Chapter 542 – Super Treasure, Legend and Legendary Disciples

West Ridge City region, World Secret Realm entrance/exit.

Hum—

Space rippled, golden light shimmered, as one Legendary Realm figure after another leaped out from within.

These Legendary Realm powerhouses were all either city lords or commanding generals, figures who typically traveled with numerous attendants and carried an aura of nobility and greatness in their every movement.

Yet at this moment, these great legends were either covered in blood, their armor shattered, or looked as if they had been rolling in mud. Few could still maintain the dignified bearing expected of Legendary Realm experts.

‘When you get down to it, Legendary Realm experts are just powerful humans. They may appear as majestic as gods and demons in the eyes of ordinary people, but when faced with danger, they struggle for survival just like anyone else.’

Not to mention them, even Mu Yuan was no exception.

The only difference was that he preferred to make thorough preparations, taking steady approaches to avoid being forced into desperate situations.

From the accounts of these surviving Legendary Realm experts, Mu Yuan gathered more information about the situation inside the Secret Realm.

“Indeed, these waves of Monster Tides appeared abruptly, suddenly emerging in the inner regions of the Secret Realm. When they appeared, they had already completely spread out—otherwise the legends wouldn’t have been so disheveled.”

“Dragon’s Slumber Valley, Hand of the Sky, Devouring Swarm, Shadow Citadel… these notorious top-tier overlord forces have all made their appearance. They might have dispatched hundreds or even thousands of Legendary Realm experts!”

The crimson dragons, for instance, were the hallmark of Dragon’s Slumber Valley.

Legendary Realm experts from top overlords like Hand of the Sky and Devouring Swarm were also quite distinctive.

While not necessarily unique to them individually, when dozens or hundreds of similar legends gathered together, they formed unmistakably unique signatures.

“Crimson dragons possess combat power comparable to epic-tier units of the same realm, while other top overlords’ Legendary Realm experts also hold combat advantages over ordinary legends.”

It’s generally true that living legends tend to be stronger than monster legends.

But expecting a Legendary Realm expert with only an excellent-tier profession to defeat an epic crimson dragon of the same realm was simply asking too much.

Not that it was impossible, just that the vast majority couldn’t achieve it.

The Legendary Realm experts who entered the Secret Realm faced both the Monster Tide and thousands of monster legends, already at a severe numerical disadvantage.

When they encountered these monster legends originating from top overlords, they lost their individual combat advantage too, unable to even escape, leading to their successive falls within the realm.

Mu Yuan had no clear idea how many legends had perished in just this half day.

Of course, after digesting the gains from this Secret Realm expedition, there would undoubtedly be many Fourth Order limits breaking through to Legendary Realm, with numerous existing legends advancing further.

Inside the Secret Realm, the Tianyuan Legion withdrawing toward the exit encountered significant resistance.

Fortunately, under the leadership of powerful figures like Lu Liu, Sario, Bone Four, Laney, and Seventeen, the legion didn’t get bogged down, instead cutting through the massive waves as they advanced.

During this process, increasingly more monster legends took notice of their substantial group.

But simultaneously, many familiar and unfamiliar exploration teams joined their ranks.

For these teams, since they couldn’t hide or evade within the Monster Tide, it was better to gather with other groups and retreat outward together.By doing this, even though they would attract the attention of more monster legends, still…

“This team is too powerful!”

“Which Lord’s legion is this? Daring to bring so many Fourth Order ‘deadweights’ into the Secret Realm—they truly have remarkable skills!”

“Is this a combined force from several territories? There’s an undead system, an imperial guard system, a nun system…”

After all, the legends inside the Secret Realm came from all over the world.

Many of them weren’t even legends from major nations, and their information was more obscure, so naturally, they couldn’t recognize the Tianyuan Legion, which was only famous in Taixuan.

Within the team, only a very few individuals, such as Jiang Luoxing and Shen Linglong—a couple of Taixuan Lords—knew clearly that this was the Tianyuan City’s legion. Of course, they wouldn’t speak of it, only silently exclaiming “holy crap” in their hearts.

After nearly a full day of continuous battle, the Tianyuan City forces finally emerged from the Secret Realm.

Boom—

Hundreds of elites leaped out from the Secret Realm’s entrance, their bodies stained with monster blood, radiating an overwhelmingly thick aura of bloodlust.

Breaking through dozens of Monster Tides to return to Taixuan?

This wasn’t anything to be proud of—it was just standard procedure.

The returning Taixuan soldiers showed no joy of having survived a disaster; they simply returned to formation calmly and composedly, retreating to the temporarily set up camp to rest quietly.

The vast majority of the legends and exploration squads who returned with the forces didn’t appear here—they had entered through other Secret Realm entrances and would return to those same entrances. Only Shen Linglong and her subordinates returned to this location simultaneously.

Lu Liu, Seventeen, Sario, and the other Tianyuan Experts also didn’t exit through the Secret Realm entrance.

After escorting their own elites to safety, they still wanted to continue exploring.

How could mere Monster Tides and a few Legendary Realms block the steps of Tianyuan Experts?

This was also the mindset of many legendary powerhouses.

A batch of exploring Legendary Realms had fallen, another batch had withdrawn, and yet another batch of overconfident, self-important Legendary Realms had perished at the hands of powerful monsters.

But there remained a group of truly top-tier legendary existences.

Some possessed unparalleled combat power, capable of charging in and out of Monster Tides and monster legends’ encirclements seven times; others had special methods, allowing them to move freely within the Monster Tides.

Among the Tianyuan City powerhouses.

Sophia transformed into a Black Crow, completely blending into the Monster Tides. The tides instead became her cover.

Rakshasa transformed into a wisp of gray mist, also moving unhindered through the tides.

“Normal punch normal punch normal punch!”Boom—

A violent punch shattered the ground ahead, clearing a smooth path several thousand meters long with no obstructions.”

Uta strode across the avenue, soon completely breaking through the Monster Tide.

Ahead, there were no more obstacles, only vast, drifting white mist.

Several hours later.

Deep inside the World Secret Realm.

“I haven’t found any Treasures for several hours straight—could I have gone the wrong way?”

Sophia walked across the desolate land, constantly scanning her surroundings.

She had been advancing deeper into the Secret Realm.

After breaking through all the obstacles of the Monster Tides and continuing further inward, she no longer encountered large groups of monsters—her speed was, after all, countless times faster than the spread of the Monster Tides.

However, the deeper she went, the fewer Treasures she saw.

Sophia was starting to doubt her life choices.But turning back was even more impossible; the rear had long been submerged by the monster tide. Even if any remaining treasures were left, they had already fallen into the hands of the monsters.

What they could do was to quickly seize the treasures deep within the secret realm.

Moreover, according to normal logic, the further one ventured into the secret realm, the more precious the treasures discovered would be.

However, Sophia had yet to find anything, let alone Uta, Sickle Moon, and the others.

“Huh?”

In the vision of one of the black crows, it caught sight of a burst of energy light in the distance and the surging elemental particles in the world.

There was a fight.

Which almost always meant there were treasures.

The black crow immediately extended its wings, and the entire crow shot through the air like a fighter jet, yet without making a sound.

In the blink of an eye, the black crow landed on a withered giant tree, its cold, dark eyes gazing into the distance.

There, Legendary Realm experts were clashing, but the commotion from their battle had attracted one Legendary Realm expert after another, forcing them to cease their fight.

One by one, the Legendary Realm experts remained on guard, casting eager and greedy glances toward the center.

Treasures?

No, more than that!

“Four treasures!”

Sophia was also astonished.

Previously discovered treasure lands had only contained a single treasure or one type of opportunity.

But here, on an ancient altar, four magnificent glowing spheres floated.

Three of the glowing spheres shimmered with a deep purple radiance, symbolizing epic-grade items—and possibly not even ordinary epic ones.

Deep purple!

The last glowing sphere did not emit a purple radiance, nor did it shine with golden, blue, or green light.

It was a much larger, semi-transparent bubble compared to the first three, and one could vaguely glimpse the treasure inside.

And this treasure, Sophia happened to recognize!

She had used it not long ago.

A square altar, with four pillars supporting the heavens.

It was none other than the ‘Four Extremes Ascension Altar’!

…

“That glowing sphere represents the Ascension Altar, a special structure?!”

Mu Yuan was also surprised.

He had long coveted the Four Extremes Ascension Altar, but it was a wild miracle building—and the highest-level rule-based structure at that—completely unaffected by any person or thing.

Even the vast Taixuan Alliance couldn’t keep such a top-tier miracle building, and Mu Yuan wasn’t arrogant enough to think he could do it.

But,

“This is actually an obtainable treasure? Then it must be seized!”

Clearly, the other Legendary Realm experts thought the same.

Even if the Ascension Altar’s only function was to elevate the Domain Realm, offering no assistance to Soul Realm or Law Realm cultivation, it was still the most supreme cultivation treasure land.

After all,

“With the help of the Ascension Altar, a Peak Legendary could potentially advance to the Ten-Thousand-Meter Legendary, and a top-tier genius could break through their limits and forge a perfect domain!”

Mu Yuan murmured.

He had long understood the optimal way to use the Ascension Altar: wait until a powerhouse was stuck at a bottleneck, unable to progress further, before attempting it.

If a super Legendary was stuck at the 40,000-meter threshold, they could use the power of the Ascension Altar to condense a perfect domain in one go.

This was truly ascending to the heavens in a single step!

The Tianyuan General’s use of it was a waste.

But they had no choice. Opportunities like this didn’t give the user any options; it was already fortunate to encounter one.

“However, if it were in my hands, I could save the opportunity for the most suitable time.”

…

Outside the super treasure land.

A magnificent Epic Mage Tower hovered on the left, casting divine light all around.

This was one of the two sides that had just been fighting.To the right, contending against the Epic Mage Tower was a golden-hued elephant-man whose entire body shimmered with a dazzling radiance. His muscles were knotted and his physique powerfully built, this robust frame seemingly containing a volume of blood and vitality comparable to a vast lake, pressing down on the surrounding space until it nearly solidified.

The other Legends and several squads that had arrived outside this Treasure Land were no weaklings either.

Some hailed from top-tier territories.

Others were princes and princesses of empires.

Still others were disciples of Law Realm existences.

In total, they represented eight factions.

Sophia had also arrived here, clad in black robes, and she did not hold back from releasing her powerful aura.

Concealing her presence no longer held any meaning.

After all, a battle was inevitable.

A young man spoke up, “I am a prince of the Divine Wood Dynasty. I propose we decide the ownership of the treasures through the ancient method of champion duels—the strongest party selects first, followed by the second, third, and fourth. What do you all think? If we delay further, we might attract more competitors, or even monsters.”

A few of the other factions showed signs of agreement.

The elephant-man said, “We cannot afford to delay, that much is true. But why should I share the treasures with you weaklings?”

He sneered viciously, “I have never had the habit of giving up treasures!”

His body gleaming with golden light, he instantly appeared beside a Legend. With a sweep of his palm-leaf-fan-sized hand, “Boom!”—the Legend standing before the Divine Wood prince didn’t even have time to react before his entire body exploded into a mist of blood.

A Peak Heaven-Earth Realm expert, fallen!

The great battle erupted once more.

The Legend piloting the Epic Mage Tower shouted, “Everyone, let us join forces to drive this monster away!”

Six factions took action.

Yet this golden-bodied elephant-man was like a deity or demon. He ignored Domains and charged relentlessly, even the lethal strikes unleashed by the surrounding Legends were either disregarded or shattered with a single punch.

In contrast, the other Legends facing this elephant-man would be wounded upon contact, or killed upon impact.

“This guy is abnormal—he’s not just Epic! His golden body contains a trace of legendary power. This is a Legendary-grade Legacy!”

“This guy has obtained a great Opportunity left behind by a legendary being, or perhaps, he is even a Disciple of some great Legend!”

The storm surged violently.

Sophia stood firm amidst it, her black robes billowing.

The surrounding Legends, however, were in disarray, with only the Epic Mage Tower capable of facing him head-on.

But at least they were holding their ground.

The piloting Legend spoke, “You cannot repel us. Do you wish to continue this fight?”

The elephant-man sneered, “So what? My Senior Brother is already on his way.”

An even more terrifying existence?

If this elephant-man was indeed a Disciple of a Legend, it was not impossible!

The Legends engaged in the struggle turned their gazes toward Sophia and the surroundings.

They were well aware that there were still some Legends hidden around, waiting to play the role of the oriole stalking the mantis.

Now was the time to force them to join the fight.

They redirected the battle to the side.

Sophia spoke, “Actually, I want all the treasures here as well. I wonder if you would all be willing to part with them graciously.”

As she spoke, she extended her hand, and a surge of black feathers erupted from her palm, transforming into a black river. Within the river, ghostly flames flickered, Devouring everything.

Whoosh—

A Legend who had been preparing to redirect the calamity didn’t even have time to struggle before his entire body was swallowed into it.

Dissolved, annihilated!

Sophia’s over forty-thousand-meter Domain expanded without restraint, surpassing even the golden-bodied elephant-man.

A Disciple of a Legend?She is the legend.

At that moment,

“Clang—”

A sword light came from the west, upon which numerous majestic figures materialized.

The sword light pierced through the sky.

The energy shield surrounding the Epic Mage Tower—which had stood firm in the heavens, unshaken even by the immense power of the golden-bodied elephant-man—was instantly cleaved open.

The Epic Mage Tower trembled, scattering fragments of stone like falling rain.

In the next moment, the Mage Tower fled into the distance.

The surrounding legends also swiftly took flight.

They couldn’t win—they simply couldn’t win!

Were they truly in the Heaven-Earth Realm?!

A sword-wielding youth arrived on the scene.

The previously domineering elephant-man now wore a respectful expression. “Senior Brother.”

“There are still many people watching from the shadows.”

Just as Sophia was about to make a move, a smile suddenly graced her lips.

Whoosh!

A silver figure appeared beside her—it was Sickle Moon.

Thud!

Another robust figure rushed over from afar—it was Uta.

Uta fixed his gaze on the two figures in the distance, fearing that such excellent opponents might be taken from him. He immediately declared, “Lady, leave these two to me!”

“And me, awoo!” Sickle Moon raised her hand.

Sophia had no objections.

She wasn’t a battle maniac. For a non-combatant like her, dealing with those two would, well, be a bit of a hassle.

Leaving it to her teammates was the perfect solution.

(End of Chapter)