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The silence persisted for about ten or so minutes, making both demon beasts and cultivators restless and oppressed.

"Damn, what the hell is this thing?"

Finally, someone couldn't bear the suffocating atmosphere any longer, stood on a tree branch, eyes wide with rage, gazing down at the sea surface that was continuously rippled with disturbances.

"Boom!"

An energy burst from the depths of the sea, and a huge water column shot up from the seabed, piercing into the sky like a tornado.

Cultivators, spirit attachers, and demon beasts alike were shocked by such a sudden change, retreating in a panic, their faces full of astonishment and uncertainty as they stared at the water column.

"What is this?"

"This aura, it's very powerful!"

"Such a terrifying presence, it's unknown what kind of demon beast it could be."

Everyone speculated in their hearts, some quick to react, immediately took out satellite phones to contact their respective forces.

The water column had a diameter of more than ten meters, spinning and rising upwards, and within the column, a clear figure could be seen swiftly ascending through the water.

Li Xiaoyao stepped out of the spatial passage, his strong spiritual power controlling the surging sea water, making it as soft and powerless as cotton under his power, forming various shapes to lift his body and leap out of the water.

Standing on the sea water, Li Xiaoyao's body quickly flew out from the water column. From a distance, one could only see a black figure standing on a giant water column, towering at the top, looking down on the world with a disdainful stance, overseeing all things.

The peak Nascent Soul Realm soul power radiated from Li Xiaoyao's body, making all creatures within the secret realm shiver involuntarily under this soul-deep pressure.

"There's someone in the water column!"

No sooner had this voice sounded did it immediately catch everyone's attention.

A multitude of gazes instantly turned towards the top of the water column, indeed seeing a man in a black robe standing proudly at its summit.

"I, Li Xiaoyao, have finally emerged!"

"Hahaha!"

Li Xiaoyao's arrogant and boisterous laughter echoed through heaven and earth, even the air trembled slightly under his wild laughter.

"Li Xiaoyao!"

"It's Li Xiaoyao!"

The pupils of the crowd rapidly contracted, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Who is Li Xiaoyao?"

There were also those who had never heard his name before.

"You don't know who Li Xiaoyao is? The contemporary genius of the Li Family of Xuan Country, who once battled Huang Yi of the Ancient Rakshasa Sect, and even dared to refuse Ling Tian directly. He's absolutely ruthless."

"Three months ago, he entered the deep sea of the secret realm with those Nascent Soul Realm powerhouses, and after twenty days, those elders fled from the secret realm in disarray, but there was no sign of Li Xiaoyao. Everyone thought Li Xiaoyao had died, yet unexpectedly, he's still alive and has come out!"

"That awesome?"

"Awesome? Heh, he's about to become an idiot soon."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you know that Li Xiaoyao has seized two-thirds of the fruit borne by the spirits of plants and trees? When Ling Tian demanded the Spirit Fruit from him, Li Xiaoyao refused, leading to his being pursued by Ling Tian and more than a dozen Nascent Soul Realm powerhouses."

"Moreover, it is said that this kid has taken all the treasures of the secret realm at the bottom of the sea for himself, and during the pursuit, Li Xiaoyao mysteriously vanished."

"He disappeared for over fifty days, and everyone thought this kid had perished in the Secret Realm for good. Who would have thought he was still alive?"

"This news can't be kept secret for long. Soon those powerhouses will find out, and by then, he's likely to be in serious trouble."

"I'm afraid we won't even have to wait that long," one person said, shaking his head and scanning the surroundings, "Why do you think the strong ones sent by these major forces are here?"

The discussion had barely ceased when several formidable auras suddenly erupted from every direction in the woods.

"Li Xiaoyao, hand over the Spirit Fruits and treasures!"

An elder from the Rakshasa Sect shot into the air, gazing down at Li Xiaoyao as he spoke each word with murderous intent.

Li Xiaoyao looked down and to his surprise, found that the area below and all around was teeming with cultivators and demon beasts. Their sheer number turned the once deserted Secret Realm into a bustling market.

With a brief glance, Li Xiaoyao discerned the man's cultivation level.

The peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm.

If it had been the Li Xiaoyao of the past, facing such a formidable cultivator, he would probably have had no choice but to flee. Unfortunately for them, Li Xiaoyao was no longer who he used to be.

The integration with the broken bone had taken Li Xiaoyao's spiritual power cultivation to the terrifying peak of the Golden Core Realm.

Completely refining the soul of the eight-headed serpent, his soul power reached the appalling peak of the Nascent Soul Realm!

With such frightening cultivation, facing a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm, Li Xiaoyao was still very confident.

Li Xiaoyao gently tapped the back of Li Chengfeng's head, and Li Chengfeng's consciousness immediately returned as he opened his eyes groggily.

"Xiaoyao?" Li Chengfeng's eyebrows shot up, as he first thought he had seen incorrectly. His memory was still at the point where they had entered the Secret Realm and were dodging a natural disaster.

"Dad, are you alright?" Li Xiaoyao asked with concern.

Li Chengfeng shook his head, looking around with some confusion. When he saw the towering trees below and the swarming demon beasts and cultivators filling the entire area, he was stunned.

"What is this..."

Li Xiaoyao said, "Dad, you rest for a bit. After I deal with these blind fools, I'll explain everything in detail."

Having said this, Li Xiaoyao stepped down from the water column, his feet treading on invisible steps in the air, allowing him to walk freely.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

The powerful auras surged up from below as Li Xiaoyao swept his gaze over the crowd.

A total of five cultivators at the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm. Such a lineup was nearly invincible.

"Li Xiaoyao, hand over your Storage Ring, and you shall be spared!" a middle-aged man shouted.

A cold curve appeared at the corner of Li Xiaoyao's mouth as he said, "I haven't provoked any of you, yet you've come looking for trouble with me. Do you really think that I, Li Xiaoyao, am an easy target for everyone?"

"Hmph, Li Xiaoyao, we know you're strong, but what of it? You're merely at the Golden Core Realm. Even with powerful spells, you can't defeat our combined strength. Just hand over the Storage Ring," several people said, already confident with the information they had gathered on Li Xiaoyao.

The mere thought of snatching the Spirit Fruits and treasures from Li Xiaoyao excited them tremendously, as if Li Xiaoyao was already a dead man in their eyes.

Li Chengfeng had just awoken and still felt weak. Seeing his son surrounded, he yelled worriedly, "Xiaoyao, be careful!"

Li Xiaoyao turned back and managed a slight smile, "I'll take care of them," he said.

"Arrogant fool."

"Li Xiaoyao, it's precisely your arrogance that has brought this calamity upon yourself. If there's an afterlife, take this as a lesson," one of them admonished.

Li Xiaoyao flung his sleeves with a sneer and retorted, "Noisy fools. I, Li Xiaoyao, have lived my life without needing to explain myself to the likes of you. The path of cultivation is not something that you people can understand."