The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 138 : I Hate Being Falsely Accused More Than Anything!

Thick darkness suddenly engulfed the entire area. The clouds in the sky dropped extremely low, as if they would press down on people at any moment. The sky seemed to have been cut by a sharp blade, leaving a deep gash that grew larger as time passed...

The rift was like a huge celestial eye slowly opening, revealing endless abyss and distorted darkness within, flickering with strange and eerie colors.

The rift frantically absorbed all the spiritual energy nearby, an insatiable and vicious plunderer.

"...So this is the legendary space-time rift?" Even the usually cheerful Tantai Ming looked solemn now, gripping his heavy sword tightly, on high alert.

This was their first time directly facing the legendary space-time rift, the catastrophe that nearly destroyed the Lingyuan Continent ten thousand years ago. Although the rifts in this secret realm were at most replicas with less than one ten-thousandth of the power of the original, just the tip of the iceberg, a drop in the ocean, the terrifying pressure that was hard to face still made everyone's hearts tremble.

A space-time rift left in a secret realm was still so terrifying after ten thousand years. One could imagine how horrific the situation in the cultivation world must have been when that catastrophe struck ten thousand years ago.

"Alright, don't think too much. Let's start repairing the rift."

Chu Sang was the first to step forward, raising fire-red spiritual energy from her fingertip, using it as thread to sew.

The others were not far behind, concentrating all their spiritual energy to try to sew shut this slowly opening rift-eye.

But as time passed, everyone's faces turned pale. Even though they kept feeding themselves spirit-replenishing pills, the spiritual energy consumption required to repair these rifts was far beyond their imagination. Even if they drained all their spiritual energy, they could at most repair half of the rift.

One team couldn't complete such a heavy task.

If they continued like this, they would only exhaust themselves. If other teams caught up by then, they would only be able to flee after being beaten.

Chu Sang told Big Senior Sister and the others to withdraw first, not rashly exhausting themselves. There were many dangers in the secret realm, and they needed to reserve some strength for everything.

She seemed to understand the intentions of those elders in the sect now.

After sitting and waiting for about half an hour, the three teams behind finally arrived late, all looking dusty and battered, clearly having suffered quite a bit.

Chu Sang smiled at them kindly, calling out enthusiastically, "Oh my, you've finally arrived. We've been waiting for you!"

"...You were specifically waiting for us?"

Lin Jing took a wary step back, coldly staring at the girl who looked like a weasel paying New Year's respects to a chicken. He shouted, "What scheme are you plotting now? We won't fall for it this time!"

Chu Sang: "No, no, you should trust my character. This time I swear, I really want to cooperate with you!"

Didn't her sincere face look convincing?

"A single team's spiritual energy is not enough to completely repair the space-time rift, so we need help from other teams," Su Chen'an explained to them gently.

Cui Xiu's gaze fell on the two of them. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Alright."

"The Eight Trigrams Sect can cooperate with the Lingqing Sect."

They were not unaware of the elders' intentions for the third round's team competition. It was to teach them to use others' strengths to complement their own weaknesses. The so-called cooperation was not just between disciples within their sect, but also allying with disciples from other sects.

They could be evenly matched geniuses, but also allies who trust each other.

If the catastrophe from ten thousand years ago were to descend upon the cultivation world again, they would all be cultivators defending the Lingyuan Continent, shouldering a great responsibility.

This was the true meaning of the third round's team competition.

Not to mention that even the formidable genius Mo Qingchen leading the Tianyan Sect team chose to cooperate with the Beast Taming Sect to successfully repair a rift. It was even more necessary for others. Seeking stable cooperation with other sects was the long-term plan now.

Zhao Yun asked the opinions of the other Alchemy Sect disciples, then also raised his chin, saying, "Our Alchemy Sect can also cooperate with you."

Liu Yuanqing hadn't expected these two sects to defect so quickly. His face looked unpleasant, but if the Pill Condensation Sect was left alone, they couldn't do anything at all, just coming along for the ride.

The elders of various major sects and other factions were watching from outside. Even if they were just tagging along, they should at least look good doing it, right?

He gritted his teeth and said very reluctantly, "We'll talk after repairing the rift. I don't want to act together with you despicable people!"

They should at least repair this rift first, earn some points, and not fall too far behind.

Chu Sang didn't care about his twists and turns. To be honest, she hadn't even planned to ask him.

The sects temporarily joined forces to repair the space-time rift before them.

Most of the disciples present were at the Golden Core stage, with only a few at the Nascent Soul stage. It took four teams working together to barely repair the rift. Everyone's faces paled a bit, but before they could catch their breath, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook violently------

"What's going on?"

"Why is the ground starting to rotate......"

Everything before their eyes.

Mountains and rivers, grass and hills, all changed and distorted, as if manipulated by another mysterious force rearranging the scenery.

The stars shifted, mountains moved and seas filled.

No one could resist this force as they were teleported elsewhere.

Chu Sang still had the leisure to recall that Mu Chihuai had mentioned earlier that this secret realm would randomly teleport cultivators. It truly deserved the name "Great World".

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The disciples of the major sects were instantly dropped into another world. The salty smell of seawater filled their noses. When they opened their eyes, they found that the scene before them was no longer the mountainous forest from before, but an endless turbulent sea.

They had fallen onto a rickety ship.

The ship had been abandoned and seemed to have drifted at sea for a long time. The wooden planks of the ship had been corroded by seawater and were rotten and tattered, creaking in the fierce wind mixed with sudden rain, as if it would be swallowed by the turbulent waves and towering breakers at any moment.

"What kind of broken place is this??"

Lin Jing recklessly rushed forward a step, and in the next moment, was bounced back by a barrier. This familiar scene made him curse under his breath, "How is it another damn array? We're trapped again... I know, this must be Chu Sang's doing again! We shouldn't have trusted her just now!!"

The girl's voice came faintly from behind, "I hate being falsely accused more than anything in my life."

"......"

"Oh crap, you're trapped too? This array wasn't set up by you?" Lin Jing turned his head and saw the girl's resentful face, startling him. He scratched his head.

He had been conditioned to react reflexively, fearing the rope after being startled by a well for ten years.

"I was just resting in place for a moment. How can that be called being trapped?" Chu Sang stood up, patting her hands, somewhat exasperated. Lin Jing, this little firecracker from the Eight Trigrams Sect, had a brain that worked sometimes and didn't work other times. Even if she wanted to set up an array, she needed time, right?

The four groups had fallen down at the same time. How could she have time to specifically set up an array to trap them all?

She hadn't abnormally developed to that extent yet.

Lin Jing sheepishly stepped back to make way. Chu Sang walked leisurely to the array, reaching out to touch the transparent barrier in front.

It wasn't difficult to break.

But what puzzled her was, who had set up this array?

It wasn't done by the Eight Trigrams Sect, nor by her... Was there someone else in the secret realm who could set up an array of this level?

Could it be inherent to the secret realm?

That possibility couldn't be ruled out. This secret realm was passed down from ancient times, a great secret realm. Many great secret realms had their own inherent arrays... But as far as she knew, natural secret realms like this generally didn't have arrays. Only artificial secret realms would have arrays set up by powerful beings during creation, used to protect immortal mansion inheritances and such.

Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that other cultivators had entered this secret realm before and happened to set up an array here.

Chu Sang temporarily put this doubt aside. She glanced at the rankings. They had caught up with Tianyan Sect's progress. The urgent matter now was to break out of this predicament and continue searching for the next space-time rift.

"You were also teleported here?"

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind. Chu Sang turned to look and saw it was Mo Qingchen and Shen Rufei's group.

The disciples of the Beast Taming Sect and Tianyan Sect were all there. Well, who would have thought they were all in the same boat, all trapped here.

"We were teleported here after cooperating to seal a rift," Mo Qingchen said calmly.

No wonder these two sects had no movement later. They had been trapped here for a long time.

The combat power of the two sects combined was strong, but they were too specialized. There wasn't a single talisman master in their sects. Against a high-grade array, those array-breaking cones and array-breaking talismans they brought were useless. They couldn't get out no matter what. To break the array by force would take at least several days.

"Senior Brother, I've finally found you." Qin Xixue hadn't expected to meet Tianyan Sect here. She glanced at Liu Yuanqing beside her, pursed her lips, and decided to return to Tianyan Sect's side first.

In such a dangerous secret realm, it was too risky to run around with a group of pill refiners. Sword cultivators indeed gave a sense of security.

However, as the basic operation of being a popular female protagonist, she didn't forget to care about the feelings of backup number 2. She looked at Mo Qingchen and said softly, "Senior Brother, the secret realm is really too dangerous. Why don't we join forces with the Pill Condensation Sect?"

Liu Yuanqing, who had been looking at Mo Qingchen with some resentment and unwillingness, was excited to be mentioned by his sweetheart again. He was eager to immediately say he was willing.

Mo Qingchen seemed to have some disdain for these weak pill refiners. They had brought quite a few pills before coming, which should be enough if there were no major problems. These pill refiners might actually slow them down.

Whether the two sides ultimately formed an alliance was unknown, because a crisis descended.

"Be careful, those things are coming again!"

Shen Rufei warned.

Even more terrifying giant waves appeared on the already surging sea. The waves were tens of meters high, striking the broken ship with overwhelming force. The rickety ship was like a leaf in the wind, blown about everywhere, and the others on the ship were swaying left and right, struggling to maintain balance.

Looking carefully with divine sense, countless sea beasts were hidden under the turbulent sea surface.

These sea beasts gathered quickly around the ship like cats smelling blood. Under the sea surface, pairs of dark red eyes were staring at their ship, mouths open like black holes, densely packed, enough to trigger both claustrophobia and thalassophobia in people.

The giant waves were caused by these brutal, hungry sea beasts.

"Damn it, will this ever end?"

A Beast Taming Sect disciple was almost driven mad by the torment.

The endless deep sea, the dilapidated ship, the ferocious sea beasts, and being trapped in an array with no way to escape, forced to endure wave after wave of impacts. The ship had nearly been broken through several times. Just now, a lot more seawater had flooded in, and the ship was sinking at a visible speed.

In at most a quarter of an hour, they would sink into the deep sea along with the entire ship.

Seeing more and more sea beasts and increasingly frenzied attacks, more disciples lost their composure. "Isn't your Beast Taming Sect able to control demon beasts? Quickly make them stop!"

"...There are too many sea beasts. We few can't control them all," Shen Rufei said gravely.

They had tried before, but strangely, these sea beasts seemed to have lost their minds and didn't respond to beast taming techniques at all.

Cui Xiu said, "Then we can only break the array as quickly as possible, or we'll all perish here."

Chu Sang met the young man's gaze and smiled. "Continue cooperating?"

"Just what I was thinking."

Chu Sang and the Eight Trigrams Sect disciples worked together to break the array. The others did their best to maintain the ship's balance, patching up whatever they could on the broken ship and using various magical tools and treasures to plug the leaking holes. But the effect was still minimal. Seeing the ship's sinking speed increase rather than decrease, the disciples became extremely anxious. "Hurry up and break the array! I don't want to die in this place!"

"Wuwu, my mother is still waiting for me to come home for dinner."

"......"

Misfortunes never come singly. A sudden change occurred.

A huge shark-like sea beast at the Nascent Soul stage suddenly leapt out of the sea, accompanied by a hundred-meter-high wave that exploded with a boom. The entire ship was struck into the air, then fell rapidly.

These vicious sea beasts swarmed up. The shark's dorsal fin was like a black blade that could cut through iron like mud, splitting through the middle in an instant.

"Crack!"

The ship's deck split in two.

At that very moment, the girl's voice came,

"Run!"

As the deck sank into the sea, everyone fled the array, flying on their swords, narrowly escaping.

"...Phew, I've decided to show more respect to Chu Sang in the future," Lin Jing said, still shaken after the close call.

With just their few talisman masters, they couldn't have broken the array in less than half an incense stick's time. Chu Sang was truly a monster who had mastered three paths of cultivation to the extreme.

"If you want to thank me, there will be plenty of time later. Remember to bring more tribute offerings. I don't want just verbal flattery." Chu Sang tugged at her lips, staring at the deep sea surface, her expression darkening. "It's not over yet......"

Only to see on the sea surface, even more terrifying giant waves broke open again, even more violent and terrifying than before. The waves were a full hundred meters high. Even those flying on swords in the air could hardly avoid them, fleeing in panic. One moment of carelessness and they would be slapped into the sea, buried in fish bellies.

On the vast, endless sea surface, that huge shadow gradually emerged, revealing a super giant octopus at the Nascent Soul stage.

When it appeared, it almost blotted out the sky. Its eight tentacles were a full hundred meters long.

The dozens of disciples before it were as insignificant as ants.

The crushing pressure was terrifying beyond words.