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Chapter 260 The Burial of Frilline

Time flies like an arrow, and years pass like a torch.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed since Guan Yi left the Mysterious Realm of Death, and Guan Yi has just celebrated her 20th birthday.

While most of his peers were still studying hard in university or training rigorously in the military, Guan Yi already held a high position of power and multiple roles.

Before entering the secret realm last time, Guan Yi was just an ordinary student in the special training class. The list of new special training secret realm entry even requires his approval.

He now serves as the vice president of the Zodiac State Secret Realm Explorers Association, an honorary instructor of the military special training camp and holds the rank of colonel, and even serves as an associate professor and lecturer at the College of Secret Realm Exploration and Ecology of the National University of Defense Technology, which he originally gave up.

Of course, Guan Yi rarely gave lectures, only once a month or so. He devoted most of his time and energy to cultivation, which yielded great results.

He mastered the Secret Rune Symbiosis Technique to the seventh level, increasing the speed of secret rune digestion to about 20 times that under normal conditions. Both golden secret runes had been completely digested, raising Guan Yi's strength to the peak of a five-rune martial artist!

Six-pattern warriors are also known as divine-pattern warriors. It is a hurdle. In the vast Zodiac State, with millions of square kilometers of land and hundreds of millions of residents, only three divine-pattern warriors—the Great King, Meow Meow, and the Chief of the Demon Suppression Division—are permanently stationed here.

Five-stripe warriors can be counted on one's fingers; in other words, in terms of combat strength, Guan Yi can be ranked among the top ten in the state.

In just two secret realms, Guan Yi's rocket-like speed made him a legendary figure well-known to the upper echelons of the Zodiac State.

Only now does Guan Yi finally feel a sense of security. Even if something unexpected happens to his father, he has room to maneuver.

Of course, if Guan Yi wanted to be completely safe and sound, he still hoped to reach the true pinnacle, that is, to become a Divine Pattern Warrior.

He was very close to the Divine Pattern Warrior. The Great King said that he shouldn't need to completely conquer a Creation-level Secret Realm to obtain a black Secret Pattern. If he also obtained a pure golden Secret Pattern like the Death Mystic Realm, there would be a 50% chance that he could help Guan Yi overcome that obstacle.

Therefore, for the past two months, Guan Yi has been conducting a secret realm selection process.

With his current status, obtaining information on secret realms from Zodiac State or even neighboring states would be a simple matter of applying, which means his focus doesn't need to be limited to just one or two secret realms.

Because of the two previous experiences, Guan Yi didn't really trust the military's rating system for secret realms.

Therefore, even the data on the White Secret Realm was reviewed by Guan Yi. Of the thousands of secret realms, most were completely unknown to Guan Yi, while a few had plots he knew.

Detective Conan, Inuyasha, Qin's Moon, The Prince of Tennis, and even the Go prodigy...

Most of them were not strong enough, nor were they Guan Yi's comfort zone. After considering all the options, Guan Yi was a little unsure about Fairy Tail.

Based on Fairy Tail's strength, it definitely qualifies as a Gold Legendary, but whether it can match the power of Bleach... depends mainly on how powerful the gods, whose details weren't fully developed, are.

"Let's keep this as a backup for now." Guan Yi put the data on Fairy Tail's secret realms aside. "Should we apply for data on some even more distant secret realms?"

Just as he was pondering, Guan Yi heard the sound of the bedroom window being opened. He shook his head slightly, got up and went over, and sure enough, he saw Da Wang carrying Miao Miao, jumping in through the window.

To prevent Guan Yi from being assassinated by the demons before he could digest the secret runes, the king arranged for Guan Yi to live next door to his own house, or more precisely, in one of the king's countless properties, a large three-bedroom house where two households happened to be adjacent.

This had a significant effect. In the past year or so, Guan Yi had indeed been assassinated twice by demons, both of whom were at the level of a four-stripe warrior. The first time, he was saved by Miao Miao, and the second time, Guan Yi was able to kill the demon on his own.

Being protected is not shameful. In the past year or so, Guan Yi, who cherished his life, only went home twice, living a secluded life of cultivation until he became a five-patterned martial artist, at which point he could relax a little. The price Guan Yi had to pay was that the Great King Meow Meow would often climb over the window to visit or freeload off him, day and night.

"I didn't cook lunch today, I'm planning to eat out," Guan Yi said. "Want to come along?"

"No rush, hehe."

He chuckled, then casually rolled over and sat on the bed, his eyes darting around as he asked Guan Yi, "I heard you've been gathering a lot of information about secret realms lately? What, you want to go into a secret realm again?"

"I have some ideas." Guan Yi didn't want to hide anything from her, and even asked, "Do you have any recommendations? A secret realm with a similar strength to the previous Death Mystic Realm." "Hmm, there aren't many that are much better or worse. There definitely aren't any in the Zodiac State. I remember there's one in the capital, but I don't know how well it's been conquered. I can ask around for you."

The king kicked his legs in the air, muttering to himself, then rolled his eyes and said, "Um...aren't you interested in a creation-level secret realm?"

"It's too dangerous," Guan Yi said. "It will be safer to go to the Creation-level Secret Realm after I become a Divine Rune Warrior and have Divine Rune talent."

"I see...that makes sense..."

"Well, that's all."

Seeing that the king was silent yet seemed to have a lot to say, Guan Yi chuckled and said, "Just say what you have to say, Governor."

"Uh, it's nothing, it's nothing..."

"I already told you to be straightforward," Meow Meow said, unable to bear the sight. "Just tell him directly. Guan Yi, the King and I have decided to enter a creation-level secret realm, and we'd like to invite you to join our team."

But this is indeed very dangerous, so we'll tell you some information about the secret realm first, and then you can decide for yourself whether to come with us.

Guan Yi thought to herself, "As expected," and pretended to listen. Miao Miao continued, "First of all, this secret realm is the lowest level among the creation-level secret realms because there is only one person with the power of creation, who is known as the 'Goddess of Creation'."

In most cases, the goddess exists only as background; in explorations where the goal isn't to completely conquer the dungeon, we don't need to consider her as an enemy. And aside from her, the target dungeon is just an ordinary golden legendary dungeon, its maximum combat power even weaker than the Deathly Mystic Dungeon we encountered before.

Guan Yi nodded knowingly. The power of creation was just a backdrop. In normal circumstances, it was just a golden legendary-level secret realm? That's good.

“But this is a ‘confrontational secret realm’.” Meow Meow’s next sentence made Guan Yi’s brow furrow.

The term "anti-demon realm" was something Guan Yi learned in the special training class. It refers to certain realms that are located on the border of the human and demon continents and are controlled by both humans and demons.

In this era where the war between the two races has ceased, these secret realms of conflict have become the battlefields for the two races to digest their hatred. The two races will be divided into two camps and fight each other in the secret realms. When they meet, it is almost always a fight to the death!

As a high-level martial artist with secret runes, Guan Yi enjoys various privileges, but he also has an obligation to enter the secret realm to fight against the demons.

However, the human race requires that a five-striped warrior enter the realm at least once every fifteen years.

There are rewards for making more entries and penalties for not making any.

Guan Yi is still a long way from that deadline.

"This is an old battleground, where humans and demons have fought for twelve rounds. The maximum number of people allowed to enter the dungeon in a single round is 100, which means 50 demons and 50 humans. Those who can participate are all martial artists and demons with three or more runes. There are usually no more than 10 martial artists and demons with divine runes, but there was once a time when 13 people entered."

"The background of the secret realm is quite special. Its native land is divided into two camps: the human race and the demon race. The time when we entered the secret realm was when the human race had the advantage and the demon race was planning a counterattack. Generally speaking, the human race had a slight advantage, but the advantage was not too obvious."

"The secret realm spans ten years. Seventy-five years before we entered this timeline, a human hero named Simmel led his team to defeat the Demon King, and most of the demons in the secret realm were wiped out by the humans. Ten years later, a new Demon King was born and launched a counterattack against the humans."

Guan Yi was taken aback. Simmel?
"Because it is a creation-level secret realm, the time ratio between the secret realm and reality is only 10:1, which means that a year will pass in the outside world for one round of conquest."

"The power system of the secret realm is quite suitable for Guan Yi. You can become a warrior or a mage. You should definitely not choose the monk who receives the blessing of the goddess, but if you are interested, you can also try the less common professions such as 'assassin'."

As Miaomiao continued her narration, Guan Yi quickly confirmed the name of the secret realm.

The destruction of Frilian!
'This is indeed a very suitable secret realm for demons and humans to fight and contend.'

(End of this chapter)