"After today, our mission might be completed," a young man said indistinctly as he ate dried meat.

His colleague beside him asked in some confusion, "What do you mean?"

The man swallowed the dried meat in his mouth upon hearing this, and then explained in a low voice, "The person who just went in should not be unfamiliar to you."

"I've heard the name many times, but it's the first time I've seen him in person."

The young man nodded upon hearing this, "The mad guy in this Secret Realm is his Guardian Beast."

"What? How is that possible? He's a disciple of the curator, how could he contract such a Guardian Beast."

"What's so impossible about that? I heard it's the handiwork of the Blood Demon Sect."

"I see, it seems being the curator's disciple isn't easy, but you said the mission would end early, what's that about?"

"That's simple. He's here this time to take that Guardian Beast away, and the Secret Realm is already littered with corpses; it's likely that only one out of every ten Star Beasts still survives. This Secret Realm is practically useless now, it makes no sense for us to stay here."

"That's true. Alas, it's a pity."

"What a pity?"

"The strength of that Guardian Beast is truly terrifying, fighting across levels is as simple as eating or drinking water. If it hadn't gone mad, its future accomplishments would have been limitless."

The Daoist Soldier seemed to realize something as he said this, and his face instantly turned unpleasant. He immediately turned and rushed towards the captain.

"Captain, big trouble!"

At this moment, a burly man heard the shout from the team member and said somewhat irritably, "What do you look like being all flustered."

The man didn't mind the captain's reprimand and continued to speak anxiously, "There's still a Soul-devouring Beetle in this Secret Realm."

"I know this, you want to say what exactly?"

"The Star Beasts in the Secret Realm have almost been wiped out by that Guardian Beast, making that Soul-devouring Beetle all the stronger. If they encounter it, there might be danger. And Chu Chen is the curator's disciple; if he has any accidents, we can't afford to take responsibility."

Upon hearing this, the burly man's expression suddenly shifted, and he immediately rushed towards the entrance of the Secret Realm.

At this time, Duan Yanyang came to the few people nearby and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Upon hearing this, the burly man could only introduce the situation all over again.

Duan Yanyang grabbed the burly man's collar coldly and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, if he has any accident, all of you will accompany him to his grave."

The burly man shivered suddenly upon hearing this, his legs instantly went weak, nearly causing him to fall to the ground.

Duan Yanyang lifted the burly man and tossed him into the Secret Realm, looked at the Daoist Soldiers coldly, and said, "Why haven't you all gone in."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned pale instantly; not daring to delay, they rushed into the Secret Realm.

Looking at the entrance of the Secret Realm, Duan Yanyang couldn't help but sigh, and he immediately took out his Communication Bracelet to inform Liu Hong of the situation here.

A moment later, Long Batian's Communication Bracelet suddenly began to vibrate.

At this time, Chu Chen started bestowing upon himself his fourth talent, Calm and Unflustered.

This talent was something Chu Chen chose long ago, but he wanted to see Lei Yao's situation before deciding whether to bestow it.

Calm and Unflustered was E-level, a talent he obtained by killing a Blood Demon Cultist, and he thought it was quite useless back then. Now, however, it's Divine Level for him.

Without hesitation, Chu Chen began bestowing it.

With a flash of Golden Radiance, the Slaughter Atlas completed the bestowing.

Chu Chen felt a sense of clarity in his mind, and his whole state of mind became peaceful.

At this moment, Lei Yao shook his head, and the bloodlust in his eyes began to dim but still didn't regain sanity.

Seeing this, Chu Chen was delighted. Based on Lei Yao's reaction, the talent indeed worked, but its effect wasn't very pronounced.

Chu Chen glanced at his Slaughter Value, his eyes fierce, and immediately started upgrading Calm and Unflustered, spending ten thousand points to raise it to D-level.

The frenzy in Lei Yao's eyes instantly faded somewhat.

Seeing this, Chu Chen spent a hundred thousand Slaughter Value points to raise Calm and Unflustered to C-level.

At this moment, Lei Yao's body suddenly shook, and the bloodlust in his eyes faded by half. He stepped back quickly with his hind legs.

After breaking out of combat, he looked at Chu Chen, a glimmer of rationality returning to his gaze. However, madness still occupied most of his eyes, indicating he hadn't fully recovered.

Seeing this, Chu Chen looked at his Slaughter Value again, gritted his teeth, and clicked upgrade once more.

With a flash of Golden Radiance, a million Slaughter Value points disappeared instantly. Looking at the three thousand or so points remaining, Chu Chen's emotions didn't change.

Not because he wasn't heartbroken over the Slaughter Value, but because B-level Calm and Unflustered's talent was so powerful that ordinary things barely disturbed his emotions.

At this moment, the bloodlust in Lei Yao's eyes completely disappeared, and no madness remained in his pupils.

He shook his head again, rubbed his eyes, and his gaze was filled with disbelief.

"Lei Yao."

Upon hearing the familiar call, Lei Yao immediately looked towards Chu Chen.

Seeing the master he'd longed for day and night, he let out a joyful howl and rushed towards Chu Chen.

Seeing this, Chu Chen was instantly overjoyed; at this moment, even B-level Calm and Unflustered struggled to suppress his inner joy.

Chu Chen leaped and landed on Lei Yao's shoulder, rubbing his head gently, he comforted, "Alright, everything's passed now. Let me see the results of your four-month-long cultivation."

Lei Yao nodded, his gaze falling upon the Soul-devouring Beetle, and he let out a terribly excited roar.

Seeing this, Chu Chen leaped again and landed steadily on Shadow Kill's back.

Looking at Lei Yao who had regained his senses, Shadow Kill was also extremely excited, continuously letting out "chirping" sounds.

Hearing the sounds from Shadow Kill, Lei Yao grinned and raised his right claw to wave at Shadow Kill.

At this moment, the Soul-devouring Beetle let out an angry roar, feeling disregarded, which made it extremely annoyed, being the absolute master of this Fourth-Level Secret Realm.

Dense dark elements quickly gathered towards it; in the blink of an eye, a black sphere with a diameter of about ten feet condensed in front of it.

Seeing this, Lei Yao didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless, and Thunder Blade was instantly condensed.

Thunder Blade and the dark sphere collided in mid-air, producing a thunderous explosion with its wild energy sweeping outwards.

"Boom."

Ultimately, Thunder Blade's energy was exhausted first, directly swallowed by the black sphere.

Facing the black sphere so close, Lei Yao let out an angry roar, raised his right fist, and directly punched toward it.

"Boom."

The black sphere instantly exploded, the dense dark elements engulfing Lei Yao.

The characteristic of dark elements is corrosion, as Lei Yao's crimson-gold fur was instantly corroded away, followed by his skin.

With a sizzling sound, the flesh was also being eroded by the dark elements.

Lei Yao felt the stinging pain from his body, his anger ignited instantly; he let out a roar as dense blood elements quickly gathered into his mouth.

The injuries on his skin were astonishingly healing at a visible speed. In just a few breaths, his injuries had healed completely, and his expended strength regained somewhat.

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