Chapter 597, Battle Royale Secret Realm? Interesting

Translator: Silavin

 

Lu Fan looked at Ye Wuxian’s serious expression, and his heart could not help but warm.

 

He had actually heard such words many times before.

 

Previously, Jian Ying, Qin Qiu, Tao Xiaoman and others had all said they would work hard to become stronger and strive to keep up with his pace.

 

Now, Ye Wuxian was saying the same thing.

 

Ye Wuxian was naturally much stronger than Jian Ying and Qin Qiu. Previously, even Lu Fan was not her match.

 

However, now that Lu Fan had gotten stronger, even Ye Wuxian, apart from being stronger than Lu Fan in terms of purely combat experience and battle senses, was no longer on the same level as him in terms of actual strength.

 

Although Lu Fan knew in his heart that with his cheat of a System, whether it was Ye Wuxian or Jian Ying or any other person, they would never be able to catch up to his pace in this lifetime.

 

However, the fact that these girls still strive to keep up with him moved him.

 

Therefore, Lu Fan smiled and said, “Alright, then you must quickly get stronger.”

 

“When the Ye Family becomes a Second Tier Ancient Noble Family in the future, I can go out and show off, saying that the Second Tier Ancient Noble Family from the Western Border stands behind me!”

 

“Hehe, by then, the Ye Family’s name will definitely scare others so much they’ll wet themselves!” Ye Wuxian laughed heartily, then restrained her smile and said, “Okay then, I’ll return to the Ye Family first. In the Secret Realm, you must take care of yourself.”

 

“Don’t worry. When I return with the Divine Tempering Liquid, I’ll add it to the Fortune Glowing Spring, and then we can go soak inside together.”

 

“Get lost you stinking rogue!”

 

“No, what I meant to say is you girls soak inside first, then I’ll soak after, not soaking together…”

 

In the end, Ye Wuxian used Flight to leave.

 

Seeing this, the people present did not stop her.

 

After all, Ye Wuxian alone could not catch their attention. If she wanted to leave, so be it.

 

Soon, the trembling of the ground intensified, followed by roars resembling wild beasts echoing from underground.

 

It seemed that beneath the sinkhole, a wild beast was building up power, ready to charge out at any moment.

 

“It’s coming!” Someone shouted, and immediately after, a white light suddenly exploded from below the sinkhole, shooting straight into the sky!

 

This white pillar of light was filled with a sense of holiness, containing an indescribable gravitational force, as if it were a passage that would pull anything into the sinkhole through some mysterious power.

 

As the pillar of light gradually stabilised, Lu Fan felt something unusual from his Mission Inventory. It was the Transfer Stone for the God’s Tomb Secret Realm.

 

Lu Fan took it out, and the stone indeed began to glow. The moment it appeared, it enveloped Lu Fan and transported him into the pillar of light in the sinkhole, not even giving Lu Fan any time to prepare.

 

The others were obviously more familiar with the God’s Tomb Secret Realm. The Player preparing to participate all handed over their stuff to their accompanying personnel before taking out their Transfer Stones to be transported into the sinkhole.

 

After Lu Fan was enveloped by the light, he only felt everything before his eyes turned completely white. He did not know how much time passed before the white light dissipated a little, allowing him to vaguely see everything around him.

 

Only then did he realise he was emanating a faint white glow all over his body, standing in mid-air at an unknown height.

 

Below him was a place that looked like a small island.

 

It was covered with dense forests and overlapping mountain ranges, an extremely complex terrain.

 

At such a distance, Lu Fan could not clearly see what was actually on the island.

 

Just as Lu Fan was trying to observe the area below more carefully, he saw white lights flashing one after another around him. After each flash of white light, a Player was transported in.

 

Like Lu Fan, they were held up in mid-air by some mysterious force. Although they could move, they could not relocate at all, let alone use any Skills.

 

Clearly, the God’s Tomb Secret Realm had not truly begun yet and was still in its preparation phase, so participants could not freely attack.

 

Soon, white lights continuously flashed, and thirteen people appeared in mid-air.

 

This was precisely all the participants in the God’s Tomb Secret Realm.

 

Well, not quite all. There was still one person from the Sun Family who possessed a Secret Realm Transfer Stone but had already left.

 

After everyone had arrived, the Map Mechanics governing the Secret Realm seemed to be waiting for the final person.

 

After about three minutes, a voice like thunder exploded in everyone’s ears. “Time’s up! Secret Realm closed!”

 

Lu Fan was not mentally prepared and was startled by this sudden voice.

 

He looked at the others, who seemed very familiar with the God’s Tomb Secret Realm and showed no unusual reactions.

 

This made Lu Fan feel rather embarrassed, thinking to himself that although his strength was formidable, this was indeed his first time in this place.

 

Ye Wuxian also did not understand God’s Tomb Secret Realm and had no idea what would happen after entering. This was truly like country bumpkins entering the city…

 

Just as Lu Fan was pondering this, that voice spoke again.

 

“The God’s Tomb Secret Realm has thirteen participants. Three Divine Tempering Pool Keys will be divided into thirty-nine fragments, with each of you holding one piece. The remaining twenty-six pieces are hidden within the God’s Tomb Secret Realm.”

 

“When the first Divine Tempering Pool Key is assembled, the location of the Divine Tempering Pool will be revealed. It is only after the Divine Tempering Liquid is obtained that this Secret Realm will officially end!”

 

As the voice finished speaking, beams of white light appeared from nowhere and flew into each person’s Inventory.

 

Lu Fan immediately opened his backpack to look, and indeed found a Special Item.

 

Divine Tempering Pool Key Eighth Fragment (Special Item) Description: Collect fragments one through thirteen to synthesise a Divine Tempering Pool Key to unlock the Restriction, and obtain the Divine Tempering Liquid.

 

[Oh? We need to collect keys? How interesting.]

 

Lu Fan looked at all the people beside him, speculating in his heart that the others should respectively hold the other fragments.

 

To obtain the Divine Tempering Liquid, the simplest method would be to kill everyone and collect all the key fragments.

 

However, with God’s Tomb Secret Realm’s Map being so large, finding everyone would probably be quite difficult.

 

Searching for other key fragments was also a decent option.

 

“Next.” the voice in the Secret Realm spoke again, “please choose your initial exploration location. Once selected, you may crush the Transfer Stone to transport yourself there.”

 

[I need to choose my initial location? But exploration location? What does that mean?]

 

As Lu Fan was full of question marks, he suddenly saw red lines appear over the map below him, dividing the map into a full two hundred and fifty sections, which were the exploration locations.

 

Lu Fan felt that with just a thought, he could select one of them.

 

[Wait… isn’t this… a Battle Royale? A Battle Royale Secret Realm!? This is getting more interesting…]