173: The Crypt King's Three-Level Treasure

Far away, across several mountain peaks, a dazzling beam of light suddenly pierced the night sky.

The dark yellow halo, like the dawn before daybreak, illuminated the entire sky as if it were daytime.

Chen Xing’s phone rang urgently at this moment, breaking the stillness of the night.

“The Secret Realm has opened, come quickly to the entrance.” The voice on the other end of the line was clear and familiar, instantly bringing a figure to Chen Xing’s mind.

“Ji Xiaoyu?” He asked tentatively.

“It’s me. Xiao Yu helped you secure a spot. I’m at the Secret Realm entrance now; come as soon as possible.”

Chen Xing suddenly realized it was indeed her—Ji Xiaoyu, the senior who worked at the Foreign Civilization Research Institute.

He had seen her in the car when his mentor came to see him for the second time.

He hastily replied, “Sister Ji, I’ll be there right away.”

He guessed that the opening of this Secret Realm might be related to some foreign civilization research in the Earth Cave King’s labyrinth.

After all, for an expert like Ji Xiaoyu to come personally, there must be a deeper meaning.

The Secret Realm entrance was not far from the farm.

Four Phases carried Chen Xing, and they quickly arrived at their destination.

Before leaving, he asked East Ruler to stay at the farm.

Chen Xing took a new, crystal-clear large glass jar from the house and solemnly handed it to East Ruler.

East Ruler, with his chubby body sitting on the ground, showed no awareness of being the Beast Taming left behind; instead, he tightly hugged the glass jar with both paws, as if the whole world was contained within it.

“You must guard the house well and don’t run around,” Chen Xing repeatedly instructed.

East Ruler nodded and responded with two ‘ao ao’ calls. (I will protect everyone.)

However, Chen Xing was still a little worried.

East Ruler was still a bit naive; he might easily be tricked if he encountered someone cunning.

He pondered for a moment and decided to call his sister.

“Hello?” His sister’s gentle voice came from the other end of the line.

“Sis, I have something I need to leave for now. Can you help me check on the farm?” He anxiously requested.

“Send me the location,” his sister replied briefly.

“Thanks, Sis!” Chen Xing felt a warmth in his heart.

With his sister coming over, he could probably rest assured.

Based on previous experience, people from the Tactical Bureau and Guards Bureau would soon arrive to maintain order.

Of course, the order here was limited to the urban area; there were not many rules in the first month after the Secret Realm descended.

After being fed Intermediate Carnivorous Pet Food during this period, East Ruler’s energy level had reached 43.

However, his size had not increased much. Seeing that his mother, the Lapis Lazuli Holy Light Dragon, was only about ten meters tall, Chen Xing knew that East Ruler himself was not a giant beast of massive proportions.

Among Beast Taming, he could only be considered an ordinary medium-to-large size.

And among Dragon race, the Lapis Lazuli Holy Light Dragon race is even smaller in size, belonging to the “loli” type. It is said that a male Great Sun Radiance Silver Dragon is about fifty meters long…

So Chen Xing felt that East Ruler’s size could still increase a bit.

Inheriting his father’s genes, it was normal for his length to reach a limit of fifty meters, right?

When they arrived in the foreign land, he could acquire some steaks to help East Ruler grow a bit more.

For example, the Flame-Patterned Giant Dragon he saw in the illusion earlier was about fifty meters long, with a wingspan of nearly a hundred meters.

After giving East Ruler some instructions, Chen Xing left the farm with his Beast Taming.

When Chen Xing arrived at the Secret Realm entrance, a hugecrack entrance was forming.

This was the first time Chen Xing had witnessed the process of a Secret Realm descending.

A hugecrack was slowly forming, like a scar between heaven and earth. This was the intersection of two spaces, colliding and merging at this moment, yet also repelling and shattering each other.

When space was twisted and shattered, the dark and deep shattered void shimmered with colorful, glazed light.

It was like a colorful black.

Next to thecrack, many police cars were parked.

Chen Xing was stopped outside when he arrived.

“He’s the one I called,” Ji Xiaoyu said faintly from the center of the crowd.

“Let him in quickly,” You Jinghong told the people nearby to move aside.

Chen Xing squeezed through the crowd and saw Ji Xiaoyu at the very front.

Today, Ji Xiaoyu was wearing a black suit, with gold-rimmed glasses on her nose, and carrying a black briefcase in her left hand.

After about half an hour, vehicles arrived continuously from the periphery, and a large number of Beastmasters from the New District rushed to the vicinity.

Many people consciously lined up outside.

“The Secret Realm is about to stabilize,” Ji Xiaoyu had just finished speaking when the Secret Realm space in front of them gradually stabilized and took shape.

It solidified into the appearance Chen Xing first saw when he encountered the Ze City Secret Realm.

“Let’s go, we’ll enter.”

Ji Xiaoyu waved her hand, and behind her followed six security personnel with serious expressions.

As Chen Xing and his group entered, a swarm of civilian Beastmasters who had been queuing behind them rushed in.

As he entered the Earth Cave King’s underground labyrinth for the second time, unlike the previous time, Chen Xing felt much more at ease this time.

After all, with the current strength of Taotie and Four Phases, they could basically clear this Secret Realm—as long as nothing unexpected happened.

But unlike Chen Xing and his group, the civilian Beastmasters who followed them in were wailing.

Because the monsters in this Secret Realm had relatively high energy levels.

For most civilian Beastmasters whose Beast Taming energy levels were only between thirty and forty-five, these ox-monsters in the Secret Realm were not something they could handle alone; they could only hope to win by teaming up with several people.

However, some people noticed that Chen Xing and his group were advancing very quickly, and some exchanged glances and quietly followed them.

Ji Xiaoyu seemed completely unconcerned about the people behind her.

“Sister Ji…” “Call me Sister Yu.”

“Sister Yu, what aspect of foreign ancient civilizations do you research? Do you study foreign architectural styles?”

After Chen Xing asked this question, a chuckle came from nearby.

Chen Xing turned his head to look, and Ji Xiaoyu’s face was completely serious.

“Why study architectural styles? To research what style of floor tiles the Earth Cave King likes to use to build his labyrinth?”

“What you said isn’t entirely wrong; there are some who specialize in foreign art civilizations, but that’s not what I research,” Ji Xiaoyu said.

“We research the history of ancient deities in foreign lands, as well as in-depth research and excavation of foreign divine power systems.”

Chen Xing felt the name was too long, “It sounds so profound.”

Ji Xiaoyu said lightly, “It’s supposed to sound awkward. A complex name helps get funding from above.”

Seeing Chen Xing’s surprised expression, a hint of a smile flickered in Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes. “I’m kidding. Actually, it’s just researching valuable things from foreign lands. Anything related to the Ascension to Godhood path is considered valuable.

Art is only valuable in times of peace, yet ironically, the most stunning art is born only in times of chaos.

Doesn’t that sound like a paradox? According to our investigations, in every great era of world upheaval in foreign lands, lives successively achieve Ascension to Godhood, while in relatively peaceful periods, the gods remain hidden.”

At this point, Ji Xiaoyu looked at Chen Xing, “Actually, there was another use for collecting ancient spirit gold from you before. Next time you have ancient spirit gold, you can sell it to me. I can buy it at a premium of 300,000 per piece.”

“What is ancient spirit gold used for?” Chen Xing asked curiously.

“ancient spirit gold is related to the deities behind the Furnace Giant City and the Golden Giant City.

Legend has it that it was a currency forged by the deities behind them during the Divine Age.

It has circulated in foreign lands for an extremely long time.

Therefore, ancient spirit gold is tainted with the aura of special history. The Furnace Giant City and the Golden Giant City are repurchasing this currency, and with these two giant cities as guarantors, the value of the limited supply of ancient spirit gold naturally increases.”

At this point, Ji Xiaoyu paused, “I’ve strayed too far. Actually, this time I came to see the Earth Cave King’s methods for arranging treasures deep within the labyrinth.”

“This method of creating life is very rare. We suspect that the Earth Cave King’s power may have already touched another level, or it’s possible he used the power of other treasures to create these treasure chest monsters.”

“Xiao Yu told me you’re preparing to go to the foreign land. It’s good to experience the cruel side of the world earlier.

This world is a huge dining table. If you’re not sitting at the table, you’ll appear on the menu. Only a small handful of people ever get to eat the dishes.”

Among the several security personnel following Ji Xiaoyu, besides one female security guard who stayed by her side, the other five summoned their Beast Taming.

They immediately began to sweep through everything.

Their pace of advancement was very fast.

Ahead was a fork in the road.

Rumble~

An ox-monster that had just come around the corner was directly split in two by an armored, sword-and-shield-wielding humanoid Beast Taming.

When some civilian Beastmasters behind them followed around the corner, a hundred-energy-level puppet giant bear had its back to them, blocking the passage with its rear end.

This group of civilian Beastmasters looked at each other.

After a while, once Chen Xing and his group had gone far, the puppet giant bear slowly stood up and walked forward.

A group of Beastmasters quickly followed, hoping to pick up some easy gains.

But after walking a short distance, the puppet giant bear directly picked up an ox-monster from a left fork in the road and placed it behind itself.

Then it swaggered away, leaving only an ox-monster and the civilian Beastmasters staring at each other.

The ox-monster looked bewildered. When it recovered, being a bully, it glared fiercely at the group of people in front of it.

I can’t beat them, but I can beat you!

“Alright, just leave a few monsters behind,” Ji Xiaoyu said. “When we leave later, catch two treasure chest monsters to take back for research, and see what skill orbs can be extracted.” Ji Xiaoyu said.

Extract skill orbs?

Chen Xing was curious.

He really didn’t know how skill orbs were extracted.

“You might not know how skill orbs are extracted. In fact, the method for extracting skill orbs is a new path discovered in foreign lands in the last century, and it’s closely related to the Furnace Giant City.

They developed a kind of Primal Spirit Furnace. You just need to put a monster’s corpse into it, and it can pulverize the monster’s corpse and obtain random skill orbs that the monster originally possessed from its remains.”

Chen Xing followed behind, and it sounded a bit complicated.

Chen Xing and his group entered relatively early, so most of the people in the city area behind them hadn’t even had time to enter yet.

At this moment, the vast Earth Cave labyrinth was empty.

Besides them, there were only the monsters wandering in the labyrinth.

They walked all the way towards the depths of the labyrinth.

Monsters along the way were all slain.

After nearly an hour, Chen Xing finally saw the gray stone statue placed deep within the labyrinth.

A thirty-meter-tall giant Dragon race statue.

This giant Dragon race statue was prostrate on the ground, its scales on its back rising up like mountain ridges, forming undulating miniature mountain ranges.

It looked extremely lifelike.

At the Dragon race’s abdomen, there was a sunken, ferocious large mouth with menacing teeth along its edges.

“This is the Earth Cave King’s statue, but its true form is much larger than this statue. It is said that when the Earth Cave King lies prostrate on the plains, it’s as if a mountain range has risen on the plains.”

“Let’s collect the treasure chest fragments first,” Ji Xiaoyu ordered.

All the surrounding Beastmasters went to collect treasure chest fragments. Chen Xing noticed that all their Beast Taming were at the hundred-energy level.

Truly extravagant.

There were basically no problems in this Earth Cave King’s labyrinth.

“I’ll open the third-level treasure for you once. After these labyrinths entered our world, they lost contact with the foreign land, so the treasures inside naturally won’t replenish. The quantity is limited. Opening it early gives a higher chance of getting good things.”

Before long, with the treasure chest fragments collected on the way in, they quickly gathered enough fragments to open the third-level treasure.

All the treasure chest fragments were placed into the giant mouth in the statue’s abdomen.

From the mouth of the giant Dragon race statue, a purple halo slowly emerged and landed in front of them.

When the purple halo dissipated, a deep purple egg, one meter high, appeared before them.

The surface of the egg had many silver light spots, which from a distance, looked like a starry sky.