CHAPTER 66: CHAPTER 66: I’M SORRY, MASTER, IT’S ALL VERA’S FAULT!

With the urgent summons issued, eligible students quickly gathered at the entrance to the Secret Realm.

Gu Qianqian and Tang Xinrou were both present.

Despite her strength, Ying Bing couldn’t participate due to the restriction of her Guardian Beast Level.

Among the crowd, Shen Ruoxue, who had just broken through to the Extraordinary Level, was particularly conspicuous.

Although she hadn’t contracted a second Guardian Beast...

She was specially approved to participate because she had awakened a rare space teleportation talent.

This ability not only allowed her to travel back and forth between the Secret Realm and reality, but most importantly, it provided a means of information delivery!

When the last student arrived, Long Zhenguo appeared before everyone.

Uncharacteristically, Long Zhenguo put away his usual kindness and solemnly said:

"According to monitoring, a Demon King Level demon race may be emerging in the Secret Realm. But due to the constraints of the Secret Realm’s rules, its level will not exceed the Awakening Stage."

"Your mission is to eliminate the demon race as much as possible, with a focus on taking down that Legendary Level demon race."

"But remember—" he swept his gaze across every young face.

"If you encounter danger, immediately retreat! Your safety is above all else."

After all, if they couldn’t kill that Demon King, he could always erase this Secret Realm directly.

But if a student were to die...

That would be an irreparable loss!

"Open the Secret Realm!"

With Long Zhenguo’s command, a spatial rift slowly unfolded.

In the crowd, Tang Xinrou sidled up to Gu Qianqian, swearing confidently.

"Qianqian, you only have a Superior Level Guardian Beast, it’s too dangerous, let me go! I guarantee to bring my husband back safely!"

Gu Qianqian rubbed her temples helplessly.

Honestly, she wasn’t too worried about Gu Xing!

Given the school’s level of attention to Gu Xing, the school definitely wouldn’t contract him with a Guardian Beast of poor talent.

Plus, with Gu Xing’s talent, in a Secret Realm of the Awakening Stage, as long as he doesn’t encounter that Demon King, he should be fine!

"Xinrou, Gu Xing can take care of himself, just make sure you’re safe after you go in!"

"Don’t worry!"

Tang Xinrou patted her chest confidently.

Next, the spatial passage fully opened.

...

Within the Secret Realm.

Gu Xing moved constantly toward the center of the dungeon with Vera.

The demons along the way were increasing rapidly in both numbers and levels!

But to Vera beside Gu Xing, these demons were still quite easy to handle.

There was no need to even use skills.

With her Myth Talent and overwhelming Spiritual Attributes, Vera merely raised her hand slightly...

And numerous blood-colored vines burst from the ground and twisted these demons to death.

Not far away.

A Beast Master witnessed this scene and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"My heavens! Did I see that right!"

"A bunch of Awakening Eight, Nine Tier demons, slaughtered in an instant by a single Guardian Beast?"

This Beast Master’s talent was Perception!

And it was precisely because of this talent that he could avoid demon attacks when entering the Secret Realm.

As he approached the center of the Secret Realm, he also ran into a few comrades who had also avoided demon attacks.

At that moment, the teammates hearing his outburst looked on skeptically.

"Stop joking, we can barely handle two or three High Tier demons by collaborating with our talents. How could anyone wipe out a large group at once!"

"Exactly, most students got eliminated as soon as they came in, right? It’s good enough if someone can keep up with our pace as we push forward together!"

"Brother, you should focus on detecting solitary demons and stop looking at those impossible scenarios!"

The teammate patted his shoulder. "Right now, these demons are all moving in groups, how can we level up our Guardian Beasts?"

The Beast Master rubbed his sore eyes.

Indeed, with his level of Spiritual Power and at such a distance, it was likely a hallucination from earlier.

He shook his head, mocking himself:

"It’s true, even a Beast Master at Wang Teng’s level couldn’t instantly wipe out a large group of High Tier demons. I must have been seeing things."

Elsewhere.

Gu Xing slightly frowned, detecting something amiss.

With his deepening journey, he realized that the energy obtained from killing these demons seemed a little less than initially.

And the closer he got to the center of the Secret Realm, the more pronounced this phenomenon became.

It was as if something was absorbing the Demonic Qi from these demons.

He checked Vera’s level.

Upon first entering the Secret Realm, after killing ten Tier Five demons, her level had reached Awakening Tier Four.

But now...

It’s been half an hour, and he’s slain quite a few High Tier demons, yet Vera had only just reached Awakening Tier Six!

If those Beast Masters from earlier knew Gu Xing’s thoughts, they’d likely want to find a post to bash their heads against.

After all, they risked their lives coordinating to kill demons.

And so far, their levels had only barely reached Awakening Tier Three.

But Gu Xing...

Reached Awakening Tier Six in half an hour, and still not satisfied!

Greedy!

So greedy!

Meanwhile.

Gu Xing was contemplating how to increase the speed of level advancement.

With Vera’s power, she could easily crush all demons within the Secret Realm.

Plus, with her potent area attack skills...

It meant that if he could attract enough demons at once...

Vera’s strength would then be able to annihilate the gathered demons instantly.

"Vera, when the demons gather, release your skills with full force!"

Vera turned her head in confusion.

Though she understood that congregating demons would be much more efficient...

The biggest issue was how to attract them all at once.

However.

In her astonishment.

Gu Xing cut his hand without hesitation, letting the fresh blood drip.

Demons are extremely sensitive to blood.

As long as there’s the scent of blood nearby, they can quickly gather in large numbers.

What’s more, the demons in the Secret Realm are already excessive!

But in the next moment, she widened her eyes in shock.

Gu Xing sliced his palm without hesitation, and the crimson blood droplets fell onto the charred ground.

"Master! You..."

Vera’s pupils contracted violently, then she lowered her head with reddened eyes.

"I’m sorry, Master, it’s all because Vera is useless, making you resort to this..."

Seeing the deeply remorseful little elf, Gu Xing was a bit taken aback.

But soon, he understood.

For a Guardian Beast, allowing their master to get injured is the greatest failure.

Seeing the little girl on the brink of tears.

Gu Xing quickly reassured her:

"It’s just a small wound, nothing much, besides, letting some blood out is actually good for health!"

"R-really?"

Vera looked up with doubt.

Under Gu Xing’s repeated assurances, she reluctantly calmed down.

Then, at Gu Xing’s request, Vera used Wind Magic to disperse the scent of blood.

It spread like a tide over a radius of three kilometers!

Upon catching its scent, all the demons simultaneously halted and turned their crimson eyes in one direction—

"Roar!!!"

Amid the continuous roars, the overwhelming Demon Tide frenziedly surged toward the source of the blood scent.

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