Chapter 462: Chapter 462: Golden Scale Royal Court

After returning to the main gate of the Golden Scale Royal Court, the countdown of being forcibly expelled from the Secret Realm had disappeared. As expected, passing through the Secret Realm barrier wasn’t a problem, as long as you returned in time.

"Let’s move first; I’m worried the disturbance here might be noticed and attract Barbaric Beasts."

Li Rui said, "Meanwhile, I’ll recover some Spiritual Power, and then we’ll enter the Tower Between Arrays from the northern border."

The shortening of the cooldown time provided Li Rui with the conditions to operate.

In the past, it took several hours to use it once, so they would have to wait here for him to slowly use Spirit Recovery Potion to replenish his Spiritual Power before entering the next Secret Realm. And even then, they might not be able to return.

After all, the destroyed Secret Realm barrier would repair itself in seconds, and to return, they’d have to breach it again.

If the skill were still on cooldown, it would definitely be impossible to recover enough Spiritual Power in ten minutes.

But now it didn’t matter; the cooldown time for this mana recovery skill was only ten minutes.

Li Rui summoned the mist once again and headed north.

"Wait, what would happen if we went to the Tower Between Arrays now?" During the march, Cheng Mingyue suddenly asked.

"What do you mean, what would happen? Just go in." Li Rui replied.

Cheng Mingyue explained, "I mean the timeline. The Secret Realm we just went to happened around the same time as our original main gate Secret Realm, which is fine."

"However, the Tower Between Arrays is further north according to the background storyline. Liangting’s army breached the main gate of the Royal Court and then split a force to reach that tower. But the problem is, according to our Secret Realm timeline, Liangting’s army has not breached the main gate yet."

"....."

It was only then that Li Rui and Guan Gui realized the issue.

They couldn’t possibly transfer Liangting’s army instantly to a place that shouldn’t exist by breaking the barrier and entering the Secret Realm, right?

"We can’t worry about that now. At worst, we’ll just mess up another Secret Realm."

Li Rui quickly chose to set the issue aside, as this was not the first time.

Clearing their minds, the three quickly reached the northern boundary. Thanks to their meticulous planning and cautious action mode, they had not yet been discovered by the Barbaric Beasts at the main gate of the Golden Scale Royal Court.

With a loud boom, they once again passed through the Secret Realm barrier.

The ten-minute countdown began, and actions proceeded as usual.

The Tower Between Arrays wasn’t a large Secret Realm. Most of its main parts were within a central high tower.

Normally, the main quest would start from the base of the tower, and you would need to push up to the top to kill the tower-guarding boss and take this place.

Generally speaking, during the process of ascending the tower, you need to pay attention to your strength, trying not to damage the main structure of the tower too much. Because this tower itself is the eye of a grand array, if you seize it, it can be used as a foothold to make this place a bridgehead for conquering the Golden Scale Royal Court.

So when the main quest is released, there will be a prompt for the tower’s integrity. Once it exceeds this limit, the quest rewards will greatly decrease.

At this moment, when Li Rui and his companions saw this prompt, they couldn’t help but be stunned.

"Why did we receive the main quest?"

Li Rui had breached two Secret Realm barriers before but never received the corresponding Secret Realm’s main quest. But this time, when he reached the base of the high tower, the situation was different.

"It’s probably an issue caused by the timeline, right? Seems like before there’s an issue with this Secret Realm, we can still squeeze some benefits out," Cheng Mingyue said. "But what about Guan Gui? He definitely can’t get the quest on the border."

Li Rui thought for a moment: "You scout the tower first, I’ll go get him."

The two made a swift decision without further thought. Cheng Mingyue switched to an offensive stance, charged into the tower alone, while Li Rui used his Escape Technique to return to the edge of the Secret Realm, grabbed Guan Gui, and rushed toward the central Tower Between Arrays.

The silent Guan Gui didn’t utter a word, and after landing, he accepted the main quest, then continued to charge into the tower without a word.

Li Rui felt a surge of admiration; being able to not ask a single question amidst such changes was also a kind of skill.

He followed and charged in.

In the face of three people whose strength far exceeded the average level, this originally highly difficult ten-star Secret Realm didn’t seem that challenging. Li Rui broke through, Cheng Mingyue provided support, and whoever was missed was dealt with by the Reviver.

Meanwhile, Guan Gui stayed on the lower floors, helping to scout the tower while sending Revivers to the perimeter to continue gathering information.

The sound of continuous onslaught reverberated through the high tower. It wasn’t long before Li Rui and Cheng Mingyue stood at the top of the tower, facing two personal guard Thunder Generals and the boss guarding the end.

Faced with the Human Race, who reached the top in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, several bosses were on high alert.

Yet Li Rui still didn’t bother with them; despite their overwhelming strength, they encountered many random events because of someone’s reasons, and this ascent had already consumed six minutes.

"If we can’t finish the fight in two minutes, we’ll forget about this tower and blow it up directly."

Li Rui quickly made a decision and then activated Reverse Yin and Yang.

This skill not only increased skill intensity but also enhanced physical endurance by 50%, which was very effective in such close combat situations.

At this moment, the Divine Thunder entwined on Li Rui’s Yin Yang Umbrella also carried an ominous aura, making it seem less like a Yin Yang Umbrella controlling wind and rain and more like the Judge of the Netherworld’s iron pen.

Bang! Thud! Boom—

After an intense battle, the main quest was completed.

Li Rui quickly scanned over, and saw the Epic Level equipment, a large number of items and attribute points, and the final experience upgrade him to level 60.

Looking at the countdown, there were exactly two minutes left.

"Let’s go."

Li Rui and Cheng Mingyue exited the tower through a window, rushed toward the border, and then doubled back to take Guan Gui away.

Unleash the All Heaven Great Thunder Fire Seal Spell.

Boom!!

The three finally returned to the main gate of the Golden Scale Royal Court with about thirty seconds left.

"Huff, that was a big win."

Li Rui said, "So, Brother Gui, did you find out about the remaining Thunder Generals?"

"Hmm."

Guan Gui, with his poker face constant as ever, somehow seemed more solemn than usual.

"The remaining three Thunder Generals are all in the Golden Scale Royal Court."

"What? Inside the Royal Court?" Li Rui asked.

"Yes."

"Hiss."

Cheng Mingyue looked troubled, "The interior of the Royal Court is a Secret Realm for levels 61-70."

The Golden Scale Royal Court is the lair of Da Ze’s Barbaric Beasts, a special team Secret Realm that usually requires at least dozens of people to complete together, so it’s rarely triggered.

After all, there are already very few people over level 60.

More importantly, this Secret Realm has never been fully cleared. It has several different main quests, but it’s clear the perfect ending requires entering the Golden Scale Palace, where the Barbarian Emperor resides.

However, due to the large level span and high difficulty of the Secret Realm, with the random selection of participants, each entry results in significant losses at decision points. So attempting a perfect ending to enter the palace is too risky, leaving the situation inside a mystery till now.

"Maybe we don’t need to complete all the main quests?"

Cheng Mingyue scratched his head, "After all, the goal is to find the remaining three Thunder Generals, not to clear it."

Even Li Rui wouldn’t object: "Yeah, let’s try to find the Thunder Generals first."

Still, he remained skeptical.

"Don’t get your hopes up too high. If we’re unlucky, we’ll have to wait and come next time. We need to go back to level up first. At least we should wait until we’re above level 60 to avoid crossing levels to challenge it."

As their mood turned heavy, they suddenly noticed two shadows approaching through the thin mist.

"Who’s there?"

Guan Gui formed a seal with his hands, ready to summon a Reviver.

Li Rui quickly held him back: "They’re on our side."

A familiar figure emerged from the fog.

"Young hero Li, long time no see. I didn’t expect to meet you here." Chongxu smiled.