Chapter 082: Mysterious Person
Suddenly, it felt as if they had passed through a layer of mist, and Qin Gou and Shu Yinxing finally saw light again.
They reappeared in a pure white space. The biggest difference from before was that the path they had come from had completely disappeared, and only a large door stood before them, waiting to be opened.
“Fellow Daoist Qin seems a bit tired?” Shu Yinxing noticed a hint of unusualness in Qin Gou’s expression and couldn’t help but ask.
“No.”
Qin Gou quickly waved his hand. “Because I’ve been confirming actions with… ‘ding ding dang dang’ in my mind in advance, I just snapped back to reality and felt a bit disoriented.”
“You’ve worked hard, Fellow Daoist Qin!” Shu Yinxing cupped his fists.
“It’s nothing, it’s just that to avoid danger earlier, you and I inevitably…”
“Those were normal reactions!” Shu Yinxing immediately asserted.
“Cough… You’re straightforward, Fellow Daoist Shu!”
Following that, the two looked towards the door not far away.
“Fellow Daoist Shu, have you noticed that we can no longer hear each other’s thoughts?”
Shu Yinxing lightly nodded her head. “I’ve also noticed, it seems so.”
Qin Gou pointed to the distant door and said, “Could it be that you and I have already passed a certain stage of testing?”
“Based on my past experience, that’s indeed the case, but this time it’s clearly not to be judged lightly. However, in the end, we only have this path left. Do you need to rest and recover, Fellow Daoist Qin?” Shu Yinxing asked with concern.
Qin Gou shook his head and smiled. “I’m not too depleted, and besides, who knows what will happen if we stay in this strange room for too long? Let’s keep moving.”
Upon hearing this, Shu Yinxing couldn’t help but recall the empty room from before and hurried to nod with lingering fear.
Together, they opened the door, and the scene before Qin Gou and Shu Yinxing changed rapidly.
In an instant, they had completely detached from the bizarre pure white room area and entered a scene of peace and beauty, with birds singing and flowers fragrant.
“What place is this?”
At the same time, Qin and Shu were unaware that they were not the first Zone Masters to arrive here.
At this very moment, a Zone Master from Bu She Tian was fleeing for his life, cursing incessantly, wondering why he couldn’t escape this place despite voluntarily forfeiting.
Behind him, a slender figure followed closely. No matter how the Zone Master unleashed his full power, he couldn’t escape the other’s line of sight, like a cat playing with a mouse.
This Zone Master hadn’t considered confronting the other party directly, for the fate of the several people who had fallen before had already taught him the most vivid lesson – a horror that was difficult to describe…
It was as if the very forces of this world were being used by this person!
…
“Fellow Daoist Qin, be careful, something is very wrong here.” Shu Yinxing sensed something and immediately warned.
“Have we already arrived in the outside world? No, we should still be within Bu She Tian!” Qin Gou also observed carefully.
“Could it be… oh no.”
Shu Yinxing’s eyes trembled. “We seem to have gone too deep. This place is not the area we usually reside in! Fellow Daoist Qin, if you trust Yinxing, we’d best choose to forfeit immediately. No matter where we are teleported to afterwards, it will definitely be safer than here.”
“Alright.” From Shu Yinxing’s sudden change in tone, Qin Gou also realized the seriousness of the situation and nodded in trust.
However, things went against their wishes. No matter how they requested to forfeit and leave this place, it was already of no use.
“Could this Zone Competition be a complete trap?” Shu Yinxing found it unbelievable.
“Calm down, Fellow Daoist Shu. How much do you know about this place?” Qin Gou asked, trying to soothe her.
“This place…”
Shu Yinxing paused, her tone grave. “Fellow Daoist Qin, do you know the rumors that this entire Bu She Tian is formed from the Profound Realm of an ancient cultivator!”
“I’ve heard a little about it,” Qin Gou replied without hesitation, nodding.
“From all the information I’ve gathered, this rumor is likely true. The areas we usually inhabit are actually just the outer regions that are relatively safe. What you and I are stepping into now is the true depths of that ancient cultivator’s Profound Realm.”
Shu Yinxing’s dark eyebrows knitted tightly. “But that’s not the most terrifying part. The truly hair-raising aspect of this Profound Realm is… that all Profound Realms are derived within a cultivator’s Dao Body. Yet this Profound Realm seems to have birthed its own new host!”
“What did you say?!” Qin Gou exclaimed, his eyes filled with disbelief. “How is that possible?”
“This information comes from a very senior Zone Master. He also said that if you encounter any unfamiliar presence here, never think of confronting them. You must flee with all your might at the first moment. Because winning against someone here is harder than ascending to immortality!” Shu Yinxing recounted all the information she knew to Qin Gou.
“Then where is this Zone Master now?” Qin Gou continued to ask.
Shu Yinxing shook her head with a wry smile. “He left Bu She Tian years ago and disappeared without a trace.”
“Did he say how he managed to escape back then?” Qin Gou asked what he considered the crucial question.
Shu Yinxing couldn’t help but sigh lightly. “The old senior said that there is an exit to this place, but its exact location is not fixed, so he was just lucky. However, we can still try to follow the route he took and try our luck.”
Hearing this, Qin Gou initially wanted to ask Shu Yinxing about the identity of that Zone Master and whether his words were truly credible. But suddenly, all of that was no longer necessary.
A white figure appeared in the distance, and both Qin Gou and Shu Yinxing easily detected its presence.
At the same moment they noticed the person, in just an instant, the figure had appeared directly before them.
Clad in white clothes and wearing a white mask, only a pair of emotionless eyes were visible.
Seeing this person, Qin Gou became even more confused. If his Profound Realm could truly condense a new host on its own, then at the very least, it should have used him, the legitimate host, as a role model, right? But the person before him, with such an obvious curvaceous figure, was clearly a woman.
Next, the person first glanced at Shu Yinxing, then quickly shifted her gaze to Qin Gou, and did not look away.
“You know me?” Qin Gou asked tentatively.
Upon hearing this, there was still no emotional fluctuation in the other person’s eyes. Instead, she raised her right hand, conjuring a long, sharp sword out of thin air. Suddenly, without any warning, the sword swung towards Qin Gou with an icy, bone-chilling voice.
“Demon Race, not a single one left!!”
