If they were facing the bloodthirsty lion, they still had a chance to escape separately, but facing the thunder tiger, they would definitely die. If it weren't for Yang Qi, they would all be dead!
"You're welcome, Brother Duan."
Yang Qi smiled slightly, then looked at Chu Hong beside him and asked, "What is the situation of the cultivators now?"
"Heavy losses!" Chu Hong said with a wry smile.
Following Chu Hong's words, all the practitioners present fell into silence. During the time they had been rushing to the palace, they had also learned a lot about the situation on the practitioners' side through their allies.
Seeing this, Yang Qi's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "Is the situation very bad?"
"Yes." Chu Hong nodded, and immediately told him what he had learned during this period.
hiss~
After hearing Chu Hong's words, Yang Qi couldn't help but gasp. Originally, when he saw nearly two hundred people in the palace, he thought the situation was not too bad, but as Chu Hong described, he realized that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined.
According to Chu Hong, the number of practitioners in the palace where they are located is already the largest among the nine palaces, but there are only less than two hundred people!
All the practitioners in the nine palaces add up to about 1,400 people. Although there may be a few teams or practitioners who failed to escape, this situation is not common. Even if these people are counted, there are probably less than 1,500 people.
You should know that there are nearly three thousand practitioners who have entered the secret realm. Even when they entered the Jedi before, there were more than two thousand people. This time, facing the attack of monsters, the practitioners' side was reduced by almost one third.
There were several teams in the cultivation worlds that were completely wiped out, and not a single cultivator escaped. There were also many teams that only managed to escape with a few people. There were only a few teams like the ones in the cultivation worlds of Zichen Continent that did not lose any members. If a team in a cultivation world did not encounter a late-stage Nine-Star Martial Honored monster, it would be relatively easy to escape. However, there were already quite a few late-stage Nine-Star Martial Honored monsters, and with the addition of a large number of Nine-Star Martial Honored monsters and high-level Martial Honored monsters, there were very few teams of cultivators that could completely avoid being entangled by monsters.
As a result, only about two-thirds of the practitioners who escaped along the way were able to reach the palace alive!
“After escaping from the Jedi this time, almost all the teams suffered casualties, even the teams at the level of Luo Tian and others were no exception.” Chu Hong sighed.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, the team of practitioners had been completely separated, and faced with the joint siege of the four Jedi, the practitioners could only flee separately. Otherwise, if they had gathered together and fled in one direction, the losses would definitely not have been so great.
Yan Feng seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Yang Qi and said, "By the way, Wei Ming's team suffered heavy losses. It is said that they encountered a peak martial arts beast, and only half of the practitioners escaped. Wei Ming was also seriously injured."
Although they did not suffer any losses when Wei Ming attacked them, there was some hatred between the two sides. Wei Ming's side suffered heavy losses, but it was good news for everyone.
Yang Qi nodded, not finding it strange. When Wei Ming had fought with him, he had used secret techniques one after another. In addition, he had been injured by him and was unable to exert his peak combat power. It was not surprising that he could not resist when encountering a monster at the peak of Martial Honor.
After Yang Qi pondered for a moment, he looked at Chu Hong and asked, "What are the plans of the practitioners in other palaces next?"
“The cultivators suffered huge losses this time, and many of them are injured. They may have to hide in the palace to recuperate for a short period of time. As for after they recover from their injuries, I’m afraid not many cultivators will be willing to continue to enter the secret realm to look for opportunities.” Chu Hong said in a deep voice.
The cultivators suffered huge losses. With their current strength, even if they encountered a monster at the peak of Martial Honor, they would probably have a tough fight. Besides, the opportunities to enter the secret realm have been almost snatched up, so who would be willing to take the risk to enter the secret realm
"In that case, let's practice here until the time comes for the secret realm to end." Yang Qi sighed.
Hearing Yang Qi's words, everyone nodded.
If the opportunity for the owner of the secret realm had not yet appeared, they might have taken the risk, but now most areas in the secret realm have been explored by practitioners, and great opportunities have also been fought over by practitioners. Continuing to enter the secret realm is not only dangerous, but the gains will not be too great.
In the following time, the practitioners basically stayed near the palace. Even if they occasionally went out, they would not leave the palace too far. At this time, the practitioners in the nine palaces had been counted. Just as Chu Hong guessed, the practitioners in the nine palaces added up to less than 1,500 people.
During this trip to the secret realm, more than a thousand practitioners died in the secret realm. Among them, there were more than six or seven hundred practitioners who died in the joint siege of the four Jedi, which even exceeded the number of practitioners who died in the previous two months. These fallen practitioners were all the most evil geniuses in their respective cultivation worlds. In order to seek the opportunity to impact the Martial King Realm, they stayed in the secret realm forever.
The teams from several cultivation worlds in Zichen Continent suffered the least losses. Among them, the team that Yang Qi and others were in suffered no damage except for a few people who died while entering the Xingchen Pavilion's lair to compete for opportunities.
During the time when everyone was in the secret realm, Yang Qi was also constantly practicing the Source God Canon. With the accumulation of several battles and the breakthrough of realm, less than ten days before the end of the secret realm, Yang Qi's cultivation finally broke through to the middle stage of the eight-star martial master. Yang Qi also became the third practitioner in the team to break through to the middle stage of the eight-star martial master. Chu Hong broke through to the middle stage of the eight-star martial master after returning to the retreat palace to recover from his injuries, and Wu Tian broke through soon after.
Seeing that there were still two or three days left before the end of the secret realm, everyone went out to hunt several martial arts beasts to celebrate leaving the secret realm alive, and also to say goodbye to everyone who had been together for three months. The practitioners present were all martial arts masters, and their respective cultivation worlds were unknown how far apart they were. This acquaintance across cultivation worlds might be the only time in most practitioners' lives that they would meet and get to know each other. After leaving the secret realm, they might never have the chance to meet again!
Yan Feng drank the spirit wine while looking at Yang Qi and said, "Brother Yang, with your talent and potential, it is almost certain that you will break through to the Martial King Realm in the future. If you break through to the Martial King Realm, you must come to our Giant Rock World. Then I will take you to see our Giant Rock World."
"And our Moon Palace!"
Song Yuyan on the side spoke up.
"Brother Yang, the cliff carvings in our Cliff Carving World are the real wonders. You must come when the time comes!" Duan Yue chuckled.
Not only the three people from Yanfeng, but also the practitioners from other cultivation worlds in this palace all invited Yang Qi to come to their worlds in the future. (To be continued)