Peerless Dragon Sovereign-Chapter 527: Trapped in the Secret Realm

Stepping inside the stone gate, Chu Nan found himself on a vast blood-stained plain.

All around him was an endless grassland, but it was littered with dismembered corpses, looking extremely tragic.

In the distance, mountain ranges stood majestically, like a giant dragon coiled upon the earth, exuding a terrifying pressure.

An aura of antiquity pervaded the surroundings, and Chu Nan felt as though he had returned to ancient times.

"Is this... a Secret Realm?"

Chu Nan frowned, scanning the area for the figure of Huo Nianfang.

This was clearly a Secret Realm, but the Spiritual Energy was tremendously chaotic, as if it had just gone through a bloody battle.

Yet, faintly, Chu Nan could still sense a trace of Huo Nianfang's aura, so he followed the trace in search of her.

Chu Nan knew nothing about this Secret Realm and was aware that Huo Mingxian's lure couldn't be simple. Dangers might lurk around at any moment.

Scanning the horizon, besides himself Chu Nan found no sign of life, only an increasing sense of danger.

Following Huo Nianfang's aura, Chu Nan rushed along and soon saw her sitting in meditation on the plain.

Chu Nan frowned, murmuring to himself: "Huo Nianfang? Why does it feel so strange?"

With doubts in his heart, Chu Nan landed behind Huo Nianfang and gently reached out to touch her: "Huo Nianfang, is it you?"

Bang!

To his surprise, just as Chu Nan's hand touched Huo Nianfang's body, she suddenly exploded, and concentrated Spiritual Energy surged in all directions, ruffling Chu Nan's clothes.

With a single grab of his hand, Chu Nan caught a drop of crimson blood from the center of the explosion, and within this droplet, he sensed the aura of Huo Nianfang.

"Huo Mingxian, you are deceiving me!" Chu Nan seethed with anger, realizing that the aura of Huo Nianfang he felt earlier was actually emanating from this drop of blood.

Although he had anticipated complexities, Chu Nan hadn't expected Huo Mingxian to be this shameless.

"I am not deceiving you, Huo Nianfang is somewhere in this Secret Realm, it's up to you to find her."

As the lie was exposed, Huo Mingxian's voice suddenly resounded through the heavens and the earth: "Everything here is your own fault for refusing to hand over the Treasure Blood, so I had to take it myself!"

"This is a place where the Sword Demon once ravaged Heavenly Balance Realm, destroying a Sect with his own hands."

"After the Sword Demon destroyed that Sect, it transformed into a Secret Realm, harboring the Sword Demon's terrifying power and the grudging Resentful Souls of the Sect."

"Chu Nan, enjoy yourself here!"

With those words, Huo Mingxian's voice faded away.

Outside the Secret Realm, Zhi Tianping looked at Chu Nan with wide eyes and exclaimed: "Huo Mingxian, how dare you harm Chu Nan, aren't you afraid of the Supreme Sect Leader?"

Bang!

Before he could finish, Huo Mingxian casually struck Zhi Tianping away with a palm and then said, "What of the Supreme Sect Leader, this Secret Realm comes from Heavenly Balance Realm and blocks all probing, even the Supreme Sect Leader can't detect it."

"The Resentful Souls inside were all once powerful beings of Heavenly Balance Realm, even if their strength is but a fraction now, it's enough for Chu Nan to handle."

"Moreover, there are strong members of my Huo family stationed inside, Chu Nan is bound to be suppressed this time."

"Once it's a done deal, would the Supreme Sect Leader really wage a bloody war against my Huo family over a dead Chu Nan?"

Huo Mingxian didn't disclose one last thing to Zhi Tianping—that once she absorbed Chu Nan's Treasure Blood, her Cultivation would immediately break through to the ninth level of the Cloud Sea Realm.

By then, she would not only be a true peak ninth-level expert, but combined with her many means, Huo Mingxian was confident that she would fear no confrontation with Lu Daochang!

Zhi Tianping's face turned ashen, yet he remained confident about Chu Nan: "Chu Nan will not fail, the trials he has endured are beyond your imagination."

"All those hardships Chu Nan has overcome, you still won't be able to do anything to him this time!"

Huo Mingxian dismissed Zhi Tianping's words with indifference, and instead, she chuckled confidently: "Let's wait and see, then."

Having said that, their gazes returned to the mirror formed by the stone gate.

On the mirror, dark figures were converging towards Chu Nan…

In the Secret Realm.

Looking at the approaching dark figures, Chu Nan showed a curious look and said: "Are these the powerful beings of Heavenly Balance Realm killed by the Sword Demon?"

These figures were entirely dark like shadows, filled with Evil Qi, yet human-like in their strangeness, wielding illusory longswords, emitting the sword ring unique to Sword Cultivators!

Chu Nan had always been curious about the Sword Demon, who once rampaged through Heavenly Balance Realm unchallenged and ultimately perished together with his father Chu Fang.

Father Chu Fang, Mother Ye Jiao'e, from Feng Jiming and Huo Mingxian's descriptions, they were supreme powerhouses of the lower realm!

Especially Father Chu Fang, who could challenge those above, perishing together with the Sword Demon.

Without the Sword Demon, Chu Nan would have been born with a golden key, a supreme prodigy standing at the pinnacle of the lower realm since birth.

All the suffering Chu Nan had endured since birth, ultimately, its root cause was the Sword Demon.

Feng Jiming once said, the Sword Demon was not dead, and his Remnant Soul lingered in the world.

Chu Nan had a foreboding feeling that he would encounter this Sword Demon someday.

Therefore, before that day comes, he must grow stronger, continuously strengthen, to even surpass Chu Fang!

Thinking of this, Chu Nan softly said: "I will use you to test the Sword Demon's power back then."

Before Chu Nan could make a move, the Secret Realm's Resentful Souls had already begun to attack.

They wielded the Evil Qi, instantly slashing out countless Sword Shadows.

All around echoed the murmuring voices: "Sword Demon… we will not give you the Four Symbols Sword Technique, we coexist with the Four Symbols Sword Sect!"

These Resentful Souls still carried the unyielding determination from their lives, their will forever frozen at the moment of their deaths.

As the Sword Shadows fell, the piercing sound of sonic booms made the heavens and earth seem as if they would be torn apart.

Chu Nan summoned the Blood Pattern Sword, his eyes turning into dragon eyes, clad in Scale Armor.

With a casual swing, the Mi Yuan Sword Technique shattered countless Sword Shadows, dispersing the Evil Qi.

Even the Resentful Souls filled with Evil Qi were torn apart by the eruptive power of the Mi Yuan Sword Technique.

The pre-death strength of these Resentful Souls required the current Chu Nan to look up to them, yet after being slain, their remaining power was too feeble.

"Senior Lu Yao, in your era, have you ever heard of a person called the Sword Demon?"

Chu Fang released his Spiritual Sense, while searching for Huo Nianfang's whereabouts, he inquired from Lu Yao.

Quickly, Lu Yao's voice transmission came: "In the era of Endless Sky Sword Sect's dominion over the lower realm, I never heard of a powerhouse calling themselves the Sword Demon."

"However, judging from the Evil Qi emitted by those Resentful Souls just now, the Sword Demon likely has a connection with Endless Sky Sword Sect, at least it's possible he gained some inheritance from my Sword Sect when he was weak."

"After all, the Sword Sect is a Holy Land for Sword Cultivators in the lower realm, every renowned person on the Sword Dao inevitably bears the mark of the Sword Sect."

Lu Yao's tone was filled with pride, clearly, the still unbroken Endless Sky Sword Sect was an invincible Holy Land in her heart!