Chapter 353: Repair Failed

The four Elders did not speak for a moment. To be fair, they truly did not doubt the Holy Son’s methods.

After all, the fact that he could drive the Dao Bell meant that, in certain aspects, he could no longer be regarded as a mere young disciple.

“Alright, everyone, what matters most now is to reconstruct the passage. Otherwise, with two outstanding disciples trapped inside, if anything were to happen to them, the sect would suffer a tremendous loss!”

Another Elder nodded at these words and said:

“In that case, the three of you stabilize the secret realm while I go and fetch the Supreme Elder. I’ve heard that the Supreme Elder also cultivates in the Dao of Space. With his strength, he should be able to resolve this.”

The three nodded in agreement.

Thus, rescue operations began outside the secret realm.

Meanwhile, inside, Gu Fan and Fang Xue were still fleeing frantically.

“Damn it! Why did these Fire Demons suddenly grow cunning after gaining intelligence?”

“How should I know? The reports clearly said that Fire Demons didn’t possess intelligence. It never mentioned that Fire Demons above the Three Blossoms Realm would actually have brains!”

Fang Xue’s face was filled with anger. Clearly, being chased down by Fire Demons made her feel extremely humiliated.

After all, she had just broken through to the Three Blossoms Realm, yet now she was being hunted through the secret realm like a cornered animal. It was simply too humiliating!

At that moment, Gu Fan’s expression changed slightly, and he shouted:

“Run! Three more Fire Demons are chasing from the right!”

Without the slightest hesitation, Fang Xue darted at full speed in the opposite direction.

In just half a day, the Fire Demons had gone berserk, wandering endlessly throughout the secret realm. At first, when the two encountered a few, they could join forces to kill them.

But later, the Fire Demons grew smarter, acting in small groups. When the two ran into them, their only option was to flee.

The most troublesome part was that, for some reason, these Fire Demons seemed to know exactly where the two were.

It wouldn’t be long before they found them again.

And they were relentless—no matter how far Gu Fan and Fang Xue ran, the Fire Demons pursued them endlessly!

Fortunately, Gu Fan’s soul strength was far greater than that of an ordinary Three Blossoms cultivator. His divine sense reached much farther.

Almost every time the Fire Demons approached, he could sense them in advance and escape before they crossed paths.

Even so, there were still times when the two couldn’t flee in time.

Within half a day, they had been forced into more than ten battles, and together they had slain four Fire Demons.

But those slain Fire Demons revived, returning with even more of their kin to hunt them.

This vicious cycle only kept worsening.

Now, if the two were ever surrounded, they would have to face at least a dozen Fire Demons.

At such a scale, let alone fighting back, even brushing against them would be enough to send them to their knees.

As he fled, Gu Fan cursed:

“Damn it, if it weren’t for the fragile space here, I’d just drop a Cultivation Nuclear Bomb and blow them all to ash!”

Fang Xue replied helplessly:

“What good is it saying that now? Our tokens are still useless—we don’t even know when we’ll be able to leave this place…”

“If it comes to the worst, you should use that move. No matter what, we can’t let these Fire Demons have the last laugh!”

Gu Fan fell silent. To be honest, he now felt a deep fear of drifting into the Void.

The reason was simple—he had no idea where he would end up.

It was an uncontrollable unknown.

At this moment, Gu Fan suddenly remembered that he still had the Void Fish inside his storage pouch.

If things truly reached a dead end, perhaps he could use the Void Fish to bring him back to the main world’s space…

“Forget it for now—let’s just keep running.”

With that, Gu Fan led Fang Xue in yet another direction.

Time passed quickly. In the outside world, within the Brahma God Sect—

The Supreme Elder arrived at the grand hall. Upon seeing the state of the Demonic Fire Secret Realm, he was left speechless.

“These two brats, always causing trouble! They’ve practically wrecked the entire Demonic Fire Secret Realm!”

“Utterly outrageous!”

The Purple-robed Elder respectfully bowed before saying:

“Supreme Elder, your reprimand is justified. But right now, the passage has collapsed. The Holy Son and Fang Xue cannot return, and that is what truly matters.”

“Yes, we must implore you, Supreme Elder, to save them!”

The Supreme Elder squinted his eyes in slight surprise.

It seemed Gu Fan really had some abilities. In just this short while, even the Elders were speaking on his behalf.

This was an effect that Ying Langtian had painstakingly worked for years to achieve.

“Very well. I shall attempt to repair the passage now. You four, stand aside.”

The four Elders immediately stepped back. With a wave of his wide sleeve, the Supreme Elder released a surge of spiritual power into the secret realm.

Within this spiritual power was the force of Space Dao Rhyme, clearly meant to mend the collapsed passage between the secret realm and the outside world.

Time slowly ticked by.

When one incense stick’s worth of time had passed, the Supreme Elder’s expression changed.

The collapse of the space passage wasn’t too severe, yet for some reason, the repair was progressing extraordinarily slowly…

It was as though he exerted ten parts of power, yet only one or two parts took effect.

The efficiency was abysmally low!

He cursed inwardly, baffled by the situation.

At this rate, even if he exhausted all his spiritual power, the repair might not be completed.

If word spread that a grand expert at the Shore Reaching Realm failed to repair a single space passage, he would become a laughingstock among his peers!

Thinking this, he poured in even more power!

Yet, after another incense stick’s worth of time, the result was still minimal.

By now, nearly half his spiritual power had been consumed.

The other four Elders had also begun to sense something was wrong.

The Purple-robed Elder cautiously stepped forward to ask:

“What’s wrong, Supreme Elder? Could it be that something unexpected has occurred?”

The Supreme Elder did not intend to hide it. Clearly, there was something abnormal inside—otherwise, such a situation would never arise.

“How strange… I have successfully repaired space passages before, but never has it been this troublesome!”

With that, the Supreme Elder withdrew his power and looked at the four.

“There is some kind of strange energy within the secret realm constantly hindering my repair of the passage!”

The four were all shocked. Something was interfering?

Could it be that the secret realm had been invaded?

“More accurately, it isn’t exactly blocking me—it is nullifying my spiritual power! That’s why, even after consuming nearly half of my strength, I’ve only managed to repair about thirty percent. At this rate, I’ll need to retreat and recover before continuing.”

“How could this be?”

The Purple-robed Elder clearly could not comprehend what was happening.

At this moment, the Supreme Elder pondered briefly, then released another burst of spiritual power into the secret realm.

Closing his eyes, he carefully searched. A moment later, his eyes snapped open.

“Found you!”

“Come out!”

In the next instant, a spiritual claw reached out and seized a mass of gray substance.

The others immediately stepped forward to sense it.

“What is this?”

The Supreme Elder chuckled:

“I don’t yet know how to deal with it, but this thing is what’s been dwelling inside the secret realm, preventing me from repairing the passage.”

The Purple-robed Elder tried to control it with spiritual power, but the moment his energy touched it, he instantly lost control.

He increased the strength of his spiritual power, yet the gray substance didn’t budge at all. It was as if his power could not shake it in the slightest!

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