Chapter 937: 100% Survival Rate (1)

“She and her daughter have special identities. After they were sent to the Ancestor Court, they were handed over to the Evolution Research Institute. According to the information I’ve obtained, they are scheduled to be transferred to the Evolution Temple to undergo the highest-tier evolutionary hidden realm catalyst,” Wei Xiaotian said.

Li Xiaofei asked, “Catalyst for what?”

Wei Xiaotian replied, “The Ancestor Court believes they possess the potential for supreme evolution... Don’t ask me what supreme evolution means, I can’t really explain it either. But in general, it’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

Hearing him put it that way, Li Xiaofei knew it was pointless to press further.

He asked, “Where is the Evolution Temple located?”

Wei Xiaotian saw that Li Xiaofei was no longer interrogating him about every detail and let out a sigh of relief. Then he shared everything he knew. “The Evolution Temple is in a region of the Holy Ruins known as the Bone-Burying Wasteland. It’s a stage nine danger zone; it’s extremely dangerous.”

Li Xiaofei’s heart tightened. A stage nine danger zone! That was the kind of place only King or Emperor-level experts could enter.

With his current strength, going there, let alone rescuing someone, would make it difficult for him to guarantee his own safety. Even if he had the Blood-Drinking Sword, it would be like an old man taking poison or like looking for trouble with a lantern in a toilet.

He quickly worked out a plan in his mind. Then, his eyes suddenly lit up as an idea struck him. If he could coordinate with Zhu Zhixun and the others, rescue the Sword Immortal Lin Beichen, and then ask the human Emperor for help, it might be possible to rescue Si Kongxue and his daughter from the Evolution Temple in the Bone-Burying Wasteland.

“Haven’t you always refused to tell me their whereabouts?” Li Xiaofei relaxed as he settled on his plan. Then he fixed his gaze on Wei Xiaotian and said, “Why are you suddenly willing to tell me now? You must have some ulterior motive, right?”

Wei Xiaotian’s expression suddenly turned a little more serious.

He spoke sincerely, “Now that we’ve entered the Holy Ruins, every moment is filled with danger. Even though the Pure Water Swamp is only a stage three danger zone, it still contains threats that can easily claim our lives. If I’m misfortunate enough to die here, I will no longer have the chance to tell you anything.

“The reason I had not told you earlier was because I didn’t want you to impulsively charge into the Holy Ruins alone and die. But now, you know enough about the Holy Ruins not to act rashly. Plus, you now have a goal to work toward.”

Li Xiaofei listened to this explanation and dismissed it as nonsense,

This bastard has never been so kind.

His trust in Wei Xiaotian had evaporated long ago. Li Xiaofei was absolutely certain that this guy had a special reason for choosing this moment to reveal the whereabouts of Si Kongxue and his daughter.

As the first human in history to successfully scheme against a Reaper King-ranked leader and seize his position, Wei Xiaotian was definitely not someone to be underestimated. Every word he spoke and every sentence he uttered needed to be analyzed carefully to avoid falling into a trap.

The sound of something piercing the air rang out as the group flew swiftly over the Pure Water Swamp. They were moving extremely fast.

At that moment, a thin, multicolored mist appeared ahead. This mist looked very strange. At first glance, it resembled the shimmering iridescence of soap bubbles under sunlight. It was beautiful yet dangerous.

The bizarre fog immediately caught Li Xiaofei’s attention. But the Grand Princess showed no hesitation at all, and accelerated straight into it along with the others around her.

The other King-ranked experts did the same. Some of them even showed expressions of excitement. This made Li Xiaofei realize that the strange multicolored mist was not a source of danger. He entered it as well.

Light and shadows danced before his eyes. A bubble appeared, enveloping Li Xiaofei within it. Li Xiaofei calmly observed what would happen next. In the next instant, the scene before his eyes changed as he appeared in a battlefield of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. It was the Star Battlefield.

Li Xiaofei instantly recognized where and when he was. This scene was from the Star Battlefield at the moment of the fiercest clash between the human race and the Reapers during a past battle.

Then he realized that he was in an illusion realm. He had entered one of the legendary hidden realms of the Holy Ruins. But the problem was that his identity was that of a Reaper in this hidden realm.

The enemies he faced were humans. Countless human warriors roared and charged at Li Xiaofei, launching the most frenzied attacks. Blades and swords flashed, and energy cannons lit up the air. A tremendous killing intent descended instantly.

Li Xiaofei dodged and retreated. He had previously studied some information about hidden realms. In particular, the materials the Grand Princess had given him had warned him repeatedly that if one died in a hidden realm, they would also die in the real world.

The way to clear a war-type hidden realm like the one before him was to defeat the enemies and win the battle. Li Xiaofei hesitated for just a moment, then struck without hesitation.

His blade shone like a web of light as it tore through the sky. Human warriors fell into pools of blood one after another. More human warriors, their eyes burning with hatred, glared at Li Xiaofei with eyes full of vengeance and charged at him like moths to a flame. Li Xiaofei struck again with no hesitation at all.

He understood very clearly that this was only an illusion realm. It was absolutely impossible that this was something that had actually happened. Moreover, Li Xiaofei even suspected that there might be high-level Reapers secretly observing the hidden realm to see his performance.

If he hesitated to attack the humans or showed any compassion, his identity would be exposed. This was a very unique experience for Li Xiaofei. Since he had assumed the identity of a Reaper, he was able to experience firsthand how the Reaper army maneuvered and coordinated during war. It was something he had never experienced before.

With this kind of experience, once he returned to the human race, he would be better equipped to lead the human army in real battles against the Reaper forces. Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated.

“Kill!” He shouted, raising his blade and giving the order.

The Reaper guards beside him surged forward like a tide and joined the fight. The sounds of roaring and slaughter, of screams and wails, instantly became the main melody of the world.

Li Xiaofei kept swinging his blade to fell human experts. Some Five Dragons Realm and Six Gods Realm experts froze and fell lifeless under his blade in an instant.

This was war. On the battlefield, unless one was a top-tier powerhouse, an individual’s strength could be instantly overwhelmed by the endless tide of humanity. Death would come in a sudden instant. It would not give even a moment’s time to react.

The battle quickly ended in victory for the Reapers. Many of the beastly Reapers from the Primal Factions immediately began to feast on everything that could provide them with energy, including corpses, weaponry, pills, armor, and even the shattered energy cores of battleships. Their evolution was visible to the naked eye.

Every time a war ended, it was a feast of gluttony and a carnival of evolution for the Primal Faction Reapers. They vividly embodied the most primal aspect of the Reapers. The Wisdom Faction Reapers, on the other hand, would do their best to scour the battlefield, collecting resources and gathering intelligence on humanity. Complete corpses of high-level experts, cultivation techniques, and high-level equipment were all precious research materials to them.

Every time a war ends, it’s a grand feast for the Reapers. Everything belonging to humans, even their corpses, is considered a war trophy.

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

But for humans, war means death and an end. Every fallen warrior represents the loss of a painstakingly nurtured talent, and the spoils left on the battlefield by the Reapers hold little value to the human race.

If things continue this way, the ultimate victors will inevitably be the Reapers.

Li Xiaofei pondered this in his heart and felt the weight of that pressure.

No wonder humanity had five Emperors, yet still couldn’t completely defeat the Reapers, while the Reapers, with only two Ancestors, could hold their own against the five Emperors.

The scene before him gradually blurred. Suddenly, Li Xiaofei felt a surge of pure energy pouring into his body from all directions.

"This is... the reward of the hidden realm?" Li Xiaofei was greatly surprised.

It was precisely because of such rewards that the hidden realms within the Holy Ruins drew countless Reapers like moths to a flame. Successfully clearing a hidden realm meant receiving all sorts of opportunities and benefits.

This was already an accepted consensus within the Reaper world. Yet, experiencing it firsthand still felt miraculous to Li Xiaofei.

What surprised him the most was that the energy pouring into him was not limited to enhancing his Reaper bloodline. Instead, it was clearly Immortal Force, the cultivation energy practiced by humans.

In addition, Li Xiaofei could distinctly feel that his divine sense had also been strengthened. It was a small but all-encompassing improvement. Li Xiaofei dared not slack off and carefully examined the changes in his body.

In the end, he confirmed that the rewards and enhancements from this hidden realm had no hidden dangers for his human body. On the contrary, they were incredibly stable and pure.

That raised a question. This was clearly a Reaper hidden realm within the Holy Ruins, so why had the reward he received not been the power of the Reapers but instead the Immortal Force cultivated by humans?