Purple light flashed, and Yi Tian appeared inside the secret realm.
The once-familiar Sky Isle Realm was now shrouded in countless barriers like black nets. An aura of decay spread relentlessly, giving off a foul stench.
"Looks like Void Traversal can still break through a lockdown of this level."
After sharing Alice's Void Traversal, Yi Tian had also gained the ability to traverse into dungeons and secret realms.
Apparently, he could not only travel from one dungeon to another, but also enter dungeons from the outside world.
Yi Tian looked around and spotted two sky-scar gold mines.
Resource secret realms produced many such mineral veins. Once miners extracted the ore, they could yield vast quantities of materials.
Sky-scar gold contained wind spirit power, making it suitable for crafting equipment for agility-based classes.
Yet the few chunks of sky-scar gold scattered across the gloomy ground were covered in bite marks. Despite the ore's hardness, its surface was riddled with gouges.
"Looks like there are plenty of other races here!"
Yi Tian looked deeper into the Sky Isle Realm, feeling a hint of anticipation. Then he called out:
"Alice."
Zzzrip!
As his voice fell, the space beside Yi Tian tore open, and a bewitching figure strode out on long legs.
The Blade Queen, Alice, approached Yi Tian, curiosity filling her coldly beautiful face.
"Isn't this the secret realm from before?"
"Yes. It isn't a dungeon of the Yagu Dynasty, but there should still be plenty of other races here."
At Yi Tian's words, Alice instinctively licked her red lips, anticipation in her eyes.
"Let's go."
Yi Tian swiftly charged deeper into the Sky Isle Realm. He could sense where Ye Xiu and Jiang Che were.
When he stepped onto the second Levitation Island, sounds finally came from within its black-net-like barrier. Insects roamed across it, giving off a teeth-grating buzz.
Yi Tian looked up. The small insects had hideous faces, shells glowing with a dim purple light, and six beetle-like legs.
"The Void Insect Race?"
Alice's gaze sharpened. She recognized them at once.
Yi Tian gave them a casual glance and found that these members of the Void Insect Race were nothing special, with combat strength only around Tier 2.
Twelve Light Wheel Blades instantly appeared behind Alice. The long blades shot forward with a whistle, slashing toward several Void Insects at her mental command. Every strike traced a dazzling arc of light.
As her innate talent, the Twelve-Wing Lightwheel Blades passively granted a massive 500% attack damage bonus. Ordinary attacks alone were enough to kill them instantly.
Slash! Slash!
Keen blade light swept past, annihilating the swarm before them in an instant. The insects turned into orbs of experience that Alice absorbed.
Alice brightened. "They really do give more experience than dungeon monsters. I'm not far from elite boss level now!"
By then, Yi Tian had charged straight onto the third, enormous Levitation Island.
The air here was even fouler and more rotten, with dense swarms crawling over the black-net-like barrier.
In a corner of the enormous Levitation Island, dozens of miners huddled together.
Ye Xiu, Jiang Che and his older brother and sister, along with a class holder wearing a Spark Martial Academy uniform, were protecting the miners while fighting off the Void Insect swarms under Ye Xiu's direction!
By the looks of it, the battle had been going on for quite some time!
"Boss! What are you doing here?"
"Wasn't the secret realm sealed off? How did you get in?!"
The moment Ye Xiu and Jiang Che saw Yi Tian, shock spread across their faces.
They had a connection with Yi Tian and could sense that the man before them really was him, not something else impersonating him.
That only left them even more bewildered.
"I'm here to rescue you, of course."
Before them stood an enormous, dark-green crawling insect and a spider-like insect that occasionally devoured prey nearby. They were clearly two elite members of the Void Insect Race.
[Void Ao Beast, level 40] [Void Webweaver, level 40]
"These should be the two strongest creatures they sent this time."
"They're tough to deal with. Be careful, Boss!" Ye Xiu and Jiang Che hurriedly warned him.
Yi Tian remained perfectly composed. "Alice."
The next moment, two mantis-like energy blades sprang from Alice's wrists. Together with her Twelve-Wing Lightwheel Blades, they whipped into a razor-sharp whirlwind.
The two Void Insect Race elites were not actually that powerful. With his god-tier class, Ye Xiu could handle them, but he also had dozens of miners behind him to protect, preventing him from unleashing his full strength.
Jiang Che couldn't help looking surprised. "Holy shit, Boss, this beauty is fierce! Does she have god-tier combat strength too?"
Ye Xiu nodded as well. Alice's current combat strength was every bit as strong as his.
Unfortunately, they had no idea that Alice had yet to activate her demon transformation. Otherwise, instantly killing these two Void Insect Race elites would have been more than easy.
Ye Xiu caught his breath, then warned Yi Tian:
"Boss, I'm afraid the Void Insect Race is planning something big."
"I remember their Otherworld Passage was in neighboring Han Country. But a few days ago, the Void Insect Race wiped out Han Country. Now they've set their sights on Great Xia!"
"They wiped out Han Country?"
Yi Tian was somewhat surprised. Han Country might have been relatively weak, but it was still a country. Had it really been destroyed so easily?
Ye Xiu shared what he knew:
"The Void Insect Race has two kinds of insects: Void Insects and parasites."
"The Void Insects are the ones around us. Their combat ability isn't top-tier among the other races, but they can invade dungeons, and their methods are bizarre."
"As for the parasites, they're said to be able to infest other creatures with low mental power and control them."
He had to admit, those two abilities were truly sinister!
It was hardly surprising that they had destroyed a country.
Yet Yi Tian couldn't shake the feeling that the Void Insects' ability had some inexplicable connection to Alice's Void Traversal...
"There's another kind-parasites?"
Outside, Wei Yuan was not far from the secret realm when his driver's eyes suddenly glowed green, and a horrifyingly strange expression appeared on his face.
"Enough of these cheap tricks."
Wei Yuan watched his driver's expression change abruptly, his own face utterly calm.
"If you have something to say to me, get on with it."
With his exceptionally powerful mental strength, Wei Yuan naturally sensed that something had possessed his driver. Since it had not rashly attacked, it clearly had something to say.
Soon, the driver spoke in a hoarse voice. "Her exalted Majesty, the Insect Mother, sends her greetings to Great Xia."
"Cut the crap."
Those words alone told Wei Yuan exactly who had come: the Void Insect Race that had destroyed Han Country. Their ruler was the Void Insect Mother.
With that information, he immediately realized that the Void Insect Race was also behind the secret realm's lockdown.
The insect possessing his driver spoke menacingly. "Since you're so impatient, I'll keep this brief."
"Our race can help Great Xia resolve the problem preventing you from mining the Sky Isle Realm..."
"We can also help release those outstanding humans trapped inside the secret realm!"
"And all we require in payment is two small secret realms."
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