Four days passed without notice.
During these four days, everyone in the Demonic Sect lived in fear, afraid they too would suddenly disappear without a trace like Elder Qian.
On this day, Elder Lei suddenly took out a communication talisman to contact Huangfu Feng again.
"Sect Master, our secret realm, for some unknown reason, is suddenly inaccessible."
Huangfu Feng's surprised voice immediately came from the communication talisman, "Is your formation disk okay?"
Elder Lei replied, "The formation disk is operating normally, but the exit to the secret realm has simply not appeared."
"You guard there, we'll be there now." Huangfu Feng hung up the communication talisman hastily after leaving a message.
Within the spatial secret realm, Qin Shilei's cave-heaven and blessed land had just completely merged with the Demonic Sect's secret realm.
Naturally, Elder Lei outside could no longer open the spatial secret realm with his formation disk.
Just as Qin Shilei was about to kill all the experts in the secret realm, he suddenly noticed Elder Lei pacing outside.
With a thought, he instantly pulled Elder Lei and his three subordinates into the secret realm.
"What's going on? How did we get back in?"
Elder Lei immediately looked around vigilantly.
Qin Shilei appeared abruptly before the four of them, "Hi, everyone!"
After speaking, he quickly activated the attribute of 'Myriad Manifestations'.
Elder Lei's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to fly towards the small city in the distance.
His three subordinates were not as quick-witted and still wanted to question Qin Shilei.
What greeted them instead was Qin Shilei's fierce sword energy.
With a flash of cold light, the three were already souls beneath his sword.
At this moment, nearly ten figures also flew from the distant small city.
Those people quickly joined forces with Elder Lei.
Elder Lei then suppressed his inner fear, turned, and cupped his fists towards the approaching Qin Shilei, asking, "King Qin An, we were allies, why did you kill our people without a word?"
"Allies?" Qin Shilei sneered, "When you injured our people, did you not consider me an ally?"
Elder Lei feigned ignorance, "King Qin An, there must be some misunderstanding."
"Heh heh." Qin Shilei chuckled twice and continued to fly towards the other party.
"Scatter and run!"
Elder Lei's heart trembled. He shouted the command and randomly chose a direction to flee into the distance.
As he ran, he took out his formation disk, hoping to open an exit and escape.
Unfortunately, the formation disk, as always, showed no reaction whatsoever.
Instead, he constantly heard screams in his ears.
Elder Lei dared not look back at all, diving into the dense forest below, hoping to use the tall trees to escape this ordeal.
However, as soon as he entered the forest, he heard a rapid sound of air being broken.
He inwardly cursed his misfortune but felt a sharp pain at his waist, and then his lower body was rapidly flying forward.
It was then he realized that a phantom had appeared behind him at some point and had sliced him in half at the waist with a sword.
Immediately after, a giant energy sword slashed towards his head.
Elder Lei's vision went black, and he lost consciousness completely.
After slaying Elder Lei, the phantom turned and pursued another Platinum-level expert.
Qin Shilei had also killed the seventh Platinum-level expert, and with a blink, he appeared before the last Elder Hu.
Sky-Breaking Sword!
Qin Shilei decided to use his strongest move to send Elder Hu away.
"King Qin An, please spare me! I am willing to pledge allegiance to you and serve you for life!"
Elder Hu suddenly prostrated himself on the ground, begging for mercy with trembling fear.
Qin Shilei dispersed his vital energy and waved his right hand downwards. The half-formed Sky-Breaking Sword grazed Elder Hu and slashed towards the ground beside him.
Feeling the sharp sword energy coming from above, Elder Hu desperately suppressed the urge to dodge to the side.
Qin Shilei said indifferently, "Pledge allegiance to me? How can I trust you?"
Elder Hu cautiously replied, "I have a secret technique that allows me to extract a wisp of my soul for you to control. With just a thought, you can make me die."
Qin Shilei glanced at Elder Hu, who was still kneeling on the ground, "Show me your secret technique."
Elder Hu took a plain, ancient manual from his spatial ring and handed it over.
Soul Control Technique (Purple): When the target is not resisting, a wisp of the target's soul can be extracted. Through this wisp of soul, the target's life and death can be controlled at any time.
Qin Shilei took a cup of steaming Dao Enlightenment Tea and drank it down in one gulp, then carefully studied the manual.
After more than ten minutes, although he had not completely mastered the manual, he could discern that Elder Hu had not lied.
He also understood how to absorb the opponent's soul into his own spiritual sea.
At the same time, he realized that this secret technique had a drawback: it could not be used to control a large number of people, as it would cause impurity in his spiritual sea and affect future advancements.
Qin Shilei put away the manual for the time being and said plainly, "I can accept you. I hope you cherish this opportunity."
"Thank you, Master!"
Elder Hu kowtowed, then performed the secret technique to extract a wisp of his soul.
As a white orb of light floated from his brow towards Qin Shilei, Elder Hu's face instantly turned extremely pale.
Qin Shilei formed a hand seal and absorbed the orb of light deep into his spiritual sea.
"Get up. Are there any more Platinum-level experts in this secret realm?"
Elder Hu stood up and said subserviently, "There are two Platinum-level experts in the city who are in secluded cultivation."
Qin Shilei looked up at the small city in the distance.
He saw that due to the fighting on this side, many people in the city were fleeing into the distance.
Although Qin Shilei had temporarily separated this secret realm from his cave-heaven and blessed land, this separation was not very stable. One could see the cave-heaven and blessed land from the boundary, and once subjected to significant impact, openings would appear.
After some thought, he said, "Go gather the Demonic Sect disciples and keep them in the city. Also, bring me the heads of the two Platinum-level experts who are in seclusion."
"As you command!" Elder Hu replied respectfully, then turned and flew towards the distant small city.
Half an hour later, Elder Hu returned, carrying two heads.
Qin Shilei glanced at them and said indifferently, "Bury them."
Just then, he suddenly sensed a large group of people arriving from outside.
His heart rejoiced, "Perfect, I'll catch you all in one net."
It was Huangfu Feng and his group who had arrived from outside.
They looked around but couldn't find Elder Lei.
They took out their communication talismans and tried to contact him, but there was no response.
"Sect Master, shall we try to see if we can open the spatial secret realm?" someone suggested.
"Alright." Huangfu Feng signaled an elder beside him to take out a formation disk.
As the formation disk shot out a white light, a spatial exit appeared before them.
"Sect Master, I'll go in and take a look." The elder looked at the spatial exit and said with a frown.
Huangfu Feng nodded, "Go in and take a look. Regardless of whether there are any problems, come out immediately and report the situation."
The elder agreed and plunged into the spatial exit.
Time passed slowly, but the elder never emerged from inside.
Looking at the spatial exit before them, everyone felt it was like the mouth of a demon capable of devouring living beings.
However, the spatial secret realm was their most important fallback route, and it could not be lost.
Huangfu Feng and Shi Yongzhen exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and said, "Elder Li, you stay outside. Everyone else, follow me in."