121: SSS-rank [Sky-Covering Pearl], Loyalty System Unlocked

Vast Sea City is a major city in the eastern part of the continent.

There are no fewer than ten Marquis-level Experts in the city, and even King-level Experts are stationed there.

As soon as the space stone ore vein appeared, it instantly ignited various forces, triggering a fierce battle for control.

Currently, all parties are in a stalemate, waiting for reinforcements from their respective bases.

Secret Realm No. 2500 belongs to a C-Rank Secret Realm, only allowing individuals of Rank 4 to enter.

Lin Xingyu plans to go there to contend for the ore vein after he advances in Rank.

Now that he has an army of treants, he can compete with those major forces in the Secret Realm... As time passed, the Formation was finally completed.

"Boss, it's ready!"

Wei Xuan walked over.

He had already deciphered most of the Formation.

However, the main Formation Plate brought from the Three-Eyed Clan still could not be cracked, requiring more data.

Lin Xingyu believed that the Three-Eyed Clan would carry out similar actions again.

He had already instructed Hidden Shadow to monitor closely and notify him immediately if there was any news.

Just now, Lin Xingyu took a moment to visit his Inner World.

He called Chen Jiu over, gave him the wristband, and told him to send out false information to the outside world:

"The World Purifying Society's plan was attacked by Dark Ruins just as it was about to succeed."

After sending the message, he crushed the wristband, completely severing contact with the outside world.

As for what would happen between the World Purifying Society and Dark Ruins, he didn't care.

"Let's begin!"

Lin Xingyu nodded.

Wei Xuan placed the main Formation Plate in the center of the Formation, activating the Spirit Formation.

A black vortex immediately appeared in the center of the Spirit Formation, frantically devouring the surrounding matter.

At the same time, a System notification sounded in Lin Xingyu's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for discovering dark energy. Do you wish to devour it?"

He already understood the function of this Formation.

It was to pull out the "secret realm core" and detonate it.

Lin Xingyu dared not wait for the "secret realm core" to be pulled over before devouring it.

What if he reacted too slowly and it exploded directly... Dying was a minor matter; he could still Rebirth in the Tower of Rebirth.

But if the secret realm core exploded, it would truly be gone.

Therefore, he didn't hesitate and chose to absorb it directly.

As long as the System could capture the location of the "secret realm core," it would be fine; at worst, he would just have to travel a bit further... "Yes!"

As Lin Xingyu's voice fell, the World Tree extended its long roots, passing through space and touching the black vortex.

The dark energy disappeared at a visible speed.

Immediately after, the System notification sounded again.

"Ding! The System has captured the aura of the secret realm core. Do you wish to track it?"

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a virtual arrow appeared before Lin Xingyu's eyes.

"Finally!"

Lin Xingyu's face lit up with joy. He flipped onto the Dark Fiend Dragon and headed in the direction indicated by the System.

"Go!"

Wang Ledian and the others followed closely... Outside Starfall City, the new base of the World Purifying Society.

Inside the infirmary, Marquis Chiyan was being treated by healing professionals who were continuously casting healing spells.

The person in charge, Zhou Jin, looked at this scene with a grim expression.

This time, they suffered a huge loss!

He hadn't expected Marquis Lie Hu to bring two Marquis-level Experts!

Marquis Chiyan and the others went to restrain Marquis Lie Hu, but they immediately ran into trouble.

Marquis Liehu and his wife, plus two Marquis-level Experts, created a four-on-two situation against their side.

One Marquis-level Expert from the World Purifying Society was beaten to death, and although Marquis Chiyan escaped with his life, he was severely injured.

It was said that Marquis Lie Hu was now arrogant and was pursuing Marquis Bone-Eater, who had been invited by the Li family.

"Damn it, still unlucky as ever!"

Zhou Jin irritably ran his fingers through his hair.

Just then, a subordinate rushed over:

"Boss! This is bad! Something happened at Secret Realm No. 3688!"

... Secret Realm No. 3688.

Following the System's guidance, Lin Xingyu arrived at a hidden cave.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for discovering the secret realm core. Do you wish to devour it?"

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar scene unfolded again.

Everyone in Secret Realm No. 3688 was instantly teleported out.

The Secret Realm began to collapse, and everything within it transformed into Origin, pouring into Lin Xingyu's Inner World.

The Inner World expanded outwards once more.

The World Tree grew taller, and three more apostle fruits formed on its branches... When the Inner World reached a diameter of 550,000 meters, the expansion gradually ceased.

Three System notifications sounded consecutively in Lin Xingyu's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for advancing to Rank 4, One Star!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for unlocking the Loyalty System!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining the SSS-Rank 'heaven-obscuring pearl'!"

"Loyalty System?"

Lin Xingyu looked at Wang Ledian and the others, noticing that their information panels now had a new section: [Loyalty].

The Apostles' Loyalty was all 100.

Lin Xingyu focused his gaze on the treants, finding that their Loyalty was all above 80.

As for those who had surrendered, their Loyalty was generally low, with none exceeding 50.

These people were indeed unreliable!

According to the information provided by the System, only those who had entered the Inner World would have a Loyalty section.

Negative Loyalty indicated hostility, below 50 indicated potential betrayal.

50-79 was normal loyalty, 80-99 was high loyalty, and 100 represented absolute loyalty.

Lin Xingyu's thoughts stirred, and the star ray shuttle flashed out, killing all those whose Loyalty was in a hostile state.

The remaining people were temporarily left for observation.

If their Loyalty did not increase after a period, he would mercilessly eliminate them.

If their Loyalty could reach above 90, he could consider granting them Apostle slots.

This time, he also obtained an SSS-Rank Spirit Seed.

Lin Xingyu immersed his consciousness within his body, beginning to materialize the new spirit seed.

Beams of light surged from his body, slowly condensing into a gray pearl.

"heaven-obscuring pearl"

"Rank: SSS"

"Trait 1: Heavenly Secret Shielding. Wearing this pearl can shield heavenly secrets, blocking any form of detection, deduction, curses..."

"Trait 2: Thousand Faces Transformation. Contains a massive library of disguise templates, allowing the wearer to freely change their appearance and aura."

"Trait 3: Area Isolation. Isolates the designated area from external contact, making it undetectable."

"Trait 4: Clone Manifestation. Can manifest a corresponding number of Clones based on the number of Apostles, for their use."

"Remark: A supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao Clan, which became the host's companion spirit seed due to special reasons."

"Another special spirit seed!"

Upon seeing the spirit seed's information, Lin Xingyu's eyes lit up.

The heaven-obscuring pearl could not only shield heavenly secrets but also provide disguise.

"Old Dian, try to see if you can cast Curse of Misfortune on me?"

Lin Xingyu put on the heaven-obscuring pearl and looked at Wang Ledian.

"Brother Yu, are you kidding?"

Wang Ledian, who was curiously examining the heaven-obscuring pearl, was stunned.

Curses were not something to joke about!

"It's fine, a small dose. At worst, you can give me a Lucky Blessing later."

Lin Xingyu nodded.

"Alright."

Wang Ledian began to circulate his spiritual energy.

However, when he tried to select a target, he found that he couldn't lock onto Lin Xingyu.

It was as if Lin Xingyu didn't exist at all.

"What's going on?"

Wang Ledian instinctively touched Lin Xingyu, confirming that he hadn't disappeared.

Immediately after, he increased his spiritual energy output, but it still had no effect...