Chapter 538 – Each Gains Their Own, Those Who Cannot Be Opposed

Mountains hung upside down, waterfalls flowed backwards.

Like a mirage, these scenes manifested in the distant sky.

The mountain range stretched endlessly, seemingly without end. The cascading waterfalls flowed upwards into a vast marsh.

The Inverted Mountain!

This served as the boundary marker between the outer and inner circles of the Secret Realm!

It wasn’t so much an obstacle; more accurately, the heavens and earth of the Secret Realm’s inner circle and outer regions were precisely inverted.

They needed to fly from this side to the other, entering another, flipped world.

The two realms were far apart, with significant pressure resistance in between. Even beings inherently capable of flight like the Winged Folk, birds, or angels, at the Fourth Order limit, could scarcely hope to cross this chasm.

Only those in the Legendary Realm, harnessing the power of heaven and earth, could traverse it.

Yet, it was no easy feat.

If one needed to carry or escort others, the difficulty increased exponentially. Newly advanced Legends weren’t even qualified to look after others.

“Screech~”

Asun sang out, cried loudly, and with a flap of its wings, it effortlessly crossed over.

Midway, it had to endure the sensation of the world inverting and space turning chaotic several times—this was part of the challenge of crossing the chasm.

But for an experienced veteran like Asun, it not only flew swiftly but also steadily.

Do you even understand the prestige of being the fastest in Tianyuan and having served as the Lord’s early mount?!

“Whoosh~”

The fierce winds began to calm as Asun, riding the wind, descended to a lower altitude.

Its eyes sharp, it immediately spotted a glimmer of light within the hazy white mist not far away.

It was a treasure enveloped in a blue glow, resembling an ancient parchment scroll.

「Miracle Blueprint: Blank (Copy)」

「Grade: Excellent」

「Description: Can copy a Miracle Building of no higher than Excellent grade and generate the corresponding blueprint.」

This was a rather valuable treasure.

The value of a Miracle Blueprint was inherently dozens, even hundreds of times that of Materials of the same grade. And this blank blueprint was equivalent to being able to freely choose any Excellent-grade building.

Thus, its value was even higher, almost comparable to relatively ordinary Epic Treasures.

To find such a precious treasure right upon entry—truly worthy of a World Secret Realm. Love it, love it.

Asun’s merit +1.

“Well then, let’s part ways here. Wishing everyone bountiful gains.”

“If you encounter any accidents or discover any special Opportunity Treasure Lands, contact us promptly.”

Sophia said.

Riding the A Sun Number was to reach this area faster, but upon arrival, naturally, the group wouldn’t continue as a team.

Asun also wouldn’t use Soaring Nine Heavens anymore.

At such high speeds, discovering treasures was impossible, and when using Soaring Nine Heavens, it had to fly high into the sky, unable to skim at low altitudes.

Solo exploration was the most efficient choice.

Of course, this also spoke to the confidence of Tianyuan City’s generals.

Even the relatively weaker ones among them, Kibi and Grass Branch, were still top-tier powerhouses within the Legendary Realm.

The several individuals scattered, each beginning their exploration using their own adept methods.

Asun soared upwards, deciding to fly deeper in first before searching slowly.

Rakshasa transformed into a wisp of gray-brown mist, drifting towards the distant mountains.

Grass Branch, being a nature spirit, merged into the vegetation with a ‘poof,’ continuously shifting among the forests.

Kibi dispersed into countless bats spreading out in all directions.

At roughly the same time.The chimes “ding-ling,” “ding-ling” incessantly rang in Mu Yuan’s ears.

「Prompt: Your Hero ‘Rakshasa’ has obtained the Advanced Material ‘Dragon Gall Beard’.」

「Prompt: Your Hero ‘Sophia’ has obtained the Advanced Weapon ‘Sky Thunder Needle’.」

「Prompt: …」

Treasures acquired by non-Hero units wouldn’t trigger immediate notifications, but Mu Yuan, connected to everyone inside the Secret Realm through the mental network, knew full well they were reaping bountiful rewards.

It was like picking up money with a sack on your back!

Of course,

some of the more advanced Treasures weren’t simply there for the taking—explorers would face layers of obstacles and trials.

If one’s own strength was insufficient, even arriving at the fastest speed would only result in leaving empty-handed.

“This is… an illusion!”

Sophia stood amidst a dense forest.

She had been circling this area for dozens of seconds before barely noticing something amiss.

“It’s too natural, without the slightest trace of Illusion craftsmanship. One could only say this is the work of a naturally formed illusion from heaven and earth.”

But now that she had detected the anomaly, using her Nightshade Eyes to observe briefly revealed the paths within the illusion.

Only the paths, however.

She couldn’t dismantle this illusion. It was intertwined with the entire environment; even if she used great force to destroy it, the illusion would reconstruct itself within seconds.

“Quite mystical. This place might be worth having Red Robe come take a look.”

Sophia chose to mark the location.

The rules of this Secret Realm were powerful—the Lord’s innate abilities couldn’t extend here—but they each carried a Mind Seed within them, effectively acting as signal transmitters.

They could serve as coordinate points for one another, and by comparing distances multiple times, they could roughly estimate the spacing between them.

As Sophia pondered this, she had already passed through the illusory terrain.

Before her lay a clear, serene lake, and above it, suspended high, was a Treasure with purple rays of light swirling around it.

With no further surprises, Sophia commanded her Incarnation to fly up and retrieve the pearl.

「Sky Illusion Pearl」

「Grade: Epic」

「Description: Greatly enhances Illusion abilities and allows shattered illusions to restore within a short time.」

A precious Treasure, acquired.

…

Elsewhere.

A wisp of cloud and mist descended, transforming into the dark-skinned, muscular figure of Rakshasa.

He looked ahead.

At the center of a desolate, shattered rocky woodland stood a majestic gray stele towering high.

「Treasure Land: Revelation Stele-Dark」

「Description: Touch to gain special insights. The higher one’s innate talent, the deeper the insights obtained.」

「Current remaining insights: 200/200」

Rakshasa stepped forward and pressed his hand against it.

Hum—

The world inverted, and he found himself in a gray, misty expanse—barren, deathly silent, with only pale white bones stretching forward, piling up into a ten-thousand-meter mountain.

“Dang—”

A bell tolled, and Rakshasa’s mind returned.

“Not bad.”

This Treasure Land had minimal effect on him; the highest insight it could offer was a ten-thousand-meter mountain, but his own comprehension already spanned tens of thousands of meters.

“For the skeletons and Specters who haven’t yet stepped into the Legendary Realm, though, it seems quite beneficial—it could help them open their Domains.”

Rakshasa thought to himself and marked this location.

After a moment’s consideration, he sprouted two additional pairs of arms from his back. With six large hands gripping the gray stele, he exerted immense force.

Boom—

The earth trembled, dust billowed, but the entire stele remained completely unmoved.”As expected…”

Rakshasa wasn’t particularly surprised either. Without lingering further, he transformed into mist with a whoosh and ventured deeper into the unknown.

…

“Tap~ tap~ tap~”

Uta walked barefoot across the desolate, rubble-strewn ground, his gaze sweeping the surroundings.

His luck seemed somewhat poor—after searching for over half an hour, he had found nothing.

Suddenly, as he rounded a corner, a glimmer of purple light appeared in his vision.

“An Epic Treasure?”

He grew somewhat excited.

He himself didn’t need any treasures, confident that his fists and feet were the strongest weapons. Yet Uta was well aware that his territory lacked treasures, and many of his companions needed weapons like Epic Treasures.

Striding forward, his rough, large hand reached out to grab it when his Willpower Light suddenly issued a warning.

“Thud—”

Uta’s muscles instantly tensed. The ground didn’t crack, but he had already appeared a hundred meters away.

Frowning, he stared ahead.

There, a golden spear was embedded in the ground, half of its shaft submerged. The surrounding earth rapidly turned gold and, in the blink of an eye, silently crumbled and vanished.

Uta’s eyes widened.

He didn’t like using his brain in fights, but that didn’t mean he had no brains at all.

He had a little!

His Physical Body was incredibly tough—even extraordinary-level weapons could only leave white marks on it, and he could withstand legendary-level attacks without sustaining serious injuries.

Yet just now, he had sensed a lethal threat.

That inconspicuous thrown spear, which had only shattered a few meters of ground, was something his body couldn’t block.

Uta was no stranger to such overpowered lethality.

It was conceptual.

He looked up.

On a small hill several thousand meters away stood a young man in golden battle armor, holding a spear in one hand, frozen in a throwing posture.

…

“Uta encountered an unfamiliar powerhouse?”

Mu Yuan had long instructed his generals to report situations promptly for coordination.

With the mental network connecting everyone, Uta and the others could convey messages with a single thought, without hindering their exploration or combat.

However…

“To encounter other explorers at this point already.”

He was well aware of how much faster Asun’s flight speed was compared to other explorers.

Over long distances, the speed difference could be dozens of times.

Other legends were still trudging along in their flights at this stage.

Mu Yuan wasn’t entirely surprised.

The Wind King’s Wings weren’t exclusive to him, though not every pair could Awaken a skill like ‘Soaring Nine Heavens.’

Besides the Wind King’s Wings, other Epic lifeforms or Epic Treasures couldn’t be ruled out from possessing similar ‘Godspeed’ abilities.

Not to mention distant examples, just possessing a High-Epic Treasure with the ‘Godspeed’ concept would allow the user to fly extremely fast.

Mu Yuan never dared to underestimate others.

Especially in such a vast world.

…

“Swish, swish, swish—”

Golden spears fell like rain, riddling the entire ground with holes in an instant.

The earth shattered inch by inch, and the flying debris turned to dust mid-air.

Yet within this golden downpour, a burly figure moved with effortless grace. Often, even when the golden spear rain was mere half an inch away, the muscular man would brush past it without changing expression.

This was absolute confidence!

Uta wasn’t just about brute strength and a tough Physical Body.His formidable strength stemmed from day after day of rigorous training and life-or-death battles. His power never came effortlessly—even after being bathed in the Lord’s radiant grace, he would redouble his efforts tenfold, proving himself worthy of such might.

He possessed absolute control over his physical body!

Thud!

Uta stomped on the air, generating explosive cracks with each step.

He soared skyward as if ascending a celestial staircase, closing in on the golden-armored legend standing atop the mountain peak.

“Golden Spear—Heaven-Suppressing Strike!”

The mysterious legend growled.

His muscles bulged, surging energy overflowing as veins crawled up his cheeks.

The Golden Spear in his hand suddenly expanded hundreds of times, transforming into a colossal golden pillar connecting heaven and earth before crashing down.

Instantly, space itself froze, with golden hues spreading inch by inch.

It seemed intent on turning the entire world to gold before shattering it to dust.

Boom—

The next moment, the frozen space shattered.

The brawny man steamed with crimson flames, his hair standing on end as space trembled around him, radiating a terrifying aura akin to a demon god.

In a flash, he appeared before the youth.

“Serious Punch!”

Clang—

A hexagonal black shield, half a person’s height, materialized out of nowhere, blocking Uta’s path.

The fist force wrapped in blood-red energy surged forward, violently shaking the shield engraved with countless mysterious runes. The dispersed shockwaves obliterated the entire mountain peak.

The residual momentum sent both the shield and the youth flying over ten thousand meters away.

The youth’s expression shifted again.

Watching the inhumanly fierce brawny man charging through the air, he didn’t hesitate. Crouching on the black hexagonal shield, he shot away like a streak of light, vanishing beyond the horizon’s end.

His speed and decisive escape left Uta momentarily stunned.

“Running? He’s running?”

Weren’t they just in the heat of battle?

Shouldn’t a true macho man keep fighting?

Uta was dumbfounded. How could this guy have so little martial spirit!

…

The golden-armored youth didn’t stop until he’d flown hundreds of kilometers on his hexagonal shuttle, finally daring to pause for breath.

Gasping, his eyes flickered with uncertainty.

“That guy is absolutely a monster!”

His Golden Spear was a High-Epic weapon—not only incredibly fast but possessing conceptual “golden transmutation” abilities, alongside spatial suppression and size alteration effects.

Normally, even Peak Heaven-Earth Realm experts couldn’t withstand a single strike from it.

Yet that monster’s speed was unreal.

And compared to his speed, the monster’s offensive power was even more terrifyingly ferocious.

“If the Elder hadn’t bestowed the High-Epic Treasure ‘Limitless Sky Shield’ before entering the Secret Realm—a treasure combining flight and autonomous defense—I’d have been dead already.”

His golden armor would never have held.

He hadn’t even been able to react properly.

Even with the Limitless Sky Shield, he doubted it could fully protect him. The sheer terror he’d felt in his soul when that punch came flying—it was indescribable!

“I still have some ultimate techniques I didn’t get to use, but…”

The youth didn’t believe unleashing all his trump cards would guarantee victory against that monster.

After all,

that muscular freak hadn’t even used a single Epic Treasure yet!The young man, holding two High-Epic Treasures and considered a prodigy himself, had initially believed he was invincible in the Heaven-Earth Realm Battlefield.

Little did he expect to suffer a major setback so soon after entering.

“Who exactly is this person?”

“Is he a secret weapon cultivated by the Eternal Star Empire? Or perhaps a young prodigy from the Holy Griffin Empire? Or maybe a blessed one of some ancient deity?”

The youth from the Myriad Phenomena Empire had no idea.

He only knew one thing: this person was not to be challenged.

“That’s right!”

The young man hurriedly took out a communication treasure, transmitting information to the prodigious experts belonging to the same faction as him.

This communication treasure was highly advanced, capable of transmitting images.

He solidified the memory of the brawny man into it and sent it to his colleagues along with this message:

“This person possesses godlike martial prowess. If encountered, do not engage.”

Next chapter not finished yet, definitely 8K tomorrow, QAQ

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