Xue Can sneered coldly, his white teeth bared.
"Kid, don't mistake me for that waste, Xue Can."
"Your threats are entirely ineffective."
"Compared to those lowlifes, your flesh is much more fresh and delicious."
Luo Yu quietly watched him, a pair of cold eyes revealing a bone-chilling coldness, thinking of the sincere faces in Guangyuan City that had thanked him, the kind elderly, the innocent children, and weren't the people on the Jiang City side just the same.
But they were all destroyed by this guy's hands.
He closed his eyes, the scene of Jiang City's destruction incessantly assaulting his nerves, his hands trembling.
In his life, Luo Yu had never felt such rage, such disgust towards a person.
And just at this moment, Xue Can let out a ghastly chuckle.
"Oh, are you angry?"
"But what can anger do in this Secret Realm, where I, your lord, am invincible?"
"If you have to die, they all have to die." Xue Can cast his gaze towards Cao Ritian, Zhu Qing, and other team captains, as well as the hundreds of team members behind them.
"Monster rampaging!" Cao Ritian tried to pull out the Corpse Bone Spike nailed in his chest but couldn't muster any strength, he shouted with all his might:"All Martial University team members, at all costs, slay this demon, uphold Our Great Xia's might, avenge the dead citizens."
"Yes!"
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh——"
The Martial University team members were fearful in their hearts facing such an unknown entity, afraid of death as is human nature, but belief is different.
A figure after figure stood out, summoning Ancient Spirits to possess them, looking at Xue Can with shared hatred.
"Tsk tsk."
Xue Can surveyed the surroundings, disdainful of everyone's strength.
"A bunch of shrimps and crabs, trying to fight against me?"
"Boom!"
Xue Can's whole body erupted with a bloody glow, blood-red light beams touching the sky, while the blood vessels on the surface of his body burst and plasma flowed out, forming a disgusting blood-red membrane. In an instant, Xue Can's aura soared, surpassing the Third Grade in a blink.
Second Rank Initial Stage.
Second Rank Middle Stage.
Second Rank Peak!
Half-Step to First Rank!!
A blood-red hell-like mini-world rose from Xue Can's body, covering the surroundings, as the Power of Heaven and Earth coursed ceaselessly with him as the center.
Cao Ritian's face changed drastically: "How is it possible, how can a First Grade strength appear in a Third-Grade Secret Realm?"
"We're probably going to fall here today." Pan Ren said with a bitter smile, blood oozing from his mouth, "With a Dao Ze World that possesses the laws, even if it's not First Grade, it's practically already indistinguishably close."
The hundreds of team members, originally full of rage, felt suppressed by the emergence of the Dao Ze World, chilled to the bone, their skin breaking out in goosebumps.
"Hahaha, now you know fear?"
"It's too late."
"Much too late."
Xue Can's voice was extremely sinister, his arms spread out, his expression filled with ecstasy.
"Feasting on your youthful flesh, I am one step closer to my recovery, hahaha."
At this moment, Cao Ritian quickly made a decision and shouted:
"Xia Luo, you must escape, leave this Secret Realm and inform the authorities of the situation here, have them find a way to kill this demon."
Pan Ren also clenched his teeth and decisively said: "All Martial University team members give it your all to cover Xia Luo's retreat; otherwise, there's no escaping this guy's Dao Ze World."
"Damn it, who would've thought that one day I'd be sacrificing myself for others, fuck his mother." Zhu Qing spat out a mouthful of blood, interrupting his use of Secret Techniques and risking his life.
At this moment, who wasn't afraid of dying? Most of Martial University's team members didn't have the resolution to lay down their lives for others, after all, the enemy in front of them was too terrifying; anyone who could escape and report to the officials would do so.
Cao Ritian, of course, saw what the others were thinking and immediately shouted: "Have you forgotten that Xia Luo once saved your lives before, otherwise we would have fallen during the attack of the green corpses."
"Moreover, with this demon's Dao Ze World, with your strength, you might not even last long enough to escape this Secret Realm."
Awakened by his words, all the hesitant expressions abruptly stopped, and they made up their minds.
"Kill!"
"Let's fight this demon to the end."
"Brother Xia, you get going."
"We will buy you time."
"Fuck his mother, even if we die, we'll carve a chunk of flesh off this guy."
Shouts rose, and the young members of Martial University used their roars to bolster their courage; at this moment, their blood was on fire.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Not a bad aura, but it's a pity... it's too weak to withstand a single blow." Xue Can dismissed them, shaking his head repeatedly, stepping forward.
"Crash——"
Within the entire blood-red mini-world, the Power of Heaven and Earth surged like a tidal wave.
"Puchi!"
The morale of the hundreds of team members was instantly shattered, and they let out muffled groans, vomiting blood, their strength diminished.
"This is bad."
Cao Ritian, who came from a distinguished background, naturally saw that Xue Can's strength was now out of everyone else's league.
Zhu Qing gritted his teeth in frustration.
He really hadn't expected that just by entering the Secret Realm once more, they would encounter such a terrifying enemy, completely defying all reason.
Pan Ren bitterly said: "We thought as Third-Rank Elites we would easily master a mere Third-Grade Secret Realm, but faced one setback after another, and now we are about to die without a place to be buried."
Beside him, Yuan Guangyi, Song Bida, and other Martial University team captains felt despair. Could they really be blamed for this?
This was the first time encountering an intelligent creature in a Secret Realm; previous realms only required dealing with inanimate things. There were no such things as guile or schemes.
"Yes, that's right!"
Xue Can's sinister smile grew wider, and he took a deep breath.
"It's that scent of despair."
"Don't worry, I won't let you die easily; I will play with each of you, one by one, until you're sucked dry into mummies."