Starforce Warriors-Chapter 939: Hidden Realms (1)

Li Xiaofei had felt something similar. He got the impression that the blood-red desert seemed alive, as if it had eyes that were slowly opening and staring at them.

Li Xiaofei also sensed the Blood-Drinking Sword vibrating slightly. It felt as though it could not wait to emerge and drink its fill of fresh blood. This blood-red Gobi had truly been bizarre and strange.

Even Li Xiaofei had felt waves of trepidation. His gaze had searched the crowd. He had wanted to see exactly where Zhu Zhixun and the others were hiding. Yet he had found nothing.

The good news was that the Blood Flow Gobi was not very large, and at the pace they had been walking on the road, they would be able to traverse it in about ten days.

This strange land had only been rated as a stage five danger zone because the Reaper had opened up a safe road. Without those roads, the danger level of the Blood Flow Gobi would have easily reached level seven.

Everyone remained on high alert. Wei Xiaotian had remained silent throughout the journey. On the third day, the Dusa clan, which had been leading the way, suddenly stopped.

"There is blood."

"A pool of blood water is blocking the road."

Someone came up to report.

Ahead of the safe road, in a low-lying area, fresh blood had seeped through the surface and formed a small pond that had submerged the road.

Blood water gurgled out, as if from a spring. A pungent, bloody stench spread from it, along with a sense of extreme danger. Li Xiaofei felt his hair stand on end. It felt as though some world-ending beast lay hidden in that small pool of blood water, ready to open its massive jaws at any moment and devour him.

The group stopped advancing. The Grand Princess gathered the leaders of the six major Kings clans and started to discuss something. Meanwhile, Li Xiaofei kept his gaze fixed on the pool of blood water. He gradually found the shimmering red surface to be rather dizzying.

In the next instant, the surrounding scenery changed dramatically. He looked around and found himself standing on a piece of driftwood in an endless ocean of blood. He had simply stood there on the driftwood, drifting on the vast, boundless ocean of blood. Thunderclouds had loomed heavily in the sky, with lightning flickering continuously.

Another realm had been triggered? Li Xiaofei felt a bit surprised.

His probability of triggering a realm had been a little too high. A fish fin that was over ten meters long surfaced from beneath the ocean of blood. They sliced through the water and encircled Li Xiaofei like blood-colored blades.

Blood water sprayed everywhere as a water beast over twenty meters long erupted from the blood water, shooting toward Li Xiaofei like an arrow released from its string. It opened its giant mouth, filled with thousands of razor-sharp blood-red teeth, in midair. Each tooth resembled a dagger, exuding a terrifyingly gruesome aura.

A bone knife appeared in Li Xiaofei’s hand, and he swung down. The water beast was instantly sliced into thousands of pieces and fell back into the sea of blood.

Li Xiaofei’s knife skills had long since reached an astonishingly high level. However, since he had been posing as a high-level Reaper, he did not display particularly intricate sword techniques. Instead, he had relied on speed and precision to defeat the water beast.

The battle did not end there. Countless water beasts shot out from the blood water. This scene was nothing to Li Xiaofei. He stood on the driftwood, with one hand behind his back and the other holding the knife, striking out with a leisurely grace.

No water beast was able to approach within ten meters of him. Even the water beasts beneath the driftwood had been easily dispatched by his blade energy.

Half an hour later, he returned to the real world. The Immortal Force within his body had grown considerably once again. He opened his eyes and found the Grand Princess right beside him, looking at him with concern.

"Are you alright?" Seeing Li Xiaofei open his eyes, the Grand Princess immediately asked, "Did you enter a realm again?"

Li Xiaofei nodded in reply. This time, the realm was around stage five, and had posed no challenge at all. Yet the reward was still a substantial infusion of power.

After a brief reflection, Li Xiaofei was able to confirm that his cultivation had reached the peak of the Six Gods Realm. He was ready to break through to the Seven Transformation Realm.

When he turned his head, he noticed that Liu Shaji also seemed to have entered a realm. Liu Shaji had been completely immersed in deep meditation, and was oblivious to his surroundings.

A faint glow of blood light swirled around him, and was forming a protective shield. It appeared to be the power of the realm itself, guarding him from external attacks and disturbances.

Besides Liu Shaji, forty-eight other people had also entered a realm. This included Xue Xiangyang and Old Master Jin. Both of those favored concubines had been acknowledged by the Realm.

Li Xiaofei had been the first person to awaken after entering the Realm. At that moment, everyone else was still in meditation, shrouded in blood-red light shields, as if their souls had been extracted.

"This time it's a Heart Realm," the Grand Princess explained. "There are many types of Realms, including True Body Realms, Heart Realms, Single-Entity Realms, Group Realms, and so on. A Heart Realm simply extracts the consciousness of the chosen individual into the trial, while the Realm’s power protects the participant’s physical body. As long as they successfully pass the Heart Realm trial, they can return to normal and also gain a reward."

She was quite curious about what reward Li Xiaofei had received this time. Then, Li Xiaofei told her about the reward he had received.

"Another power reward?" The Grand Princess exclaimed in delight, "You truly are a chosen one. You have been favored and acknowledged by the Holy Ruins. This time, your journey to the Holy Ruins will certainly be successful."

A successful journey, eh? Li Xiaofei pondered for a moment and replied, "Thank you for your kind words."

Just as he finished speaking, a scream rang out nearby. It came from a Yeniao clan expert who had entered a realm. Blood had suddenly begun to flow from his mouth, nose, and eyes. The blood-red shield surrounding his body had vanished, and he abruptly stood up, charging outward like a madman.

"Stop him quickly!" Zhou Shisan had shouted in alarm.

But it was too late. He charged out, crossing the white bone markers, and ran straight into the blood-red Gobi. A terrifying scene immediately unfolded. This Yeniao clan expert, who possessed quite a high level of human transformation, suddenly grew countless dense red hairs all over his body and turned into a red-haired giant gorilla.

A piercing scream burst from his mouth. In the next moment, the human skin on his body split apart and shattered. A beastly form emerged from beneath the human skin as he transformed into a gigantic red-haired owl. Even so, his scream did not cease.

In the end, that massive body transformed into a mass of red, tumbleweed-like plants, with red hairs dozens of meters long rolling in the wind. The original body seemed to be completely drained as it turned into powder and disappeared. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Although the entire process seemed lengthy to describe, it all ended within a few breaths. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines at the sight. Such a death was utterly terrifying. That piercing scream seemed to still echo across the Blood Flow Gobi.

Li Xiaofei had noticed that those tangled, eerie red hairs had eventually disintegrated under the fierce wind, inexplicably dissolving into the red soil. Afterward, the team was haunted by more screams. Those who had died in the Realm also perished in the real world. Most of them died where they stood. Some, however, still struggled in a final desperate battle.

Among them, a level six expert from the Yeniao clan opened his eyes. Blood was flowing from his body, but his mind had already become confused. He shot into the sky as he tried to flee. But he triggered the chaotic laws of the void and was instantly torn apart, becoming a cloud of blood mist.

Li Xiaofei was deeply shaken. The dangers in the sky had indeed been far greater and more terrifying than those on the ground.

Time had passed. About half a day later, all the realms ended. This time, perhaps because those chosen by the realm were quite strong, the survival rate reached forty-nine percent. Nearly half of them had survived to the end, and they all received the realm’s rewards.

Old Master Jin and Xue Xiangyang were among the lucky ones. Old Master Jin obtained a black, intricately crafted, coiled dragon ring. It had a lifelike dragon design, looking quite extraordinary. Xue Xiangyang, on the other hand, had once again received a drop of Evolution Blood.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the two handed over all they had obtained to their respective masters. Other Reaper warriors did roughly the same with their own gains.

Li Xiaofei swept his gaze across them. He noticed that three of those Reaper warriors had actually entered the Realm for a second time. He then committed their faces and identities to memory.

Liu Shaji was the last to complete the Realm. When he came out, his expression was like that of someone suffering from constipation.

Wei Xiaotian came over and said, "Come on, tell us what you got."

Liu Shaji had gritted his teeth and stayed silent. It looked like his experience had not been very pleasant. When the realm’s descent was complete, the blood pool blocking the road ahead had also vanished completely.

Everyone continued on their way. After that, no more realms descended in the Blood Flow Gobi. They crossed the area without further incident, and successfully entered the Frost Plains.

It was a desolate and icy wilderness. The temperature was extremely low, comparable to absolute zero. Moreover, blizzards and lightning storms could descend at any moment.

Even the Reaper experts, who could normally shatter planets or teleport across thousands of miles in the Galaxy World, were incredibly vulnerable in such an environment.

The Frost Plains was designated as a grade six danger zone within the Holy Ruins. At this point, any warriors in the six major clans’ escort teams who were below the sixth stage were not able to advance any further.

Their strength was simply not enough; forcing their way into the Frost Plains would have been a death sentence.

After a round of reorganization, each major clan selected a temporary leader to escort the warriors below the sixth stage back along the same route. Only those at the sixth stage and above were permitted to continue with the Grand Princess.