Highway Robbery

Tian Yao Company headquarters, 5:30 pm.

The door to the chief planner's office slammed open.

"Get off work!"

Xiao Yan, the chief planner of Tianyao, stood with his hands in his pockets, a cold expression on his face, and was about to walk towards the elevator.

But he bumped right into a pretty girl in an office lady uniform with long legs and black stockings.

Xiao Yan reacted swiftly, wrapping his arm around the other woman's slender waist, feigning a deep and serious expression:

"Secretary Lin, why don't you watch where you're going?"

"Mr. Xiao."

Secretary Lin was flustered and embarrassed:

"Mr. Xiao, you may not be able to leave work yet?"

After helping Secretary Lin up, Xiao Yan said unhappily:

"Why should I? In this company, I'm the only one who asks you to work overtime. How dare you ask me to work overtime? You're completely turning the tables!"

Secretary Lin hurriedly explained, "No, it's not that. Mr. Xiao, the R&D department reported that they detected players entering the Black Moon Ridge Secret Realm!"

Xiao Yan was stunned. "What? That guy went to the Black Moon Ridge Secret Realm? No, that guy went to the Dou Zong. This version definitely can't get in. Could it be Xiao Aotian?"

Secretary Lin: "It's not Xiao Aotian. Xiao Aotian is currently live-streaming on the forum in the game, fighting Seventh Order early-stage King of Beasts one-on-one."

Xiao Yan sighed:

"Sigh, what a pity. If only that guy had gone, he would have fallen back to the Dou Emperor! He might have even lost some equipment or been afflicted with some kind of weakness status that would last for ten days or half a month."

Secretary Lin: "Lao Wang from the R&D department asked me to ask you whether the update is proceeding as planned?"

"Of course we need to update! Players are already going to Black Moon Ridge, so an update is definitely in order! I'll have the R&D department working eighteen hours a day! Within ten days, they need to have all the 3.0 content crystal clear!"

Xiao Yan rubbed his hands together:

"Finally, we can update! Once the next version is released, Tianyao will be able to create another legendary revenue stream!"

Secretary Lin immediately flattered:

"When the time comes, our users will definitely praise President Xiao on the forum, saying that you are truly worthy of being enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!"

"You really know how to talk!"

Xiao Yan's gaze towards Secretary Lin changed slightly:

"Shall we try out the new sensory system again in a bit and see if there's anything wrong with it?"

"Mr. Xiao, I think it's not your senses that are acting wrong, it's you."

"Hehehehehe!"

Within the game, without the complete knowledge of the players in the Black-Corner Region, an unprecedented battle for control of the secret realm is erupting in the core of Black Moon Ridge.

The Flame Demon Ape formed a partnership with the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King, thereby gaining a considerable amount of resources and reaching the Peak Sixth Tier.

In fact, the Flame Demon Ape should have been able to break through to the Seventh Order.

But it stubbornly suppressed its cultivation level, just so it could enter the secret realm to explore as soon as possible!

But at this moment, it looked in the direction of the Ghoul Wolf Clan.

The Shadow Wind Eagle came from the horizon and landed beside the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King's principal wife, "Hundred Thunder Fiend Wolf"!

The Flame Demon Ape grinned maliciously and shouted, "Stupid bird, you really haven't broken through either!"

Shadow Wind Eagle scoffed. "You stupid monkey, you think you can play mind games?"

"Enough talk, let's see what we can do in the secret realm!"

Having said that, the Flame Demon Ape leaped into the air and rushed towards the spatial rift.

The Shadow Wind Eagle cried out, and although it was a beat slower than the Flame Demon Ape, it flew into the spatial rift in the blink of an eye. Its speed was much faster than that of the Flame Demon Ape! Inside the secret realm, Ghost Little Four and Fiend Little Three each led their own clan's troops and confronted each other in front of the green area not far from the entrance.

The green space isn't large, only about 30 or 40 square meters, and it's filled with special plants that resemble cacti.

But on the very center cactus, a white flower bloomed.

[White Jade Cactus Flower] (Rare and precious)

Type: Foundation Spiritual Object

Grade: Rank 6

Effect: Improves the foundation of Dou Emperor level. Requirements: Any spiritual root ≥20, level reaches Nine Star Dou Huang.

Introduction: The medicinal properties of the White Jade Cactus Flower are moderate and balanced. It has a strong effect on building a solid foundation for cultivators of any attribute. Many top forces will spend a lot of effort to cultivate this plant in order to nurture potential talents within their forces.

Ghost Little Four and Fiend Little Three were so captivated by the White Jade Cactus Flower that they couldn't tear themselves away.

The breakthrough rules in Warcraft are completely different from those of humans.

They have no so-called "foundation," or rather, their bloodline is their foundation.

For magical beasts, Foundation Spiritual Object are excellent for enhancing their bloodline.

Even if they ate a hundred White Jade Cactus Flower, they still wouldn't be able to advance their bloodline.

However, if they continue to consume the corresponding Foundation Spiritual Object and nurture them in their bloodline, once there is an opportunity, these medicinal powers will become the energy supply for the transformation of their bloodline!

Ghoul Wolf Clan and the Ghost Tiger Clan dream of elevating their bloodline to the King of Beasts.

Although the chances are slim, as descendants of their respective clan kings, they possess excellent bloodlines and are only a few hundred years old, very young, with a promising future! This Foundation Spiritual Object is an excellent tonic.

Ghost Little Four: "Stupid dog, do you really want to compete with me?"

Fiend Little Three: "I'm really going to go after you today, what are you going to do about it?"

Ghost Little Four: "Alright, alright, an hour isn't too long. Let's settle this right here! Only the survivors will be qualified to enjoy everything in this secret realm!"

Fiend Little Three, revealing sharp fangs:

"Then why not not wait an hour? In any case, only one of our two clans can leave this place!"

Ghost Little Four roared:

"Come on! Come on! Just because I'm not showing my teeth doesn't mean I'm a pushover!"

Just as the two sides were about to engage in a fierce battle, a loud eagle cry resounded through the sky.

A hawk-like magical beast, larger than an elephant, soared through the sky.

On the ground, the ten-foot-tall Flame Demon Ape was running incredibly fast, using both its hands and feet, cursing as it went:

"You stupid bird, so what if you're fast? This place is extremely dangerous. Aren't you afraid of losing your life?"

The Shadow Wind Eagle pretended not to hear and continued flying forward. The Flame Demon Ape cursed inwardly:

"It's not stupid at all; we can't fool it. I'd better hurry!"

Ghost Little Four was overjoyed to see the Flame Demon Ape: "Uncle Demon Ape, you're here too! Please help me!"

"Get out of the way! Don't block my way!"

The Flame Demon Ape impatiently scurried past, not even glancing at Ghost Little Four.

Ghost Little Four: "."

Fiend Little Three was also a little puzzled, as the Shadow Wind Eagle and their Ghoul Wolf Clan cooperated quite closely.

Those are eagles, their eyes are incredibly sharp, how could they not see the three hundred wolves on their side?

This White Jade Cactus Flower is indeed a fine thing.

But the two King of Beasts didn't even glance at them and kept running forward.

What does this mean? It means that in this secret realm, the White Jade Cactus Flower is not considered a good thing at all!

Hiding among the tigers, Yang Shan wished he could slap Ghost Little Four on the back of the head and give him a good scolding.

What are you still doing here? Hurry up! The good stuff is ahead! "Ghost Little Four, don't say I'm being stingy, this White Jade Cactus Flower is yours!"

After saying that, Fiend Little Three led the wolf pack forward.

It ran incredibly fast, as if a ghost was chasing it.

"You Fiend Little Three, stop right there!"

Ghost Little Four was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.

Many high-level spiritual plants are extremely difficult to collect, taking a lot of time and effort. This White Jade Cactus Flower must be eaten clean, including its roots and stems, in order for its medicinal effects to be fully realized.

If you eat it directly, the severed root will immediately release a large amount of spiritual energy, which will be wasted.

Ghost Little Four immediately picked out a Ghost Flame Tiger from among his surroundings:

"You, take two others and stay here. Dig up the White Jade Cactus Flower, then come back to me. Remember! The roots must not be broken at all. If they are, I will take your lives!"

Yang Shan originally wanted to volunteer to stay and dig.

But when he heard that the White Jade Cactus Flower was to be returned to Ghost Little Four, Yang Shan was no longer in a hurry.

At worst, we can just kidnap Ghost Little Four in the end.

Yang Shan checked the current distance of his clone, which was 1,500 meters.

Looking into the distance, the vast expanse suggests that this secret realm is absolutely enormous.

It's probably too difficult to go deeper; we'll have to leave it to Su Yitang and the others.

The Shadow Wind Eagle and the Flame Demon Ape were significantly faster, although the Baleful Wolf and Ghost Tiger Clan also wanted to catch up as quickly as possible.

But what can I do? I encounter something good every time I walk a certain distance!

It's either Potential Spiritual Objects or Foundation Spiritual Object!

Unfortunately, they were all sixth-order.

Judging from this situation, there must be Seventh Order spiritual items produced in this secret realm! In other words, this secret realm is actually like the "Mystic Refinement Sect Ruins," a "large-scale ruin of a certain version" that all players on the server can come and explore! Moreover, what is produced in this secret realm are spiritual items, not items such as Dou Technique and equipment that cannot be formed naturally.

In other words, this secret realm might be a continuous source of resources! "If that's really the case, then Tian Yao Company's original plan might have been to use this place as an important resource acquisition site for players in the Black-Corner Region, allowing them to successfully break through to the Dou Zong before heading to the Central Plains?"

Yang Shan increasingly felt that this line of thinking was correct.

After all, from the small city at the start of the game, to the capital cities of various empires, the major families, and various resource areas, and then jumping out of the empires to come to the Black-Corner Region.

The change in location has also led to a gradual improvement in the quality of items produced, ensuring that every player can have a basic development path.

Now, Yang Shan has arrived in this secret realm, which should have been open to all players in the Black-Corner Region, ahead of the version update.

Yang Shan even considered going directly to fight the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King, dying at its hands, dropping back to the Dou Emperor level, and then coming back to this secret realm to make a fortune! However, Yang Shan suppressed this impulse.

Since we're already here, we might as well gather some information about the secret realm first. If there's something to be gained, we can always come here later, even if it means dropping a level.

After all, this place is a secret realm that will only be opened to the public in future versions, and it involves not only Dou Emperor, but also Dou Zong.

In other words, the truly valuable treasures within this secret realm are worth the effort of the two future Seventh Order King of Beasts and the two Seventh-Order Thousand Beast King currently guarding the outside! Therefore, is there any "Secret Realm Guardian" within this secret realm that can rival the aforementioned four terrifying magical beasts? All of this remains to be seen.

The system showed that the clone was already nine kilometers away from the main body, so Yang Shan didn't go any further. He made up an excuse to stay behind and waited until the Ghost Tiger Clan's main force had gone far away before finding a place to hide.

Before long, a Ghost Flame Tiger came galloping from afar. It was one of the subordinates that Ghost Little Four had arranged to stay behind and collect resources when passing through the Spirit Realm.

The Ghost Flame Tiger had many wounds, many of which were still bleeding, indicating that it had been injured recently.

Along the way, there were so many places that nurtured spiritual beings that not only Ghost Little Four, but also Fiend Little Three dispatched many subordinates to collect them along the way.

Both sides would even deliberately leave their subordinates at the same place where the spirit was born, and issue orders:

Kill them, you bastards!

When the boss gives the order, the underlings have to fight to the death.

The Ghost Flame Tiger before them lived up to Ghost Little Four's expectations, defeating the opponent of the Ghoul Wolf Clan.

Although two comrades died, it can only be considered a Pyrrhic victory.

But with the spirit creature in its hands, the battle merits no longer need to be shared with its two companions!

What a wonderful thing this is! Just as Ghost Flame Tiger was fantasizing about becoming Ghost Little Four's trusted subordinate, a figure descended from the sky.

The powerful punch dented Ghost Flame Tiger's kidney.

Yang Shan Yang Shan deliberately suppressed the level of this clone. When it was created, its cultivation was only at the Dou Huang Peak. However, it was still easy to deal with the King of Beasts, who was already seriously injured at the mid-stage of the sixth rank.

The intense pain caused the fallen Ghost Flame Tiger to convulse uncontrollably; it knew its kidneys were shattered.

It wanted revenge, so it gathered its innate Beast Flame in its mouth, but Yang Shan slapped it away.

The clone doesn't have the cultivation level of Dou Zong, so there's no level suppression, but Yang Shan's Sea Heart Flame can suppress Sixth-Rank Beast Flame like it's nothing.

Without giving Ghost Flame Tiger any more chance to struggle, Yang Shan drew a large ring-bladed sword and cut off Ghost Flame Tiger's tail!

The purple spirit fruit that Ghost Flame Tiger had finally managed to obtain was wrapped around its tail.

Now it has fallen into Yang Shan's hands.

This clone is really impressive; it can even condense equipment for the clone, and can even directly condense a weapon exactly like the Blood Roar Blade for the clone to equip.

However, these equipment items do not affect the clone's attributes, because the clone's attributes are inherited from Yang Shan's panel data proportionally.

Due to his identity, this clone did not inherit the "Tyrant Blade" technique, but Yang Shan is the most skilled with a blade, so having a blade in hand would make it easier for him to perform well.

Yang Shan had also specially prepared a high-quality Storage Ring for his clone, with plenty of space. After storing the purple spirit fruit in the Storage Ring, Yang Shan kicked the Ghost Flame Tiger on the head and said contemptuously, "Killing a low-class scraggly tiger like you would only dirty my hands!"

Before losing consciousness, Ghost Flame Tiger gave Yang Shan one last vicious look, determined to memorize Yang Shan's image! That Old Schemer Yang Shan is now using the Sea Heart Flame to transform into Han Feng's appearance and smear him!

As for Han Feng, who had already broken through to the Dou Zong, why was he able to ignore the restrictions and enter this secret realm, or why did Han Feng only show Dou Huang Peak cultivation?

That's a question that Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King and Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King need to consider!

If anyone needs an explanation, it should be Han Feng.

What does this have to do with Yang Shan? When did he, Blade Sovereign, enter the secret realm?

No!

He, Blade Sovereign, is hiding perfectly well in the soil outside the secret realm! Not far away, another heavily wounded Thunder Ghoul Wolf is rushing towards them. Yang Shan grinned crookedly, "Hehehe!"