Chapter 9: Forced Entry (Part 2)

The outer great saints watched eagerly; none dared charge in at that moment. In just a short while, over 500 spots were used, allowing more than 2,000 great saints to enter. Guo Shier discovered a secret—those experts who controlled the illusory altars had suppressed their own strength and also entered the secret realm.

Ban Xilong said, “Senior Juehu, I’m going too.” He gave a slight bow and followed a high-ranking great saint as they descended.

Guo Shier smiled bitterly inwardly. He noticed that Ban Xilong had also suppressed his strength to that of an intermediate great saint. An idea flashed through his mind, and he murmured, “Strange. None of these altar experts suppressed themselves to the level of high-ranking great saints. Instead, they followed other high-ranking great saints in. Could there be some secret behind this?”

In just half a day, over 1,200 spots were used, with nearly 5,000 great saints entering the secret realm.

Xianming and Xianliang kept muttering to each other. As batch after batch of great saints entered, they could only watch helplessly, feeling extremely frustrated.

Soon, over 1,400 spots were used. Juehu Miluo and several other experts from the tangible altars quickly disappeared into the air, leaving silently. The moment their figures vanished, Guo Shier suddenly shouted, “Charge!”

There would be no chance if they delayed any longer. Out of a total of 1,700 spots, over 1,400 had already been used, leaving just over 300. If they waited for the remaining spots to be allocated by their clans or sects, Guo Shier and his group would have no chance at all. They had to act immediately.

Not only Guo Shier but almost all the great saints charged as well. Everyone knew this was their last chance.

A master of a two-layer altar suddenly flew above the secret realm and roared, “Who dares?”

Several other altar experts also stepped in to block the charging great saints. Someone shouted, “There are only a few of them… Attack!”

Countless attacks were launched. Of course, with thousands of great saints attacking, even the altar experts were forced to retreat. Yet the attacks launched by these few altar experts instantly killed hundreds of great saints, with many more severely injured.

Despite heavy losses, the sheer number of attacking great saints allowed them to repel the altar experts in the blink of an eye. This enraged the altar experts even more. Dozens of them not far away also roared in fury and launched a massive attack together.

As the vanguard of this assault led by the great masters, Guo Shier was extremely fast. Ying Mo pulled Luo Zhan along, while Xian Ming and Xian Liang followed closely behind, with hundreds more great masters closely in their wake. Not only was Guo Shier at the forefront, but there were also seven or eight groups of great masters charging forward just as fiercely, creating an overwhelming force that was truly terrifying.

Great masters were the most powerful professionals, just one step away from the top-tier experts. With so many of them launching attacks simultaneously, they formed a massive offensive momentum that no one could stop—even the experts of the Altar could only take cover for now.

“I’ll handle the north!”
“The south is mine!”
“The west is under my control!”
“Don’t worry, no one can get through the east!”
“I’m in the center!”

More than a dozen Altar experts instinctively began to divide the tasks and work together. As soon as they spoke, three of them rushed toward the north. With loud crashes, they knocked down countless great masters charging forward. One of them shouted, “Those who want to die, come here! Retreat, or you’ll be killed without mercy!”

Two Altar experts headed south, quickly cutting off the incoming crowd.

Several Altar experts were assigned to the east and west, immediately blocking further assaults. Only less than a thousand great masters remained, having nearly reached the entrance to the secret realm. Three professionals with tangible Altars appeared instantly above the entrance, their faces filled with mockery. One of them sneered, “Looking for death?”

Guo Shier felt intense unease. He shouted inwardly, “Elder Hero!” He raised his hand, conjuring several chains made of illusory symbols that instantly locked Ying Mo and Luo Zhan. The illusory chains extended further, capturing Xian Ming and Xian Liang as well, and they rushed toward the entrance of the secret realm, accompanied by a sharp howl.

As the ones at the forefront, these great masters had the greatest opportunities but also the greatest dangers, as the Altar experts would attack them first. Everyone knew that as long as they could withstand one strike, they might be able to enter the secret realm.

The Altar expert appearing above the entrance was a master with a three-tiered Altar. Filled with rage, he stood atop his Altar, with a bowl-shaped sacred artifact above his head. With a cold smile, he cast a spell, causing the sacred artifact to emit ripples that fell rapidly. In an instant, all the great masters seemed to be bound, their falling speeds slowing down before they stopped mid-air.

All the trapped great masters roared, struggling desperately while launching their own attacks.

The other two altar masters acted simultaneously. Guo Shier was so nervous that he was sweating profusely. Fortunately, there were the fewest people in his direction; there were more in the other three directions. The Great Sage was even more frenzied and had already come very close to the entrance of the secret realm. Thus, the two altar masters attacked from directions other than Guo Shier’s, but his speed was already restricted.

Guo Shier struggled desperately, shouting inwardly, “Elder Shuai, act now!”

A beam of light rose above Guo Shier’s head. Under Elder Shuai’s control, the Moon Blade finally delivered a strike.

Guo Shier roared, “Break!”

Boom!

After being reforged, the Moon Blade now possessed the attributes of a sacrificial treasure. Coupled with Elder Shuai’s control, this strike was quite terrifying.

With a crack, like a glass bottle shattering, the restraint vanished instantly. In an instant, Guo Shier and the others reached the luminous barrier at the entrance of the secret realm.

It was as if a rope had been cut with a blade. The eye of the master of the three-tier altar showed disbelief. How absurd! His restraint was hard even for a master of a virtual altar to break, yet it was shattered in one strike by a Great Sage. Just as he was about to act, he saw Guo Shier and the others enter the secret realm’s entrance—too late to stop them.

While he was stunned, dozens of Great Sages also entered the entrance, making him roar in anger as he cast another spell. The bowl-shaped sacrificial treasure emitted circles of red ripples—this time, not as a restraint but as a weapon of slaughter. As the ripples spread, any Great Sage who came into contact with them turned to dust-like particles, instantly turning into blood mist.

The frenzied slaughter immediately intimidated all the Great Sages.

Guo Shier’s vision darkened and then cleared as he led Eagle Demon and the others into the Hun Tian Secret Realm.

Eagle Demon shouted, “Shier, don’t stop! Go left!”

Guo Shier flew left as instructed. Thanks to the virtual talisman chains, he and the others were connected—whenever he moved, they moved too.

By now, Guo Shier could see the crowd below. Looking back, the entrance to the secret realm was in mid-air, like a full moon hanging in the sky.

On the ground below stood a dense crowd. Of course, Guo Shier wouldn’t land; he flew away quickly. The Great Sages who entered the secret realm with him also didn’t dare land. After entering, they, like Guo Shier, fled in all directions.

Guo Shier flew at great speed. Due to the constraints of the Hun Tian Secret Realm, only high-level Great Sages could exert their full power here. So, if anyone wanted to escape inside the realm, almost no one could catch up to him.

The moment he entered the secret realm, Guo Shier tried to record the coordinates, but he found that all of his coordinates were no longer usable. Guo Shier flew at high speed close to the ground; he didn’t dare fly at high altitudes because he didn’t know what he might encounter. The Extreme Secret Realm had never been a safe place. Xianming and Xianliang were so excited they didn’t know what to do—they never expected they would actually make it in. Just moments ago, they thought they were doomed, with so many altar masters attacking them at once that their hearts almost stopped beating. Especially those restraints earlier—the feeling of powerlessness—made them unwilling to try it again. Flying hundreds of miles in one go, Guo Shier had never flown so vigorously before; it was as if he were crazy. Eagle Demon shouted, “Shier, stop! Stop!” Only then did Guo Shier slow down and gradually come to a halt. He turned around and asked, “No one is chasing us, right?” He felt like a thief being pursued, looking quite comical. Eagle Demon held back his laughter and said, “It’s okay, no one is chasing us.” Guo Shier said with a wry smile, “It’s terrifying. Those altar masters aren’t even human. I don’t know how many great sage masters will die this time. Damn it, if not for Old Handsome, we would all be done for.” Xianming and Xianliang didn’t know who Old Handsome was; they only knew that they made it in thanks to Guo Shier. Luo Zhan said with a smile, “Anyway, we’re in!” Xianming and Xianliang beamed with joy, nodding repeatedly in agreement. “Yeah, yeah, we’re in! Hehe, we never thought it would be this easy to get in.” Guo Shier thought to himself that without the sword controlled by Old Handsome, they would never have made it in smoothly. Even if they had managed to get in by struggling, he probably would have been severely injured. Eagle Demon said, “I wonder what’s in this secret realm. I mean, Xianming and Xianliang, you hardly know anything except for the entrance to the secret realm… What else do you know?” Xianming said with a wry smile, “It’s said that…” Eagle Demon waved his hand to cut him off and said, “We’re already inside the secret realm, yet you still say ‘it’s said’… That’s too vague.” Xianming looked embarrassed; he really only knew what he had heard. He had only explored the entrance to the secret realm. Guo Shier said, “Uncle Eagle Demon, stop asking. They probably don’t know anything.” Xianliang said, “It’s said… uh, it’s said that those intermediate and lower-level great sage masters can advance quickly in this secret realm. As for why, I’m not sure. And higher-level great sage masters have even more benefits… I’m not sure either. It seems like they get something, or something else. Sigh, sir, we really just heard rumors.”

Guo Shier asked, “Is there a time limit in the Hun Tian Secret Realm?”
Xian Ming replied, “Yes, three months. Once the time is up, you’ll be thrown out.”
Guo Shier hadn’t experienced this rule in a long time. He had cross-dimensional talismans, which made the rules of ordinary secret realms almost ineffective for him. But this realm was different—the talismans were useless, and he also knew that even if he recorded the coordinates of this realm, he wouldn’t be able to enter it again after leaving. This kind of realm rule imposed restrictions on both sides.
Eagle Demon asked, “Are there any dangers in this realm?”