660: If it’s not closed, it’s open?

Adventurers all know that the most disgusting ability of the Great Slime is splitting.

For low-Rank adventurers, it's impossible to find the true body among numerous splinters.

Because, to use Detection Art to find the Great Slime's true body, one's Rank cannot be lower than the Slime King's by 5 Ranks!

And Qin Yang's group were only in their teens in Rank;

They weren't Heroes, so it would be strange if they didn't suffer losses by fighting a Boss above their Rank!

You see, after the Great Slime splits, it hides its true body.

If they can't find the Slime, they'll be exhausted to death by the splinters!

In contrast, Mizutani Ritta, being the Hero of the Radiant Goddess, could cast the Radiant Ultimate Skill "Bonds of Friendship", allowing himself and his teammates to gain a Rank +15 boost for a short period—commonly known as "bursting into power".

Mizutani Ritta had now leveled up to Rank 12.

Adding 15 Ranks made him Rank 27, which perfectly met the conditions for detecting the Great Slime's true body!

"It's time to unleash the power of friendship!"

Mizutani Ritta thought, taking Princess Maine's hand.

Princess Maine was startled, a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it, only asking in confusion: "Hero... what are you doing..."

Mizutani Ritta didn't answer, only gave Maine a determined look and said: "I need your power."

Immediately, he raised his sword and shouted: "Goddess who wields Guanghui, please witness our bonds!"

Hearing this, Princess Maine's expression changed, feeling like she was about to throw up.

But soon, a series of prompts flashed before her eyes.

【Hero Mizutani Ritta is bestowing a blessing upon you.】

【Bonds of Friendship】: Rank +15, lasts 10 minutes.

【Blessing Failed!】

【Your heart does not acknowledge Mizutani Ritta.】

"Oh no!"

Seeing this prompt, Maine's face changed drastically!

What the heck!

No friendship, and can't even receive a blessing!?

If Mizutani Ritta found out, wouldn't her plan be exposed?

And just as Maine was panicking,

Mizutani Ritta had already activated Detection Art.

At this moment, his eyes glowed with blue light, staring intently at the large crack in the earth that had appeared when the Great Slime emerged.

"I see it!"

"The Great Slime's true body is hidden in the crack."

"Maine, do you see it! Use a long-range skill to kill it!"

Mizutani Ritta said to Maine, who was a Sorcerer Professional.

Hearing this, Maine was already sweating profusely.

She had no bond with the Hero, and her Rank hadn't been boosted by the blessing... She... couldn't see it at all!

In a moment of desperation, Maine thought of an excuse and said: "My Spell control is very inaccurate. If I cast magic from such a long distance, what if I miss and scare away the Great Slime's true body? Moreover, this might also alert Qin Yang and the others to the Great Slime's true body!"

"Soga!"

"Why didn't I think of that!"

Mizutani Ritta slapped his forehead, gave Maine what he considered a very gentle smile, then looked at Qin Yang again, confidently saying: "Then let's wait until their attention is drawn by other splinters, and then find an opportunity to get closer. Perfect, let's tire them out!"

..."They still want to snatch the monster from me."

The conversation between the two in the distance was heard clearly by Qin Yang.

With his Mental Energy, as long as he listened carefully, any disturbance in this Secret Realm would not escape his five senses.

The moment the Slime King split, Qin Yang didn't even plan to use True Dragon Qi Observation, but directly clutched "Nine Clan Stripping" in his hand.

Splinters, they were most susceptible to Nine Clan Stripping.

However, after hearing the conversation between those two "rats," he paused for a moment and didn't activate it immediately.

"So, that chuunibyou is a Hero."

"No wonder he's so stupid..."

Qin Yang shook his head and sneered, slightly raising his hand, intending to start stripping from this Hero.

Anyway, Imperial Power wasn't needed, one more or one less wouldn't affect anything.

But out of caution, he still summoned Goddess Enya in his heart and asked: "Can I kill a Hero?"

"It's best not to, Master."

Goddess of Stars Enya replied almost instantly, but then added: "In the Heroic Divine Realm, there are multiple factions, and each faction has a Hero. Before entering the 30th-floor faction battle Secret Realm, Heroes are protected by the gods. If you kill him now, it will prematurely attract the God of Guanghui."

At this point, Enya earnestly advised: "I would welcome you to kill Heroes from other factions, but I suggest you do so after the national war Secret Realm, because I have only just recovered, and currently I have no advantage against other gods. I apologize, please give me some time."

Qin Yang nodded slightly and said: "Granted."

His purpose in coming here was also to find Lin Xuan.

Before that, he didn't want to do anything that would affect efficiency.

Immediately, Qin Yang casually pointed to a Slime splinter and softly said: "Execute."

At this moment, the thousands of Slimes were still surging towards Qin Yang, like a tidal wave.

If they crashed into adventurers, they could crush them into meat paste.

But they were not facing adventurers, but Professionals.

And, the strongest Professionals.

In just an instant, they inexplicably rapidly decomposed into dust, flying up into the sky.

The yellowish-brown dust filled the entire Secret Realm, staining the sun's light a dim yellow.

Almost simultaneously, experience points and the main quest clearance pass arrived.

For Qin Yang's main account panel, the experience from killing monsters above his Rank was less than a drop of dew.

But in the sub-account panel, the experience points poured in like a flood.

Qin Yang, Elebella, Amir, and the other five all glowed with the golden light of leveling up.

Even with shared experience, they still gained three Ranks in a row.

"The experience points here seem to be much richer."

Qin Yang said in his heart, looking at the experience points he received.

He didn't know if it was an illusion or something else.

He always felt that adventurers in this world leveled up much more easily than in his main world.

"After I rule here, it can be used as a dedicated training ground."

Qin Yang thought.

Although the Infinite Training Ground opened by the Asura's Double Pupils was more efficient, it was also more difficult and couldn't be used by all Professionals.

Qin Yang wanted to improve the overall combat power of Professionals.

He still needed a training ground similar to the Haotian Pagoda.

Where the monster's combat power wasn't too high, and the experience was relatively abundant.

More importantly, it could allow Professionals to have a second panel and two Professions.

Of course, this would require gathering the gods of this world and having a good talk.

Thinking of this, Qin Yang no longer planned to rest the team, nor was there any need to rest.

He directly activated the pass and led his divine team to teleport to the second layer of the world.

And at this moment.

Adventurers still in the main quest Secret Realm all saw a prompt appear before their eyes.

【Main Quest Secret Realm Clearance Record Updated.】

【Clearance Team: Not closed means it's open?】

【Team Leader: Qin Yang.】

【Clearance Time: 3 hours 21 minutes.】

..."The record has been updated again? Was it done by the Hero?"

"It must be! If not the Hero, who could have such efficiency?"

"But, I remember the Hero's name was four characters long?"

"That's simple, the leader isn't the Hero then."

"Ah? Is the Hero so generous? Giving the clearance record to someone else?"

"Yeah, I've interacted with Heroes, they are all very selfish. This is the first time I've seen such a situation."

"Oh well, who cares, I only know that this Secret Realm will have to wait 7 days to refresh again... Unbearable!"

In the Secret Realm, adventurers in groups of two or three were discussing among themselves.

In their perception, only a Hero who overwhelmingly surpassed the Secret Realm's attributes could set such a fast clearance record.

However, they were mistaken.

The true Hero was currently kneeling on a hillside in the Secret Realm, roaring at the sky.

Mizutani Ritta: "No!!!"