Chapter 127: Chapter 126: Secret Realm Giant Dragon
Translator: 549690339
Bai Qi and Gu Shan looked at each other as they watched the Secret Realm Tower slowly rise in front of them.
They had heard that Songlin City was littered with Secret Realm Towers, but it was a bit too much to come across one during a meal.
Nevertheless, it was good in a way, at least it proved that Husky indeed had the ability to sense the appearance of the Secret Realm Tower.
They just wondered if they could still find the backdoor?
“My goodness, I’ve been coming here to eat for some time now. Who would have thought that there’s a Secret Realm Tower in this lake?”
Zhou Yan stared at the towering structure in disbelief, then had a sudden thought.
“If Qing’er finds out that she missed a chance to touch a Secret Realm Tower firsthand, do you think she’ll be furious?”
“Judging by the look of this Secret Realm Tower, it seems to be a battle-type.
We should first stop others from approaching recklessly.”
Bai Qiucha assessed the Secret Realm Tower, voicing out his own judgment.
Battle-type Secret Realm Towers often have their own exterior countermeasures, and it’s easy to get hurt if triggered carelessly.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan nodded and was about to alert their boss, but realized Bai Qi, leading Husky, was already running towards the Secret Realm Tower.
“God, he is just like Qing’er, getting so distracted when seeing a Secret Realm Tower!”
Upon seeing this, Zhou Yan muttered under his breath and quickly followed. Bai Qiucha and Gu Shan followed suit.
Although this place was in the suburbs, many people were dining at the Songyue Building. They had noticed the emergence of the Secret Realm Tower and came out to observe.
However, most people just observed from afar without approaching it,
As residents of Songlin City, they were no stranger to Secret Realm Towers and were merely bored.
However, the tourists in Songlin City were much less composed.
“I can’t believe it. I fished out a Secret Realm Tower. Does this mean I’m the Heaven’s Chosen from the legends?”
A young man fishing by the lake, upon seeing the huge Secret Realm Tower, was filled with excitement. Instinctively, he wanted to explore.
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz!
Just then, the Secret Realm Tower slightly trembled, and a row of runes lit up on the bottom wall. The originally clear lake suddenly turned green.
“Is this…toxin?!”
The young man immediately tried to move away, but the toxin spread rapidly, reaching him through the lake water in no time. The young man fell directly into the lake.
The surrounding spectators began to panic as they saw this. Bystanders quickly moved away, while some Beast Masters summoned their beasts, preparing for a rescue operation.
But before they could act, Bai Qi, leading Husky, was already by the lake and used his mechanical arm to pull the young man out.
Looking at the young man who was now entirely green, Bai Qi immediately pulled a slime monster out of the secret space and threw it on the young man.
Gorp. Glop?!
(What is that smell?)
The semi-awakened slime monster immediately woke up at the pungent smell emanating from the young man, promptly engulfed him and started absorbing the toxin in his body.
The young man woke up soon enough, and as he watched the slime monster move away from him back to Bai Qi, he tried to say thanks but noticed Bai Qi squatting intently where he had been fishing, and a strange-looking two-headed dog was digging something there.
“Um, thank you for saving me.”
The young man moved closer out of curiosity to express his gratitude, but Bai Qi seemed preoccupied and only responded with a grunt.
“Beta, are you sure it’s here?”
Woof! Woof!
(Yep, should be. Smells like that door we came across last time.)
Beta nodded and quickened the pace of digging.
“Good, we can’t get in through the main entrance anyway.”
Bai Qi glanced at the lake around the Secret Realm Tower, which had transformed into a poison pond, quietly picked up the slime monster and placed it by his side while the young man quickly realized the danger and left without another word.
Pinching her nose, Zhou Yan managed the staff of Songyue Building to evacuate the crowd and walked over to Bai Qi, saying, “Bai Qi, what are you doing here? This Secret Realm Tower is quite dangerous. Non-professionals should stay away.”
Gu Shan hesitated and said, “Um, boss, it seems that we are professionals.”
“Ah, it seems so.”
Ranked as special trainee students, their task was to explore the Secret Realm Tower. If someone specialized in dealing with these, they were it.
“The countermeasures of this Secret Realm Tower has been activated. None of us have a contract with a support beast. We should notify Moon Night Tower first. They’re good at purifying toxins.”
Bai Qiucha checked the condition of the lake and then cast a glance at Bai Qi, who looked hopeful, and suddenly had an idea.
“Bai Qi, your talent is Breaking the Void1, right?”
“Me? Well… I guess.”
Bai Qi nodded. This talent was what Luo Xiang and Old Qin had “bestowed” upon him. Everyone said so, so it must be true.
“Since that’s the case, why don’t we take a look inside the Secret Realm Tower?”
A gleam flashed in Bai Qiucha’s eyes. He missed his turn the last time with the Tower of Gratitude because of Bai Qi. Now, encountering another tower, he couldn’t miss the opportunity.
“I seem to recall the teacher mentioned there were a few students in this training session with an equally rare talent of Breaking the Void. So Bai Qi, you’re one of them.”
Zhou Yan was also eager, saying, “An unexplored Secret Realm Tower, if we could be the first to open it, the teacher will stop calling me stupid, right?” Alright, so that’s what you’re thinking.
Bai Qiucha and the others were silent, beginning to search for an entrance. However, they didn’t find anything after circling the area.
“Looks like, the entrance to this Secret Realm Tower is submerged in the lake. Cha, why don’t you isolate the lake water? I’ll evaporate this poison pond.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qiucha shook his head and said, “We aren’t familiar with the situation underwater. If we trigger some sort of mechanism, and the range of the poisonous gas expands, then that would be troublesome.”
“Alright, then we have no other choice but to wait for support from the headquarters.”
Zhou Yan sighed with a hint of disappointment. Suddenly, he heard an explosion nearby. When the smoke cleared, Bai Qi was nowhere to be seen, leaving behind only a quiet gate.
“This is, the gate to the Secret Realm Tower?”
The group looked at each other in silence, realizing where Bai Qi had gone.
“Cough, cough, you stupid dog, couldn’t you have warned me before the explosion?”
Bai Qi wiped the dust off his head, landed a heavy punch on Beta, who looked innocent.
Howl howl…
(It was you who asked this doggy to speed up…)
“Beast Master, I suggest you first consider your current predicament.”
As Bai Qi and the dog were joking around, Schuck timely issued a reminder.
Bai Qi was taken aback upon hearing this, only then did he realize he was at the edge of a cliff, a deep abyss less than twenty centimeters away from him.
“Holy hell, this back door really is a death trap.”
Upon seeing this, Bai Qi broke into a cold sweat, rolling and crawling away from his original location.
If the gate of the Secret Realm had placed him a little differently when he entered, he might have died prematurely.
Originally, he just wanted to find the back door of the Secret Realm Tower and then figure out how to enter. After all, he had none of the Breaking the Void talent that Old Qin spoke of.
But to his surprise, just as Husky blew the gate open, he fell right in.
Could it be, he really had some kind of Breaking the Void talent?
It seemed that he should stay away from Beta digging pits in the future. If he fell unluckily, it could be a fatal meal outside.
Bai Qi looked around. The place where he was seemed to be a mountain range, stretching thousands of miles without end. Compared to it, Bai Qi’s Secret Realm seemed quite simple.
“It’s really disheartening when people compare. But considering the large Secret Realm this person possesses, the original owner of this place must have been quite formidable.”
Bai Qi enviously surveyed the Secret Realm, but quickly noticed something odd.
Such a large mountain range, with such flourishing flora, but he didn’t see a single bird or beast, not even the sound of insects.
Either this Secret Realm had been left for too long, and all living creatures had died off.
Or there was a powerful creature nearby.
Considering the swift countermechanisms of the Secret Realm Tower just now, the first explanation was obviously implausible. After all, a well-functioning Secret Realm Tower, especially such a large one, wouldn’t have a species extinction.
So the only explanation was…
Just then, Bai Qi felt a violent tremor from the Evolution Egg, as if it was going to bounce out of the Secret Space, and Beta was also looking behind him with a wary face.
Then, the distinct sound of large wings straining against the wind came from under the cliff behind Bai Qi, putting Husky instantly on high alert.
“Holy hell, is it some kind of summoning curse that whatever I think comes?”
Bai Qi immediately tried to summon Alpha when he saw this. However, after seeing the green giant dragon in front of him, he was frozen in place.
A dragon, a real-life dragon!
Crack crack!
(Boss, should we fight?)
Alpha, having just been summoned, saw the dragon in front of him. However, Alpha felt no fear and prepared for battle immediately.
“Even the weakest adult dragons are legends. What the hell are we supposed to fight it with!”
Bai Qi rolled his eyes, looking at the dragon on the cliff edge, who was curiously watching them, instinctively told Alpha to carry him and prepared to flee.
Of course, he knew that he couldn’t outrun a dragon. If it were in the wilderness, Bai Qi would absolutely give up struggling, and even sprinkle some seasoning on himself to suit the dragon’s taste.
But this was a Secret Realm, who knows, maybe some protective mechanism might get triggered?
But Bai Qi didn’t get far before he noticed something strange behind him, so he couldn’t help but look back.
“Am I hallucinating? Is a dragon scared of me?”
Seeing the green dragon, who was also turning in horror to flee, Bai Qi was a bit dumbfounded and tentatively told Alpha to stop.
“It’s really a human!”
Seeing Bai Qi stop, the green dragon screamed and promptly fainted.
“Schuck, can you check if I’m still asleep? Or did I get poisoned?”
“Your vital signs are normal, Beast Master.”
“Then what’s the deal with this cowardly dragon…”
“Um… this question is beyond the search range of my database, I refuse to
answer..”