My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 399 - 79: [Tenth Update]
Early the next morning, the ground began to tremble again, waking everyone who was still asleep. Immediately afterward, a large group of spirit beasts appeared in front of everyone, and they found themselves in battle once more.
The spirit beasts that appeared this time were different from before. Leading them were those at the True Immortal Middle Stage, which utterly devastated the still-drowsy group just waking up.
"Are these spirit beasts doing this on purpose? Yesterday there were only those low-level spirit beasts, and today they’ve directly become True Immortal Middle Stage. It’s too much!" Rong Ye complained as he fought.
"The Secret Realm is not like the outside. The spirit beasts here are probably limited. We killed so many low-level spirit beasts yesterday, so it’s certain there won’t be any low-level spirit beasts today. Stop complaining and focus on the fight," Nan Hua explained calmly, glancing at Rong Ye.
Rong Ye pouted, feeling dissatisfied with Nan Hua’s reprimand, but he knew this wasn’t the time for discussion, so he focused on dealing with the spirit beast in front of him.
After dealing with the spirit beast in front of them, Nan Hua and the others barely had a moment to breathe before another True Immortal Middle Stage spirit beast charged at them, plunging the three once again into battle.
By the end of the morning, they had killed a total of four True Immortal Realm spirit beasts, and others had also dealt with two to three Middle Stage spirit beasts.
The onslaught of spirit beasts finally paused, but less than a quarter of an hour into their break, the ground began to shake again. However, this time it was not a large number of spirit beasts, but three True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts that appeared before them.
At that moment, everyone’s expressions changed.
"No way? There’s actually a True Immortal Realm High-Level demon beast? Are they really trying to kill us?"
"We can’t possibly handle this, can we? With my cultivation, it could probably kill me with one slap. It’s too dangerous!"
"There’s still over half a day until we can leave the Secret Realm. If True Immortal Peak spirit beasts appear after this, we might really be stuck here!"
"What do we do about this? Are we going to be killed by them?"
"..."
Looking at the towering True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts in front of them, murmurs rose among the crowd, and everyone had an ugly expression. Initially, everyone thought if there were only True Immortal Middle Stage spirit beasts, they could hold out until the Secret Realm closed, but now with True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts appearing, many of them were still at the High-Level Heavenly Immortal Realm, a whole major realm lower than the spirit beasts, making it impossible to win!
For a moment, many of them felt like retreating.
"Third Senior Brother, what do we do?" Rong Ye looked at the spirit beasts not far away, his brows furrowed, yet excitement flickered in his eyes. For a battle enthusiast like him, this was the challenge he loved the most.
"What else can we do? We have to go for it, right? There’s no way we can outrun them," Nan Hua said softly, squinting at the three True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts, smiling.
Mu Chen gripped the Red Flame Spear tightly, his face showing a twisted excitement, his cheeks flushed, which looked somewhat bizarre.
The three True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts didn’t give them much time to think and charged directly into the crowd. Willing or not, everyone had to rush forward; otherwise, the only outcome was death!
Nan Hua, Rong Ye, and Mu Chen coordinated to take on one beast, while the remaining dozens of people teamed up against another.
Upon engagement, Nan Hua and his team immediately felt the difference. Although True Immortal Middle Stage and True Immortal High-Level sounded like only one small boundary apart, the strength difference was vast, with the High-Level being at least twice, if not more, as strong as the Middle Stage, making them exceedingly formidable.
Previously, Nan Hua and his team handled True Immortal Middle Stage opponents with relative ease, but confronting High-Level ones left them flustered. Whether in speed or strength, the True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts far outclassed the Middle Stage ones, and before long, they were all injured.
"So originally there’s such a significant difference between True Immortal Realm High-Level and Middle Stage. I’m finally feeling it now," Nan Hua said calmly, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes shining as he looked at the spirit beast before him.
During their time in the Secret Realm, fighting these spirit beasts and bathed in the richer Immortal Qi than outside, they all experienced a certain degree of cultivation improvement. Although they hadn’t broken through yet, they were not far from True Immortal Middle Stage, remarkable since they had just recently entered the True Immortal Realm!
And after this battle with True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts, feeling the gap between High-Level and Middle Stage, Nan Hua felt like he was one step closer to breaking through.
For those with extraordinary talent, achieving breakthroughs during battle is not uncommon. Just yesterday, many broke through while fighting spirit beasts, and today, Feng Yang was the first to break through.
Feng Yang had already been at the Peak of Heavenly Immortal Realm, just a trigger away from True Immortal Realm. During the intense fight with spirit beasts, he gradually felt the threshold, and in moments of life and death, his potential was unleashed, directly advancing to Low-level True Immortal Realm.
Soon after, Zhang Mu also broke through. Their cultivations had always been similar, making their simultaneous breakthrough quite apt.
Nan Hua also broke through mid-battle, enveloped by an Immortal Artifact vortex. He didn’t sit down to absorb the Immortal Qi; instead, he continued fighting alongside the spirit beasts, allowing the Immortal Qi to quickly convert into immortal power within him.
After advancing to True Immortal Middle Stage, dealing with the True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beasts became much easier for Nan Hua, who then became the core force, relieving some pressure off Rong Ye and Mu Chen.
After fighting for two-quarter hours, Nan Hua and his team finally managed to take down the True Immortal Realm High-Level spirit beast together, then went on to help others deal with the other two High-Level spirit beasts. Mu Chen even helped bandage the injured.
When the ground shook again, a Giant Ape King at the Peak True Immortal Realm appeared before Rong Ye and the others.
As soon as it appeared, it let out a low roar. Many disciples with lower cultivation were so provoked by its roar that they coughed up blood, looking utterly dejected.
Even Nan Hua and the others felt their blood surge uncontrollably.
"This is it, it’s actually a spirit beast at the Peak True Immortal Realm! Looks like today we really are going to meet our end here!"
"I didn’t expect to fall in the Secret Realm, I feel so unlucky. I still have so many things I haven’t tried yet, I haven’t been with the person I like yet!"
"I’ve never heard of something like this happening inside the Secret Realm... our luck is just too rotten!"
"..."
This time, everyone was pale-faced. In their hearts, they believed it was impossible to defeat the Giant Ape King before them, each person feeling utterly hopeless.
Even the expressions of Nan Hua and his two companions didn’t look any better. Even someone as confident as Nan Hua didn’t dare claim that they could defeat a Giant Ape King at the Peak True Immortal Realm. After all, the higher the cultivation, the greater the gap between each small realm.
"What should we do? Third Senior Brother." Rong Ye stood beside Nan Hua, asking with a pale face.
"I don’t know, just play it by ear. If things really get bad, we’ll run!" Nan Hua smiled bitterly, his eyes flickering, and he instructed Mu Chen and Rong Ye.
The two naturally understood the reasoning, nodded slightly, and said no more.
In the eyes of the Giant Ape King, the humans in front of it were nothing more than ants. It stretched out an arm and slapped fiercely towards the most crowded area.
Just now, the group had a chance to fight against a High-level spirit beast at the True Immortal Realm, but upon seeing the Giant Ape King’s move, they quickly scattered, the scene becoming somewhat chaotic.
"Ah!"
A man was caught by the Giant Ape King. As the Giant Ape applied force, the man’s face flushed red, and everyone present heard the sound of his bones cracking. Blood continued to flow from his mouth, and he only had time to let out a cry before being crushed to death by the Giant Ape King.
This scene made everyone’s faces turn even paler. Those with quicker minds turned and ran while the Giant Ape King wasn’t paying attention to them. This included Song Xinrong.
Nan Hua and the others did the same. After exchanging a glance, they grabbed Zhang Mu and Feng Yang and ran.
After running for a while, they arrived at the place where Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu had disappeared. What worried them was that the Giant Ape King was also running towards them, and at a great speed. In the blink of an eye, it was upon them, reaching out to grab Nan Hua.
"Third Senior Brother, watch out!"
Rong Ye and Mu Chen charged towards Nan Hua from the left and right, all the while shouting warnings to him.
Nan Hua naturally sensed the Giant Ape King’s actions, quickly drawing an Array with both hands, then deploying it. Without pausing, he continued layering Arrays on himself.
"Crack!"
The first Array he created was directly torn apart by the Giant Ape King. Its hand only paused for a moment before reaching the second Array layer.
"Crack, crack!"
The sound of breaking continued as the second Array was also destroyed by the Giant Ape King. Luckily, Nan Hua had donned more than two Arrays.
The third Array was also torn apart as the Giant Ape King’s claws drew closer to Nan Hua.
Nan Hua’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, his back soaked. As the Giant Ape King’s fingers neared him, his hands moved faster and faster, immortal power within him circulating madly, his complexion growing paler.
Just as the Giant Ape King’s fingers pierced the sixth Array layer, and the seventh was unfinished, its fingers almost touching Nan Hua’s face, a white light flashed through the Giant Ape King’s palm. Bright red blood splattered on Nan Hua’s face, but he didn’t care, wiping it off with a sleeve before quickly retreating out of the Giant Ape King’s reach. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Looking up at the Giant Ape King, he saw a flash of silver light. The Giant Ape King’s hand was cut off, blood splattering everywhere. Had he not retreated in time, it would have splattered all over him again.
"Geng Geng!"
