Blue-Skinned Rhinos

The instant Xiao Fan's fingertips touched the dazzling golden light, a cold, clear stream of system information surged into his mind without warning.

[Beast Core: A vessel of core energy condensed from a beast's essence. A special resource exclusive to the secret realm, exchangeable for various rare special items in the Shop Room.]

The brilliant golden glow swirled slowly in his palm, then drew inward. Layer by layer, the light faded, revealing a smooth, translucent white core the size of a fist.

A faint shimmer clung to its surface, and pure, abundant energy seemed to flow within. It felt warm and smooth beneath Xiao Fan's fingertips. After turning it over for a moment, he put the white Beast Core away.

The Shop Room was one of the five types of special rooms explicitly listed in the Secret Realm Rules.

Judging by the prompt that had just appeared in his mind, items in the shop had to be exchanged for Beast Cores.

At least, that was true of special items.

At the thought, Xiao Fan frowned slightly, his eyes turning thoughtful.

"What are the ways to obtain Beast Cores?"

This Beast Core had dropped only after he triggered a special event in the secret realm.

He had explored so many rooms before this and had not seen a single one.

"Could triggering special events be the only way to get Beast Cores?"

"If that's true, getting them is far too difficult!"

Xiao Fan shook his head gently.

Special events occurred at random in these rooms, and they could bring either fortune or danger.

The Beast Core had probably dropped because he had triggered a beneficial special event.

Hadn't he triggered a dangerous one earlier, when two Puppets attacked him?

If Beast Cores only dropped from beneficial special events, the