44: Chapter 44 First Entry into the Secret Realm

Feng Qingchen led five people to the location of the second-stage assessment.

Wang Xinrou and Fang Yun walked at the very back.

"Fang Yun, isn't this the direction of the school's back mountain? Is the second-stage assessment on the mountain?" Wang Xinrou asked doubtfully.

"I'm not sure, but it shouldn't be like that. Didn't Teacher Feng say that the assessment is definitely related to our Divine Kingdom's strength?"

The two of them were whispering in the back, while Su Qianqian in the front didn't feel so comfortable about it.

"Damn it, the one standing by his side should have been me. When did Fang Yun get so close to Wang Xinrou?"

While speaking, everyone had already followed Feng Qingchen to the foot of the back mountain.

At this point, people from some classes had already arrived ahead of time. Seeing this, Feng Qingchen had everyone move around in place first.

About ten minutes later, all the assessment personnel from all classes had arrived.

At this time, Jiang Xuan, who had made a fleeting appearance on the playground, appeared again.

He glanced over, and seeing that everyone had arrived, he didn't waste any words and directly announced the matters regarding the second-stage assessment.

"Congratulations to everyone for passing the first-stage assessment. Our next second-stage assessment will not be in the outside world, but within a secret realm."

A secret realm!

Everyone's heart stirred, and their eyes instantly became fiery.

Secret realms and small worlds—these two terms have always been synonymous with resources.

Secret realms are independent spaces naturally formed in the universe, or created and left behind by high-order existences.

Small worlds are simply undiscovered independent spaces within the universe.

Except for high-order gods and certain special gods who can wage different-plane invasion wars, other gods are simply unable to independently open plane channels to travel to other planes.

Therefore, undeveloped independent spaces like secret realms and small worlds are deeply loved by many deities.

Every undeveloped secret realm and small world can fetch astronomical prices at auctions.

Various major families in the Federation more or less hold quite a few secret realms in their hands, and the Fang Family also has quite a few secret realms.

Specifically, common secret realms come in the following types.

First, Divine Kingdom-type secret realms. Such secret realms are actually fragments of the Divine Kingdom left behind after the death of a Divine Master, which gradually evolved into secret realms after a long period of time.

Second, ruin-type secret realms. Such secret realms are generally ruins left behind after the destruction of a certain civilization or a certain race, with extremely high danger, but at the same time greater rewards.

Third, natural secret realms. These are secret realm spaces naturally formed by the evolution of the universe, with unknown danger coefficients and unknown yields, much like blind boxes.

Secret realms can make someone ascend to the skies in a single step, or plunge them into eternal damnation.

Jiang Xuan continued to introduce: "The location of our assessment this time is a Divine Kingdom-type secret realm. Before the Divine Master of that Divine Kingdom fell, they were a First-Order God. The school has already gone in to clean it up once beforehand, and there are no threats exceeding the demigod level inside."

As he spoke, he seemed to glance at Fang Yun inadvertently.

Jiang Xuan felt somewhat emotional in his heart; he didn't expect that after retiring and coming here to serve, he would actually encounter a student even more genius than he was back in the day.

Secret realms cannot be opened casually; one must find the entrance of the secret realm and open it through the traction of divine power.

Without a doubt, the entrance to the secret realm mentioned by the principal was located in the back mountain of the school.

"When entering the secret realm, you can choose to enter in your true body, or only summon believers to enter, observing by attaching your consciousness to the believers. This secret realm supports a maximum materialization of one hundred thousand believers."

"Given the current strength of most of you, those who enter in their true body will basically completely win over others, because the combat power of divine creatures is already comparable to Tier 9 transcendent believers."

"How to choose in the end depends on yourselves."

Entering in your true body naturally has obvious benefits, but it has a drawback: once you encounter danger, you might perish directly.

For them who have not yet grown up, once they perish, there is no chance of resurrection whatsoever.

Jiang Xuan paused for a moment, then announced the assessment standards: "After entering, your goal is to collect all resources and buildings that can be collected. All resources obtained in the secret realm belong to you personally, and these supplies will eventually be converted into points to calculate your ranking."

Hearing this, the students all revealed fiery expressions. This was a secret realm after all; there must be quite a few good things inside.

Since secret realms all exist independently, the resources within them can grow endlessly.

Therefore, a secret realm can be regarded as an extremely important strategic resource, and one can even use the number of secret realms to measure the foundation of a family or force.

"Next, I will open the secret realm. After the spatial passage appears, you can choose to enter directly, or directly send believers into the secret realm through the passage."

"Everyone's location will be randomly teleported with no fixed pattern. I hope you can all achieve satisfactory results."

After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he flicked his finger, and a nearly invisible ray of light flew toward the back mountain.

The next second, the light seemed to touch some kind of seal, and countless gorgeous and complex silver array patterns appeared before everyone's eyes.

As the array patterns gradually disappeared, a black spatial passage slowly took form.

"All students enter in class order."

Fang Yun and the others were Class Three, entering third in rank.

Without exception, the students of the first two classes all entered in their true bodies without any hesitation. The figures of Ye Tian and Muxi were impressively among them as well.

At this time, it happened to be the turn of Fang Yun's class.

Looking at the spatial passage before him, he found that the four classmates beside him also chose to enter in their true bodies.

Fang Yun's heart suddenly felt full of soaring ambition, and he took a step forward.

The surrounding space suddenly distorted, and the next moment heaven and earth shifted; he arrived directly inside the secret realm.

The originally noisy sounds by his ears disappeared, replaced by a howling wind.

Fang Yun opened his eyes, and what met his eyes was a vast and hazy wilderness. The sky presented a dark red color, as if it had been stained by fresh blood.

The distant earth was boundless, and further away, a huge mountain range spanned across heaven and earth.

A fierce wind blew, whipping up flying yellow sand all over the sky. The air was filled with rich spiritual energy, and at the same time mingled with an ancient and desolate aura.

"Is this the secret realm?" Fang Yun murmured softly.

The next moment, Fang Yun raised his hand.

Rips of spatial ripples surged behind him, and huge figures walked out from the spatial passage.

Ten thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors descended!

They were close to three meters tall, clad in heavy armor, and wielded huge battle weapons. Every step they took caused the ground to tremble slightly.

The one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors did not include the fifty thousand elite Blood-Refining Realm martial artists. Fang Yun felt that the Blood-Refining Realm believers were not needed for now; ordinary Dragon-Elephant Warriors should be enough to deal with the dangers in the secret realm.

Another thing was that he didn't want to expose all his trump cards completely; for a high school student like him to break through to a demigod was already eye-catching enough.

He certainly didn't want to attract attention again because of having transcendent-tier believers.

Without receiving Fang Yun's order, the one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors stood there without any movement, like silent stones.

But that terrifying force of blood and Qi had already made the surrounding air scorching hot.

Their burning eyes stared fixedly at the man before them—this was their supreme Divine Master! Every single Dragon-Elephant Warrior could not suppress their inner excitement.

Fang Yun was quite satisfied with this group of powerful believers who obeyed orders strictly, and immediately commanded: "Everyone listen up, search for secret realm resources, and destroy all enemies who dare to commit offenses!"

The suppressed emotions of the one hundred thousand Dragon-Elephant Warriors erupted in an instant, letting out a simultaneous roar: "We swear to follow our Lord to the death!"

The might of the dragon and elephant shook the heavens and the earth!

The Divine Kingdom secret realm had an area of about five to six million square kilometers. Hundreds of students were randomly teleported into it, like stones sinking into the sea, without stirring up a single ripple.