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Chapter 53: Invaders from Beyond the Realm!

"Se-Senior brother Li Xun!"

Seeing Li Xun's figure, one of the injured inner sect disciples lying on a stretcher, whose face almost unrecognizable due to the bandages wrapped around his face, reached out a hand toward Li Xun.

"Junior Brother, no need to force yourself. If you have something to say, take your time," Li Xun said with a solemn expression as he approached the injured disciples. He continued, "Junior Brother, you are seriously injured. I happen to have a Life-Retaining Pill here, so I'll give it to you today."

"Senior Brother, it's me... I'm Pang Yuan!" The heavily bandaged disciple sobbed, his face full of excitement. He stretched out a trembling hand toward Li Xun and said, "Senior Brother Li Xun, you really are too kind to me!"

"Hmm..." Li Xun's expression froze for a moment as he carefully examined the injured disciple. He realized that he had indeed heard this voice before.

It was Junior Brother Pang that he had met in the Azure Cloud Hall.

However, with his entire body wrapped in bandages, Li Xun hadn't recognized him immediately.

"So It's Junior Brother Pang," Li Xun greeted, then turned to the others and asked in a serious tone, "What happened? How did things end up like this?"

To be honest, every year's inner disciple trial results in quite a few inner disciples getting injured.

There might even be one or two unfortunate inner disciples who would died, but a situation where everyone is injured like today is relatively rare.

What's even more crucial is that every time Xuanyang Sect holds its inner disciple trial, there are never fewer than a thousand participants.

But today, In front of the mountain gate, he can only see about seven or eight people.

Li Xun had a bad premonition.

Could it be that the others have died?

If that's the case, what Qin Xueyi told him not only came true but the severity of the situation far exceeded his expectations.

"It's the extraterritorial demons."

One disciple said solemnly.

"Extraterritorial demons?"

Li Xun raised his eyebrows. He had come across this race accidentally in an ancient book.

This race comes from another world, is very powerful, and they are very difficult to kill. Countless years ago, they once invaded this world on a large scale.

But in the end, they were completely driven away by a supreme powerhouse.

Unexpectedly, after countless years have passed since that happened, they once again appeared near Xuanyang Sect.

"Yes!"

The disciple who spoke earlier continued, "On our way to the trial, suddenly a portal appeared, and countless extraterritorial demons descended, catching us off guard."

"Fortunately, Senior Brother Wang appeared at a critical moment and sent us out, saving us from disaster."

"Senior Brother Wang?"

Li Xun pondered for a moment but couldn't recall anything about him.

If everything goes as expected, the Senior Brother Wang mentioned by the injured disciples should be the leader of this trial and likely a core disciple. This is the usual practice in the annual inner sect trials.

The reason for selecting core disciples over elders is that the trial takes place in the Xuanyang Mountains, which are relatively close to the sect, about a thousand miles away.

It's essentially a trial conducted in their own backyard, so there's no need to have elders constantly supervising. After all, the inner sect disciples are not children.

"Senior Brother Li Xun, we need to inform the sect elders and not linger here," one of the disciples said with a bow.

At this moment, many other inner sect disciples were still under attack by the extraterritorial demons. They couldn't afford to waste any more time because every second counted, and any delay could result in another disciple's death.

"Wait a moment, Junior Brothers."

Li Xun shouted and took a step forward. He took out a bottle of pills, poured out several of them, and handed them to the injured disciple. "This is a healing pill; you should take it for your injuries."

"Come, everyone, gather around. Each of us should have one!"

This act moved the disciples, and they were touched to the point of tears.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Li!"

"We're all fellow disciples; there's no need to be so polite."

Li Xun then asked, "Can you tell me where you encountered the extraterritorial demons?"

"It happened about 1,300 miles to the east," the injured disciple said, pointing eastward.

"Alright, I understand. Hurry and inform the elders."

Li Xun nodded, and with a single step, he conjured a long spear and placed it under his feet. He swiftly headed towards the east.

"Senior Brother Li Xun is truly a role model for us!"

"I never expected that our Xuanyang Sect would have someone like Senior Brother Li Xun. In the future, whoever goes against Senior Brother Li Xun will have to go through me first!"

"Not only in the Xuanyang Sect, but even in the entire cultivation world, there are very few people like Senior Brother Li Xun."

"Compared to Senior Brother Li Xun, I am as insignificant as dust."

Several inner sect disciples watched Li Xun's receding figure with gratitude in their hearts. A senior brother they had never met before had given each of them a healing pill on their first meeting, and upon learning of the invasion of extraterritorial demons, he rushed to their aid without hesitation.

They recognized that such a fearless and selfless act was something they themselves might never achieve.

"Let's go. We should quickly inform the elders and not let Senior Brother Li Xun face this alone," Pang Yuan said, waving his bandaged hand.

Others might not be aware of Li Xun's true strength, but Pang Yuan knew it well.

Not long ago, Li Xun had accepted a mission to hunt down Liu Sandao, who was only at the Peak of QI Refining, which meant that Li Xun's strength was around the Spiritual Nurturing Realm.

Should he have gone alone, it would be very likely that not only might he not be able to rescue the person, but he could also put himself in danger.

Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in the high sky, Li Xun's mind was filled with the sound of the system's notifications.

[Ding, congratulations, Host, you have obtained ten high-grade spirit stones. Would you like to claim them?]

[Ding, congratulations, Host, you have gained ten years of cultivation. Would you like to claim it?]

[Ding, congratulations, Host, you have obtained a bottle of Purple Cloud Pill. Would you like to claim it?]

(Claim everything!)

Without any hesitation, he quickly responded in his mind.

Since he hadn't reached his destination yet, and no one was around at the moment, he decided to claim the rewards now. Later, when he arrived where more people were present, it might not be possible to claim the rewards without drawing attention.

"Boom!"

With the appearance of several items, Li Xun's aura underwent a tremendous change. A thumb-sized golden core quickly condensed in his dantian.

The radiance emitted by the golden core enveloped Li Xun's entire body, making him look like a golden-armored celestial descending from the heavens, coming to the mortal realm.

At the same time, an aura of the Early Profound Core Realm cultivator spread rapidly around him.

"I’m finally at the Profound Core Realm!"

A short while later, Li Xun opened his eyes, and a flash of coldness burst forth, cutting through the void with extreme sharpness.