CHAPTER 420: CHAPTER 367: STAR BEAST ALLIANCE, COMING TO THE RESCUE

"This Secret Realm is really vast. We’ve been walking for four days and still haven’t reached the central area, and we haven’t seen a single living person," Chu Chen said, frowning.

Indeed, they hadn’t seen any living people, but they had discovered several bodies, including those of Star Beasts from outside the Secret Realm.

Su Lingyun frowned at the words and said, "We should be cautious. We’re probably not far from the center of the Secret Realm, and the strength of the Star Beasts is increasingly strong. We must regroup with the main force, or it’ll be hard to obtain the Key."

Chu Chen shrugged, unconcerned by the warning. The Nirvana’s undead army was already forming. With a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of undead troops appeared.

No tribe in the Secret Realm could resist them. He didn’t head straight for the central area; he merely wanted to hunt more Star Beasts.

Chu Chen hadn’t fully revealed his strength, and naturally, Su Lingyun was worried.

"No rush, let’s check out other places."

Upon hearing this, Su Lingyun furrowed her brows slightly, as Chu Chen clearly hadn’t taken her words to heart.

Seeing her expression, Chu Chen smiled and said, "Don’t worry, this is a Fifth-Level Secret Realm. The Key won’t be easy to obtain."

Su Lingyun didn’t respond; instead, she lowered her head in contemplation.

"The Key must be guarded by strong tribes. Humans and Star Beasts will certainly clash along the way. By the time they reach the core area, if seventy percent remain, it’ll be fortunate. Through the battles, many will be wounded. Even if they reach the core, they’ll most likely heal first. Then the two sides will continue to constrain each other. This process will be lengthy. We only need to rush there on the last day," Chu Chen patiently explained.

Su Lingyun finally showed a look of realization. Since the Key was secure, she had no reason to worry. The Secret Realm was vast, full of treasure. In the past few days with Chu Chen, she had gained quite a lot. Moreover, she only needed to cook; she didn’t have to fight at all. She had never encountered such good fortune.

To increase efficiency, Chu Chen actively exposed part of his strength.

Nirvana summoned five thousand undead troops, starting a sweep through the Secret Realm, while Feng Shuang acted as a scout, constantly guiding Chu Chen’s direction.

This time, Su Lingyun didn’t seem overly shocked. After consecutive days of astonishment, she had already developed an immunity.

In her view, it was normal for Chu Chen’s strength to increase further.

Unknowingly, two days passed. Chu Chen looked at the Spatial Ring with a satisfied smile.

After two days of sweeping, he had explored fifty percent of the Secret Realm’s area, collecting over a hundred types of Star Treasures and Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

However, the highest quality was only a Profound Rank Upper Grade Ice Wind Flower.

Still, he was extremely satisfied with such a harvest.

"Brother Chu, isn’t it time to head towards the core area?"

The speaker was Xiang Junyou; yesterday, when Chu Chen was sweeping an ice plain wind wolf nest, he had rescued Xiang Junyou.

Xiang Junyou had luck on his side. His situation was worse than Su Lingyun’s, with a pack of 150 wolves, two of the main battle Guardian Beasts severely injured, one near death. If not for Chu Chen giving him a Sixth-Grade Healing Pill, the dying Guardian Beast might have been hard to save.

If he hadn’t met Chu Chen, even if he had encountered a temporary team of several people, he would only be facing death, given the number of wolves; nobody would be foolish enough to provoke them.

It’s said that Xiang Junyou had luck, not just because he was rescued, but because he was able to rebuild and thrive.

His two Guardian Beasts broke through after being saved, recovering most of their wounds, allowing him to enter the ranks of Monarch-Level Peak.

Actually, this situation isn’t rare. Any creature facing a life-and-death crisis will awaken its potential.

Chu Chen looked toward the distant sky; the somberness had faded, the eastern sky quietly turned white, showed a hint of crimson, tinged with orange gold, as the clouds became gently hued with rose or golden tints.

Chu Chen gestured to the two beside him, saying, "It’s time to head to the central area."

Su Lingyun and Xiang Junyou exchanged a glance, their expressions growing more serious.

The three wasted no time, heading straight for the central area.

An hour later, they appeared at the core area’s edge.

On the way, they encountered only a few Star Beasts; it seemed the surrounding Star Beasts had been mostly cleared.

Chu Chen raised his hand to the two, saying, "You wait here. I’ll go in first and check the situation."

At his words, the two exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

Chu Chen’s strength was unfathomable; they didn’t think he would encounter danger.

Chu Chen nodded to them, then patted Shadow Kill beneath him, saying, "Let’s go."

The insect wings stirred, and the figure swiftly vanished into the dense forest.

After advancing for about fifteen minutes, the sounds of heated battle gradually came from afar.

Without waiting for Chu Chen’s orders, Shadow Kill immediately moved toward the source of the sound.

About a minute later, Chu Chen arrived at the sound’s origin.

Human forces were fighting against the Star Beasts, but humans were at a definite disadvantage, with many Guardian Beasts already wounded or dead.

This situation arose not just from the slight disparity in strength but also because human numbers were only a tenth of the Star Beasts’.

These Star Beasts included both those from outside the Secret Realm and many native Star Beasts.

Obviously, they had reached some agreement to first kill off the humans.

With this realization, Chu Chen didn’t hesitate. He immediately summoned Nirvana to call forth part of the undead army to cover the retreat.

Chu Chen reached the crowd and shouted loudly, "I’ll hold them off; everyone, flee!"

The nearest were some middle-aged men. One looked at Chu Chen and said, "Young man, your talent is good, but don’t be conceited. Flee quickly, or you’ll die here."

Chu Chen glanced at the man, saying, "I’m rescuing you; naturally, I’m confident."

By this time, some had already started fleeing. Seeing this, the rest didn’t hesitate and quickly mounted their Guardian Beasts to escape.

The middle-aged man sighed, saying, "Well! If you can escape, I, Chu Tianyu, owe you one." With that, he too followed the crowd in fleeing.

"Chu Tianyu of Qilin Daoist School, an A-level genius, truly someone of loyalty and righteousness," Chu Chen muttered to himself.

Once he saw the crowd had fled far away, Chu Chen immediately ordered Nirvana to abandon the undead. Then, after absorbing Nirvana into his Soul Sea, he fled with Shadow Kill.

The beast herd, seeing the fallen undead, realized they had been deceived. Enraged roars echoed through the ice plain.

Suddenly, a deep and penetrative roar came from afar.

Upon hearing the roar, the beast herd fell silent, lowering their heads slightly in a bizarre show of reverence.

Moments later, a massive white bear slowly approached from the distance. Each step trembled the earth.

The white bear let out a roar, then turned toward the cave.