Chapter 445: Chapter 445: There’s Another Way

After Li Rui answered his old leader’s question, the other party was in a daze for a while, needing some time to digest the situation on site, while Li Rui himself was not idle.

Three Thunder Generals were beheaded, and coupled with the experience from those previous random events, Li Rui leveled up twice, reaching level 55.

Sure enough, after level 50, gaining experience became more difficult. The three special tasks’ Thunder Generals barely earned him a little over one level, and as for those Epic Level mission reward items, he was too lazy to even glance at them. What concerned him more was that the survival countdown had still not ended.

Wu Mengying had come back to her senses by now. She had originally thought that, as a fast-rising advisor of the Superpower Division, Li Rui’s strength was at most frontline level, but now she realized she was wrong. This guy’s strength was far superior to others of the same level, and those other advisors at the same level were definitely no match for him.

"It seems that relying on killing all the Barbaric Beasts to leave the Secret Realm early might be quite difficult." She quickly adjusted her mindset, focusing her attention back on helping Li Rui.

Li Rui also noticed the same problem: "Yeah, this place is too vast, there must be some cowardly ones hiding in the corners. Tsk, what should we do about this?"

In fact, the atmosphere of this Secret Realm had become strange due to his killing spree.

Normally, coming in would require thinking of ways to hide one’s breath, maneuvering with the Barbaric Beasts in the northern mountain forest of the Golden Scale Abyss, advancing cautiously as if walking on thin ice, trying not to attract monsters.

But now the situation was reversed, with those Barbaric Beasts hiding for fear of being found. They felt wronged, having been peacefully residing in their territory, not knowing why a homicidal maniac appeared, looking ferocious and terrifying.

But no matter how powerful Li Rui was, he couldn’t solve the problem of not being able to leave.

The longer the delay, the worse the situation in the real world would become. Sooner or later, Cheng Mingyue and himself would get into trouble.

At this moment, Wu Mengying said, "I just remembered a method I saw in a file a long time ago."

"What method?"

"For large-terrain Secret Realms, the boundaries tend to be unstable, and sometimes even bugs occur."

"For example?"

"Like isolated fault zones. In other words, gaps exist to enter other Secret Realms."

"Oh?! What happens if you go in?" Li Rui hadn’t heard of such a situation.

"Triggering an error, leading to expulsion by the Secret Realm. If you don’t leave the erroneous Secret Realm within the specified time, you’ll be forcibly expelled, usually with about ten minutes allowed."

Li Rui perked up at this.

"This is great! Chairman Wu, I want to head south to find the Secret Realm boundary, are you coming with me?"

Suddenly, he had a plan, not only to go south to find the forced expulsion method but also to search for other Thunder Generals along the way.

Huo Yang had mentioned that there were other "brothers" in the south, who seemed to be fighting with Liangting’s forces.

Wu Mengying was someone who regarded life and death lightly, having decided her primary goal was to help Li Rui exit quickly, so she nodded, "Let’s go, let’s check it out first."

The two continued heading south.

The Golden Scale Marsh was filled with strange trees, with the gloomy weather adding an eerie touch.

More crucially, dangers often lurked in these oddly-shaped jungles, with ambushes happening even while rushing through.

However, Li Rui was intentionally solving some remaining Barbaric Beasts as he went along, as a backup in case Wu Mengying’s strategy failed, thus allowing him to revert to the original plan. Otherwise, he could simply use the Escape Technique.

Not long after, the two didn’t know how far south they had traveled when they finally saw a hazy barrier ahead.

"This is the Secret Realm barrier."

Wu Mengying said, "For us, it’s normally impassable; we can only try to find a gap. But, I only saw a similar situation in an old file ages ago. Although errors occur frequently in Secret Realms, granting us a chance to break through is quite rare."

Li Rui asked, "If you have Earth Escape or something like that, could you drill through directly?"

Although asking this, he knew it was unlikely, since Escape Techniques were also spells granted by the Secret Realm, unable to bypass its own mechanisms. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Sure enough, Wu Mengying shook her head, unable to think of what to do in this situation.

This Secret Realm was inherently high-level, with a nine-star difficulty. Strategies were scarce, with sparse documentation encouraging a cautious approach, where surviving for 24 hours counted as a victory, never involving a situation like the current one.

Li Rui looked at the barrier, restraining his growing agitation, and after pondering for a while, asked, "If there aren’t any gaps, is it possible to smash it?"

If anyone else said this, Wu Mengying would question their sanity, but since it was Li Rui, she hesitated a moment before saying, "Breaking a Secret Realm barrier is exceedingly rare and typically considered impractical."

Li Rui said, "I’ll give it a try; we’ve got no other options."

"Be careful. Us outsiders attacking the Secret Realm barrier will attract a counterattack, bouncing your attack back. Close combat is out of the question."

Wu Mengying said, "If you have long-range attacks and life-saving techniques, you might try, but you should target weak points."

Although she had little hope, she immediately began helping to strategize.

Li Rui asked, "How do we find weak points?"

Wu Mengying said, "First and foremost, understand that Secret Realm barriers might not have weak points, similar to bugs—they exist under special circumstances. From my understanding, the larger the barrier, the more likely weak points appear. We should spend some time searching."

"Normally, adjacent to the Northern Abyss of Golden Scale is the Southern Abyss of Golden Scale, with the convergence point being at the lake’s center. I think, since there’s no land there, no roots either, but the chill is strongest, it should be relatively easier to break through."

Li Rui nodded, "Let’s go try it."

He found a hollow log nearby, carrying it on his shoulder, then used the Escape Technique with Wu Mengying, turning into a stream of light landing in the heart of Golden Scale Abyss.

Splash.

The log floated on the water’s surface, and the two stood at opposite ends.

Where they stood was a dark abyss, with the unclear Secret Realm barrier ahead close to the water, occasionally flickering, appearing indeed less stable than other areas.

"Chairman Wu, you’re so knowledgeable. It seems there really is an entrance here." Li Rui praised.

Wu Mengying chuckled, "How do you plan to break it?"

Li Rui said, "I’ll experiment a little."

He first attempted to cast an All Heaven Thunder Fire Spell at the barrier.

A menacing thunder light spread across the water, colliding with the bluish-grey light screen.

With a crash, Community Thunder was almost completely bounced back, with Wu Mengying facing the skill, instantly feeling intense pressure. She figured if she didn’t utilize her trump card, she wouldn’t withstand this move.

Li Rui used a second All Heaven Thunder Fire Spell to neutralize the rebounded force, appearing cool and collected.

"Indeed, it’s very solid."

Wu Mengying was somewhat disappointed, "Yes, the barrier is indeed unlikely to be shattered. We’ll have to think of other solutions."

Li Rui stood on the floating log, moving up and down with waves stirred by the prior All Heaven Thunder Fire Spell.

"No, I have even more powerful skills to try; Chairman Wu, could you step back a bit?"

After speaking, he lifted the Yin Yang Umbrella and cast Reverse Yin and Yang.