But now, a house-sized Time Gem, an entire hour's worth, had been absorbed by her alone, which made Xu Ran a bit worried.

Zhu Yuheng looked at the teammates who were concerned about her.

"I'm fine."

"Not only am I fine, but I can feel a lot of mysterious energy flowing through my body."

Xu Ran raised an eyebrow; this should be the doing of Zhu Yuheng at the end of time.

"What about the time flow speed?" Tiger Girl asked eagerly.

Though absorbing the Time Gem gave Zhu Yuheng the terrifying attack ability of [Time Manipulation],

what they were most concerned about was still the skill of time flow speed.

Speaking of time flow speed, Zhu Yuheng smiled.

"Compared to the beginning, the cost of accelerating time has been reduced by three times."

The cost has been reduced by three times.

Unexpectedly, upon just entering the Secret Realm, they received such a huge surprise.

The Exotic Crystal Beast Egg that Xu Ran obtained would take twenty years to hatch, which would cost Zhu Yuheng twenty years of her life if she accelerated time.

But now, with the cost of time acceleration reduced threefold, they were one step closer to successfully hatching the Crystal Beast Egg.

Moreover, with such a large Time Gem existing in the Secret Realm, there must be others scattered in different areas.

Perhaps this journey to the Secret Realm would allow Zhu Yuheng's [Time Acceleration] to fully evolve.

Then, Xu Ran looked at the Earth Vein: "There should be other Time Gems in the Secret Realm, right?"

Although it was a guess, he still decided to confirm it with the Earth Vein.

The Earth Vein nodded.

"Originally, there was only this one Time Gem in the Secret Realm, and because it's so large, it's enough for a Time Controller to cultivate."

"But the Secret Realm has existed for so long that in its peculiar environment, other places might indeed have Time Gems, but you need to find them yourselves."

As long as there are other Time Gems in the Secret Realm, that's all that matters.

After a brief exchange, Xu Ran led the team members out of the Earth Vein's sleeping area to search for opportunities.

As they walked, they helped Zhu Yuheng look for Time Gems, but after about an hour, they had found nothing.

As they continued walking, they arrived at a stretch of forest.

This forest was filled with Exotic Giant Woods, each a hundred meters tall and requiring dozens of people to encircle. They looked extremely majestic.

Immediately, Xu Ran felt a very familiar aura within these Exotic Giant Woods.

After a moment of reflection, he remembered it.

Isn't this the same Exotic Giant Wood he had seen in the first-level Contaminated Area before?

The only difference in aura: one was contaminated, and the other was full of Spiritual Qi; otherwise, they were identical.

"Could these Exotic Giant Woods also be hiding Wood Hearts?" Xu Ran mused aloud.

Tiger Girl, who was standing next to Xu Ran, overheard him.

"Bro, what's a Wood Heart?"

Xu Ran explained: "Do you remember the time I went to train in the first-level Contaminated Area? There, I obtained a Wood Heart from a tree spirit, which raised my Qi Blood Value to a million level."

With a keen mind, Zhu Yuheng gazed at the Giant Wood Forest before them.

"Little Ran, are you saying that this Giant Wood Forest right in front of us might all have Wood Hearts?"

Xu Ran nodded: "That's right!"

Tiger Girl was also thrilled: "What are we waiting for, let's go check it out."

Having heard Xu Ran's account, they knew that obtaining a Wood Heart could instantly boost their Qi Blood Value by ten thousand.

With countless Exotic Giant Woods before them, if there were indeed Wood Hearts, wouldn't their Qi Blood Value instantly escalate to the tens of millions!

Tiger Girl, leading the way with her small blade, approached a Giant Wood. After confirming the surroundings were clear, she began peeling off the bark.

Layer after layer, again and again.

As the bark decreased, the red interior of the Giant Wood was revealed.

Xu Ran, recognizing this familiar color, smiled subtly: "It really does have one."

At the next moment, Tiger Girl shouted: "Yes, there's really a Wood Heart inside."

The group, hearing this, all gathered around.

In Tiger Girl's hand was a bright red Wood Heart.

They all turned to Xu Ran: "Captain, is this it?"

Xu Ran nodded: "Yeah!"

With Xu Ran's confirmation, Tiger Girl directly absorbed the Wood Heart in her hand.

Instantly, Tiger Girl clearly felt her Qi Blood Value increase by ten thousand.

"Bro, my Qi Blood Value increased by ten thousand." Tiger Girl cheered excitedly.

The team members were equally thrilled.

"Ten thousand... a single Wood Heart can boost it by ten thousand Qi Blood, that's amazing."

"With this Giant Wood Forest, we can enhance our Qi Blood to tens of millions, even over a hundred million, without even cultivating."

"No wonder it's a Secret Realm left by the last civilization, just one forest has such astonishing effects."

Xu Ran's eyes sparkled as he looked at the Giant Wood Forest before them.

"This Giant Wood Forest must have at least tens of thousands of Giant Woods; if we absorb all the Wood Hearts here, wouldn't I become invincible?"

One Wood Heart equates to ten thousand Qi Blood; ten thousand Wood Hearts equate to a hundred million Qi Blood!

If I had a hundred million Qi Blood, coupled with the various skills gained through my discipline, I could single-handedly solve the issue of Blue Star being invaded.

He might even venture into the Exotic Star alone to eradicate all the monsters.

As the group was immersed in joy, the silhouette of the blue-clad girl appeared in front of them.

"Don't get too excited yet."

Tiger Girl was puzzled: "Why not?"

The blue-clad girl explained: "This Secret Realm is meant for cultivators to train; it's not there to make them invincible instantly. Therefore, the Secret Realm has its own rules."

Xu Ran was surprised: "What rules?"

"Everyone is limited to cutting down 100 Giant Woods and obtaining a hundred Wood Hearts."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a bit disappointed.

Tiger Girl: "I thought we could catch up to bro by absorbing Wood Hearts."

Ningshuang: "What a shame, only allowed to cut down a hundred Giant Woods."

Guan Xin: "Even though a hundred Wood Hearts can enhance a million Qi Blood, it's still a huge discrepancy."

Zhu Yuheng consoled them: "A hundred Wood Hearts are still great; at least we can all become strong cultivators of the Yue Realm."

Xu Ran also felt a bit let down, but he comforted everyone.

"Even if the Secret Realm allows endless logging of Giant Woods and absorption of Wood Hearts, we can't expect to absorb them all."

"If we absorbed everything, what about the cultivators who come later?"

That said, Xu Ran couldn't help but feel a bit disheartened.

Nevertheless, it's still quite good.

He currently has a Qi Blood of 4 million, adding 1 million brings it to 5 million, with his abilities, he could instantly kill an opponent with 40 million Qi Blood.

Faced with the previous Desert Celestial Calamity, there would be no need to trigger the death-activated [Bloodthirsty Immortal Bone]; he could end it with a lift of his hand.

Although the group was disappointed, having been comforted, it's now time to cut down the trees.

In half an hour, everyone obtained a hundred Wood Hearts.

Of course, Xu Ran had an additional gain.

[Extraction successful, Venerable Golden Blood +0.05 drops.]

[Extraction successful, Venerable Golden Blood +0.05 drops.]

[Extraction successful, Venerable Golden Blood +0.05 drops.]

[Extraction successful, Venerable Golden Blood +0.05 drops.]

...

While cutting down the Giant Woods, Xu Ran also obtained 5 drops of Venerable Golden Blood.

Tiger Girl had absorbed one, leaving her with ninety-nine more.

Subsequently, everyone sat cross-legged to absorb the Wood Hearts.

Xu Ran looked at the blue-clad girl: "Please keep a watch around us, and alert us immediately if anything arises."

The blue-clad girl: "No problem."

Then, Xu Ran began absorbing his hundred Wood Hearts.

As each Wood Heart disappeared, everyone's Qi Blood increased by ten thousand each.

Green light shone from each person.

Tiger Girl was the most excited; with every absorption, she would quietly say, "Ten thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand."

The team's other members, infected by Tiger Girl, subconsciously murmured "Ten thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand."

Soon, the group had absorbed all one hundred Wood Hearts.

Tiger Girl slowly opened her eyes, golden pupils whirling with Taoist patterns, appearing extraordinarily profound.

Zhu Yuheng experienced similarly, surrounded by the white stream of light emanating from absorbing the Space Gem.

Around Tang Chichi, the [Three-Phase Transformation Shield] rose, emitting a force as weighty as Mount Tai.

Ningshuang's body displayed several [Divine Dragon Marks], her aura steadily rising, even surpassing Tiger Girl's.

From where Guan Xin sat, countless sprouts burst from the soil, their potent life force causing the Giant Wood Forest behind to sway in response.

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