46: Chapter 46 A Shocking Change in Xihai City: Tens of Thousands of Newly Created Secret Realms Are Born!

The streets of Xihai City were bustling with people and vehicles, peaceful and serene.

Ever since Lu Chen eliminated the malignant tumor that was the Bahu Guild, Xihai City had finally enjoyed a rare moment of peace.

In a certain park.

"The big monster is coming to catch Ruyan!"

"Giggle, giggle, ah! Don't come over, big monster brother~"

A cute little girl was running happily around a statue of a legendary Daxia expert in the park, followed by a chubby little boy waving his claws in the air.

"Slow down, slow down~"

Two elderly people sat on a stone bench nearby, wearing kind smiles and constantly reminding them.

"Eh? Brother, what is that?"

The little girl stopped suddenly, staring blankly at two scarlet cracks in the sky, which looked like the eyes of a malevolent demon peering down at Xihai City.

Suddenly!

A massive tremor came from the sky.

Hum!

Bang, bang, bang!

"Ah!!!"

Countless building windows shattered.

Countless people in Xihai City let out terrified screams.

Before anyone could react to what was happening, dense, countless large and small spatial rifts appeared around Xihai City, all emitting a scarlet blood-red light.

Immediately after, these spatial rifts twisted and formed whirlpool-like entrances to Secret Realms, accompanied by a faint, bloody barrier that covered the entire Xihai City area!

"It's the birth of Secret Realms!"

"But why are so many being born at once?"

"This number... it must be at least over ten thousand, right?"

The Class-Advancers of Xihai City looked at the new Secret Realms appearing both inside and outside the city, and even in the sky, all filled with collective terror.

The simultaneous birth of such a terrifying number of Secret Realms was extremely rare in the last three hundred years!

Woo!!!

The highest-level alarm in Xihai City sounded.

The elderly people in the park immediately scooped up their grandchildren and quickly fled to the nearest underground shelter.

In an instant, Xihai City descended into chaos, with a large number of children and the elderly seeking emergency shelter.

Sikong Yao immediately sent out a request for support to other major cities.

But even from the nearest Silver Moon City, it would take several hours for reinforcements to reach Xihai City at full speed.

And that was assuming they weren't attacked by Invading Monsters on the way.

However, the time limit for the first clear of a five-star new Secret Realm was only 4 hours!

"Immediately recall all combat-class Class-Advancers and prepare to defend Xihai City!"

With such a massive number of new Secret Realms being born, Xihai City's strength was absolutely insufficient to clear all of them within the time limit.

And once a large number of Invading Monsters invaded Xihai City, it would likely be impossible to hold the line!

Sikong Yao could only pin his hopes on the Tier 7 expert, Elder Qin, who was still in the city!

"Elder Qin, Xihai City has suddenly suffered a great upheaval, with tens of thousands of new Secret Realms appearing simultaneously. I implore you to take action and protect Xihai City!"

A trace of pleasant surprise flashed deep in Elder Qin's eyes.

His sense of crisis was correct!

A major crisis had truly descended upon Xihai City.

But he would not care about the life or death of Xihai City.

In fact, in the three hundred years since the Class-Advancement Era began, who knew how many third-rate cities like Xihai City had been destroyed, and how many new cities had been born.

Whether a mere Xihai City was destroyed or not was of no concern to Elder Qin. What he cared about was whether he could obtain enough benefits before this crisis fully erupted.

All Class-Advancers could enter the newly born Secret Realms!

There was just a limit on the number of people who could enter.

Additionally, if a Class-Advancer's Rank was higher than the Secret Realm's maximum limit, their Rank would be suppressed by the Secret Realm's rules.

Elder Qin's plan was simple: let Sikong Yao and the others scout the path, find the location of the BOSS, and then quickly clear the four-star and five-star Secret Realms!

As for Secret Realms above six stars, there shouldn't be any.

Because this area had relatively stable space, the highest level that could appear from spatial rifts was at most five stars!

"City Head Sikong, as a member of Daxia, I naturally would not stand by and watch my compatriots suffer without helping. You must quickly organize all Class-Advancers of Tier 4 and above to follow me and quickly secure the first clears of some high-star Secret Realms!"

"All of them? Elder Qin, shouldn't we leave some to guard Xihai City?"

Sikong Yao vaguely felt something was wrong, but he didn't dare to say it directly.

"Yes! That's right, all of them. Only then can we quickly secure the first clears of the high-star Secret Realms. As for the remaining low-star Secret Realms, even if they all become Invading Secret Realms, they won't be able to break through Xihai City's defenses. At most, there will just be a lot of low-level Invading Monsters wandering outside the city later."

Although Elder Qin's words still made Sikong Yao feel something was wrong, given the situation, he had no choice but to organize manpower to clear the high-star Secret Realms first.

Of course, he also sent an invitation to Pavilion Master Yu Linglong of Jinbao Pavilion, hoping she could join Elder Qin's clearing team to help Xihai City.

But Pavilion Master Yu Linglong rejected his proposal.

How could she not see through Elder Qin's true purpose?

Besides, she had a better team option!

"Aunt Ying, go there yourself and bring Lu Chen's family to our Jinbao Pavilion shelter, then meet up with me!"

"Yes, Young Miss!"

Immediately after, Yu Linglong sent a message to Lu Chen, informing him of the upheaval in Xihai City and expressing her desire to team up with him to secure the first clears of high-star Secret Realms!

At this moment, Lu Chen had just finished sweeping through a four-star Invading Secret Realm.

It was full of wood-attribute Invading Monsters called [Leaf-Blade Mantis Spirits], which were perfect for the Green-Scaled Snake to consume and evolve.

And look at that!

The Green-Scaled Snake had caught up and successfully evolved, one step ahead of the Snow Cat.

[Name: Green-Blade Radiant Thorn Snake] [Rank: D] [Talent: Green Pupil Mimicry (D)] [Level: Tier 2 LV60] [Evolution: 0.00%] (Resets to 0 after evolution) [Skills: Thorn-Tail Strangling, Green Radiant Poison Mist, Blade-Scale Scatter, Molting Substitute]

However, the Snow Cat was also about to evolve; it just needed to consume some wind-attribute Invading Monsters.

At this time, Lu Chen received quite a few messages.

Dad Lu Sen: [Son, Xihai City has suddenly seen the appearance of tens of thousands of new Secret Realms. I fear this involves gods, because ever since the Class-Advancement Era began, every time a large number of new Secret Realms have appeared, there have been gods meddling behind the scenes. Be careful!]

Gods meddling?

Lu Chen couldn't help but think of the god in the hidden map of the Novice Secret Realm, the Blood Forest!

It was likely that the god had been toyed with by him, thus triggering this invasion catastrophe with the intention of destroying Xihai City in revenge!

Mom Chen Rou: [Son, Xiao Yun is having another episode, but this one is unusually quiet. Pavilion Master Yu Linglong has already sent someone to take us to the Jinbao Pavilion shelter. You don't need to worry.]

What?

Little sister is having another episode?

And it's different from before—it's become quiet?

Lu Chen felt increasingly worried.

His little sister's illness really couldn't be delayed any longer.

Shen Xiyun: [Xihai City has suffered a great upheaval, and it's different from the past. The time limit for the first clear of all star-rated Secret Realms is half an hour.]

[Moreover, the Xihai City area has been sealed off by a barrier. We can't get out, and others can't get in. The barrier contains a mysterious blood array effect that will trigger after half an hour. At that time, the Ranks of all Class-Advancers above Tier 5 will be suppressed to Tier 5!]

[I'm going to clear a Hell-difficulty Secret Realm first. If I fail, you must stay by my side then; otherwise, I can't guarantee your safety!]

"This..."

Among the new Secret Realms appearing in Xihai City, there are even Hell-difficulty ones?

And the time limit for all first clears is only half an hour?

What was even more terrifying was that the entire Xihai City area was sealed off, and there was a hidden suppression blood array. Wasn't this a clear sign of a determined intent to destroy Xihai City?

This made Lu Chen even more certain.

This upheaval event in Xihai City was definitely related to that evil god!

The god wanted to destroy the city!!!

He continued to open other messages.

Pavilion Master Yu Linglong: [Lu Chen, a large number of new Secret Realms have appeared. This is a major crisis, but also a great Opportunity. I would like to invite you to join my team to clear the new Secret Realms together and obtain the first clear rewards!]

Teaming up to secure the first clear of new Secret Realms!

All team members could individually obtain the first clear rewards.

It had no negative impact on oneself.

Moreover, Pavilion Master Yu Linglong had once again protected his family, and Lu Chen felt grateful, so he did not refuse and directly joined Yu Linglong's team.

[Ding, you have joined the Linglong Team!]

[Leader: Yu Linglong, Rank: Tier 5 LV125, Class: SSS-Rank Legendary Crimson Radiance Archer!]

[Member: Night Shadow, Rank: Tier 7 LV184, Class: SS-Rank Epic Class Shadow Assassin!]