CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: THE DANGEROUS MAZE-LIKE BLOOD CULTIVATION REALM!

The ritual started quickly.

This time, the ceremony was even bigger than the last one Ron had seen.

Thousands of monster babies and unhatched eggs were embedded in the cave ceiling, shining like stars.

A huge amount of life essence poured down like a waterfall, and Logan once again felt his life energy entering a breakthrough state.

In this state, Logan began to consciously guide the flow of life essence into his soul ocean.

At the same time, inside Logan’s familiar space.

Lilith, Kerparos, Nabo, and Red Feather all entered the same life transcendence state as Logan.

[Familiar: Lilith (Infernal Lord Form, 20% unlocked)]

[Race: Succubus (The Infernal Lord Hybrid)]

[Stage: Elite 5 stars]

[Stats: Power 152 → 157, Stamina 164 → 169, Mind 288 → 293, Agility 185 → 190]

...

[Name: Kerparos (Extremely Weak)]

[Race: Three-Headed Hell Wolf]

[Stage: Elite 5 stars]

[Stats: Power 160 → 165, Stamina 152 → 157, Mind 158 → 173, Agility 190 → 195]

...

[Name: Nabo (Juvenile Stage)]

[Race: Mountain-Carrying Tortoise (Ocean Guardian)]

[Stage: Apprentice 3 stars → Elite 3 stars]

[Stats: Power 80 → 120, Stamina 100 → 160, Mind 10 → 30, Agility 15 → 45]

...

[Name: Red Feather]

[Race: Horned Hawk (Royal Bloodline)]

[Stage: Apprentice 3 stars → Elite 3 stars]

[Stats: Power 35 → 65, Stamina 25 → 77, Mind 18 → 48, Agility 45 → 115]

...

As the ritual came to an end, the flow of life essence began to fade.

After checking the stat changes of his four familiars, Logan nodded in satisfaction.

This ritual helped Nabo and Red Feather unlock some of their potential, giving them stats that were very strong even for Elite-level beings.

Although they still couldn’t face a Master-level monster head-on, they were good enough to act as a mount and a shield.

As for Lilith and Kerparos, maybe because they hadn’t broken through their limits yet, and their stage was still at Elite 5 stars, they only got a small boost of +5 to all stats.

But as long as they kept improving like this, it wasn’t impossible for Lilith and Kerparos to take on a Master 5 stars monster on their own.

"It’s time to move on to the next Blood Cultivation Realm!" Logan stretched his arms and opened his demon wings with a wave of his hand.

He flew up and down, sweeping through the cave in a flash. In no time, the whole cave was completely destroyed, and there was no sign of the ritual left.

Outside Blood Cultivation Realm No. 10086.

Logan stood at the registration desk and handed over his documents.

The officer took the papers, looked at them, and was completely shocked: "Jesse, Elite 2 stars? Buddy, did you come to the wrong place? This is Realm No. 10086 — it’s a Master-level area!"

Logan finished filling out the form and handed it to the officer carefully: "Sir, I’m a great scout. Please let me join the scouting team. I won’t slow anyone down."

He said that, then handed the officer the form and slipped two bills into the bottom of the paper.

The officer rolled his eyes at Logan’s words and was about to refuse him harshly.

But as soon as he picked up the form, his expression softened: "Old Jesse, I’m not trying to be unkind, but you’re already old. You should think about your safety. The scouting team is dangerous."

Logan just shook his head silently and handed the officer another form: "Sorry, I made a mistake on the age. I’m 28. I just look a bit older."

The officer took the form and felt the thickness of the paper. He smiled: "Okay, be careful and don’t push yourself too hard. You can join the Third Scouting team."

Logan was once again assigned to the Third Scouting team — and he found it quite interesting.

As he was about to go report for duty, a commotion happened in the distance.

A familiar tamer was riding a three-eyed white tiger, running wildly and disappearing into the forest.

Behind him, a group of richly dressed familiar tamers chased after them and soon blocked the tiger’s way, catching the tamer.

"What’s going on?" Logan asked, looking curious.

"Jesse, don’t say I didn’t warn you," the registration officer said, watching as the familiar tamer was taken away by Tattalia family members. He showed no intention of getting involved. "If you make it out alive, you’d better sell everything you get to the Tattalia family. They can sense the Blood Cultivation Realm energy on you. Even if you hide your loot in your familiar’s space, they’ll find it."

Logan heard this and frowned slightly.

He took out his phone and quietly called Steve.

After asking around, Logan finally found out that the Tattalia family had sent thousands of their familiar tamers to guard the entrances of major Blood Cultivation Realms. Their goal was to buy all the monster resources from inside.

They didn’t just force people to sell — they also paid very low prices, which had caused a lot of complaints.

After hearing this, Logan silently made his way to the Third Scouting team and found the team leader, Brutus.

Unlike Realm No. 9527, which was all forest, Realm No. 10086 had a much more complicated terrain.

To get the most information about the land and creatures inside as quickly as possible, this mission was changed to free scouting.

Brutus handed Logan a survival pack and explained patiently: "So, you just need to come back to the camp entrance within three days, and hand in a map of the area and a sample of the ecosystem. Then you’ll get your payment."

At this point, Brutus added a warning: "Jesse, I know all the familiar tamers who become scouts don’t care about their lives. But I still have to tell you — don’t try to collect any resources inside the Blood Cultivation Realm."

Brutus sighed and looked towards the Tattalia family’s camp. "You see that? All the stuff you risk your life to bring out will end up being bought by them for just 30% of the market price. Risking your life for that? Not worth it."

With that, Brutus put on his gear and walked into the entrance of the Blood Cultivation Realm alone.

Logan looked at the Tattalia camp, and his eyes turned colder.

He followed Brutus’s example, got everything ready, and then stepped into the realm.

"Another scout? Go to entrance No. 108!" A voice shouted in Logan’s ear, and immediately caught his attention.

Logan followed the sound and saw a commander walking quickly towards him. The man handed him a numbered card with "108" on it.

Logan took the card and glanced around. The scene before him shocked him at once.

Logan’s feet were only on a small open area of about one kilometer in all directions.

Around it, there were thousands of holes of all sizes, tightly packed.

The biggest one was almost two or three hundred meters high, and you had to climb a long way just to reach the top.

The officer saw Logan’s surprise and sighed quietly: "Yeah, it’s the kind of Blood Cultivation Realm the federal army hates the most — a maze."

A maze Blood Cultivation Realm was like any other, with all sorts of creatures and ecosystems.

The only difference was that to control the whole maze, you had to find its core — the end of the maze.

So whenever they faced a maze realm, the human federal army had no choice but to send a lot of people in, checking each path one by one by trial and error...

Some people survived, but most were killed or disappeared.

When Logan found out he had been assigned to such a dangerous realm, he wasn’t worried at all.

On the contrary, he had read about maze Blood Cultivation Realms in Ron’s notes.

He knew that if you studied the ecosystem, you could find the end of the maze quickly.

So being sent on a solo mission didn’t bother him at all — in fact, he was happy about it.

So after pretending to be scared and shouting a few times, Logan bit his lip and jumped into the No. 108 cave.

This sudden fear and bravery made the officer nearby confused: "This guy named Jesse must be crazy, right?"

Logan walked a few hundred meters into the cave and quickly met his first monster — a huge fire centipede.

He saw a bunch of footprints ahead, dense and spread out like they’d been cut by a knife. He moved carefully and followed them.

These days, he had studied Ron’s notes and learned how to tell if a monster was male or female.

Logan always followed female ones secretly to check their nests and see if there were any babies.

He followed them carefully for two hours and finally found the nest of the huge fire centipede near a underground cave.

Like the centipedes in the human world, the huge fire centipede was also good at digging. As Logan walked into the wide tunnel, he could still feel the heat under his feet.

It was clear that the one he was following had just come from here.

Logan bent down and checked the dirt on the ground. Then he suddenly frowned: "Damn, it’s pregnant."

He muttered under his breath and kept following it.

Finally, in a wide underground space, Logan saw the huge fire centipede curled up, laying eggs one after another.

Next to it, another huge fire centipede was on guard, constantly looking around.

Logan’s eyes flashed with sharpness. He used his special ability to look in silently.

[Race: Huge Fire Centipede (Pregnant)]

[Stat: Inferno, Toxin]

[Rank: B-level, 4 stars]

[Stage: Master, 5 stars]

[Talent: Inferno Body, Lava Toxin]

[Skill: Centipede Blade Array, Tail Regeneration, Burrow]

[Stat: Power 182, Stamina 194, Mind 135, Agility 188]

Watching the eggs coming out of the huge fire centipede, Logan frowned slightly.

Since he found the two huge fire centipedes, the female had already laid over a hundred eggs.

At this rate, Logan’s expression changed.

"Killing them straight away might be a waste," he said to himself, then quietly opened his familiar space and let out Lilith and Kerparos.

"Lilith, you take the female. I’ll take the male. Enslave their minds!"