Chapter 486: Evil Cultivator?

Yan Yu had taken good care of Lu Sangjiu and the others before, so by helping her and waking her up, Lu Sangjiu considered the favor repaid.

From now on, it was life or death. In a situation like this, most people couldn’t afford to look out for each other; everyone had to be responsible for themselves.

In response to Yan Yu’s question, Lu Sangjiu narrowed her eyes. After a long moment, she said, “This… seems to be the work of a Demon Cultivator.”

“To be more precise, this is something only an Evil Cultivator among Demon Cultivators would do.”

Lu Sangjiu was a Demon Cultivator herself, so she was naturally more sensitive to Demonic Qi than others.

Although the perpetrator hadn’t shown themselves, she could faintly sense that a Demon Cultivator was definitely nearby.

Furthermore, the Magic Treasure suspended in the sky was clearly something an Evil Cultivator would use. While she didn’t know what the strange aura it was emitting was, it definitely wasn’t anything good.

The people nearby naturally heard Lu Sangjiu’s words clearly, and they couldn’t help but feel a chill.

‘A Demon Cultivator actually managed to sneak into an Immortal Secret Realm?’

Just as everyone was on high alert, they suddenly saw the Cultivators who had fallen unconscious—the ones who hadn’t managed to use a protective barrier to block out the ominous aura—begin to move, one by one.

However, their movements weren’t normal.

After opening their eyes, they all revealed blood-red irises.

Then, a male cultivator glanced to his side and suddenly lunged at a female cultivator!

The conscious female cultivators, of course, weren’t caught, but the female cultivators who had also lost their senses lunged back at the men.

And then… then, right before everyone’s eyes, they started having sex.

The scene unfolded so suddenly that, in their shock, no one had time to stop it. Soon, the surrounding area was a tangled mass of men and women locked in “battle.”

There was no beauty in the image; it was horrifying. They didn’t seem like humans, but more like livestock being bred.

Lu Sangjiu had no time for further reflection, however, because there were still some male cultivators who hadn’t found a suitable female partner and were continuously lunging at the conscious female cultivators.

Of course, since Lu Sangjiu was currently in the guise of a man, she was spared for the time being.

Yan Yu, however, had attracted the attention of a few, and since Lu Sangjiu had nothing else to do for the moment, she helped fend them off.

Over on the other side, Mu Lin was in a sorrier state. A lone female cultivator was actually lunging at him.

Although these people had lost their sanity and weren’t skilled fighters, the conscious cultivators still possessed a sliver of compassion. Unsure if the afflicted could be saved, they couldn’t bring themselves to use lethal force.

This inevitably prolonged the struggle, causing Mu Lin to cry out in alarm.

“Damn it! No female cultivators ever give me a second look, so why is one so desperate to pounce on me now? Lie Rufeng is right over there, go pounce on him!”

Lie Rufeng: “…”

‘What a great senior brother he has.’

Seeing that Mu Lin could handle himself, Lie Rufeng stopped his advance to help him. Instead, he strode over to Lu Sangjiu, knocked out the male cultivator attacking her, and asked, “Can you tell what’s going on with these people?”

He himself hadn’t studied Demon or Evil Cultivators much, but it was obvious that Lu Sangjiu had some understanding.

So, with the situation still unclear, he needed to ask for Lu Sangjiu’s opinion before deciding on a plan.

Lu Sangjiu scanned her surroundings, her brow furrowing slightly. She pointed to a female cultivator not far away and said, “Look at her stomach!”

At her words, Lie Rufeng suddenly noticed it too. The female cultivator’s stomach was slightly swollen, as if she were pregnant!

It wasn’t just her. Looking at the other female cultivators in the area, he saw that after their “battle” with the men, their stomachs were all visibly swollen.

“How can this be?”

Lie Rufeng’s brow was knitted tightly. This was definitely not a normal pregnancy. After all, conception was already a very difficult thing for Cultivators; how could they all have gotten pregnant in such a short time?

But if it wasn’t a normal pregnancy, then what was gestating inside their bellies?

The mere thought made Lie Rufeng’s scalp tingle with dread. He looked at the female cultivators’ stomachs as if they were incubating unknown demons.

Lu Sangjiu’s mood was no better. She had come to the same conclusions.

But her thoughts went even further than Lie Rufeng’s. “I suspect they’re using us to cultivate that Magic Treasure,” she said, her tone grave.

She looked up at the disk-shaped Magic Treasure still operating in the sky. “Look closely. Besides releasing that strange aura, it also seems to be… retrieving something from down here.”

The words had barely left her lips when Mu Lin shouted, “Holy shit! Look, the male cultivators…”

He didn’t finish his sentence, but Lu Sangjiu and the others had already seen it.

As the women became “pregnant,” the bodies of the male cultivators who had lost their minds rapidly shriveled, quickly turning into desiccated corpses!

Lu Sangjiu’s expression was grim. “That Magic Treasure really is absorbing something from them…”

Right now, the Magic Treasure showed no signs of depletion; in fact, it was growing stronger.

Meanwhile, the remaining survivors could only rely on their protective barriers to avoid being affected.

But they had no source of Spiritual Energy. Their own power would be exhausted sooner or later!

There were still three days until the Secret Realm closed. The enemy had clearly timed their attack, calculating that three days would be enough to completely exhaust them!

And even if they weren’t completely exhausted, leaving only a few survivors by the end, the person hiding in the shadows could just come out and finish them off.

In short, the current situation was extremely unfavorable. What awaited them was almost certainly a total wipe.

Everyone realized how dire the situation was. Without anyone needing to say a word, the remaining survivors who could still fight began to gather together.

By now, the male cultivators who had lost their minds were nearly all dead. Only the female cultivators remained, their stomachs growing larger and larger.

The one with the largest belly was now swollen like a ball.

The female cultivator’s face was a mask of agony, yet none of them made a move against their own stomachs.

*POP.*

A not-so-loud sound suddenly echoed through the crowd.

All eyes snapped in that direction, and they all watched as a small, bright red baby’s hand poked out from inside the female cultivator’s stomach.

That *POP* was the sound of the female cultivator’s belly bursting open.

The small hand had pierced straight through the female cultivator’s abdomen. Then another hand emerged, and each pulled forcefully to the side.

The female cultivator’s agonized wail rang out as everyone watched, horrified, as the infant tore her abdomen in half and crawled out.

No, that was no infant. It was a vile demon—with the outline of a baby, but completely crimson-skinned and with pitch-black eyes!