Oh, Brother

Chen Qingning looked at the calm and breezy smile on Qin Hao's lips, taking a long time to recover her senses. Blushing, she muttered softly, "It's alright, barely passable."

Qin Hao chuckled softly, not exposing her bluff, and held her hand as they continued deeper into the secret realm.

The further they went, the lower the density of demonic beasts became, but their quality increased. Demonic beasts at the Soul Formation Realm were nowhere to be seen; the weakest ones were now all at the Void Refinement Realm.

As they walked, Qin Hao's footsteps paused, and his eyebrows raised slightly.

"What's wrong?" Chen Qingning noticed Qin Hao's unusual behavior and couldn't help but ask.

"I ran into an acquaintance. Come, let's go take a look."

Qin Hao led Chen Qingning forward. Not far away, a young man was struggling to fend off the attacks of a mutant beast. The beast resembled a tiger but had nine tails, and at the end of each tail grew an eye that emitted a faint green glow.

"Oh, brother, long time no see. It's been months since we last met. Why hasn't your strength improved much?"

Qin Hao looked playfully at Lin Bei. The last time they met, Lin Bei was at the Soul Formation Realm, and now he was only at the Void Refinement Realm. This cultivation speed was indeed a bit slow.

Hearing Qin Hao's voice, Lin Bei turned his head. When he saw Qin Hao, Lin Bei froze for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Stop watching the show and come help! We are currently inside the belly of this demonic beast. We can only continue deeper if we kill it."

Hearing that they were inside the belly of a demonic beast, Chen Qingning's expression changed. However, the thought of Qin Hao by her side quickly brought her expression back to normal. With Qin Hao here, what was there to fear? No matter what danger they encountered, Qin Hao could solve it.

"I can help you block this demonic beast's attacks. Its weakness lies in the eyes on its tails. All nine eyes must be attacked simultaneously and destroyed directly. Leave its attacks to me; I will create an opportunity for you to strike."

Qin Hao glanced at the frantically pouncing nine-tailed mutant beast, then at the blood-soaked, panting Lin Bei. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a disdainful smile.

"Join forces?"

Qin Hao shook his head gently and said, "Lin Bei, do you have some misunderstanding about my strength?"

Lin Bei was stunned. Before he could react, he saw Qin Hao let go of Chen Qingning's hand and take a step forward.

With just this one step—no gathering of momentum, no brewing of power, not even a leak of aura, just an ordinary step forward—the nine-tailed demonic beast reacted as if it had been struck by something, its fur standing on end.

The nine faint green eyes at the ends of its tails widened completely, filled with vigilance and fear. Its intuition told it that the human in front of it was dangerous, extremely dangerous!!!

"Roar!"

The demonic beast let out an earth-shattering roar, as if trying to embolden itself or warning Qin Hao not to approach. Its body shrank back slightly, adopting a defensive posture.

The transition from its previous frantic attacks to its current defensive readiness took only an instant.

Lin Bei's pupils shrank violently. He had been entangled in a bitter fight with this mutant beast for nearly half an hour, and even when he brought out his Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, the Kunlun Mirror, the beast had shown no signs of retreating.

But now, it was afraid. It was actually afraid.

Lin Bei's gaze landed on Qin Hao's back, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart. When he first met Qin Hao a few months ago, he merely felt that the gap between them was somewhat large, but with time, he could still catch up.

But now, why did it feel like the gap was getting wider and wider?

"Be careful, this demonic beast is a Half-Step Immortal..." Lin Bei's words were cut off in his throat halfway through, as the next scene left him speechless.

Qin Hao took a step forward. His speed was so fast that let alone Lin Bei, even that peak Tribulation Transcendence Realm mutant beast couldn't react in time.

Qin Hao's figure was reflected in the mutant beast's pupils. Its nine faint green eyes flashed simultaneously, trying to shoot out beams of light, but it was too late.

A dark light flashed from the Dual Pupils, and the mutant beast was immediately pinned down by the power of the Dual Pupils, unable to move. Immediately after, Qin Hao pulled out an Emperor Weapon.

"Absolute Beginning Sword!"

In the blink of an eye, Qin Hao swung nine sword strikes.

"Swish—"

With a soft sound, the nine eyes at the ends of the demonic beast's tails exploded directly, turning into clusters of faint green light motes and dissipating.

The mutant beast let out a shrill, miserable howl as its massive body crashed to the ground. Its body twitched a few times before it finally lost all signs of life.

From the moment Qin Hao took his first step to the mutant beast falling dead, no more than three breaths of time had passed.

Lin Bei stood rooted to the spot, looking at Qin Hao's back, completely motionless as if he had been hit by a body-binding spell.

"That easy? You're making me look like an idiot." Lin Bei's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Qin Hao was exactly as his master had described: an absolute monster. He himself had cheats, so how could he still not catch up to him?

After dealing with the demonic beast, Qin Hao looked at Lin Bei and asked with a smile, "Are you alright?"

Lin Bei shook his head, then seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked, "Right, Qin Hao, I want to ask you something. My master, what happened to him? Why can't I contact him?"

Hearing this, Qin Hao frowned, then sighed. "Fifth Ancestor is no longer in the Three Realms and Nine Heavens. He went to the Foreign Realm, so it's normal that you can't contact him now."

"It's not just him; the ancestors of my Qin family are all trapped in the Foreign Realm right now. If only we could open the passage between the Three Realms and Nine Heavens and the Foreign Realm. As long as I can enter the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, I can bring them back."

The Immortal Ancient Battlefield was actually a buffer zone between the two worlds of the Three Realms and Nine Heavens and the Foreign Realm. Liu Ruyan was currently trapped within it. If he could find his wife Ruyan, restore her memories, and awaken her, he would definitely be able to bring everyone back.

"The Foreign Realm? Where is that? Another world?" Lin Bei looked bewildered. Having lived in the Lower Three Heavens all along, he truly knew nothing about these matters.

"Yeah, you can understand it as the enemy of our world," Qin Hao nodded gently.

"Then what is this Immortal Ancient Battlefield you just mentioned? What passage? A passage leading to another world? If that's the case, my Kunlun Mirror might be able to help you."

Lin Bei's words made Qin Hao's eyes light up. He grabbed Lin Bei's hand: "What did you say?"

"Damn! How is your strength so great? You're like a bull. Let go, it hurts a bit. Also, I'm not into men, so don't look at me with that perverted gaze!" Lin Bei shook off Qin Hao's hand and pulled out his Kunlun Mirror.

"My Kunlun Mirror can open space-time rifts. In theory, it can travel between different worlds. This passage to another world you're talking about opening, my Kunlun Mirror might just be able to do it."