Chapter 120 - Prehistoric Insect (1/2)

Zhong Yue praised in his heart as he heard what Hu Qimei said; what kind of legendary encounter did he experience in the secret realm such that he managed to obtain such a mysterious yet powerful heritage ... it can only be fathomed. However, what made him curious was the gigantic creature that crawled out from the secret realm. That creature must be incredibly huge as even the monsters called it a huge monster!

"Too bad this is not the Devil Soul Forbidden Land," lamented Xin Huo, seemingly very disappointed.

Suddenly, A Qi Practitioner asked, "Why are the Awakening Qi Practitioners not allowed to enter the realm?"

"Those who exceeded the level of Rebirth will die for sure if they were to enter the Black Mountain secret realm."

The seneschal then said, "This is because there are countless terrifying seals in this realm that will seal off the power of any Qi Practitioner that enters this place. Not only that, any level of Qi Practitioner will have their souls crushed by these seals upon entering the realm. It has been that way until the gigantic creature loosened the seals when it crawled out from the realm. With the seals slightly loosened up, only Qi Practitioners of the Rebirth level or below could enter this place. When the creature crawled out of the realm, saint city lord was still a Rebirth Qi Practitioner, which is why he was able to obtain the heritage of the [Monster God Ming King Art]."

Zhong Yue's mind shifted as finally understood why; this secret realm left behind by the Monster God Ming King was a realm that would prohibit any Qi Practitioner from entering by sealing off their power and crushing their souls.

This realm was essentially tantamount to a huge net – capturing any fish regardless of their size. However, the spaces between the net became bigger when the creature crawled out from the realm, hence, allowing the smaller fish to enter and exit the net unimpeded; but the same cannot be said of the larger fish.

During that time, the now saint city lord was still a little fish on the Rebirth level, allowing him the opportunity to obtain the heritage of Monster God Ming King. However, precisely due to his low cultivation and lack of experience, there were still some missing parts in the art that he failed to obtain.

Zhong Yue thought, Being the strongest existence among the monsters, the ramifications of the art's deficiencies would only be more debilitating., This would ultimately threaten his life, which is why this is happening now. Taking in Qi Practitioner as his final pupil was just a ploy to get someone else to enter the realm and search for the full art for him in his stead!

He knew that the saint city lord did not have the completed [Monster God Ming King Art] in his hands but that didn't mean that the other monster Qi Practitioners were cognizant of the fact. They most likely only thought that the incomplete art was a test given to them by saint city lord.

Once the Qi Practitioners exited the realm, all he had to do would be to check the art they obtained to decide whether or not he would accept them as his final disciple. With that, he would be able to get his hands on the completed art to remove the latent threats.

The only reason why there was not a single Spirit Nurturing Qi Practitioner was that their level was too low, thus, they would have no chance at all even after entering the secret realm.

"Please be careful, everyone. The seals might have weakened but they are still functioning."

The old monster sitting in front of the palace suddenly said, "There are countless seals all over the place, the situation would turn sour quickly if the seals are triggered!"

The seneschal nodded and continued saying, "If the Awakening, Spirit Body, Inner Core level seals are triggered, you will be erased from this world completely! Remember, despite so many cultivators having entered the realm in the past, only the saint city lord was able to walk out alive."

Upon hearing their advice, the monster Qi Practitioners on the board became more serious.

What the seneschal meant was that the secret realm was filled with dangers; even the strongest may not be able to last until the end. Besides, they were only Rebirth Qi Practitioners and they were nothing in front of the higher level seals!

The Qi Practitioners then started getting off the boat and walked towards the Black Mountain's secret realm. As they walked towards the portal of the secret realm, Yu Xuanji suddenly remarked, "If there has been one gigantic creature that crawled out of the realm, then there could be another one! Such a creature was able to dig through the entire Black Mountain and even killed the previous saint city lord , I wonder if we could even last a second in front of this creature."

Everyone around him immediately turn to shoot icy glares at him.

Yu Xuanji shrugged and continued talking, "The lantern plants and the transparent fish in this cave must have come from the secret realm, which means that there could be more strange creatures around here, don't say I didn't warn you!"

Zhong Yue nodded silently as the words of Yu Xuanji might be ugly but they weren't without reason; there must be more strange things in the secret realm.

God knows which era this Monster God Ming King belonged to. There are still living creatures here, which seems really strange. Besides, where did that creature go after escaping from here. With the incredible strength to be able to kill the previous saint city lord , it must have caused a ruckus if it's still alive.

The area linking the secret realm with the cave was the swamps. When Zhong Yue entered the secret realm, he looked afar while he stood on the swamps and all he could see was a prehistoric world that loomed with huge trees everywhere. Lava was raining down from the skies like a cascading waterfall and large rock columns supported the top of the cave.

"Help me!"

A shriek could suddenly be heard and Zhong Yue quickly looked towards the direction, only to find a monster Qi Practitioner being dragged into the water by two huge clamps. Before anyone could react, the clamps had already disappeared into the water along with the Qi Practitioner.

Then, blood could be seen in the water, dying the water in red!

"There's something in the water!"

The monster Qi Practitioners immediately scattered and headed towards the shore, hiding in the forest and not even sparing a single thought of rendering any assistance to the unfortunate cultivator. They were, after all, competitors. Thus, it would work in their favor if the number of people they had to contend with dwindled, leaving only themselves in the realm so they could have a better chance.

None of them could be reliable at this point.