Chapter 212: Leaving the Secret Realm
Looking at the Corpse Control Insect cut into two pieces, Chu Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He quickly jumped onto the back of the Shadow Golden Mantis and took the Key off.
After collecting all four Guardian Beasts into the Soul Sea, the two of them rode the Shadow Golden Mantis to rendezvous with Hongyang and the others.
On their way back, they also saw the corpse of the Swift Wind Demon Wolf.
Chu Chen was naturally very pleased with this, so the Key did not need to be fought over again, and they won directly.
One could say that the Swift Wind Demon Wolf was also killed by its own cowardice. If it had chosen to join Chu Chen and his companion against the Holy Light Beetle, it might have survived.
A moment later, Chu Chen and his companion laughed as they looked at the people lying on the ground, showing that it hadn't been easy for them either.
"Haha, you're finally back. Did you get the Key?" Hongyang asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Chu Chen took out the Key and waved it towards everyone.
Seeing this, everyone showed a look of excitement, and their previous efforts were considered worthwhile now that they had obtained the Key.
"What do you think the Daoist School will reward us with this time? I gave it my all just now."
"Who knows, but this is a Secret Realm of insects, its value won't be too high."
"What? Why didn't you say so earlier? I wouldn't have tried so hard if I knew."
"You two are unbelievable, don't talk nonsense if you don't know. The value of insect types isn't low, and the Daoist School can introduce other Star Beasts to breed here. Besides, the benefits within the Secret Realm far surpass the materials on Star Beasts, including Star Treasures and Heavenly and Earthly Treasures."
As everyone was fiercely discussing, the Star Beasts approached aggressively.
Seeing this, everyone immediately stopped their discussion and stood up to confront the Star Beasts.
At this moment, the Abyss Wolf stepped forward and gave a low growl to everyone.
After translation by the Guardian Beast, everyone knew that it was inquiring about the White-headed Fire Eagle and the Swift Wind Demon Wolf, obviously wanting a share of the spoils.
Chu Chen laughed at hearing this. He now had an idea, intending to leave all these Star Beasts here.
After a round of battles, both sides were in similar shape, with barely a tenth of their strength left.
However, after some consideration, Chu Chen decided to abandon the idea.
With Nirvana and the Shadow Golden Mantis around, this battle would surely be won. However, the Abyss Wolf was the cub of the Wolf King, and no one knew if it had hidden means, so the risk couldn't be taken.
Thinking of this, Chu Chen didn't hesitate anymore. He clicked a few times on the Communication Bracelet and played the recorded footage.
Everyone gathered curiously around to watch.
The first scene to appear was the footage of Chu Chen and the others arriving near the Key, followed by the scene of the White-headed Fire Eagle being instantly killed, and finally the footage of the Swift Wind Demon Wolf fleeing.
As for the subsequent footage, Chu Chen naturally wouldn't play it, as it involved his secret.
Everyone showed expressions of shock; the Commander Level Eighth Rank Star Beast couldn't even last a single round.
As for the fleeing Swift Wind Demon Wolf, everyone naturally cursed it loudly.
The Abyss Wolf, upon seeing this, turned its head to angrily growl at the Star Beasts behind it, then quickly departed.
Evidently, it was furious at the performance of the White-headed Fire Eagle and the other beasts.
After the Star Beasts left, everyone remembered how Chu Chen and his companion killed the Holy Light Beetle. Given their ability to instantly kill a Commander Level Eighth Rank White-headed Fire Eagle, none of the people present could achieve that.
When questioned by the others, Chu Chen repeated the story he had already prepared.
The content was roughly that the Holy Light Beetle could not use its Skills and was rather clumsy. The ability to instantly kill the White-headed Fire Eagle was due to the Corpse Control Insect's Mind Control, with Nirvana's Willpower being strong enough to break free from Mind Control and so on.
For some less intelligent folks, this story had some credibility since everything Chu Chen said was true. As for whether it could break through the Holy Light Beetle's Defense, that was beyond consideration.
For intelligent people like Hongyang, the story had many loopholes, but Chu Chen didn't want to elaborate, and they couldn't ask further.
At this moment, the Key suddenly emitted a powerful suction force, and dense Star Power quickly surged into it.
Seeing this, Chu Chen hurriedly let go, and the Key hovered in mid-air as a gigantic portal slowly appeared.
Once the portal was fully formed, Chu Chen put away the Key.
"Let's go; we can leave now," Chu Chen said with a smile.
Everyone was naturally overjoyed at hearing this. These three days in the Secret Realm had been exhausting for them, and they just wanted to leave immediately for a good rest.
Watching everyone rush towards the portal, Chu Chen said to Zhang Yuyan beside him, "Let's leave too."
"Wait a moment; let me delete the footage before we leave."
Hearing this, Chu Chen was taken aback for a moment, then quickly began deleting the footage too.
Just then, Zhang Yuyan spoke again.
"Do you also need to delete the footage? With your performance this time, your contract Level could likely be raised to S-level."
"I don't want to reveal all my cards to others. As for an S-level contract, it used to be very appealing to me in the past, but now it doesn't have much significance," Chu Chen said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhang Yuyan nodded thoughtfully and said, "You currently share profits from two Secret Realms and don't lack Cultivation Resources. Besides the Daoist School's treasury and Points, nothing else indeed holds much attraction for you."
After deleting the footage, the two stepped into the teleportation portal.
Upon exiting the Secret Realm, they found Lu Hongfei looking anxiously in their direction.
Seeing this, Chu Chen immediately waved and said, "Director Lu, we are here."
Upon hearing this, Lu Hongfei smiled and replied, "It's good that you're okay."
After the three of them reunited, Lu Hongfei asked again, "How were the gains this time?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Chen directly tossed the Key to him.
Receiving the Key, Lu Hongfei said in shock, "This is the Key; you've struck it rich again, kid."
Hearing this, Chu Chen replied with a smile, "This time was different from the last. It's not solely my work that we obtained the Key."
"Oh? Quickly, tell me what happened?"
Chu Chen didn't hold back and recounted the entire series of events.
"This distribution method seems quite reasonable."
At this moment, an angry voice came from the crowd.
"What did you say? You haven't seen Li Yifei and Feng Yu."
Hearing this, everyone turned towards the voice and found that the speaker was Zhang Kun.
He was staring intently at the teleportation portal. Only after the portal completely disappeared did he shift his gaze, which landed on Wang Tianxiong.
Seeing this, everyone naturally understood his thoughts.
At this moment, Zhang Kun's face turned extremely unpleasant. Li Yifei was an S-level prodigy, and his strength was among the top tier of many geniuses. There wouldn't be more than three people capable of killing him. As for being killed by Star Beasts, that was impossible; even if he was outmatched, he had ways to save his life.
At this moment, an elderly man came to Zhang Kun, and he said anxiously, "Director Zhang, Fei'er hasn't come out. Is he..."
"Sigh! Let's talk about this later. Let's head back first," saying this, Zhang Kun led the people of Vermilion Bird Daoist School away.
However, as he left, he inadvertently glanced at Chu Chen.