Thousand Illusion Secret Realm.

Above Lu Chuaning’s head hovered a small golden pagoda, from which a golden light descends, protecting Lu Chuaning within it.

The red soul items charged forward one after another, but they immediately vanished into nothingness upon touching the golden light shield.

Inside the shield, Lu Chuaning’s eyes showed a gleam of pride.

Soul Destruction Pagoda!

This is a Spirit Soldier capable of exterminating soul items, which he had specially prepared for this ranking competition.

This ranking competition is held in the Yan Kingdom, and regarding the scoring competition arranged by the Yan Kingdom, the dean had long guessed it would be related to Divine Souls.

This is an advantage for the Yan Kingdom, and the Yan Kingdom has no reason to forgo such a great advantage.

This Spirit Soldier is not his; it was temporarily loaned by the dean, foreseeing the situation inside the Thousand Illusion Secret Realm.

The situation in the Thousand Illusion Secret Realm is no secret to the Han Kingdom.

Many disciples from the Yan Kingdom Royal Martial Arts Academy have been to the Han Kingdom, informing them about the situation inside the Thousand Illusion Secret Realm.

"No matter how powerful Lin Chen’s Divine Soul is, it can’t compare to my Soul Destruction Pagoda. The one with the highest score in this round will surely be me."

A look of certainty flashed in Lu Chuaning’s eyes. He had been inside for fifteen hundred breaths now, equivalent to fourteen hundred points. At most, Lin Chen’s strength could last five hundred breaths here. Even counting the score from the test round, it was far beyond Lin Chen’s.

However, to be safe, Lu Chuaning was not in a hurry to leave and decided to search through the mist.

With the Soul Destruction Pagoda, he could see clearly within a range of ten feet, and he wouldn’t lose his way.

Dozens of breaths later.

Without finding anything, Lu Chuaning was about to exit when he suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on the millstone in the sky ahead.

The millstone had ceased to spin, and no more soul items emerged from the red cracks. A green leaf emerged from the crack, revealing its true form.

One leaf, two leaves, three leaves...

Among the three green leaves, a bright red fruit was strikingly conspicuous.

"What is this?"

Lu Chuaning’s eyes shone brilliantly. He didn’t know what the red fruit was, but he knew it was undoubtedly something good.

Without any hesitation, Lu Chuaning leaped towards the fruit. When he was only three feet away from the red fruit, his face showed excitement as he reached out to pick it.

Whoosh!

At this moment, a cold light whistled towards him.

The cold light struck against Lu Chuaning’s golden shield. Startled, Lu Chuaning looked behind him.

"It’s you!"

Upon seeing Lin Chen behind him, Lu Chuaning was stunned. Sixteen hundred breaths had passed, and Lin Chen was still inside the secret realm.

Coming to his senses, Lu Chuaning’s face twisted into a sinister smile. Tirelessly searching everywhere, and now it’s effortless to have him come.

If Lin Chen had left the secret realm, he couldn’t do anything to Lin Chen. But in this secret realm, even if he killed Lin Chen, Liang Kingdom wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.

The red fruit was tempting, but compared to Lin Chen, Lu Chuaning wanted more to defeat Lin Chen.

After defeating Lin Chen, there was no hurry to get the red fruit.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes at Lu Chuaning, particularly at that pagoda above Lu Chuaning’s head.

Just now he used the Divine Thought Flying Saber to attack, which targets the Divine Soul directly, generally difficult to intercept. However, the golden shield descending from the pagoda above Lu Chuaning’s head managed to block it. And that Lu Chuaning had been there for such a long time, which made him realize that this pagoda could probably withstand Divine Soul attacks.

"Lin Chen, go to hell!"

Lu Chuaning’s eyes flashed with a cold light, and in an instant, he moved away from the pagoda, rushing towards Lin Chen.

In Lu Chuaning’s view, the pagoda was his defense against the soul items here, and it was unnecessary to use the pagoda against Lin Chen. With his own strength, he could kill Lin Chen here.

"Courting death!"

Seeing Lu Chuaning abandon the pagoda, Lin Chen’s Divine Thought moved, and ten Flying Sabers condensed together, suddenly merging into one the next moment.

Whoosh!

The Flying Saber, now twice its original size, in the blink of an eye, arrived before Lu Chuaning. His pupils contracted sharply, but he didn’t care and sent a palm strike toward the Flying Saber.

However, amidst a burst of palm wind, the Flying Saber’s speed didn’t diminish at all. To Lu Chuaning’s disbelief, the Flying Saber passed through his palm, piercing his heart and vanishing.

Lu Chuaning’s clothes were not damaged, but he staggered mid-air, falling towards the ground.

At the moment when Lu Chuaning lost focus and fell, Lin Chen’s right hand appeared with the Dragon Shadow Bow, and a golden arrow shot out.

Puff!

The arrow pierced through Lu Chuaning’s chest directly. Coming back to his senses, Lu Chuaning spat out blood and fell heavily to the ground.

"I was still wondering how to break through your golden barrier; I didn’t expect you would come to me yourself."

Lin Chen walked up to Lu Chuaning, seeing the disbelief in Lu Chuaning’s eyes, and without any hesitation, struck down with his palm.

Lu Chuaning wanted to kill him, so he naturally wouldn’t spare Lu Chuaning.

After dealing with Lu Chuaning, the pagoda also slowly descended. Lin Chen flashed over and grabbed the pagoda in his hand. Simultaneously, he darted towards the millstone and picked the red fruit.

The moment the red fruit touched his hand, it turned into a liquid, penetrating his skin and disappearing.

A refreshing and soothing sensation instantly filled his mind, and Lin Chen immediately summoned his panel.

[Host: Lin Chen]

[Realm: Ninth Grade]

[Spirit Tier: 3.6]

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Hiss!