If a Tier 1 metahuman said they were going to the Fourth Secret Realm, that would be absolute nonsense. But things were different now. The Bhikkhu King was someone who had even been to the Fifth Secret Realm. Saying they were going to the Fourth Secret Realm, although very difficult, at least meant he truly had the qualifications to go. In that instant, Lillian suddenly felt regret.
Luo Chen had seriously invited her before, but she had dismissed it as nonsense and refused. Looking at it this way, Luo Chen wasn’t being rude or arrogant on the plane; everything he said was the absolute truth.
The Fourth Secret Realm! How tempting it was! Even some international giants had never been there. If she went in, just any random extra reward might instantly propel her to the strength of a Tier 5 or Tier 6 metahuman. It was a pity that this windfall opportunity had been completely wasted by her. It was destined to become a lifelong regret.
At least in this lifetime, she would absolutely never have the chance to be taken to the Fourth Secret Realm by the King of Games like the Bhikkhu King again. No wonder he was unwilling to join their team; just look at his team. The Bhikkhu King alone was enough to explain everything. And it was no wonder he was unwilling to go to the 99th secret realm. Compared to the Fourth Secret Realm, the 99th secret realm was nothing!
Luo Chen, however, looked at Taisang with great interest. “Didn’t you say before that you wanted to take me to brave a secret realm?”
“Now I agree. Let’s go,” Luo Chen said mockingly.
Let’s go? Taisang’s scalp tingled, and he was scared out of his wits.
Although he didn’t understand why Luo Chen, a Tier 1 metahuman, dared to go to the Fourth Secret Realm, with the Bhikkhu King there, Luo Chen should be fine. But he couldn’t say no. If he went to the Fourth Secret Realm, could he still walk out alive? It would simply be courting death.
It was only at this moment that he reacted. He couldn’t take them to the secret realm they wanted to go to earlier. He had even felt the other party was humiliating him. But looking at it now, how had they ever humiliated him? It was completely the truth! Did he dare take someone to the Fourth Secret Realm? Even a hundred of him going would just be courting death!
“Mr Luo, Taisang knows he was wrong. Please spare Taisang.” Taisang prostrated himself on the ground, continuously kowtowing and apologising to Luo Chen.
“Let’s go. Weren’t you the one insisting on taking me?”
“Let’s go,” Luo Chen said mockingly, but his tone didn’t sound fake at all. He then turned and walked into the temple.
Taisang instantly understood; they were preparing to use him as a guinea pig and send him to his death! In an instant, Taisang regretted it to the extreme. He had been hiding himself perfectly fine, so how did he get into such massive trouble? Song Mu then stepped forward and unceremoniously kicked Taisang, sending him flying inside. With the Bhikkhu King there, even if Taisang wanted to run, it was too late.
Outside the temple, many people watched this scene in horror. This was completely a master taking a beginner to fight a boss! Louis, in particular, had looked down on Luo Chen before. After all, he had connections and could find a team of Tier 5 metahumans to take them to brave the 99th secret realm, a place others wouldn’t even dare to dream of. But compared to Luo Chen? So what if the other party was just a Tier 1 metahuman? One of the international giants, the Bhikkhu King, known as the King of Games, was personally taking him to brave the Fourth Secret Realm. What qualifications did he have to look down on others? Giving a bitter smile and exchanging a glance with Lillian, Louis shook his head and followed the team into the temple.
After entering the temple, Luo Chen stood in a vast desert. In the desert, there was a heavenly stele soaring into the clouds. This stele was densely packed with secret realms. The top ten ranked at the top of the stele were particularly eye-catching. Especially the first-ranked secret realm! Luo Chen noticed that the colours of the other few secret realms were somewhat bright, while the colour of the First Secret Realm alone was very dim.
Taisang, however, sneakily pulled Luo Chen to the side after coming in. “Mr Luo, I want to trade for my life,” Taisang said bluntly. He knew very well that if he really followed Luo Chen and the others into the Fourth Secret Realm, he would undoubtedly die today.
“Trade with what?” Luo Chen looked at Taisang with great interest.
After gritting his teeth, Taisang took out a box from his bosom. He also knew that if he didn’t bring out something earth-shattering today, the other party would definitely not let him go. After taking out the box, Taisang opened the lid, and inside lay a golden key. The golden key even had a pair of wings on it! It looked just like an angel! Luo Chen frowned. This key didn’t seem particularly special.
But Taisang immediately spoke up. “Mr Luo, you must not look down on this key.”
“This key can open absolutely any secret realm, at any time!”
The top three secret realms all required a certain amount of time to open. Especially the First Secret Realm, which couldn’t be opened at all without a key. Moreover, Taisang was quite smart. He knew that once he said this, Luo Chen would definitely ask. So he took the initiative to speak first.
“To be honest with you, Mr Luo, my real name isn’t Taisang. I am actually a servant in the Metahuman King’s palace!”
A servant? The Metahuman King’s palace! Luo Chen looked at Taisang in surprise. This Metahuman King seemed to have quite a background if even a Tier 7 metahuman could only be a servant.
“It’s just because I stole this key that I came to Asia, changed my name, and didn’t even dare to expose my true strength,” Taisang said with a bitter smile.
Although the Metahuman King had countless treasures in his home, something was lost after all, and the Metahuman King was definitely sending people to track him down. Over the years, he had hidden in many places in the East, and only slowly settled down here in Siam. But who would have thought he would provoke Luo Chen today? Luo Chen took the key, and Taisang hurriedly left. The Bhikkhu King and the others naturally didn’t dare to eavesdrop or peek, so they had been standing with their backs turned, waiting to the side. As for letting Taisang go, the Bhikkhu King didn’t care much either.
Luo Chen, however, looked at the top three secret realms with great interest. “The third-ranked secret realm is related to Atlantis,” the Bhikkhu King explained.
That was an ancient lost civilisation. Rumour had it that it was an extraterrestrial civilisation, but as for the exact details, perhaps no one would ever know. The true body of the Black Phoenix was trapped in that very secret realm.
“As for the second to last one, it is said that over the past thousand years, up to now, only the Metahuman King has gone in with many experts, and he was the only one to come out alive. Moreover, it is said that half of the Metahuman King’s body was shattered,” the Bhikkhu King introduced.
“I have also heard that the First Emperor of the East and Alexander the Great of the West both entered it, but it seems neither of them managed to clear it.”
“What about the first one?” Luo Chen asked subconsciously.
“The first one?” The Bhikkhu King’s eyebrows shot up in shock. “No one has ever gone in. At least, no one has entered it for a thousand years.”
“And now, the only key is in the hands of the Metahuman King, so even if you want to go, you can’t.”