Push through the secret realm and contract the undead

Seeing who it was, Lin Xuan temporarily put away the scroll.

The red-clothed woman in front of him was none other than the hot-tempered girl he had met in the Novice Secret Realm.

Her name was Shen Hongying, a student from Binjiang No. 1 Middle School.

As for the other person beside the red-clothed woman, Lin Xuan's eyes flashed with a hint of amazement when he saw her.

The woman had delicate features and a very cold demeanor.

Her hair was tied into a ponytail, and upon closer inspection, it seemed to glow with a silvery light.

Her eyes were an even rarer silver-white, as if containing ten thousand feet of cold ice.

She wore a light blue, cinched robe with fine gold trim.

A pair of slender, fair legs were faintly visible beneath the robe.

Her entire being exuded an icy aura that kept people at a distance.

Such a cold image and attire immediately brought to mind an Elemental Mage of the ice element.

And in fact, that was precisely what she was.

Lu Qinghan, a hidden class, Frost Sorceress.

Perhaps Lu Qinghan didn't recognize him, but Lin Xuan certainly recognized her.

Lu Qinghan was very famous in the high school student circle.

This was not just because she was the Deputy City Lord's daughter.

A bigger reason was that among Jiangcheng's graduates this year, she had the highest spiritual power.

Lin Xuan's spiritual power test before awakening was 108.

This value had already broken Binjiang No. 1 Middle School's historical record.

But Lu Qinghan had broken the entire city's historical record.

Her spiritual power value was 120!

"Lin Xuan."

The girl in the fiery red clothes, Shen Hongying, smiled and waved at Lin Xuan, bringing the other girl towards him.

One was as cold as ice, the other as warm as fire.

Lin Xuan also smiled and greeted them.

After the three introduced themselves, Shen Hongying pointed to Lin Xuan's left hand.

"Lin Xuan, is that a secret realm scroll?"

"Yes, a Level 10 secret realm scroll," Lin Xuan replied, then remembering the scene of the two appearing, he asked, "Did you just come out of a secret realm?"

"Yes, we did," Shen Hongying answered again, pouting and sighing.

"We thought with Qinghan, it would be a sure thing."

"But in the end, we couldn't clear it because there were too many elite monsters."

At this point, she smiled and took two steps forward.

"Lin Xuan, I saw you standing still just now. Is it because this secret realm has a limit on the number of entrants?"

"How about it, do you want to team up?"

Hearing this suggestion, Lin Xuan looked at the secret realm scroll in his hand.

Limited entry meant he had to team up.

There was no one else around.

After a brief thought, Lin Xuan agreed.

He initiated a team invitation, and the two girls joined the party.

Once the three had formed a team, Shen Hongying naturally began to make arrangements.

"After entering the secret realm, I'll go ahead to attract aggro and gather wild monsters. Lin Xuan, you command your Skeleton Soldierss to help me share the burden. As for Qinghan, she'll focus on crowd control and look for opportunities to intersperse attacks..."

Shen Hongying's tactics were well-reasoned and coherent.

One could say she made full use of each of their class advantages.

"It's just, I'm the captain, these words should be mine," Lin Xuan scratched his head.

Teaming up with them was actually just to open the door.

As for the strength of the wild monsters inside, Lin Xuan didn't think they could withstand his Skeleton Soldierss.

"Lin Xuan, since the secret realm scroll is yours, we'll distribute the loot according to the normal ratio. You get 50%, and Qinghan and I each get 25%."

"Alright."

After the three had discussed, Lin Xuan activated the scroll, opened the space-time gate, and stepped inside.

As soon as he entered the secret realm, Lin Xuan skillfully cast a Magic Barrier on himself and summoned Skeleton Soldierss.

"Watch out, there are Skeleton monsters!"

"No, those are my summons!" Lin Xuan hadn't even finished speaking when a fiery red figure charged out.

Fortunately, she had already heard his words and stopped attacking.

However, the Skeleton Soldiers that was knocked back looked shaky after standing up.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to cast spells so quickly."

Shen Hongying awkwardly scratched her head, then continued, "But, your skill is already level five? You can summon so many Skeleton Soldierss at once?"

Lin Xuan nodded, wanting to say something more.

Beside him, Lu Qinghan raised her staff and cast a skill at a nearby location.

Crack, crack—

Where the skill landed, ice patterns formed. Immediately after, the figures of two Cat Demons appeared.

Shadow Cat Demons, with the skill Stealth.

They had almost been ambushed just now.

At this moment, the Cat Demons' Stealth was interrupted, and they screeched as they pounced on the three.

Lin Xuan waved his hand, and thirty-two Skeleton Soldierss instantly charged forward.

-10, -11, -11...

Instantly, the two Cat Demons were dealt with.

[Successfully killed Shadow Cat Demon, Experience +92, obtained Cat Demon Tooth x5]

[Successfully killed Shadow Cat Demon, Experience +90, obtained Cat Demon Eye x2]

"It really is double experience!" Lin Xuan nodded silently as he saw the panel notification.

According to the distribution ratio among the three, the experience wasn't too much of a loss.

"It seems I need to upgrade the Undead Contract skill."

"If I contract a few more magic beasts, I can solo dungeons and secret realms with restricted entry in the future."

Lin Xuan thought to himself, shifting his gaze back to the secret realm.

At this moment, as the Cat Demons died, other magical creatures began to continuously emerge from the surroundings.

The secret realm scroll, also known as Old Day's Shadow, contained numerous and powerful magical creatures.

Of course, it also offered abundant experience and high drop rates.

Shen Hongying and Lu Qinghan were both seasoned veterans.

They quickly began to cooperate with Lin Xuan.

However, it wasn't the cooperation they had discussed before entering the secret realm.

Instead, Shen Hongying gathered the monsters together.

Lu Qinghan then used area-of-effect skills to damage the monsters.

Lin Xuan commanded one Skeleton Soldiers to use Corpse Explosion.

For the rest, the Skeleton Soldierss charged forward to trigger their talent effects, cutting down one monster in two strikes.

In this manner, the three pushed forward, sweeping everything in their path.

They quickly reached the depths of the secret realm.

Here, they mainly encountered elite monsters.

Lin Xuan summoned two more waves of Skeleton Soldierss.

Over ninety Skeleton Soldierss, mighty and vast, like an army.

They cut through these powerful elite monsters like chopping vegetables, no different from killing ordinary monsters before.

Even against high-health, low-health magical creatures, Lin Xuan's talent effect, which dealt 5% of the target's lost health as damage, seemed even more powerful.

"Qinghan, are Necromancer's Skeleton Soldierss this high in damage now?"

"Why does it look off to me?"

"He must be lucky and got a Magic Card that matches his skill. Look at those magical creatures."

"Some magical creatures, after being attacked by Skeleton Soldierss, fall into a brief paralysis."

"Oh, it really is! Then he's quite lucky."

"Lucky?" Lu Qinghan scrutinized Lin Xuan's staff and ring, falling into thought.

Although Lin Xuan hadn't activated the equipment effects, those two pieces of equipment were clearly the Goblin Bone Staff and Goblin Magic Ring, which were very difficult to drop in the Goblin dungeon.

The effects of these two pieces of equipment were considered the best equipment series in the novice stage.

And as long as they dropped, they were at least Red Excellent grade.

At this moment, Lin Xuan walked ahead, completely oblivious to the two girls discussing him.

The Corpse Explosion skill could deal ten times his spell damage.

The skill was powerful, but it consumed Skeleton Soldierss.

So, he was focused on his Skeleton Soldierss.

Whichever Skeleton Soldiers looked a bit low on health, he would command it to charge into the monster group and cast Corpse Explosion.

"The Undead Contract skill description says that contracted undead have growth potential."

"So, will they gain intelligence?"

Lin Xuan walked and pondered, thinking he could give it a try.

He could have the contracted undead command the summoned Skeleton Soldierss.

Then he would only need to stand back and be a hands-off boss, quietly stacking health.

"Ironback Azure Wolves won't do, Frost Giant Bears can be considered, Rock Giants are too clumsy."

There were many types of wild monsters in the secret realm.

Lin Xuan saw many suitable magic beasts for contracting along the way, but they had some drawbacks.

He now really wanted to contract an intelligent and sturdy magic beast to act as a front-line commander.

This would allow for better coordination with the Skeleton Soldierss for encirclement and killing.

Moo—

Just as he was deep in thought, a deafening cow roar suddenly came from a distance.

The three looked over.

It was a humanoid ox-headed creature over three meters tall.

The secret realm BOSS, Stone Bull Demon!

"Stone Bull Demon, immense strength and thick hide, shield in left hand, giant axe in right hand, weakness... sluggish movements..."

Recalling the monster bestiary in his mind, Lin Xuan's eyes lit up.