Deep Within the Secret Realm

Fujiwara Chika's days were not going terribly well.

Yet at the same time, over in the Savage Continent, Xiao Tian's days were going quite comfortably.

Inside a secret realm nestled within the Leg Highland of the Savage Continent, Xiao Tian was currently displaying great divine might as she cleared the area.

The environment inside the secret realm was also a forest, with a mountain towering into the clouds on the eastern side of the forest.

The secret realm was furnished with many Mechanical Beasts ranging from the third to fifth tiers, deployed all the way from the forest at the foot of the mountain up to the peak.

The starting position where Xiao Tian entered the secret realm was located in the forest.

She led her pet Panda Tuanzi, fighting her way through all obstacles and slaying Mechanical Beasts, until she finally reached the deepest part of the secret realm—namely, the summit of the mountain on the eastern side of the forest.

The peak of the mountain was completely covered in white snow, presenting a vast, blinding expanse of white to the eye.

Right in the absolute center of the peak was a multicolored, small barrier with a diameter of about two meters, inside of which seemed to be placed something or other.

Standing next to the barrier was a large statue about 10 meters tall, which looked somewhat like the kind of statues formed when gargoyles transformed in games.

The statue took on the grayish-brown color of rock and served as the guardian of the small barrier.

Just as Xiao Tian and the panda climbed onto the peak, a clacking sound rang out from inside the sculpture.

Accompanied by this sound, a layer of gray rock on the surface of the sculpture rapidly peeled away, revealing a pitch-black body