Li Rui’s heart was extremely heavy.

At least hundreds of thousands of people live in the direct administration area at the foot of the Holy Judgment High Court’s area, but seeing this posture, the Blood Evil Sect’s methods are once again about to wreck innocent civilians.

Now he knows quite a bit about this sect’s spells, and he is well aware that if Zuo Qiutian arrives, he will need a large number of souls and blood to gain power first.

People from the Secret Realm World can be sacrificed, and people from the real world can too.

In the vast direct administration area, everywhere it was full of blood and fire, as if dozens of people were all world NPCs, they must be acting simultaneously.

Li Rui clenched his teeth, continued to urge the Escape Technique, he didn’t have the ability to stop what was happening at the mountain foot, and if the iron giant had hands free, and paired with a world NPC at random, he would die here, too.

He held tightly to Cheng Mingyue, transformed into a blue light, and moved with the wind, seeing they were about to escape the forbidden area’s scope, yet at that moment, the blood light of the city began changing, a layer of blood-colored barrier abruptly rose, forming a dome covering the entire forbidden area.

Li Rui only got close, without even touching it, and immediately felt a surging evil power.

Shua!

He immediately changed direction, landed on the ground, looked back, only to see the bloody barrier completely isolating the Holy Mountain and this place from the outside world.

"We can’t get out, that barrier can’t be touched!"

Li Rui said, "Give me a buff, I’ll see if I can blow it open!"

Cheng Mingyue didn’t hesitate at all and immediately began to cast the spell.

Li Rui raised his hand, just about to try the All Heaven Thunder Fire Spell on the barrier’s strength, but when he raised his hand, he saw that the inscription had changed.

The countdown that hadn’t appeared before suddenly appeared, with only a "3" showing.

what?

hours?

minutes?

Li Rui hadn’t figured it out yet, just as he saw it move.

"2"....

"1"....

Damn you....

Before he finished his curse, Li Rui’s eyes blackened and he fell forward.

Cheng Mingyue instinctively caught him, then was dumbfounded.

"Huh?"

She looked at Li Rui’s inscription, and among the nine white stars of the Northern Abyss of Golden Scale, three had turned black, indicating he had entered the Secret Realm.

"No way, dude! You’re really sleeping!"

She was on the verge of tears, at this critical moment, when she wasn’t even good at frontal assaults, she still had to take care of an unconscious guy, what kind of hell-level task is this?

Fortunately, before releasing the Escape Technique, Li Rui had chosen to land on the street at the edge of the forbidden area, a place that the bloody criminals hadn’t noticed yet.

Cheng Mingyue’s eyes twirled, carrying Li Rui she rushed into a nearby alley.

"You better get out of the Secret Realm quickly; if you don’t come out, both of our lives will be at stake." She muttered in her heart.

.....

Li Rui’s heart was in shambles.

At such a time, he actually entered the Secret Realm, meaning outside, only Cheng Mingyue is left to face the pursuit of the iron giant and other possible world NPCs, even Zuo Qiutian.

Not to mention her, even Li Rui himself couldn’t handle such a formidable lineup.

"What Secret Realm am I in? Northern Abyss of Golden Scale."

Li Rui was very anxious but had to clarify the situation, "Damn, I remember now, this Secret Realm has no safe exit."

No safe exit means that unlike some Secret Realms where you fail if you give up the main quest, ending the Secret Realm immediately, the only way to leave without completing the main quest is death.

However, even normal people wouldn’t rashly commit suicide in a Secret Realm, as there’s a small chance it could lead to real death, and if there’s any hope, no one would gamble.

The point is, Li Rui was not a normal person; he had never died in a Secret Realm, but based on his knowledge of his jinx-like tendencies, if there was a small chance of a bad outcome, then for him it was a certainty.

"I must pass through quickly. As for the side quests, if there’s no time, I can’t be bothered."

"So what is the main quest?"

Li Rui originally learned about Secret Realm strategies to prepare for the Five Thunders, but this time the Secret Realm appeared suddenly during a task, so he didn’t have much time to read, only glanced quickly and didn’t remember deeply.

"Let’s walk forward a bit, it will definitely trigger."

The Golden Scale Abyss has the largest lake in the Golden Scale Marsh, and this Secret Realm is on the northern shore of the Golden Scale Abyss.

It was night, and the surrounding trees turned into silhouettes, the water on the lake became deep black, as if leading to an endless abyss.

He walked a few steps along the lake shore, leaving the small forest of the spawning point, and finally the notification appeared.

[Main Quest Updated: Survive.]

[24:00:00]

[23:59:59]

.....

Damn!

Li Rui suddenly remembered, this Secret Realm is the same as the Demon Wind Temple, it’s a survival type, the goal is to survive against the barbaric beasts around Golden Scale Abyss.

According to the background story, Liangting Country’s army has already reached the south of Golden Scale Abyss, and the next step is to come here. If you hold out until then, many Soldier Cultivators from the Demon Suppression Bureau and the army will arrive to support, by then the task will be complete.

But a main quest that requires killing time is not a good thing for Li Rui who is in a hurry.

"I don’t know the flow of time in this Secret Realm, whether Sister Yue can hold on."

He muttered, "Wait? Maybe there’s an opportunity. If I act quickly and kill all the monsters, it might end this Secret Realm early."

"Yes, that makes sense, let’s do it!"

Just as he made up his mind, he sensed the presence of living creatures hiding in the bush beside him.

With a swish, the Yin Yang Umbrella was in hand, he was just about to unleash a Great Fire Bell Spell to clear the way when he saw a human emerge from that direction.

"Li Rui?"

"Chairman Wu?"

Both of them didn’t expect to meet here.

With a lot on his mind, Wu Mengying spoke first: "Did you also not have a countdown, and then suddenly entered the Secret Realm?"

"Three seconds." Li Rui said, "the countdown was only three seconds."

"I see, I was in a meeting and didn’t notice the abnormality of the inscription."

Wu Mengying frowned, "I can’t believe something like this happened, if it’s not an isolated case, there must have been many unexpected events in the real world."

Li Rui thought, as expected of a leader, she thought about so much, he hadn’t realized, not everyone is free to check their inscription, if engaged in something else and consciousness is suddenly lost, it could be dangerous.

Thinking of danger, he suddenly clapped his hands: "Oh no, Chairman Wu, there’s no time to explain, you have to help me out."

Wu Mengying asked, "How to help?"

Li Rui replied, "It’s like this, I’m executing a secret mission from the Superpower Division."

Hearing this, Wu Mengying took it more seriously, it seemed that she would have had to take out notes to record if conditions allowed, after all, speaking was a consultant from the Superpower Division.

Li Rui continued, "We infiltrated the direct administration area of the Holy Judgment High Court and some things happened inside, simply put, I’m being hunted by a world NPC in the real world, that’s that."

After finishing, he saw Wu Mengying look at him with a slightly strange expression.

"What are you talking about, being hunted by a world NPC in reality?"