Below the valley, hundreds of divine beast corpses lay strewn in every direction.
It was not difficult to tell that a brutally fierce battle had taken place here.
From the thick, metallic stench of blood, it was clear these divine beasts had not fallen long ago—at most a few days.
Ye Yu’s expression grew grave.
He quickly realized that none of these divine beasts were low grade. Once fully grown, each would possess cultivation roughly at the Great God Realm.
For someone who had only just stepped into the God Realm, this was unquestionably lethal.
An ominous premonition rose in Ye Yu’s heart.
He could only continue activating the Heart-Linked Jade to search.
Very soon, in a corner, Ye Yu found another piece of the Heart-Linked Jade.
But he did not find Li Ruowang.
To Ye Yu, that was almost good news. Perhaps she had escaped by sheer luck.
But where had Li Ruowang gone?
Ye Yu could not figure it out. He released his divine sense and began searching the surrounding area.
Until deep into the night, even after sweeping ten thousand li in every direction, he found nothing.
This left Ye Yu deeply frustrated.
If she was not here, then where could she be?
He could not make sense of it. And at that moment, the long-silent First Generation Demon Conversion Protector sent a message, stating that the secret realm was gone.
Ye Yu could not help but feel puzzled.
Gone?
What did that even mean?
He did not linger. Instead, he headed straight south.
Half an hour later, Ye Yu arrived at the location where the secret realm had previously existed and saw the two Protectors he had left behind a month ago.
When Yinghuo had been blasted away back then, she had happened to fall into the secret realm.
Ye Yu had arranged for the Protectors to wait here.
The moment Yinghuo walked out of the secret realm, they were to notify him.
But now these two Protectors were saying the secret realm was gone?
That was something new.
Under normal circumstances, when someone exited a secret realm, there were only two outcomes: either the secret realm closed, or it shattered and dissipated.
But what did “gone” mean?
Even if the secret realm was gone, had the person come out or not?
Faced with Ye Yu’s string of questions, the Protectors did not know how to explain, so they decisively shared their memories with him.
It would have been better if he had not looked.
Once he did, even Ye Yu fell silent.
The secret realm really was gone.
An hour ago, what had seemed like another calm day suddenly changed. The space around the secret realm twisted violently.
Then it completely vanished.
And this happened without anyone emerging from it.
The two Protectors had been utterly baffled. This was completely beyond their understanding.
How could a perfectly intact secret realm simply disappear?
Could it have hidden itself again?
Thinking that, they had immediately gone forward to investigate. The result was the same.
It was truly gone.
The two Protectors exchanged a look, each seeing the complicated emotions in the other’s eyes.
Helpless, they could only send a signal to Ye Yu and ask him to come decide the matter personally.
Well... there was nothing to decide.
Because Ye Yu had absolutely no idea what this meant either.
He had never encountered such a thorny situation.
After pondering for a long time, Ye Yu concluded that he should ask someone else to help investigate what had happened.
The best candidate was Yu Buxia.
She was an established member of the God Realm’s divine clans. Being knowledgeable was basic for her, and more importantly, Ye Yu had personally witnessed the power of her connections.
Even if Yu Buxia did not know the answer, she could ask around.
Surely she would be able to provide a satisfactory explanation.
Ye Yu instructed the two Protectors to continue lying in wait and observe the area.
After all, no one could guarantee that the vanished secret realm would not reappear.
Leaving an eye here was absolutely necessary.
After giving his orders, Ye Yu turned and headed toward the Ye Residence.
What he did not know was that at this very moment, Yinghuo was less than a thousand li away from him.
She looked slightly disheveled, with a few strands of grass still caught in her hair, but her spirit was steady.
Yinghuo cast two cleansing spells on herself in succession, restoring her appearance to what it had been before.
After finishing, she glanced back with lingering fear.
What a strange secret realm. After finally clearing it—
There had been no entrance opening.
Yinghuo had immediately flown into a rage.
Are you refusing to play fair?
If you refuse to play fair, do not blame me for smashing you apart!
Under the power of the stars, the secret realm was soon riddled with holes.
Somewhere in the process, she must have struck something and triggered a hidden mechanism.
The divine power inside the secret realm became incomparably violent, and the surrounding space began to distort.
Had it activated a self-destruction mode?
Seeing this, Yinghuo dared not hesitate. She immediately exerted her full strength.
Finally, she tore open a breach and escaped from the secret realm.
But after leaving, she realized that the secret realm had not activated self-destruction.
It had run away.
Yes—run away.
At first, Yinghuo had not dared to be certain.
But later she discovered that she was now a thousand li away from where she had previously been.
Only then did she confirm her guess.
The divine power rampaging inside the secret realm and the twisting of space had not been self-destruction.
It had fled.
It had even carried her a thousand li away with it.
If she had not broken open a gap in time, who knew where she might have ended up?
Strange. Truly strange.
In all her long years of life, this was the first time she had seen a secret realm so spirited.
She would have to study it properly later.
But now was not the time.
She should first return to Balance City and check on Yu Buxia.
Who knew whether that woman Yu Manhua was dead or not.
Yinghuo took a deep breath.
Then she sped at full speed toward Balance City.
The place had long since become ruins, tinged with desolation.
It seemed to have been abandoned for quite some time.
There was no trace of Yu Buxia’s aura. Where was she now?
Yinghuo intended to take out her communication stone to contact her, but then she remembered—
When she had left the secret realm, her Storage Ring had been crushed by spatial force.
Everything inside had been completely obliterated.
Now she stood alone, with not a single possession.
Thinking about it left her with a faint sting of bitterness.
Yinghuo sighed.
In the next instant, her expression changed sharply. She suddenly appeared at the edge of the ruins.
There, she saw a woman wearing a dragon robe, bearing an extraordinary presence.
This person was none other than Li Ruowang.
At the same time, Li Ruowang was also sizing her up.
From the surging fluctuations of divine power, the other party was very likely several major realms above her.
Stronger even than that mad female Sword God she had encountered before.
"Who are you, and why are you hiding here?"
Faced with Yinghuo’s cool, sharp inquiry, Li Ruowang replied calmly,
"Li Ruowang. Just passing by."
Simple. Direct.
As her voice fell, a jet-black little snake slithered out from behind Li Ruowang, its cold eyes quietly fixing on Yinghuo.
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