Hurricane Secret Realm, Examination Tasks

While Su Ye and the others were still observing...

"Charge!"

Someone, I don't know who, shouted first.

Immediately afterwards, the entire Realm-Crossing Vessel erupted in chaos.

One after another, figures shot out from the hatches on all four sides of the ship like arrows, turning into streaks of light and rushing towards the storm vortex.

"Hurry! Hurry! Don't fall behind!"

First come, first served!

"Rob it!"

The crowds surged and covered the sky.

The scene was like the opening of a grand carnival, or the starting gun for a Life and Death race.

Su Ye and the others stood on the platform at the bow of the ship, watching the countless figures flying through the sky, and smiled at each other.

"Let's go." Su

Night speaks.

Several figures simultaneously soared into the air, merging into the surging crowd, and rushed towards the swirling storm vortex that stretched from the sky to the earth.

The scene before my eyes magnified rapidly.

The howling of the vortex grew louder and louder, making my eardrums ache.

Su Ye felt a tremendous suction force envelop him, his body suddenly sinking, and then...

A feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed me.

It felt like I'd been thrown into a washing machine; the world spun around me, my stomach churned, I couldn't see or hear anything, only the wind howling wildly in my ears.

I don't know how much time passed.

"Clatter."

My feet landed firmly.

Su Ye suddenly opened her eyes.

The surrounding scenery has changed.

The vortex that had stretched from the sky to the earth was gone, replaced by a deathly and eerie Heaven and Earth.

As far as the eye can see, there are endless mountains.

Those mountains have a very unique structure.

The mountains stretch as far as the eye can see, forming a continuous range.

The mountain was covered with bare, gray-black rocks, completely barren, without a single blade of grass in sight.

The shapes of the rocks were incredibly strange; some resembled Cliffs cleaved by knives and axes, others looked like twisted animal bones, and still others were Stone Pillars piercing the sky—all bizarre and without any discernible pattern.

Even more strangely...

These mountains are all very close to each other.

They stood side by side, densely packed, with only narrow gaps between them.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking up, the sky is squeezed into a narrow slit by these mountains.

The mountainside is covered with holes of all sizes, some as small as a fist, others large enough to fit several people.

The wind whistled and howled through those holes, like countless ghosts crying inside the mountain.

I really don't know how such amazing terrain was formed.

Su Ye and the others landed at the foot of a mountain and looked around.

Is everyone here?

Su Ye counted the number of people.

"All of them are here."

Xia Zhiqiu patted the dust off his clothes and shook his head, feeling a little dizzy.

"This teleportation is much more thrilling than riding a roller coaster."

Zhang Xuan, however, was not in the mood for jokes.

He had already crouched down, carefully observing the surrounding terrain, his brows furrowing little by little.

"What's wrong?"

Su Ye walked over.

"This terrain..."

Zhang Xuan slowly stood up, his voice carrying a solemn realization.

"I see."

"What do you understand?" The crowd gathered around.

Zhang Xuan reached out and pointed to the continuous mountains, then to the holes scattered throughout the mountains.

"Look at these mountains, so close together, with such narrow gaps. When the wind blows in from one end, squeezing into these narrow crevices, its speed suddenly increases..."

"When it encounters these holes again, the wind rushes in, is squeezed and cut, and the kinetic energy keeps accumulating and amplifying."

"Therefore, the wind flowing between these mountains will not weaken, but will instead gather and become stronger and more intense."

He paused, then looked around.

"It is this unique structure that created the Hurricane Secret Realm."

Simply put...

Zhang Xuan shrugged.

"This place seems to be a deliberately 'created' nest of storms that will never cease."

Everyone's expression changed.

What does that mean?

Zhang Xuan is saying that this Secret Realm was built by humans?

How is that possible?

What kind of powerful individual could achieve this?

"Besides,"

Zhang Xuan added, pointing to the whistling holes in the mountain wall.

"When the wind passes through these holes, it makes that whistling sound."

"Don't underestimate that sound."

"Sound waves are a form of attack in themselves."

"High-frequency sound waves can shatter the Divine Soul and disrupt the Divine Sense; at their most powerful, they can turn a person into an idiot."

"When we're moving around in these mountains later, we must be careful not to be exposed to this whistling sound for too long."

"That's a rather..."

Xia Zhiqiu shrank her neck.

"Then wouldn't my ears be at risk of being 'vibrated' at any moment?"

"More than."

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"This is just the 'background attack' of the Secret Realm itself. The real danger is yet to come."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and unfolded the Communicator.

A pale blue Light Screen projected out from the air and spread out in front of everyone.

It was a detailed topographic map, clearly marking out mountains, holes, the flow of Astral Winds, and even some dangerous areas marked with red dots.

Zhang Xuan's fingers flew across the drawing, muttering to himself as he looked at it.

"Let me see... Hmm, found it. We're now in the Southeast of the entire Secret Realm."

"The quest for Lower God requires three Wind-Singing Stones, plus the task of hunting two Sonic Pythons."

"The Wind-Singing Stone comes from this mountain in the Southeast Direction."

He drew a circle with his finger in a region in the Southeast of the Map.

"The Sonic Python's activity area is mainly concentrated in the Southeast."

"In other words, the task for us Lower Gods can be completed right here in this area."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

From this perspective, they were quite lucky, landing right near their target.

"What about the task of the Middle Gods?"

Su Ye asked.

Zhang Xuan moved his finger towards the center of the Map.

"The tasks of Middle Gods are much more difficult than those of Lower Gods."

"A Hurricane Essence Core, plus... the hunt of a Wind-Roaring Beast."

His finger landed on the area in the center of the Map that was noticeably darker and more densely marked.

"Hurricane Essence Cores are only produced near the core eye of the central wind circle."

"The Wind-Roaring Beast's activity area is also in the central circle."

Zhang Xuan raised his head, looked at Su Ye, and his tone became serious.

"From what I understand, A'Su, you need to go deep into the central area to complete your mission."

Su Ye leaned closer to examine the Map, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the Southeast and the center several times.

After a moment, he raised his head and said slowly.

We are now in the Southeast Direction the Secret Realm.

"According to your Map, the monster we're hunting isn't far away."

"So..."

He gestured with his hand on the map.

"We can go and complete your mission first. Hunt down the monsters and finish your tasks as Lower Gods, then slowly move in to find those special materials."

"Once you've finished your tasks, you can focus on accompanying me to the center circle."

Of course, if anything unexpected happens during the process, Su Ye can lead everyone to evacuate first.

In this way, it can be guaranteed that Xiao Qiyue and the others have completed their Star-Ranked Blood Bounty Examination.

As for Su Ye... even if he fails, he can wait for the next Examination to begin, and next time, Xiao Qiyue and the others won't need to take any more risks.