Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand-Chapter 699 - 454: Divine Bull’s Grand Tomb (Part 2)

Chapter 699: Chapter 454: Divine Bull’s Grand Tomb (Part 2)

"Law evolution cannot be rushed; upgrading too quickly might harm one’s foundational strength."

After all, Xiao Hei still needs to undergo an evolution.

If the foundation is poor during Law evolution, one mistake could be fatal.

"Roar!"

As soon as the Big White Bear appeared, it let out an excited roar and immediately assumed a cultivation stance.

Seeing this, Lin Chen stopped worrying about it and let Xiao Hong stay behind to guard, while he took Little Blue Fish with him to join Lee Zhen in exploring the soon-to-collapse Secret Realm to see if there are any other overlooked opportunities.

The two wandered through the Secret Realm, finding that the vitality of the place was indeed diminishing at an extremely fast pace.

Many plants that originally teemed with spirituality had already begun to wilt.

"It seems this place will soon be completely barren," Lee Zhen remarked with some regret.

Lin Chen nodded, his gaze drawn to a distant area perpetually shrouded in dense white fog.

That area was very peculiar. No matter the angle, all that could be seen was a blanket of white mist, and even Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate it.

"What is that place?"

Lin Chen pointed towards the area and asked Wu Ying who had just arrived.

Wu Ying shook his head solemnly:

"Not sure; it was like this when we arrived. I was afraid there might be danger inside, so hadn’t organized people to explore before the Divine Tiger Race came."

"Oh?"

This piqued Lin Chen’s curiosity even more.

He and Lee Zhen exchanged a glance, seeing the exploration desire in each other’s eyes.

With their current strength, they could indeed risk checking it out.

"Let’s go have a look."

Without hesitation, the two walked towards the unknown area.

As soon as they stepped into the mist, their vision suddenly broadened, and the mist behind them acted like a barrier, isolating them from the outside world.

But the scene in this area left both of them stunned.

Here, there was neither the familiar rocky terrain of the Black Mountain City Secret Realm nor a vast and boundless primeval forest.

The air was filled with a desolate aura, the clouds in the sky seemed lower, and the sunlight had a strange, dim yellow hue.

What surprised them the most was that all the plants here were species they had never seen outside, only found in the oldest botanical illustrations.

"The environment here... is completely different from the Black Mountain City Secret Realm," Lee Zhen surveyed the surroundings vigilantly but calmly, "but there doesn’t seem to be any danger."

Lin Chen crouched down, picked up a handful of soil to feel it, caught a gleam in his eye, and fell into deep thought.

"Could it be time-space dislocation?"

"What do you mean by time-space dislocation?" Lee Zhen asked puzzled.

"I mean the land beneath us might not belong to the current timeline we are in."

Lin Chen slowly stood up, gazing deeply at the ancient forest, and said:

"It might be a small world independently extracted by some power from the distant ancient era and embedded into this Secret Realm!"

Unfortunately, Lin Chen and Lee Zhen continued searching but still found nothing, nor any traces of Dao Fragments.

...

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, perhaps really due to the absence of Dao Fragments, the Spiritual Qi here became less and less.

Just as the Big White Bear broke through to level 68 the next day, the sky appeared like a shattered mirror, forming huge cracks, the ground collapsed, and distant mountains silently turned to dust.

Lin Chen knew the spatial Secret Realm was about to collapse.

The next second, the space shattered, and an irresistible repelling force enveloped everyone inside the Secret Realm.

After a dizzying swirl, Lin Chen and the others found themselves back on the familiar wilderness outside Black Mountain City.

Behind them, the ethereal Secret Realm, after a few flickers, completely dissolved into light specks and vanished into the air.

"We made it out!"

Already waiting outside, Ning Ye saw Lin Chen and others emerge and immediately came forward to greet them.

Behind him was a dense array of Jiuxing City elites, standing in strict formation.

Seeing Wu Ying, Xu Youzhen, and others injured, and the survivors’ grieving expressions, and after hearing Lin Chen’s brief description of the dangers inside the Secret Realm, he couldn’t help but inhale sharply, shocked by the Divine Tiger Race’s brutality.

However, Wu Ying composed herself, went to Ning Ye, and solemnly saluted:

"City Lord Ning, Black Mountain City will never forget this assistance."

Ning Ye quickly helped her up, looked at the survivors whose homes were destroyed, paused for a moment, and offered a very practical suggestion:

"City Lord Wu Ying, the deceased are gone, the living remain. Black Mountain City was previously massive and unwilling to merge with another city, which I understood."

"But now... the situation has changed. Why not migrate entirely or rebuild a new city on the outskirts of Jiuxing City, linking it as one, for mutual protection?"

Wu Ying fell silent upon hearing this.

She glanced at her fellow survivors, a hint of reluctance flickering in her eyes.

Black Mountain City was their ancestral home, and leaving it behind, who could truly feel at ease?

Yet she understood Ning Ye was speaking the truth.

With only their remaining power, to survive in today’s chaotic world would be a fanciful dream.

After a long time, she nodded heavily, "...I’ll seriously consider it."

As night fell, everyone gathered by the campfire.

Lin Chen recounted the sequence of events thoroughly, and finally, concernedly said:

"We killed all the Divine Tiger Race members this time, and given their way of doing things, they’re sure to send stronger forces for revenge. I’m worried it might implicate you..."

Unexpectedly, Ning Ye waved his hand, his expression calm, saying:

"You need not worry so much. Every debt has its debtor, that’s a rule set by those arrogant Divine Race."

"If they want revenge, they’ll target you and Chairman Lee as those who acted. If they dare touch Jiuxing City, people from Celestial Capital won’t let it slide; you can rest assured and focus on your own matters."

Hearing Ning Ye’s words, Lin Chen and Lee Zhen exchanged a glance, both relieved.

Still, they thought it best to write to Chen Ming to keep an eye on Jiuxing City.

As for Lin Chen and Lee Zhen, they had no worries left.

Having already offended the Ancient Race, adding another Divine Tiger Race wouldn’t matter much.

...

Then Lee Zhen looked at Lin Chen, asking: "So should we be heading to Nanfen Ancient Country to find the ’Divine Bull Ancient Tomb’ documented in the scroll now?"

"No."

Lin Chen shook his head, his gaze shifting to Little Blue Fish playing by the creek, eyes revealing an unprecedented "greedy" expression akin to a ravenous wolf eyeing its prey.

His lips curled slightly, excitement and anticipation evident, and he said:

"There’s no rush to the tomb. Now that Little Blue Fish can stably perform space traversal, it’d be a waste not to make good use of such a capability."

"I plan to first seek out Secret Realms, to seize some opportunities!"

Lee Zhen’s pupils brightened upon hearing this, then Lin Chen told Ning Ye:

"This is a good opportunity; choose some pillar members, about eight, to accompany us."

Little Blue Fish can transport only around 10 people, no more.

Ning Ye was overjoyed.

"By the way, make use of the Monster Hunter Guild’s network to investigate what Dao Fragments are," Lin Chen said.

"Alright."

Ning Ye nodded, then departed.

The next day, Ning Ye informed Lin Chen he’d found out.

"...Messages from outside indicate every Secret Realm contains Dao Fragments; the reason the Black Mountain City Secret Realm vanished so fast was due to the Dao Fragments disappearing."

"Once a Dao Fragment merges with a human body, even killing them won’t retrieve it."

"Only the Divine Race has some special methods."

Lin Chen nodded; this news was quite interesting.

In the following days, Lin Chen and the others began patiently waiting, with Ning Ye also selecting people, including Ning Ye himself.

Initially, Ning Ye planned to let the Ning Family Ancestor go instead, but Lin Chen suggested Ning Ye improve himself since he was to manage Jiuxing City in the future.

Thus, a spot was dropped to let Ning Ye join.

After waiting nearly 7 days, news finally arrived.

A Secret Realm appeared in the southern area, only three days had passed since.

"Where is it?" Ning Ye eagerly asked the scout.

"It’s beside the southern Dragon Vein Mountain..." the scout replied.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen immediately set out with his team. The southern region possessed only one major Dragon Vein, a mere five days’ journey from here.

If fortune favors them, perhaps they’ll make it in time for the Dao Fragments.