NOVEL NEXT Chapter 54 - Core of the Secret Realm
As more and more people chased Lin Chen, he faced multiple life-threatening situations. If it weren’t for his good luck, he would have already met with Yama.
Lin Chen had no choice but to call out to Elder Danyue again, “Master, do you really have no other way? My spiritual power is almost depleted. If I keep running, I’m as good as dead.”
Elder Danyue also realized they couldn’t continue like this, so he said, “I’ll expend some of my soul power to cast a shield spell and help you shake off these people. Afterward, keep a low profile and stop stirring up trouble.”
“Master, I understand. Please cast the shield quickly; I can barely hold on.” Lin Chen expressed his gratitude on the surface, but inwardly he cursed Elder Danyue. This old geezer had a shield spell all along but didn’t use it sooner. Did he wait until so many people were after me just to make me beg and show gratitude?
And he still expects me to help him rebuild his physical body and get the Vitality Herb? Hah, we’ll see who’s in control once my cultivation improves!
Elder Danyue was too focused on casting the shield technique to care about Lin Chen’s thoughts.
Using the shield technique in the outside world wouldn’t consume his soul power at all. However, this secret realm couldn’t withstand forces beyond the Organ Refining Realm, or it would collapse.
So Elder Danyue had to use soul power at the Organ Refining stage level to cast the shield technique. Using such an advanced technique at the Organ Refining stage naturally consumed his soul power.
Elder Danyue was afraid that if Lin Chen died, he would be trapped in this ring forever, which is why he was willing to expend his soul power.
Moreover, Lin Chen needed to go to the core of the secret realm to retrieve the Vitality herb; they couldn’t afford for him to be chased any longer.
Once Elder Danyue cast the shield technqiue, Lin Chen instantly disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Ji Lanqing saw Lin Chen suddenly vanish and halted her pursuit. She scanned the surroundings for any place where he might be hiding. After confirming that Lin Chen was nowhere to be found, she knew she had missed her chance to kill him this time. Without further hesitation, she left to continue hunting beasts in the secret realm for her training.
When the crowd saw that Lin Chen had disappeared and that Ji Lanqing had also left, they began to disperse as well.
Only the female disciples of Illusionary Sound Valley gritted their teeth and said, “That scumbag Lin Chen escaped this time. Once we’re out, there will be no chance to kill him. He’s gotten away with it.”
In the Xuantian Holy Land, there were rules against mutual killing. Feuds could only be settled on the challenge stage, where a life-and-death agreement had to be made.
In theory, mutual killing wasn’t allowed in the secret realm either. However, with so many monsters and beasts in the secret realm, it’s uncertain who killed you; it could be the beasts rather than other people.
Although Lin Chen had successfully escaped, it only confirmed that he had found a great treasure in the secret realm; otherwise, how could he have vanished so suddenly?
As others confirmed this information, they began to scheme, especially Yang Xuan from the Nine Suns Sect, who thought Lin Chen should contribute the treasure to him.
Meanwhile, the protagonist Lin Chen, with the help of Elder Danyue, successfully escaped. Afterward, Elder Danyue informed Lin Chen that he wouldn’t be able to use his soul power to assist him for a while, advising him to be more careful on his own. Lin Chen acknowledged this, saying he understood.
Next, Lin Chen began his streak of good luck. He casually chose a path and immediately found a large number of spiritual herbs, which he naturally collected without hesitation.
For the next half hour, Lin Chen enjoyed a carefree time, fighting and gathering spiritual herbs, his previous frustration from being chased completely dissipated.
Elder Danyue, noting that time was running short, urged him, “Little Chen, there isn’t much time left before the secret realm closes. Hurry to the core to get the Vitality herb; it might already be taken if we delay.”
Lin Chen, also eager to obtain the Vitality herb, wasted no time and followed Elder Danyue’s directions to the core of the secret realm.
When Lin Chen and Elder Danyue arrived at the entrance to the core, Elder Danyue noticed that the formation had been tampered with and said urgently, “Little Chen, the formation has been altered. Someone has likely already entered. We need to hurry.”
Lin Chen nodded and immediately began to break the formation according to Elder Danyue’s instructions.
In no time, a gap appeared in the formation.
“Little Chen, go in quickly.”
Lin Chen didn’t need any further prompting and swiftly entered.
As he made his way forward, Lin Chen noticed that all the monsters had already been cleared out, making him worry that someone else might have taken the Vitality herb. He quickened his pace.
Finally, Lin Chen reached the very core of the secret realm, where he saw a one-armed man fighting a beast—a wolf demon at the peak of the Organ Refining Realm, almost reaching the Nascent Soul realm.
Due to the secret realm’s restrictions, no entity stronger than the Organ Refining Realm could appear here, so the wolf demon was limited to being half a step away from the Nascent Soul realm. If it left the realm, it would immediately advance to that stage.
Lin Chen didn’t rush in but watched the one-armed man and the wolf demon battle, planning to wait for both to suffer injuries before seizing the opportunity.
Jun Jiuxiao saw that Lin Chen had finally encountered Li Xian, and the show was about to begin.
He hoped that the gift he had prepared for Lin Chen and Li Xian would be to their liking.