At the moment he was struck by the Purple Light Column, a violent force surged into his body, causing Lin Mo's organs to tremble, his bones feeling as if they were about to shatter. He spat out a mouthful of blood, but in an instant, Lin Mo steadied his mind, adjusting his True Yuan

, his gaze fixed on the depths of the lake, where a striking green ripple spread in the water.

Now Lin Mo could only hope that the treasure at the lakebed would allow him to escape, his whole body's True Yuan surging as he shot towards the lakebed like a swift tuna.

"Great Elder, this guy is trying to escape!" Li Ling reacted instantly, her voice echoing the moment she spoke, launching into the lake like a cannonball. Subsequently, the Great Elder also followed, both shooting towards the lakebed. On the shore, Luo Yi's brows furrowed tightly, her palms grasped together, sweat drenching her palms. Even though she had enough confidence in Lin Mo, facing two Intermediate Star System Level strongmen alone, the odds

were extremely slim.

"Luo Yi, we should leave here; the fluctuations from this battle may attract the Netherworld Sect and others," Yan Tian reminded, frowning.

"But Mr. Lin, he..." Luo Yi bit her red lips, her pretty face filled with worry.

"Mr. Lin never does anything uncertain. Since he's already entered the lakebed, he must have the confidence to leave." Zhou Xinyue suddenly spoke up.

She knew that staying there wouldn't help and would only be a burden on Lin Mo. "Alright, let's leave for now." After a moment of hesitation, Luo Yi nodded. She understood that there was no way they could rescue Lin Mo, escaping from Li Jing and the Great Elder could only depend on Lin Mo's abilities.

As the group left, the lake restored its calm, with gentle ripples spreading across the surface like a giant mirror embedded in the valley.

Deep in the lake, Lin Mo moved like a nimble fish, continuously heading for the emerald green halo in the lake's center. However, the depth of the lake exceeded Lin Mo's expectations, seeming bottomless.

Suddenly, Lin Mo's expression slightly changed, naturally sensing the powerful auras of Li Ling and the Great Elder closing in from behind.

"Lin Tanyu, stop resisting, hand over all the treasures, and I'll let you die quickly," Li Ling shouted, her voice sending ripples of water towards Lin Mo.

These waves, containing dense True Yuan, struck Lin Mo like giant axes, causing his blood and energy to surge, yet this attack only made him descend faster.

"Nether Light Annihilation!" The Great Elder squinted his eyes, bringing his palms together, dark purple energy condensing in his palms. Then, a mysterious purple talisman appeared, transforming into a hurricane-like water dragon, which rapidly charged at Lin Mo's back.

The entire lake seemed to swirl madly under this force, Lin Mo's face revealing a trace of seriousness. He felt a hint of fear from the power contained in this strike.

"Beast Transformation Map!" At that moment, Lin Mo's entire body was filled with blood and energy, a vivid beast head emerging on his chest, with a faint red gleam flickering under his skin. Every muscle became more solid like steel. Meanwhile,

the water dragon, infused with Netherworld Power, fiercely collided with Lin Mo's back.

Even with the effect of the Beast Transformation Map, Lin Mo still felt like his entire body would shatter, a sharp pain coursing through him as though scouring his bones. Clenching his teeth, Lin Mo's eyes sparkled with brilliance as he rushed towards the green halo below with even greater speed.

"Oh!" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Evidently, the Great Elder hadn't expected that his casual strike, capable of heavily injuring a Star System Level Early Stage strongman, could be withstood by Lin Mo, who was only at the High-level Star Sea Realm. Simultaneously, the green halo expanded in Lin Mo's pupils, revealing a circular platform at the lake's center, inscribed with strange, obscure Array Patterns and the Green Wood Token embedded at the center of the array,

emitting the emerald green light. As Lin Mo neared the green halo, the array burst with even more dazzling green light. Then a gravitational force like a coiling dragon emanated from the array, instantly enveloping Lin Mo's figure in a beam of emerald green light, causing his figure to gradually

vanish.

At the moment Lin Mo disappeared, the Great Elder and Li Ling also reached the lake's center, seeing the strange array. The two of them instantly had their eyes flash with brilliant insight.

"Haha, this is an array leading to the Ancient Secret Realm; it was right here all along!" The Great Elder laughed heartily.

Li Ling also paused for a moment. He wasn't highly knowledgeable about the Ancient Secret Realm, but he seemed to have seen this type of Array Map in the Sect. Then, two beams of emerald green light enveloped the pair, directly swallowing them.

The valley, the wind, the lake... silence reigned, the three vanished from the world.

At the moment he was engulfed by the green light, Lin Mo felt the heavens spinning and the earth revolving, as if numerous Space Law Fragments flowed past. When he regained consciousness, he found himself unexpectedly in a gray space. The gray space was filled with dust everywhere. Lin Mo stood still, feeling a peculiar suppressive force that restricted the flow of his True Yuan. The only consolation was that Li Ling and the Great Elder didn't appear.

However, according to Lin Mo's conjecture, the Green Wood Token should be the Key to opening the array, and the place the array led to was the Ancient Secret Realm.

"Is this the Ancient Secret Realm?" Lin Mo frowned, alert in this unfamiliar space environment. "First heal, then think of a plan." Lin Mo pondered for a moment, then quickly selected a direction to swiftly move towards. After a few minutes, he discovered that this gray world had rocks and peaks, but not a single

trace of green vegetation.

Lin Mo found a rocky peak, using the Xuanyuan Sword to carve out a cave, quickly delving deeper inside. Inside the cave, Lin Mo took out three Space Rings, obtained from Wu Chong and the others, erasing the Spiritual Imprint on them with spiritual power. Inside were some soul coins and treasures, but to Lin Mo, they were worthless,though there was something that made his eyes light up.

Netherworld Stone!

Among the three Space Rings, there were fifty Netherworld Stones, with Wu Chong's ring containing thirty of them.

"Is this all the stash of the Netherworld Sect's Chief Disciple?" Lin Mo furrowed his Sword Eyebrow, but from another perspective, these Netherworld Stones were extremely precious. Otherwise, with Wu Chong's status, he shouldn't have just this amount. "Advancing to Star System Level isn't possible now, but if I can become a Second Seal Nether Pattern Master before encountering Li Ling and the Great Elder again, I won't be as embarrassed as before!" Lin Mo thought to himself, then set up an array inside the cave, placing the Xuanyuan Sword at the entrance.