Special Lifeforms

Time flowed on, and fifteen years passed in the blink of an eye.

It had been one hundred and twenty years since Su Heng and the other three had arrived in the Yuan Yin Secret Realm.

"Iron Halberd sent word that they've encountered Demon Race Venerables. We should be more careful."

Inside a spacecraft, Nine Swords Venerable spoke with a grave expression.

Over these one hundred and twenty years, they had indeed encountered quite a few resources at the beginning, aside from the Seven Profound Sky Water and the Sealed Treasure.

Afterward, each of them had received one or two ordinary supreme treasures and other cosmic rarities, totaling roughly one or two hundred Treasure Points.

Although it was not as rewarding as the first few years, it was still quite decent. After all, the opportunities on a single continent were extremely limited.

Moreover, most opportunities were guarded by natives and Ancient Beasts. Even the four of them could not roam this continent at will!

After claiming all the easy opportunities, they left that continent.

They were currently traveling through the Dark Universe, heading toward another dangerous region within the secret realm.

"So the Demon Race finally noticed? I thought they should have discovered it decades ago." Kan Deli chuckled.

"After all, this is considered a remote star region of the Demon Race." Mist Hammer Venerable smiled.

Outside the Twelve Royal Clans and the various powerful races beneath them, it was rare to encounter Universe Venerables in the Demon Race's other territories.

Relying on immortals alone, they certainly would not discover the secret realm so quickly.

"Since Demon Race Venerables have discovered it, many more of them will surely enter the secret realm in the future. We won't be able to explore for much longer." Nine Swords Venerable gave a bitter smile.

The most valuable period for a newly discovered secret realm was its early stage!

Once it was discovered by a race, it would basically become difficult to find opportunities so easily.

"We do need to hurry. Otherwise, a Demon Race Universe Lord or Top Overlord might descend!" At the mention of this, Kan Deli's expression also turned serious.

Once they learned that human Venerables were inside the secret realm, it probably would not take long before high-level Demon Race powerhouses arrived—and they would most likely be soul-type high-level Demon Race powerhouses!

Human powerhouses might not care for the secret realm's resources, but Demon Race powerhouses would certainly not miss this chance to enslave human powerhouses!

"We do need to hurry." Su Heng and Mist Hammer Venerable both nodded in agreement. They had no desire to lose their lives while exploring a secret realm.

If they died due to danger, there would at least be hope of resurrection in the future. But if they were soul-enslaved, they would truly be finished!

"Then we'll explore for another hundred years and finish investigating that planetary belt while we're at it!" Seeing that none of the three objected, Nine Swords Venerable made the final decision.

Two days later, the spacecraft left the Dark Universe and arrived at a special galactic belt within the secret realm!

Calling it a galaxy was somewhat exaggerated. It was only several hundred light-years across.

Yet this galaxy was extraordinarily special, because every planet within it was over a million kilometers in diameter!

And every one of them was a life-bearing planet!

The more unusual a place in a secret realm was, the more likely it was to nurture peculiar resources—perhaps even opportunities never discovered in the Primal Universe!

After leaving the spacecraft, the four of them teleported into the nearest life-bearing planet.

With a diameter of a million kilometers, once the four of them spread out their souls, they could completely perceive the entire planet.

"The race on this planet has quite good innate talent. Their genes are all around twice the standard. If the Demon Race absorbs this secret realm, then after several hundred million epochs, the Demon Race may gain another Royal Clan."

Mist Hammer Venerable sighed. The Demon Race surpassed ninety-nine percent of the Hong Alliance's races in genes and divine bodies, including the human race!

"Let's go. The strongest being on this planet is only immortal." Nine Swords Venerable had no interest in such things, so he called out and teleported to the next planet.

Even if this entire galaxy ultimately became part of the Demon Race, so what? A branch race whose strongest members could at most become Universe Overlords would have no impact whatsoever on humanity.

Besides, whether the Demon Race would even absorb these miscellaneous races was another matter entirely.

They had not come here to slaughter the natives of the secret realm, but to seek opportunities!

Although secret realms were nurtured by the Primal Universe, the special phenomena within them did not conform to the standards of the Primal Universe!

For example, the enormous brown planet before Su Heng and the others.

"This galaxy feels like a natural grand formation. The various magnetic forces, gravitational forces, and spatial pressure become stronger the deeper we go!"

Standing in the void, Su Heng frowned as he spoke.

Even with his Set of Supreme Treasures, he faintly felt a trace of pressure.

"It's natural, and it's probably nurturing some race of Special Lifeforms!" Kan Deli was the oldest among the four, and naturally possessed far greater experience.

Thus, he had already noticed some clues earlier. Upon reaching this planet, he could now make a direct judgment!

The Wu Hua Secret Realm had the special lifeform race known as Doukou. Naturally, other secret realms also contained many special lifeform races!

"Special Lifeforms?" Su Heng was somewhat surprised. His avatar was a Special Lifeform, so he was naturally no stranger to them.

But this was still his first time personally seeing a place that nurtured Special Lifeforms!

"I just wonder how long this special lifeform race has been developing." Kan Deli said with delight on his face.

Special Lifeforms were immensely valuable!

If it was a heaven-defying Special Lifeform at the World Master level, it could even rival a high-tier or peak true treasure!

"Won't we find out if we go take a look? This secret realm probably can't produce a Universe Overlord!" Nine Swords Venerable chuckled.

Over the past hundred years, they had also discovered that no lifeform above the Universe Overlord level existed in this secret realm.

During that time, the strongest beings they encountered were merely Ancient Beasts with divine bodies so enormous that they could contend with Universe Overlords!

Yet their true strength still remained within the category of Universe Venerables.

"We should indeed take a look." Kan Deli smiled slightly, then the four teleported into the enormous planet.

The moment they entered the planet, they sensed a dense aura of the origin law of earth.

Are they Special Lifeforms with earth-type talents? Su Heng thought to himself.

The Special Lifeforms nurtured in such an environment were certainly related to the origin law of earth!

"Found them. There are thirty-two Special Lifeforms in total. Only one is a Universe Venerable, seventeen are immortals, and the rest are all World Masters. Oh no, that Universe Venerable is coming toward us. Be careful!"

Kan Deli sensed something and immediately warned them, his expression changing drastically.

However, his warning came a little too late. A brown colossal beast five hundred kilometers tall appeared not far from them.

"Humans? Why have you forcibly entered our race's forbidden grounds?!" The colossal beast's voice rumbled like thunder.

As a Special Lifeform nurtured by the Primal Universe, the colossal beast not only possessed its own innate secret techniques, but also knew some of the universe's basic common knowledge.

Updates will resume tomorrow morning. I'm changing the update schedule; tomorrow's update will be in the morning, and if I can't finish then, I'll continue in the afternoon.