As the map boundaries gradually shrank, the adventurers originally scattered throughout the area began converging toward the center of the Secret Realm.
At present, the dazzling blue light slowly descending from high above had already been witnessed by more than a dozen adventurers in the mountain forest beneath it.
Among those adventurers, however, only a small number—at most two or three—had combat experience like Xia Nan, absorbed Life Energy from other participants, and completed an evolution.
The vast majority had only recently adapted to the Secret Realm's environment and were still in the stage of exploring outward.
Therefore, these adventurers could not connect the blue light before them with life evolution.
The blue light itself held little attraction for them.
On the other hand, before being dragged into the Secret Realm, most of the adventurers had witnessed the enormous beam of light shooting into the sky from the center of Stodd Island before they were pulled into the ritual.
The two shared the same blue hue. Combined with their current circumstances, it was difficult not to draw some connections.
Thus, they would most likely not remain unmoved. Instead, they would stay alert and cautious as they slowly approached the light's landing point.
And Flynn intended to take advantage of this opportunity.
The ritual originally planned for the day of the Moon Tide Feast had been moved up to the present because of the Shahua Mermen's movements. Even as one of the ritual's primary planners, he had been caught completely off guard.
Fortunately, he was still one of those in the know.
Although he did not have as many conveniences as "Algae Scale" Dodd, compared to the other adventurers dragged into the Secret Realm, he possessed an absolute information advantage and knew the ritual's general mechanics.
Under these circumstances, even though