Beyond the 40th floor of the Dungeon Secret Realm.
The frequency of minor monster floors became drastically lower.
Most checkpoints were guarded by purple-named elite monsters.
After the 80th floor, nearly every floor had a gold-named BOSS standing guard.
More importantly, the BOSS's skills came with certain mechanics.
For example, some skills could forcibly drag challengers into an enclosed space. Within that isolated sealed space, you had to fulfill certain conditions before you could break free.
Otherwise, you would be trapped within that space forever.
Fortunately, through the efforts of the Holy Light Empire and powerful figures from around the world, the special mechanics possessed by many of the earlier BOSSes had already been thoroughly understood.
They had then been compiled into books for adventurers to study, so that when they encountered a gold-named BOSS, they could prepare the appropriate countermeasures.
That was also why Li Chaoge had the Eden guild's camera feed fixed on the floors beyond the 40th.
Once anyone reached the 40th floor, they had to navigate exceedingly complex maze-like terrain.
Minor monsters would also randomly appear around them.
These minor monsters were summons of that floor's guarding elite monster or BOSS monster.
Killing them granted no experience whatsoever.
Only by truly killing the gatekeeper could one gain actual experience.
Meanwhile.
Ling Zhan did not hesitate in the slightest. He strode directly into the area where the 40th-floor Secret Realm was located.
Buzz!!
The instant his body fully entered the Secret Realm zone, Ling Zhan felt his attributes rapidly declining.
A sinister, decaying odor wafted beneath his nose. It was as though his entire body had fallen into a dark pool, bone-piercing cold seeping into his limbs and bones.
At this moment.
Every one of Ling Zhan's senses apart from sight had been severely suppressed, as though