Vilampu's expression turned cold, and then the entire silver mask started showing strange insect spots, pitted and uneven, as if the face had grown menacing.

"You forced my hand..."

Long Muyun laughed and said, "So what if I did?"

As soon as she finished speaking, it was as if she received some information, and her delicate body stiffened, suspended in mid-air. Then she looked at Vilampu and said, "You're in luck, I'll deal with you later!"

With that, she raised her hand, made a talisman, sliced through the void, and suddenly shouted: "Fall!!!"

Upon her command, a series of rumbling noises came from afar.

Vilampu asked coldly, "What have you done?"

Long Muyun let out a crazed, sharp laugh: "Nothing much, just locked this Secret Realm! I can't leave, and neither can you. You all have ulterior motives, too many tricks, and I'm afraid of an unexpected event. So, no one... should think about leaving!!"

Vilampu yelled fiercely: "Mad woman! Mad woman!!"

Long Muyun did not answer, turned, and transformed into a white rainbow flying far away.

A sharp laugh came again from the distance: "Now that the Secret Realm is locked, we might have to stay here until the end of the world. Don't be anxious, have fun. Here... there should be plenty of opportunities, enough for your cultivation!"

Vilampu stood in place until Emperor Shixiang came running, then said: "It's Song Yan, he is still alive."

Emperor Shixiang said: "Insect Emperor, what on earth happened? Did that woman trap us?"

Vilampu shook his head, then nodded, and sighed deeply: "It's all fate."

Yet as he finished speaking, his silver mask became even more menacing, roaring loudly: "But I don't believe in fate! Long Muyun is right, there are indeed many opportunities here, let's find them together!"

...

...

Thud!

Pa-pa!

Thud!

Pa-pa!

The strange sounds of Netherworld Corpse Demon toads jumping came from afar, the distance between each hop extremely far.

Song Yan saw that something was wrong, grabbed Su Yao, hoisted her over his shoulder, and started running.

But he hadn't run far when his vision went dark, feeling a bit bewildered and standing in place.

Su Yao's upper body was hanging off his shoulder, and at this moment, she turned her head to look at him, only to see a complex, indescribable expression on this old demon's face.

Without waiting for her to ask, Song Yan directly said: "The Secret Realm entrance has disappeared."

Surprisingly, Su Yao showed no tension. She merely responded with a mild "oh," then looked at Song Yan's hand and said: "Put me down."

Song Yan said: "You can't outrun that creature. In the future, I'll need to continue humiliating you, so how can I let you die easily?"

Su Yao ignored him, directly asking, "What about that person? Can he stop the creature?"

Song Yan knew she was referring to his Corpse Demon duplicate.

The reason he didn't let the Corpse Demon duplicate escape was to conduct a test.

He was confident he could cover his body with Netherworld's Qi, disguising as a Netherworld creature and infiltrating the Corpse Demon patrol army, but previously at the Void Ruins, the Netherworld Corpse Fiend almost discovered his anomaly.

Now, he truly wasn't sure if he could deceive the Netherworld toad.

His Divine Sense expanded, unable to see the toad but able to perceive the fog where the toad was, within the fog was not only the sound of the toad's jumps but also the clanging sound of bowls and the chasing sounds of the Netherworld corpses, Netherworld Corpse Demons.

He didn't know what was happening among them.

Therefore, he wanted to test with his Netherworld clone first.

Firstly, to see the situation inside;

Secondly, to see if the Netherworld toad could be deceived.

He felt there was a good chance because as fellow Netherworld beings, there was no reason he couldn't deceive it, just that caution made him want an additional layer of testing; anyone else might have gone in directly.

Once verified, he'd have greater room for maneuver.

He would continue to disguise as a Netherworld creature, infiltrating this place's monsters just like he did at the Void Ruins.

As his thoughts turned, Song Yan continued to fly with Su Yao on his shoulder, along the way startling Netherworld creatures that pursued, Song Yan occasionally forming his fingers into a blade to disperse the chaotic energies around him.

Even without using his Lifebound Secret Treasure, his body was at the Netherworld Corpse Demon level, thus naturally fearless.

And at this moment, his Corpse Demon clone standing in place had already seen the fog pushing down the distant path, and also heard the strange "thud-pa-pa" footsteps.

Song Yan paused slightly, his mind settled on the Corpse Demon clone, looking into the fog.

The scenes within the fog gradually became clear.

It was a hellish wave-like scene of the Netherworld.

The skeleton three-legged toad was surrounded in the center, and all along the way all the Netherworld beings were around it, at the outermost edge of the fog were bowl after bowl.

As it jumped to the Corpse Demon Song Yan's face, it did not stop but continued forward.

Song Yan secretly let out a breath of relief.

But at that moment, he suddenly found he was unable to control the Corpse Demon clone.

His connection with the Corpse Demon clone remained, everything was intact, he could see, hear, and feel, but the Corpse Demon clone just wouldn't respond.

He quickly discovered the problem.

It was... the soup.

The soup was too aromatic!

Though the Corpse Demon Song Yan wasn't attacked by the Netherworld creatures, he couldn't resist the aroma of the soup, squatted down, grabbed a bowl of soup, and gulped it down.

The next moment...

Song Yan completely severed the connection with the Corpse Demon clone.

He had a premonition.

His painstakingly refined Corpse Demon clone... was gone just like that.

Over a small, what he considered foolproof test, the Corpse Demon clone was gone!

Just then, a fragrant breeze swept from afar, stopping by Song Yan's side.

Song Yan stepped forward to embrace the newcomer and said, "Long'er, you've finally come."

Long Muyun, feeling the passionate embrace, also gently hugged Song Yan, then said softly, "Master, fear not. With Long'er here, nothing in this Secret Realm can harm you."

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