Lin Chen sensed something was wrong!

That feeling, it was as if both his body and soul were being damaged…

How could an ordinary secret realm be so powerful?

Perhaps there was another explanation: the level of this secret realm was very high!

But Lin Chen was also clear on one point…

Since he, at level 170, could enter this secret realm, its level wouldn't be too high.

Definitely not exceeding First Revolution.

This was an unwritten rule in the *New World* online game.

Secret realms couldn't be entered haphazardly.

Could a First Revolution cultivator casually enter a level 10 secret realm?

No!

Something bad would happen.

Forcibly entering would cause the secret realm to explode from the overwhelming energy!

After the secret realm exploded, it would leave behind a spatial rift.

That rift was extremely dangerous; even a Third Revolution expert could be seriously injured by a spatial rift if they weren't careful.

Therefore, very few people above the required level would force their way into a secret realm.

For example, Lin Chen wouldn't forcibly open a secret realm below level 100, even if he could.

Why?

Because…

He might die!

He didn't care when the game hadn't invaded reality yet.

Because back then, secret realms were still dungeons.

They wouldn't explode.

But it was different now.

Dungeons had become secret realms!

They could explode.

He couldn't play as recklessly as before.

Similarly…

High-level secret realms would reject entry from low-level individuals who reached a certain level.

The secret realm would directly refuse entry.

But Lin Chen and Huo Ni裳 were already inside the secret realm.

That meant…

This secret realm wasn't high-level.

Or, this wasn't a secret realm at all.

What was it then?

Lin Chen gradually grew accustomed to the feeling of ten thousand swords piercing his body.

Then, he looked at the stone statue again.

It was truly lifelike.

Moreover, its face was as radiant as jade.

It resembled a peerless young master.

The figure of the stone statue held no sword in its hand.

Yet, it looked like an unparalleled divine sword!

"Could this person be…"

Lin Chen began.

At the same time, he looked towards Huo Ni裳 and asked, "Do you feel anything familiar?"

But Huo Ni裳 didn't respond.

She sat upright before the stone statue.

Her eyes were tightly closed.

She seemed to be comprehending something.

To be honest, Lin Chen was a little jealous at that moment.

Because…

He also saw the stone statue.

But he didn't gain any enlightenment.

Perhaps it was due to bloodline?

Lin Chen looked around.

The secret realm was still very empty.

Lin Chen intended to continue further inside.

This was only the entrance to the secret realm!

Since he couldn't comprehend anything here, maybe there would be surprises if he went further in?

A tree dies if you don't move it, a person thrives if you do!

Lin Chen stood up and walked past the side of the stone statue.

He felt nothing.

Ahead was a narrow path, with many stone statues on both sides. If you looked closely, these stone statues each had a sword in front of their chest, looking like sword techniques.

Lin Chen examined them as he walked forward.

Suddenly, Lin Chen turned his head.

His gaze returned to the first stone statue.

He vaguely felt that the sword technique seemed to be moving…

However, when Lin Chen concentrated on looking, there was no movement at all.

But once Lin Chen's gaze was about to shift away, in his peripheral vision, the sword technique moved again.

Lin Chen stood at the front of the stone statue.

He observed for a while longer.

Then, Lin Chen slowly closed his eyes.

Sure enough, in the instant before he closed his eyes, the sword technique in front of the stone statue moved.

This time, Lin Chen activated the Sword Qi Traverse skill.

The Tianji in his hand began to gather sword qi.

Then, Lin Chen closed his eyes again, facing the stone statue.

Boom!

The sword technique in front of the stone statue collided with the Tianji sword qi in Lin Chen's mind.

Lin Chen opened his eyes again.

The stone statue still didn't move.

Then, he closed his eyes again!

As expected, the battle in his mind continued!

After the two sword qi collided and exploded, the stone statue appeared clearly in Lin Chen's mind.

The figure held a sword in one hand.

"Sword One, Wan Qi Sheng (Myriad Qi Arise)!"

It suddenly sheathed its sword, then cupped its hands in salute.

The stone statue completed the movement in one go.

Then, it disappeared.

Lin Chen opened his eyes.

At this moment, the sword engraving on the chest of the stone statue in front of him was still faintly glowing.

"What's going on? Sword One? But I haven't comprehended the sword technique!"

Lin Chen was puzzled.

However, he discovered that his attribute values had changed.

[Lin Chen]

[Class: Sky Walker]

[Level: 170]

[Experience: 8.5 billion/17 billion]

[HP: 248,832]

[MP: 332,280]

[Magic Attack: 265,824 (+1000)]

[Physical Attack: 265,824 (+1000)]

[Movement Speed: 970.2 yards/second]

[Soul Cultivation: Ninth Order (Peak)]

[Soul Experience: 80,000/600,000]

[Soul Attributes: All attributes increased by 60%, all skills increased by 6 levels, skill points +60]

[Attached State: 3]

[Attached Bonus: Mythic +45%, Epic +40%, Epic +40%]

[Constitution: 4320 + 2592 (+125%)]

[Spirit: 9230 + 5538 (+125%)]

[Strength: 9230 + 5538 (+125%)]

[Agility: 4900 + 2940 (+125%)]

Lin Chen originally had only 7.5 billion experience points.

Now, his experience points had increased by one billion!

Equivalent to the experience gained from defeating a level 110 Boss.

In addition, Lin Chen's dual attack had each increased by a thousand points!

This was the most crucial thing.

"Good heavens, a single stone statue can add a thousand dual attacks. Then with so many stone statues here…"

Lin Chen swallowed.

Experience points aside.

After all, these were relatively easy to obtain.

But dual attack attributes were hard to come by!

This was the first time Lin Chen had obtained a permanently increasing dual attack attribute, and it was directly added to the attack stats.

He glanced at the stone statues on both sides of the road…

It was simply incredible.

He couldn't see the end of them!

So many stone statues…

"I've hit the jackpot!"

Lin Chen didn't hesitate and went to the next stone statue.

Then, he opened and closed his eyes.

This time, he still had a sword technique duel in his mind.

Lin Chen didn't have many sword techniques.

If Enchanted Half-Moon Slash counted… he had a total of two skills.

And one was Sword Qi Traverse.

But Lin Chen had enough skill points!

All of them were maxed out.

So, there was no pressure.

"Is this really a secret realm? It's practically a human armory! Is this the profoundness of the Ancient Sword Spirit?"

Lin Chen comprehended as he continuously increased his dual attack attributes…

Of course, his experience points were also constantly increasing.

Unknowingly, he arrived before the 31st stone statue.

This time, the sword technique was much more complex.

The stone statue in his mind even showed evasive movements, and the sword technique was also a bit sharper, faster, and even catching up to Lin Chen's speed…

"No!"

Lin Chen saw that he was about to be defeated by the stone statue's sword technique.

At that moment, he opened his eyes.

Actually, Lin Chen had already discovered a small bug, or maybe it wasn't a bug, but during the sword technique competition, Lin Chen could stop the competition by opening his eyes.

When Lin Chen opened his eyes, the duel between his mind and the stone statue would pause at the moment he opened his eyes.

Didn't this allow Lin Chen to have enough time to react?

"Maybe this isn't a bug, just a test… stay calm and think about how to solve it!"

Lin Chen's gaze was fixed on the stone statue in front of him.

This was only the 31st one!

There were hundreds, even thousands, of stone statues waiting behind.

Of course, as Lin Chen passed more and more stone statues, the rewards became more generous.

The dual attack reward didn't increase, but every tenth stone statue passed would trigger a double reward.

And the experience points increased exponentially.

Now Lin Chen's level had increased to 171.

He leveled up just by looking at these stone statues and completing the battle in his mind!

In addition, his dual attack had increased by 33,000 each!

A huge gain.

"Got it. I admit that this stone statue is very fast, but if I enter the instantaneous invincible state, how will you cope?" Lin Chen wasn't a player who liked to play cards according to other people's rules.

He had many trump cards himself!

Although this stone statue might be testing your talent for sword techniques…

But…

It didn't necessarily prohibit the use of other skills, right?

Lin Chen closed his eyes again.

Because the battle was imagined in his mind.

Then he didn't need to activate the forbidden spell.

"Seven Stars Convergence!"

As soon as Lin Chen returned to the mind battle, he disappeared from the spot.

In that second of teleportation, he was invincible.

Immediately afterward, the sword in the stone statue's hand seemed to pass through his body.

But Lin Chen didn't suffer any damage, and he countered with a Sword Qi Traverse, hitting the stone statue that had just turned around.

"Sword Thirty-One, Continuous!"

The stone statue spoke.

"I'll be damned, so that works!"

Lin Chen was delighted.

Just as he thought, as long as he used a sword technique to defeat the stone statue in the end, then he would pass.

It didn't matter if he used other skills or abilities in between.

Lin Chen took the attribute.

Then, the next stone statue.

He was immersed in it, completely unaware that Huo Ni裳, who had been standing in front of the huge stone statue at the entrance, had stood up. She was still a girl.

However, her eyes weren't as clear as before.

Her expression was also a bit indifferent…

Her gaze was like a sword, her eyebrows like a scabbard.

Then Huo Ni裳 also walked past the stone statue, but she didn't enter the stone statue formation.

Huo Ni裳 just watched Lin Chen tirelessly light up each stone statue, and time passed by. He didn't know how long had passed, and Lin Chen was standing in front of the hundredth stone statue.

His eyes were closed tightly.

Moreover, his forehead and cheeks were covered in sweat.

His clothes were soaked through.

Although Lin Chen had his eyes closed, his lips kept muttering: "Good heavens, specializing in attacking the lower body, huh? Damn it, what's going on? How can you be faster than me? Damn it, do you think the Sky Walker is fake? If I don't get angry, do you think I can't outrun you?"

Don't look at Lin Chen's stubbornness.

But in fact, Lin Chen had been at a disadvantage in the battle in his mind.

He sped up, and sped up again…

His speed had reached its limit.

But Lin Chen could only run away.

The battle had evolved into a chase.

"No, it can't be like this!"

Lin Chen opened his eyes.

Then, he felt that his whole body was soaked.

There was no way…

This level gave him too much pressure!

But the reward was also very tempting.

If he passed, he could get 11,000 dual attack attributes.

Permanent!

In addition, the experience points were enough for him to level up to 175!

But Lin Chen had passed 99 stone statues in a row, and at this time, both his mental and physical states were extremely exhausted. Fortunately, Lin Chen had prepared a lot of elixirs before the game invaded.

Now, he was stuffing super tonics, super revitalization pills, and mind-refreshing pills into his mouth as if they were free.

He was just not convinced!

He just wanted to do it!

Lin Chen prepared to close his eyes again.

At this time, a voice came: "Master, don't just think about using your own skills. You haven't learned any of the sword techniques from the front, have you? Come on, Master!"

Huo Ni裳?

Lin Chen remembered that he wasn't the only one in this secret realm.

And…

So much time had passed. If it was the next morning, the Huo family and Shui family members should have seen this location, and they would probably be coming in soon.

It seemed that he couldn't continue to consume like this!

"The sword techniques from the front…"

Lin Chen listened to Huo Ni裳's words and began to ponder.

He didn't dare to close his eyes.

So, he turned to look at the sword techniques he had lit up in the front.

Thanks to Huo Ni裳's reminder.

If he hadn't looked, this look…

Lin Chen was dumbfounded!

The 99 stone statues that he had already passed, the sword techniques lit up on their chests were connected one by one…

Words kept appearing in his mind.

"Sword One, Wan Qi Sheng (Myriad Qi Arise)."

"Sword Two, Sword Shadow Without Trace!"

"..."

"Sword Nine, Qi Traverse."

"..."

"Sword Twenty, Supporting the Firmament."

"..."

"Sword Thirty-One, Continuous!"

"..."

"Sword Forty-Eight, Opening Acupoints."

"..."

"Sword Sixty-Six, Myriad Qi Arise!"

"..."

"Sword Seventy-Seven, Generating All Things!"

"..."

"Sword Eighty-Eight, Returning to Silence!"

"..."

"Sword Ninety-Nine, Myriad Swords Arise!"

At this moment, sword techniques were constantly circulating in Lin Chen's mind with the incantations of the stone statues, but Lin Chen frowned. He felt that his brain was about to explode!

His CPU was about to burn out!

He felt bad all over.

He felt like he was going to die.

He was sweating profusely.

"How to connect them? How to link them? Damn it, the sword techniques are right in front of me!"

Lin Chen was anxious.

"Master, don't worry!"

When Huo Ni裳 saw Lin Chen like this, she seemed to remember something. She suddenly drew her sword, took a step forward, and called out, "Master, look at me!"

Huo Ni裳 was transformed into sword shadows, continuously…

This was a move she had never practiced before.

But Lin Chen didn't notice at this time. His eyes were only on the sword techniques, and his aura was constantly changing… Actually, he didn't know that he was standing in place, looking like a sword.

Suddenly, Lin Chen's eyes lit up.

Then, he closed his eyes.

The battle in his mind continued, and Lin Chen in his mind also opened his eyes and said a word: "Sword One Hundred, Sword Shadow With Trace!"

Bang!

Lin Chen in reality opened his eyes again in the secret realm.

He passed.

He got the attribute reward.

His level had also risen to 175!

At this time, he felt exhausted all over.

Then he looked at the stone statues behind him…

"No, I have to rest. I can't hold on. I really can't hold on!"

Lin Chen sat down.

At this time, Huo Ni裳 also came to Lin Chen's side.

She was extremely fast.

She was no weaker than Lin Chen!

This surprised Lin Chen very much. He looked at her and asked, "You…"

"Master, I know a lot of things." Huo Ni裳's voice was the same as before, but she felt that she was more mature and had a sense of vicissitudes.

"I'll rest first…"

"Master, I feel that someone is already outside."

"What?"

Lin Chen opened his eyes. He immediately reacted and asked, "Can you control this place?"

"I don't know, but I just saw my mother, my grandmother, and many people. They all told me to follow a person in the future, a person who can light up all the stone statues here. Master, I… I'm not called Huo Ni裳. Actually, I'm called Jian Ni裳. I'm a sword attendant. Do you know what a sword attendant is?" Huo Ni裳 asked Lin Chen.

Sword attendant…

Of course, Lin Chen knew!

It was written on that secret manual.

"Jian Ni裳?"

Lin Chen smiled: "Yes, you are called Jian Ni裳, the companion sword attendant of the Ancient Sword Spirit, but… that's just your ancestors, not you, because in Master's opinion, you are a person, a living person."

"But I'm a sword attendant!"

Jian Ni裳 was very happy with Lin Chen's words, but she said practically: "If someone lights up all the stone statues here, then he will get the Ancient Sword Spirit's inherited sword heart, and then I will have to serve him."

"What?"

Lin Chen was shocked again.

He was shocked, not by Jian Ni裳's service.

But…

The Ancient Sword Spirit's sword heart!

"What do you mean? Didn't you say that a natural sword spirit is immortal? Oh, I see, just the sword heart, right?" Lin Chen reacted.

Sword Heart!

No wonder these stone statues could increase permanent attributes.

In other words, what he had done before was actually to obtain the Ancient Sword Spirit's sword heart?

Damn it!

Lin Chen now felt like… he had won the lottery!

How could he give up such a good thing?

Originally, he approached Jian Ni裳 and entered the Fire Etiquette Manor just to get close to Fire Ember and then understand the Huo family. After all, Lin Chen was a Blue Star native. In this world after the game invasion, the identity of a Blue Star native was still the city lord of a Blue Star city…

To be honest, Lin Chen and the entire Blue Star natives were under great pressure.

Therefore, Lin Chen almost defaulted to being used by the Dragon Spirit Kingdom's king and the Town Sea Province's governor, Jin Qiang, to be their guns to deal with the nobles. Lin Chen also hoped to give himself and Tian Yue City a chance to breathe and develop.

He was just seeking a way to survive.

However, the Huo family was too powerful.

Lin Chen and Tian Yue City were not on the same level at all.

Therefore, Lin Chen was very careful and hoped to learn more about the Huo family.

Know yourself and your enemy.

But he didn't expect that he was lucky enough to meet the special Jian Ni裳 and gain such an opportunity…

Just passing the stone statues was so rewarding.

If the sword heart was really obtained, what would it be like?

In fact, there was no need to wait until later.

Because when Lin Chen glanced at his attribute panel and skill bar, his eyes widened…

There was an extra skill in the skill bar.

Forbidden Spell: Ten Thousand Swords Return to One!

Hehe, this chapter is five thousand words!

Everyone should get used to it. It will be like this in the future.

Because, I decided to increase the amount of updates and listen to the opinions of the readers.

Starting today, there will be three updates a day.

Each update will be from four thousand to six thousand words.

The minimum update is 15,000 words, with no upper limit!

I'll post this as proof! (Cough, well, I don't have a manuscript, so if there is any sudden event, I will still ask for leave!)

(End of this chapter)