After deciding on the little girl's fate, the group didn't linger and headed straight for the secret realm's location.
The location of the Tier 3 secret realm was on the other side of Tianyuan City. When Lu Chenxing arrived, he noticed that the concentration of Light Element in the surrounding elements had slightly increased. He immediately understood that if he left the city and continued further, he should be close.
Soon, the group arrived at the entrance of the secret realm, outside a gate with a black vortex.
Lei Tai opened a green channel for Lu Chenxing, allowing him to enter directly without waiting in line.
"Then I'm going in. Qiuchan Jie, if she wakes up and I haven't returned, remember to feed her something. If it's convenient, you can also give her a bath," Lu Chenxing gave his final instructions.
"Oh, what does she eat? Milk?" Dan Qiuchan asked, a bit troubled.
Lu Chenxing was speechless for a moment. This child looked like she was at least five years old, right? Why would a child that old still drink milk?
At this moment, Long Qifeng chuckled and said, "Alright, Little Lu, you go first. I'll help look after her, don't worry!"
Only then did Lu Chenxing feel relieved. After all, Long Qifeng was of his grandfather's generation and would certainly have more experience with childcare than him. "Then I'll trouble President Long!"
"No trouble at all, you go!" Long Qifeng also said with a chuckle.
Lu Chenxing nodded to everyone, took one last look at the little girl sleeping soundly in Dan Qiuchan's arms, and without further hesitation, turned and walked towards the secret realm.
Under the familiar embrace of Spatial Element, Lu Chenxing arrived inside the secret realm. It was also a military camp upon entry, with people coming and going. Besides the stationed soldiers, there was also a specially designated trading area for transactions between freelancers.
The Tier 2 secret realm in Loshen City that Lu Chenxing had visited before also had a trading area, but compared to the one in Tianyuan City, it was far too small.
Because it was a dark attribute secret realm, there was no sun in the sky. Instead, there was a purple crescent moon, and the purple light it cast allowed people to see things generally clearly, but certainly not as clearly as with the sun.
Around the military camp, it was quite good, with many crystal energy lamps illuminating the place as bright as day. Because dark attribute beasts generally disliked light, these lamps also served to drive them away.
After a quick glance at the trading area and the purple moon in the sky, Lu Chenxing opened the secret realm map that Lei Tai had sent him on his military watch and selected his targets for this trip.
"dark night cat妖, Ghost-faced Fox, Black-scaled Snake, Shadow Spider, Dark Night Bat—a total of five locations, forming a convenient loop back. The route is good; I can search for things as I go."
In fact, up until now, he still didn't know where to find that so-called thing that could devour all light. He only knew he had to look in darker places.
But for now, he could only take it one step at a time. He planned to search all these places marked as early Tier 3.
The map of each secret realm was the same. This area being marked as early Tier 3 meant that the highest combat power here was early Tier 3. If he couldn't find it in these places, Lu Chenxing planned to go deeper.
If all else failed, he would say that after completing his previous mission, a second-stage mission appeared or something... and ask Song Lijie and the others for help.
But that was a last resort. He would try his best not to ask them for help, as given his current performance, Song Lijie and the others' guess about him would at most be an Elementalist with a special inheritance!
They might guess up to an SS-grade talent at most, but if something like a second-stage mission appeared again, their guesses would probably lean towards SSS-grade. At that time, there would likely be many people secretly watching him!
No one likes to be watched by others, regardless of the form.
Lu Chenxing looked at the location of the dark night cat妖 habitat, found his direction, and then left the camp, beginning his sprint.
The environment here was special. Lu Chenxing condensed the surrounding Light Element and covered his eyes with a layer of golden light to achieve night vision.
It was similar to the principle of people wearing sunglasses during the day, except he was doing the opposite. Although this logic was a bit flawed, it was still executed under the effect of his talent. Since it was a minor spell, it didn't consume much magic power.
With night vision, Lu Chenxing discovered that the surrounding trees and grass weren't black because the light was dim; they were inherently that color!
The trees and creatures in the dark attribute secret realm, having been eroded by Dark Element for years, had long since eliminated those that couldn't adapt. Those that adapted became this pitch-black.
After casually observing the surroundings, Lu Chenxing directly activated "Lightness Spell" and "Riding the Wind," his speed sharply increasing as he headed towards the territory of the dark night cat妖.
dark night cat妖 are a group of beasts similar in size to ordinary leopards, entirely black. Their claws possess the corrosive power of Dark Element. Upon reaching Tier 2, they can release the skill "Phantom Claw" through their claws, causing dark attribute corrosive damage.
Their bodies are agile, and their jumps are silent. In the dimly lit surroundings, their black fur becomes their best camouflage!
Many times, professionals are attacked before they even have a chance to discover their location.
The most terrifying thing is not their assassination ability, but their habit of living in groups! When one appears, there are probably dozens more lurking nearby, eyeing their prey.
Therefore, generally, no one dares to go to the dark night cat妖's territory alone. They usually form teams, ranging from four to six people, and there must be someone in the team with scouting abilities.
However, some brave and highly skilled individuals also choose to go alone. After all, they are gregarious, and if one can wipe out a group, the rewards are not to be underestimated!
When Lu Chenxing arrived at the dark night cat妖's territory, the Wind Element immediately brought him news of the dark night cat妖. Scattered cat Monster had already appeared!
He immediately deactivated his "Riding the Wind," allowing the wind resistance to slowly reduce his speed. When his speed dropped, he found that no less than twenty dark night cat妖 had already surrounded him.
On the trees, in the grass, and in some low shrubs, there were cat Monster figures.
Lu Chenxing clearly saw the cat Monster in the grass; it was quietly crouching there, seemingly certain that the human in front of it wouldn't discover it.
"They're all late Tier 2 and perfected. It seems the early Tier 3 leader isn't here?" Lu Chenxing understood, and at the same time, he didn't plan to waste time with these little kittens.
Most of the surrounding area here was dominated by Dark Element, almost over 80%. Other elements that could be mobilized were scarce, especially Light, Thunder, and Fire Elements, which were extremely low in quantity, almost non-existent!
Even though the secret realm entrance wasn't far from Featherlight City, and Light Element was active there, this secret realm didn't seem to be affected.
And these beasts, which had lived in this environment for a long time, had very high dark attribute resistance, but similarly, their resistance to Light, Thunder, Fire, and other elements would be very low.
Although he could kill them with Dark Element, there was no need to waste time in such a place.
Thinking this, Lu Chenxing directly took out a card.