Everyone in the team began to wake up. As soon as Zhang Qin woke up, the surrounding temperature began to drop rapidly. A layer of strange ice shield condensed in the void. She cautiously scanned the surroundings and said, "The demonic sound pierced our ears. Someone is using evil arts to try to control us.
Senior Sister Gu suddenly pointed at the tree that was split into two and said, "Look!"
Zhang Qin walked forward to observe and said, "Someone fought here. Someone saved us just now."
As she spoke, she looked at Luo Kai with some doubt. She vaguely remembered that before she fainted, she vaguely saw a figure rush out. The figure was very similar to Luo Kai. Then she secretly shook her head, "As a Saint of the Sacred Hall of Numbers, I can't resist the demonic sound. How can a disciple like him stay awake?"
The Demon Sealing Star Whirlpool was under the strict control of the Nine Extreme Dojo. Outsiders could not enter. If their own people killed each other, it would be a big problem. Zhang Qin hesitated for a while, but still sent a report to the garrison base through the combat suit's communication system. As there was no concrete evidence, it could only be said that they were suspected to have been attacked by a kind of sound path spell. The base quickly recovered and immediately checked the battle recordings of every trial taker.
Luo Kai pretended to be unaware and looked at Zhang Qin's serious report. The Nine Extreme Dojo was also a religion, but it did not worship God, but the natural universe.
In a sense, religion was a way for humans to find spiritual support. For example, if they destroyed something beautiful to survive, they would naturally feel guilty. At that time, they would need some kind of comfort. This was the difference between human nature and animal nature. It was a product of the coexistence of good and evil.
In fact, the first religions did not worship God, such as God, Buddha, or Tao. They did not represent some kind of omniscient and omnipotent god, but a kind of worship for omnipresent and omnipotent power.
"Okay, the base is investigating. Soon, there will be Battle Saints coming to collect the energy wave remnants. Let's continue to complete the trial."
At this time, the sky was already white. The team made some simple adjustments and set off again. After more than an hour, they finally encountered a demon scorpion in the forest. The demon scorpion was hiding under a huge rock, but it was immediately detected by Zhang Qin's compass.
The team quietly surrounded him as Luo Kai hid from afar and watched the five of them work together to kill the demon. What surprised him the most was Xuanxuan. This seemingly innocent girl could actually control plants.
Xuan Xuan waved her hand, and several large vines suddenly emerged from the ground, binding the Demon Scorpion tightly. Every time Zhang Qin waved her hand, an icicle with a cold glint would condense in the air and shoot towards the Demon Scorpion like a meteor. The other three stood in a triangular formation and continuously attacked with all kinds of firearms. The Demon Scorpion's body was covered with a hard carapace, and it retracted its limbs into the carapace, leaving only a pair of large pincers. The Demon Scorpion's tail would occasionally stab at the group with lightning speed.
The Demon Scorpion took a defensive stance and tried to escape several times, but it was restrained by the vines that emerged from the ground. For a moment, the situation was in a deadlock.
Zhang Qin was getting impatient. She took out a crystal bead that shone with a cold light from her storage pouch and tossed it out. The bead floated in the air beside her, and the surrounding water vapor quickly gathered towards her. An icicle that was twice the size of the previous one flew towards the Demon Scorpion. After hitting the Demon Scorpion, it exploded. Frost quickly spread and froze the Demon Scorpion. "This is Li Fei's."
The young man surnamed Li's expression brightened. He circled to the front of the Demon Scorpion's head and fired a shot. Demonic Qi flew into his armor.
Luo Kai walked to Xuanxuan's side and asked softly, "Did you kill the demon?"
It was obvious that the most useful person in this team besides Zhang Qin was Xuanxuan. After being in this world for so long, even if he knew that the people here were just illusions, he couldn't help but feel pity.
Xuanxuan's face reddened slightly. "I don't dare to kill it."
Zhang Qin heard their conversation and turned back to look at Xuanxuan with a complicated expression.
As the afternoon approached, they discovered another demonic creature. Not far in front of them was a demonic monkey covered in blood resting on a tree. Everyone was overjoyed and quickly surrounded it. When the demonic person saw the humans, his eyes exploded with hatred as he bowed and growled continuously.
Everyone was about to attack when they suddenly heard a long laugh. "Zhang Qin, we have been chasing this demon for a long time."
Before the voice finished, the four of them landed on the ground like arrows. The one who spoke was Prince Xuanyuan. Luo Kai was surprised that Yi Qing was with him.
When Yi Qing saw Luo Kai, she was stunned at first. Then, she revealed a look of joy and nodded apologetically.
Xuanyuan Ye's gaze swept across the crowd. When he saw Luo Kai, his expression turned cold. He still remembered that the Demon Monkey that he had trapped with great difficulty was disturbed by this person. The Demon Monkey was different from other demons. It was extremely intelligent and had rich demonic energy. The competition among the high-level disciples of Taixuan Dojo was extremely fierce. This trial was related to who could enter the Sacred Pavilion and was extremely important.
He said to Zhang Qin, "I hope you have been well. This Demon Monkey has been severely injured by me. Miss Zhang, you are not here to take advantage of me, are you?"
Zhang Qin's expression changed. In the current era of civilization, with the help of advanced technology and Taoist techniques to prolong life, the rulers at the top could live for at least a few thousand years. The long lifespan brought about a high level of intelligence and a serious solidification of the social class. The ruling class represented by the Xuanyuan Royal Family had ruled the Milky Way for hundreds of thousands of years. Their branches were flourishing and there were many elites. If there were no accidents, they would rule forever in the future.
Zhang Qin, who was also a high-level Saint, did not want to clash with such a top figure of the ruling class. She snorted coldly and said, "Let's go." She did not say much and left with the crowd.
Xuanyuan Ye looked at Zhang Qin's back and smiled meaningfully. The two Sacred Halls of Taixuan Dojo were very high in status. They also had a lot of say in the empire's upper house. Zhang Qin came from the Sacred Hall of Numbers, which was different from the Sacred Hall of Reason. The Sacred Hall of Numbers was more focused on ascetic cultivation. The Saints that belonged to it were rarely involved in worldly conflicts. However, this woman had a weakness, which was her family.
Seeing that a group of humans had left, the Demon Monkey bared its teeth at the four people. Suddenly, it spat out a mouthful of black fog. When the four people saw the black fog, they immediately dodged as if they were avoiding snakes and scorpions. The Demon Monkey spat out another mouthful of blood. The black and red blood turned into a strange rune in front of its body.
Xuanyuan Ye's expression changed and said, "Demon Blood Escape, go!
Don't let it escape! "
Before he finished speaking, the Demon Man's body turned into a wisp of black fog and disappeared. The four people's faces immediately turned pale.
The reason why humans were so afraid of the demons in the Demon Sealing Star Vortex, and even spent a lot of effort to ask the gods who had long transcended the universe to use the power of moving stars to set up the Great Heavenly Cycle Constellation Formation to seal it, was because the demons inside had a very strong creative ability. They even created a whole set of energy cultivation system with the nature of imaginary numbers.
Imaginary numbers originated from mathematical concepts. It was a kind of cultivation concept without substance. When cultivated to the extreme, one could turn one's body from solid to illusory, thus achieving the purpose of traveling in the void. In other words, these demons could freely travel between positive and negative spaces, and even survive in negative spaces. It was very scary.