Chapter 121: Cellar Secret Realm

Wow, there's still the ultimate grand prize?

The dungeon... inside are probably all foreign beings, and it's on the eighteenth layer of the secret realm; we freshmen have no chance.

Yeah, this ultimate grand prize is destined for the upperclassmen.

The news of the ultimate grand prize first excited the students.

Immediately, the students on the airship realized they were only freshmen.

This ultimate grand prize is destined to have nothing to do with them.

This made many students who thought they had some talent feel depressed, lamenting their ill-timed birth there.

This secret realm really seems to have had an accident.

Thinking of what Aodaili said, Lu Xun couldn't help but think.

The assessment rule is to encourage students to keep going down.

For each layer descended, points double.

For the same star-space alien species, if it's worth 1 point on the first layer, then 2 points on the second, 3 points on the third... if reaching the eighteenth layer, it's 18 points.

In this situation, running to the eighteenth layer to kill one is equivalent to a first-layer student killing eighteen.

Students who aspire to get first place will likely rush down eagerly.

The setup of the ultimate grand prize further stimulated the students.

Moreover, simply destroying the dungeon's lighthouse and seizing the secret realm core crystal on it can earn ten thousand points.

Isn't this faster than killing star-space alien species?

That's ten thousand points.

How many star-space alien species must be killed to earn that many points?

Lu Xun dares to guarantee that upon entering the secret realm, strong students will likely rush straight to the eighteenth layer.

Of course, it's not as simple as them just saying they'll run and then running.

Now nobody knows what the situation is inside the secret realm, or how strong the star-space alien species and foreign beings are inside.

"Unfortunately, I'm on the first layer.... I hope I can make it in time."

Lu Xun began to calculate.

He is a freshman, and upon entry he is on the first layer, which is a form of protection for other freshmen.

Because in the secret realm, the deeper you go, the stronger the star-space alien species become.

Even at Qingbei Middle, his combat power exceeds that of many third- and fourth-year students.

Lu Xun thinks it's easy to win the freshman division championship.

Even the paying students of Ten Thousand Willows Academy, Lu Xun feels no fear.

Those students' own combat power is ultimately too ordinary; Lu Xun's basic attack is their ultimate move.

However,

Now Lu Xun has suddenly become interested in this mysterious ultimate grand prize.

That voice didn't say what the ultimate grand prize is, but since it's a prize far surpassing the Heavenly Dao Talisman, it must not be simple.

In this situation, starting out by entering the first layer is not very friendly for Lu Xun.

"Heh, good thing I have insider information, I've been prepared."

On one airship, a student's face broke into a radiant smile.

"Ultimate grand prize... this must be mine!"

A student with sword-brows and starry eyes, ambition rose in his eyes.

"The ultimate grand prize is probably out of reach, but the freshman division championship will definitely be mine!"

Liu Xinghe glanced at Lu Xun, also on the same airship, and clenched his fists.

This time, his preparations are exceptionally thorough, he has confidence to seize the freshman division championship!

"Everyone, after entering the secret realm, let's cooperate and rush together to the eighteenth layer!"

"This time, anyone could win the freshman division championship, but it must be from our Ten Thousand Willows Academy."

On the Ten Thousand Willows Academy's airship, a group of students began to discuss.

"Aodaili, won't you join us? With our help, you can reach the eighteenth layer faster."

On another airship, Mina asked, puzzled.

Because Aodaili told Mina she would act alone.

"No, I have spatial magic; acting alone is actually more convenient."

Aodaili said.

"Alright then."

Seeing Aodaili unwilling, Mina didn't press further, instead discussing tactics with others.

In their team, besides Aodaili, there is also a fourth-rank mage.

That is a fourth-year student named Gelas, whose strength is extremely formidable.

So, without Aodaili, the other eleven people cooperating can also quickly reach the eighteenth layer.

This time, these Western magic delegations are heading straight for the eighteenth layer's dungeon.

They... aim to win the championship!

Besides them, students from several other magic academies are also discussing tactics and countermeasures.

These students belong to different magic academies and will not act together.

As many students discussed with each other, several figures flew onto the open space surrounded by the airships.

After nodding to each other, these figures simultaneously cast their spells.

Brilliant rays of light fell onto the grassland below.

There, a pitch-black cave mouth opened.

Next, Beidou University's airship took the lead, flying to above the cave mouth.

"Everyone, jump down to enter the secret realm; if you want to enter together with your companions at the same place, then hold hands."

"Jump!"

The airship's wings opened, and many students leapt one after another into the cave mouth.

As the students entered the secret realm, several figures stood in midair out of nowhere.

In their vicinity, everything seemed to be frozen, even the wind dared not approach.

This shows how terrifying their strength is.

"This secret realm is extremely dangerous; letting them enter like this... this time there will likely be considerable casualties."

An old man looked at the many students and let out a sigh.

"These students have not yet experienced real war; it's time for them to undergo the baptism of blood and fire."

"Indeed, the deductions of that person from Kunlun Mountain and the prophecy of the Western bishop both foretell future cruelty; if we don't properly temper them now, their path ahead will only become harder."

"I've said before, the current talent cultivation model is too gentle; in my opinion, we should use the method of raising gu to cultivate true experts..."

Others began chatting among themselves.

Among them, the twin sisters Fu Yue and Fu Xue stood side by side, beautiful as a pair of twin lotuses.

They silently gazed downward, not participating in the others' discussion.

"Wow, is this an underground world?"

A few minutes later, in the cellar secret realm, Li Bu Fan's exaggerated voice rang out.

Lu Xun surveyed this secret realm.

Here, it was as if in an underground world; one could clearly see the rocks hanging upside down above and the surrounding stone walls.

Above hung a waterfall, like a white ribbon, continuously falling to the ground.

The water on the ground formed a lake; when the lake's water overflowed, it turned into several streams that flowed outward and disappeared.

The whole space was roughly several kilometers in diameter.

This is naturally not the entire secret realm, but a cellar space within it.

Light came from somewhere unknown, making the cellar quite bright.

In terms of overall ecology, it differs somewhat from Lan Xing; the trees grow tall and large, and there are some tree species that Lu Xun cannot name.

At that moment, a fluffy white rabbit hopped out from a nearby thicket.

"Wow, what a cute rabbit."

A female student was charmed by that rabbit.

She crouched down, preparing to touch the rabbit.

Suddenly.

The rabbit suddenly grew larger than her and lunged to swallow her in one bite.

"Ah..."

The female student, frightened, covered her ears and screamed.

"Boom!"

The rabbit failed to bite her, and Lu Xun killed it with a fireball.

"All the small creatures here must be treated with caution; they are likely star-space alien species."

Lu Xun reminded.

After saying that, he couldn't help but glance at Li Bu Fan.

"Is this what you meant by not dragging us down?"

"When something happens, all you do is scream."

"Calling her stupid, she even covers her own ears, worried that her scream might be too loud and rupture her eardrums?"

"Well, this time upon entering, Lu Xun plans to first bring Li Bu Fan along, make sure there's no problem, then act alone."

Li Bu Fan gathered several capable students into a team, and this female student was one of them.

"Dealing with these star-space alien species isn't that hard either."

"Why are they all rabbits?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

After Lu Xun took care of the first star-space alien species, Li Bu Fan and the other students quickly each dealt with one as well.

The number of star-space alien species in this area is surprisingly large; their forms all appear as rabbits.

But when they unleash their power, they can become larger than an elephant.

Lu Xun checked the points.

Killing one yields one point; this should be the weakest star-space alien species in the secret realm.

"Brother Xun, there's no problem; you can go ahead with peace of mind."

Li Bu Fan naturally did not intend to delay Lu Xun.

"Alright, you all be careful."

"Brother Xun, goodbye~"

"Goodbye."

After bidding farewell to Li Bu Fan and the others, Lu Xun took out a long flying sword, stepped on it, and shot up into the sky.

The advantage of Immortal Cultivation is that one can fly on a sword upon reaching the Third Realm.

Of course, ordinary three realms cannot sustain flight for too long.

As for martial cultivators, after opening all the sole apertures, they gain abilities like Void-Stepping and can briefly levitate.

Or by practicing corresponding martial arts, they can likewise shoot up into the sky.

But none can remain airborne for a long time.

Even a fourth-realm martial cultivator finds it hard to stay airborne for long.

Generally, one must reach the fifth realm Divine Treasury Realm, open the internal secret treasury, to ignore Lan Xing's gravity and remain airborne for a long time, even move in outer space.

Just after taking off, a group of sparrows flew out from the upside-down trees above and swooped at Lu Xun.

They looked like ordinary sparrows, but upon approach they all enlarged and lunged at Lu Xun.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

The flying swords shot out, forming a rain of swords that shredded those birds to pieces.

"Using small flying swords against starry sky alien species is indeed not very effective."

Lu Xun thought.

These starry sky alien species are too large; the small flying swords used for attack are too small to kill them in one blow.

Unless one directly strikes their core, but each starry sky alien species has its core in a different location.

Immortal cultivators dealing with starry sky alien species find spells more effective.

"Rabbits, sparrows... these starry sky alien species, why are they all just forms of Lan Xing's organisms?"

Not only are they forms of Lan Xing's organisms, but there are many starry sky alien species here; I don't know how long they have been breeding.

"Indeed, rabbits and sparrows have strong reproductive abilities; perhaps that's why the starry sky alien species here take these two forms."

Lu Xun speculated.

The starry sky alien species have a bug: they can ingest other organisms' genes and then give birth to corresponding offspring.

These offspring can gain the advantages of other organisms while retaining the traits of the starry sky alien species.

The starry sky alien species in this secret realm were likely deliberately placed here by powerful humans.

The reason they take the form of rabbits and sparrows is because these two animals have extremely strong reproductive abilities.

Especially rabbits.

They produce many litters per year.

Thus, the number of starry sky alien species in this secret realm has increased, making them ideal for students' assessments and trials.