Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

"Defeat her, and she'll be mine?" Gao Zhun murmured, "Why does that sound so melodramatic? But seriously, could it be what I'm thinking? Like, I'm getting a mature woman to solve my miserable single life or something..."

While Gao Zhun was lost in her own daydreams, she didn't forget the dangers contained in the word 'defeat'. Therefore, she remained highly vigilant until the other party appeared. To be on the safe side, she even expended her true energy to create a lightning shield around her body.

However, even so, when she saw the person who appeared, the true essence that was originally circulating obediently in her body suddenly stopped, almost causing Gao Zhun to suffer a qi deviation. And as she expected, the other party unleashed a powerful move without warning—a demonic version of the Azure-Eyed Hurricane!

Indeed, Gao Zhun was not facing anyone else at this moment, but herself, emanating a surge of demonic energy.

"This is basically a demonized version of myself..."

As she said this, Gao Zhun felt a flash of inspiration pass through her mind, but the flash was so brief that she couldn't grasp it.

However, it doesn't matter. Gao Zhun smiled indifferently. In any case, the answer could not escape the person in front of him, who was like a demon. This secret realm was quite similar to Yongcheng back then.

Despite Gao Zhun's scheming mind, the demon version of Gao Zhun showed no sign of holding back, instead unleashing ruthless attacks. Gao Zhun herself admitted that she couldn't achieve this level of skill in actual combat. This must be the legendary saying that the best defense is offense.

However, she is destined to be more than just a little bit scheming, and unless she is under extreme provocation, she would never adopt such a reckless fighting style.

Thinking this, Gao Zhun became even more ruthless in her attacks, her eyes becoming exceptionally bright. If there was anything she lacked most so far, it was nothing more than real combat experience. And when it came to real combat experience, the only person she could find whose strength was not much different from her own, and who could help her make a breakthrough in a sparring match, was none other than herself, who had become perfect in every aspect under the setting of the secret realm.

No longer dwelling on the meaning of the words that had been echoing in her mind, Gao Zhun was now truly engaged in the battle. Although her true energy was being greatly depleted by the lightning shield covering her body, she had not yet been injured, though she was slightly disheveled under the relentless attacks of her opponent.

As for her opponent, Gao Zhun smiled broadly. Her opponent had already used the Azure Hurricane three times, a powerful and sweeping attack. Even with her current true energy in her dantian equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage, she could only use such a powerful move a maximum of seven times. Considering the damage from her opponent's other moves, she was certain that her opponent's remaining true energy was less than her own. Having grasped this, Gao Zhun became much more composed. After all, with such an unequal exchange of energy, she was sure to be the one holding the glimmer of victory!

However, just as this thought settled, that annoying voice in my head rang out again: "Imagine you've used all your strength against an enemy but still can't kill them. What would you do in the end?"

Um? What's the meaning?

Gao Zhun looked puzzled. Although the voice was untimely and annoying, she was certain that the owner of the voice wasn't just saying something pointless to tease her. Since it had been spoken, there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

With a pursed lip, Gao Zhun could only imagine it, even if he didn't want to. For example, he could imagine that his opponent was the owner of the voice he had heard at Gubao Temple. He would unfortunately run into the other party one day, and the other party would try every means to kill him to silence him. He would also try his best to kill the person who was a threat to his life, but in the end, he would exhaust his last bit of true energy and still not be able to shake the other party's hair. Hmm, it's a bit like the current situation. Gao Zhun nodded.

Ahem, let's get back to the hypothetical scenario. If I were in such a desperate situation, what would I do? Wait to die? Are you kidding me?! Even if I were to die, I'd take someone down with me!

Thinking this, Gao Zhun felt his temples throbbing and knew something was wrong. However, the demon-like Gao Zhun in front of him had his dantian bulging high, and self-destruction was imminent.

Unwilling to be dragged down to the underworld by the characters created by this secret realm, Gao Zhun could only retreat at her highest speed ever, completely disregarding the consumption of true energy in her dantian. As if it were free, she attached layer after layer of lightning shields to her body, hoping that these shields could buy her more time.

However, while the ideal was lofty, the reality was that the power of Gao Zhun's self-destruction, as powerful as a demon, swept towards the direction she was fleeing with overwhelming force. Everything in its path was destroyed by a violent spiritual force of heaven and earth. Gao Zhun was also horrified to discover that, because the demonic energy was more frenzied than the true energy, the power of this self-destruction by Gao Zhun was comparable to that of a human at the initial stage of the Fusion Realm.

Now, Gao Zhun really couldn't help but swear. He had intended to wear down the opponent's demonic energy so that he could get through this challenge without lifting a finger, but instead he was hit by a critical strike from a low-level Fusion Realm cultivator. What bad luck!

In the end, Gao Zhun could not escape the self-destruction range of the demon-like Gao Zhun. Fortunately, he was already on the outer edge, and the lightning shield on his body was not to be underestimated. In the end, he only suffered serious injuries and most of his meridians were severed.

At this moment, Gao Zhun, covered in blood, lay sprawled on the ground, his eyes vacant, but his mind was completely focused on repairing his meridians and damaged lungs.

Gao Zhun didn't know how long it took for her to recover slightly from her serious injuries. All she knew was that when she regained her senses, the voice in her mind, which had gone from being disliked to being feared and loathed, rang out again: "The first attempt at the third level failed. The second attempt will begin in ten days."

Unable to bear it any longer, Gao Zhun gripped the yellow earth beneath her several times and cried out, "Gao Fei! I knew she failed the trial, so why hasn't she been kicked out of the secret realm yet? So there's a legendary second trial! What happens after the second failure? Damn it, are they determined to make her pass?"

And so, a surge of anger rose within Gao Zhun. So what if it's just passing a level? So what if it's just defeating a humanoid machine that only knows how to attack? She refused to believe that with her abilities, she couldn't accomplish such a small thing!

Therefore, over the next ten days, Gao Zhun not only rushed to recover from her injuries, but also tried to recall the previous battle to see if she could glean a way to defeat the enemy. After all, stalling tactics were no longer an option, and if outsmarting the enemy didn't work, then she would have to launch a direct attack. Although she had always looked down on that kind of reckless fighting style, she had been forced into this situation and had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. She would never admit that it was because she was extremely bad at this kind of fighting style.

Ten days later, Gao Zhun's second challenge began again. Sure enough, the demon version of Gao Zhun appeared again and unleashed a powerful attack without warning. Moreover, this time, the opponent's attack was exactly the same as the first time. Even though her fighting style had changed, the opponent still repeated the same actions from the first challenge like a machine, even her positioning was exactly the same.

Gao Zhun couldn't help but twitch her lips. However, now was not the time to be speechless. Calculating the time, if this demon version of Gao Zhun was really just repeating the actions of the first level, the time for her to self-destruct after the battle would be a quarter of an hour later. She had to kill her opponent within a quarter of an hour. Of course, it would be quite difficult, but since her opponent was completely inflexible, it wouldn't be difficult to complete.

However, after Gao Zhun exhausted himself defeating the demon version of Gao Zhun, the voice came again: "The second attempt failed. The third attempt will begin in ten days."

Gao Zhun was stunned by the answer, followed by a feeling of indignation at being tricked twice in a row. However, from beginning to end, apart from a voice, she had no idea who the other party was or where they came from. What's more, all she could see with her ability to see through illusions was a small world outside the Immortal Spirit Continent, a small world that could be seen at a glance even without using her ability to see through illusions.

After a day of turmoil, Gao Zhun calmed down and began to recall her two failed attempts. The first failure was undeniable, but the second one, where she clearly killed the opponent, couldn't be considered a failure. Or was there some rule she had overlooked?

Thinking of this, Gao Zhun remembered the flash of inspiration that had crossed his mind when he heard that line in the third level. What was that line again?!

“Defeat her, and she’s yours.” Gao Zhun murmured, “That’s right, defeat her, not kill her, but she’s yours?”

The more Gao Zhun spoke, the brighter his eyes became. Recalling the subtle feeling between this secret realm and Yongcheng that he had always believed in, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Then, he went through the behavior of the demon version of Gao Zhun in his mind, and finally a relieved smile appeared on his face. So that's how it is.

Ten days later, Gao Zhun, a smile on her face, stood a fist's distance behind the location where the demon version of Gao Zhun had appeared, waiting for the event to begin. Then, as expected, the demon version of Gao Zhun appeared, completely unaware of her presence behind her. After a powerful hurricane of emerald eyes, taking advantage of the demon version of Gao Zhun's weakened demonic energy, she attacked from behind with incredible speed, ramming directly into her opponent. Sure enough, upon impact, their bodies merged into one. However, like the cultivator she had encountered before who had been afflicted by both immortal and demonic energy, Gao Zhun's body now possessed half true energy and half demonic energy, and the point where the two forces collided was violently annihilating each other… 166 Reading Network