Chapter 305 – Your Strength is Average, Try to Keep Out of Fights and Preserve Your Energy

As soon as the two appeared, Yin Muqing, who had been at the front of the team using a jamming device to communicate remotely, immediately stopped what she was doing.

She put away the jamming device, and the surface of her silver combat suit emitted a layer of glowing light. She naturally floated up into the air and moved towards the two approaching Sleepless.

“Ah…”

Lu Yuan saw Yin Muqing and the other two chatting in midair. All three were enveloped in the unique glow of Starry Sky martial arts practitioners.

He finally had to admit.

At least in one respect, pure martial arts couldn’t compare to Starry Sky martial arts.

In Starry Sky martial arts, as long as one could activate a star acupoint within their body, they could control a considerable amount of cosmic energy, enough to overcome gravity and achieve effortless flight.

“I can only hover briefly for now. I wonder if, as my blood sphere continues to grow, I can elevate the energy of my life field to a level that defies gravity, like in my demon form…”

Lu Yuan watched as Yin Muqing and the two supernova members from the Sleepless side communicated without expression.

He casually summoned the robot that had just delivered the supply pack and requested ten portions of high-energy food, replacing all the useless Potions in his supply pack.

After the blood sphere in his body was depleted, eating was the fastest way to replenish.

These ultra-high-energy compressed foods were like blood vials to him.

“Starry Sky martial arts can easily absorb a large amount of cosmic energy from the air through a star acupoint to make up for its own consumption. In this aspect, the pure martial artist system is inferior again.”

Of course, pure martial arts had its advantages over Starry Sky martial arts.

Its structure was more perfect, forming an integrated whole. All aspects of its abilities were very balanced, with almost no weaknesses.

The control over its Strength was intricate and precise, making combat performance extremely stable.

It had a sense of self-sufficiency, like a small world unto itself.

“If only I could combine the strengths of these two systems and create a new one…”

Of course, the possibility was even more remote than Lu Yuan successfully switching to Starry Sky martial arts while ensuring his own “immortality.” It was merely a passing thought.

Just as Lu Yuan was about to activate the Grandmaster Meditation Battle and spar with the two supernova members from Javier’s side, the three in midair quickly finished their conversation.

They each returned along the original path.

Before long, Lu Yuan received notice to prepare for entry into the elephant deity secret realm.

He quickly stood up and followed the Yellow Bear members toward the massive black vortex not far away in the gobi desert.

Unconsciously, Han Xun approached him and quietly said, “Most of the keys to the secret realm are from us, so we can enter the realm ten hours earlier…”

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered briefly, and he nodded without saying a word.

Soon, they arrived at the black vortex.

Yin Muqing took the lead, transforming into a silver streak as she swiftly entered the vortex.

The Flying Bear Generals followed her lead.

Lu Yuan glanced over at the Sleepless group and saw the two supernova members quietly observing the scene.

He looked away and followed Han Xun into the vortex.

…

“Buzz-“

As soon as Lu Yuan stepped into the secret realm, before he could even notice the changes in air, temperature, and light, he immediately felt a surge of pressure on his body.

The blood sphere in his chest spun slightly, and the sudden pressure disappeared instantly.

Looking ahead, he saw the faint energy radiance on several of the Flying Bear Generals, though it was fleeting.

Gravity!

The gravity here was much stronger than outside.

Approximately twenty times stronger.

This tremendous gravity, powerful enough to crush an ordinary person to death by internal organ rupture, was nothing for the Flying Bear General group, whose lowest Strength level was SS.

“There’s a small amount of toxins in the air, FGJ index1 over 4.0…”

Someone in the group reported a string of data, and everyone quickly made the necessary adjustments.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, was observing the environment ahead.

The sky was unsurprisingly dark gray.

It looked like a bowl of spilled black sesame paste, but in the far distance, there was a thick smudge of red, with black edges resembling the rim of a bowl.

The ground beneath their feet was uneven, covered with jagged black stones, with faint red light seeping through the gaps.

Surrounding them were strangely shaped trees, not closely packed, with branches and leaves interwoven like the fingers of monsters.

So, the place where they had emerged was… a forest?

Lu Yuan wasn’t entirely sure.

Suddenly, he felt a burning sensation in his right chest where the elephant deity curse was located!

In fact, the skin on his chest hadn’t changed in temperature; the heat seemed to come from his consciousness.

Lu Yuan abruptly lifted his head, eyes fixed in a certain direction.

But he quickly calmed down.

“Everyone, take out your collectors…”

Yin Muqing’s voice rang out. At this moment, she was emitting a faint radiance, holding a silver-white alloy long blade that appeared quite striking in the dim environment.

“Collectors?”

Lu Yuan was momentarily puzzled, but quickly realized that the so-called collectors referred to the spherical devices distributed to everyone before entering the secret realm.

Imitating the others, he nonchalantly switched on his sphere.

Once activated, it immediately hovered and followed beside him.

Soon, a faint white light began to emanate from the bottom of each person’s sphere.

From the white light, Lu Yuan felt a faint suction, and he saw tiny Scarlet dust-like particles being drawn from the gaps between the stones beneath his feet, swiftly entering the sphere.

In an instant, the entire Yellow Bear exploration team seemed to be enveloped in a dreamlike red mist.

“This is…”

Surprised, Lu Yuan glanced at Han Xun beside him, who explained, “It’s a mysterious extraordinary substance with numerous applications. It’s an important raw material for superalloys, used in weapons, Mecha… many domains need it. It’s considered a critical strategic resource. But usually, it’s only found within the evil deity secret realms…”

Lu Yuan initially wanted to question why no one was collecting this stuff the last time he entered the Wailing Ruins.

But then he quickly thought otherwise.

Since it’s an important strategic resource, it’s likely harvested as soon as a secret realm opens.

The Wailing Ruins, being an “old” secret realm, probably had nothing left to collect.

No wonder the Yellow Bear team had negotiated to enter the elephant deity secret realm just ten hours earlier, despite providing most of the keys, in their deal with the Sleepless organization.

Lu Yuan now understood that with these ten hours, they could collect a significant amount of extraordinary material.

“Swish-“

At that moment, a sharp whistling sound sliced through the air.

Lu Yuan quickly looked up, just in time to see a flash of silver light before his eyes.

He then saw Yin Muqing, who was floating in midair at the front of the team, with a cold expression as she slowly sheathed her longblade.

At her feet lay a bizarre creature, split in half.

It was black, about the size of a goat, and had a grotesque appearance.

Of course, it was now very much dead.

Yin Muqing’s collector was extracting some viscous red and black fluid from the dead monster.

“Dispose of the body.”

Yin Muqing casually flicked the blood off her longblade and instructed a nearby Twin-winged Bear.

She then scanned the group from her elevated position and said coldly, “Everyone, form groups of two to three and start the exploration. We will regroup at the forest’s edge…”

“Understood.”

The Flying Bear Generals had no objections and quickly dispersed.

“Old Han!”

Lu Yuan saw a middle-aged man, wearing a chest emblem with four wings, calling out to han xun.

han xun shook his head. The man glanced at Lu Yuan but said nothing, quickly joining two others and heading in another direction.

“Let’s go.”

han xun beckoned Lu Yuan to follow him.

Lu Yuan nodded and obediently trailed behind han xun.

Before leaving, he glanced in Yin Muqing’s direction and saw her lift off into the air, flying ahead like a glowing beacon, unafraid of attracting any unknown threats lurking in this eerie forest.

“The process of exploring the secret realm requires extreme caution. Never underestimate any potential danger…”

“Every secret realm guide is written in blood…”

Lu Yuan followed han xun towards the western side.

As they walked, han xun shared his experience while leading the way. He conjured an icy blue longblade, frost spreading underfoot.

From time to time, he sliced through the entangled branches and vines with his shimmering frost-filled blade.

Suddenly.

“Swish-“

Several large black shadows shot out from the dim forest, blocking their path.

Lu Yuan focused his gaze and saw three grotesque creatures reflected in his eyes.

They were as big as lions or tigers, pitch-black all over, with skin seemingly covered in fine black scales.

Their heads resembled the elephant men emissaries Lu Yuan had seen many times before, but below the elephant trunk, they had bloodthirsty maws lined with sharp teeth.

These three ancient elephant deity creatures stared coldly at Lu Yuan and han xun, their bodies emitting strong waves of evil energy.

“S+, SS, SS-…”

Lu Yuan’s eyes assessed the evil energy levels of the three ancient elephant deity creatures.

Two of them had actually reached the emissary level.

He couldn’t help but be secretly shocked. They had only just left the secret realm entrance, and they were already encountering such high-level ancient evil deity creatures.

No wonder this elephant deity secret realm was rated as SSS sub-legendary level.

The elite mini-bosses he had fought in the Wailing Ruins would only count as cannon fodder here.

He then thought further.

If a sub-legendary level secret realm was already this difficult, how perilous must a true legendary level secret realm be?

No wonder it was said that in the “Embers Mountain” secret realm, Fei Xiong level experts had to return for “tempering” every day.

“Judging by this, if I went to Embers Mountain now, chances are I’d get killed…”

As Lu Yuan was reflecting, a chilling figure like an ice mountain stepped in front of him.

Then, han xun’s calm voice rang out, “Your strength is average. Try to avoid fighting and preserve your strength to protect yourself. I’ll handle them…”

“Uh…”

Lu Yuan blinked, but before he could respond, han xun had already transformed into a dark blue cold wave, surging towards the three ancient elephant deity creatures.

The creatures immediately let out low growls, their single eyes on their foreheads emitting Scarlet and evil light as they lunged at han xun.

“Swish-“

With a lift of his longblade, han xun instantly froze the surrounding area in a terrifying chill.

He then casually swung his blade, slicing one of the ancient elephant deity creatures cleanly in half.

Just as he was about to deal with the remaining two, the thick ice suddenly shattered, and the two creatures attacked han xun from the left and right.

Footnote:

1. FGJ index(FGJ指数): The FGJ Index is a metric used to measure the concentration of harmful toxins in the air. This index helps us understand the quality of the air we breathe, specifically by quantifying the levels of certain chemical substances.