacrifices.
Perhaps some would step forward with the strength of the strongest, disregarding everything else.
What others would choose, that was their business.
But disciples of the Demon Sect often had a very unified choice.
Inner Sect Disciple Wang Tao was the first to enter the fight and is now seriously injured and unconscious. So now, the strongest among the remaining people, Xu Zhongcheng, is up.
People didn’t try to stop him again because they were also prepared in their hearts.
If something were to happen to Brother Xu, they would be next in line.
The Demon Sect never taught disciples what to do. The elders seldom delivered long lectures, knowing well that no amount of preaching would do any good.
Actions speak louder than words in critical moments.
They taught not by word but by deed.
All from top to bottom were the same.
This was no longer just an individual’s choice, because countless individual choices combined to form the ethos, the attitude, and the stance of the Demon Sect!
As for Xu Zhongcheng, was he afraid?
Naturally, he was.
His voice trembled as he spoke, and his hand holding the sword was cold as ice.
There were very few people in the world with great courage.
Fear is the norm in the face of life and death.
More often, there are people who, despite being afraid and timid, still forge ahead regardless.
Xu Zhongcheng gently stroked the long sword in his hand, and Lu Xun’s figure involuntarily appeared in his mind.
“If Elder Lu Xun were here, he could resolve everything, couldn’t he?”
He and Lu Xun were disciples who had joined the sect at the same time, but there was a world of difference in their standings.
Like Ji Li, he also possessed a talent of Eight Ripples, equivalent to an Enlightenment level of 8.
This kind of talent was seen as a pride of heaven in any sect!
Unfortunately, the Demon Sect had an even more gifted Lu Xun, so Xu Zhongcheng’s prestige within the sect was somewhat overshadowed.
When the sun rises, the stars naturally dim.
Xu Zhongcheng once saw Lu Xun as his target to catch up with, but gradually began to be willing to follow him.
In the competition among the Outer Sect, he lost narrowly to Ji Li, missing the position of Chief Disciple. However, he was still the runner-up among the disciples of this batch.
He no longer had the arrogance he brought when he first entered the Demon Sect, but perhaps because the teachings of the Demon Sect were different, even though he lost his arrogance, he retained his pride.
Perhaps this was the source of his courage.
After placing a Spirit Pill that replenishes spiritual power into his mouth, Xu Zhongcheng slowly got up and said to a male disciple:
“Junior Brother Luo, from now on, you are the leading senior brother. When I go to distract it, make sure you find the right moment to lead the younger brothers and sisters out!”
Disciple Luo nodded firmly, and as Xu Zhongcheng turned and walked away, he couldn’t help but speak up, “Brother Xu, you…”
Xu Zhongcheng stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, “Me?”
“You don’t need to worry about me.”
“I am the strongest one here, Eight Ripples, Second Seat of the Demon Sect’s Outer Sect!”
The young man did not look back again but strode briskly away.
His heart was pounding, his nerves tense, but his face flashed with a long lost spirit of excitement and determination!
He suddenly remembered a well-known saying of the Demon Sect, saying through gritted teeth in his heart:
“I will decapitate it with a single sword strike!”
The entrance to the secret realm was quite dark.
It was hot here, and the air was very dry.
Xu Zhongcheng took a deep breath and found it somewhat uncomfortable.
It was as if there was no humidity around, even the soil on the ground had cracked open from the dryness.
“Once the Drought Demon appears, a thousand miles become a barren land.” Xu Zhongcheng mused in his heart.
Fortunately, it was not the legendary Drought Demon that appeared here, but a specific Drought Corpse.
Yue Heshan had previously used his divine sense to probe this small secret realm, concluding that the danger coefficient here was not high.
In reality, it was indeed low, perfectly suitable for young disciples to gain experience.
Unfortunately, their bad luck allowed this Drought Corpse to arrive first in this secret realm before them!
They had no idea where it had come from or how it managed to enter the secret realm.
In short, its existence disrupted the balance here!
The most infuriating part was, it initially concealed its aura inside a coffin without being detected!
At the start, everyone was caught off guard by it, resulting in a serious injury to Brother Wang Tao.
Moreover, perhaps because there was some kind of fire element treasure in this secret realm, the Drought Corpse had obtained it, causing its power to continuously strengthen!
Luckily, its divine sense seemed weak, its perception wasn’t strong, otherwise, everyone would have already been killed!
“Here it comes!” The approaching heat waves alerted Xu Zhongcheng, who immediately unsheathed his longsword and sent forth a flash of swordlight!
A loud bang echoed as the unkempt Drought Corpse bite down on the sword qi!
Its fangs shattered the sword qi, and then, like a mad dog, charged at Xu Zhongcheng!
“It’s too fast!” Xu Zhongcheng only saw a shadow, reflexively raising his longsword to fend off the attack, and it felt like he had been hit hard!
He was sent flying, but before that, he managed to nail three small swords into the Drought Corpse’s right arm.
That successfully enraged the Drought Corpse.
At this moment, the other disciples of the Demon Sect started to rush outwards.
They knew they had to escape as soon as possible, so Xu Zhongcheng could withdraw sooner!
With his cultivation base, he wouldn’t be able to hold out for too long!
The time he could delay was just a few breaths!
The paper crane swiftly flew in the sky, Lu Xun had now reached level 28, his speed of flight far surpassed his previous levels.
He moved swiftly, not sparing any spiritual power from his body.
At the same time, he had dissolved his illusion technique and reverted to his original appearance.
Compared to the unfamiliar identity of the White Emperor, his original face was more reassuring to the Demon Sect’s disciples.
This was the reputation he had built up in the Demon Sect over the years, the Young Elder was here, they would naturally feel reassured.
Lu Xun quickly arrived at the edge of the secret realm, instantly sensing the anomaly here.
“Drought Corpse?” Lu Xun mused in his heart.
During his past life playing his main account, he had also encountered Drought Corpses a few times.
They were relatively rare Elite Level wild beasts with levels never below 35!
Of course, their levels weren’t too high either, usually ranging from 35 to 40, he had never seen a Drought Corpse above level 40.
However, being elite monsters, their strength was compared to ordinary ones of the same level and naturally stronger than ordinary cultivators in the Third Realm, and much stronger!
“This small team was already consuming spiritual power in the process of breaking through the secret realm, and the team leader, Wang Tao, with his cultivation level at the early stage of the Third Realm, was absolutely no match for this Drought Corpse.” Lu Xun concluded in his heart.
This made him feel somewhat anxious.
The most awkward part was that he had to go through the entrance of the secret realm and break through all the levels they already cleared.
Although Wang Tao and the others had already cleared the levels, once they were successfully cleared, the levels would automatically reset.
This was highly time-consuming.
Right now, what Lu Xun lacked most was time!
At this moment, he couldn’t help but remember his conversation with Elder E after he had swiftly completed the “Turtle’s Longevity.”
At that time, he had used so little time, but he was still only second on the list, the top spot occupied by the second senior sister.
He then asked Elder E, how long did it take the second senior sister to break through the level?
Elder E told him that Gu Xiaoman had only swung her sword three times, directly destroying the three levels in just three breaths.
Lu Xun prepared to imitate her.
The next moment…
He unsheathed his sword.
