Chapter 915: Chapter 915: Thunderbolt Golden Monkey
Chen Guan gritted his teeth and continued refining lightning amidst the Creation World, since there’s no escape now, any bit of strength enhancement would be welcome.
If the lightning golden monkey were to attack him, he would have a bit more resistance.
The energy decomposed and refined by the Creation World couldn’t be completely absorbed by Chen Guan.
Fortunately, his secret realm was unique; others’ secret realms output primordial energy to bolster cultivators.
Chen Guan’s secret realm, however, was like a lazy relative, with a sole function of devouring primordial energy.
All excess World Power was channeled into the secret realm, causing its space to expand rapidly with the vast infusion of World Power.
Chen Guan had no idea what the secret realm was truly for; it simply grew larger with energy intake, seemingly possessing no other functions.
At least Chen Guan hadn’t discovered any other functions, and its expansion seemed limitless, no matter the energy input, it could accommodate and convert into space.
However, Chen Guan found a method to use the secret realm; since it could absorb energy infinitely, if someone attacked him with widespread primordial energy, or like now, with liquid lightning everywhere, he only needed to activate the secret realm, and within the realm’s halo, energy would automatically flow in without harming him.
The secret realm’s halo was annoyingly small, with only a thirty-centimeter diameter, barely encasing Chen Guan’s head and neck like the halo behind a Buddha.
This size could only absorb primordial energy aimed at Chen Guan’s head and neck, useless beyond its scope.
Luckily, the secret realm halo would enlarge as the secret realm expanded, potentially covering his whole body in the future.
Yet, its growth was disappointingly slow; though the secret realm space had expanded considerably, the halo had grown only a tiny bit.
Chen Guan kept an eye on the lightning golden monkey, observing that despite all this time passing, it showed no intent to attack, merely watching Chen Guan with curiosity.
"Is it possible in these Thirty-Three Heavens that there’s only one living creature?" Chen Guan pondered, as his pursuit had revealed no other secret spirits, seemingly just this one.
If so, Chen Guan suspected that the lightning golden monkey had never seen other living beings and was surely intrigued.
Yet Chen Guan dared not approach it due to this curiosity; curiosity is one thing, but being devoured is another.
Separated by tempered glass and iron bars, a tiger is just a large cat.
But without such barriers, a tiger is a ferocious beast.
Until Chen Guan was sure whether the lightning golden monkey eats humans or not, he dared not make contact.
Moreover, the lightning golden monkey was inherently composed of lightning; ordinary folk would not attempt contact, as merely approaching it would result in being reduced to ashes by the lightning it emits automatically.
Thus, one man and one monkey wandered in the Thirty-Three Heavens, devouring the golden lightning.
Ordinary people couldn’t survive here; let alone these terrifying lightning strikes, even the sound of thunder could shatter one’s soul with just a single peal.
Only someone like Chen Guan, with secret techniques and treasures, could survive this place and thrive.
Unfortunately, the World’s End lasted only a limited time; as its effects faded, Chen Guan couldn’t level up further, remaining at Level 82.
Chen Guan had to pause for rest, waiting for the secret collection’s primordial energy to recover.
When he stopped, the lightning golden monkey also halted, quietly floating in mid-air, staring unblinkingly at Chen Guan.
It watched Chen Guan, and Chen Guan watched back, both man and monkey locked in mutual gaze.
Chen Guan dared not make any moves for fear of misunderstanding that might lead the monkey to approach him, for he had no confidence to cope if that happened.
Fortunately, the lightning golden monkey seemed disinclined to approach, merely observing Chen Guan from a distance.
Yet, over time, the lightning golden monkey grew dissatisfied with merely watching, gradually closing the gap, moving repeatedly closer to Chen Guan, though without coming right up to him.
Chen Guan’s eyesight couldn’t discern the lightning golden monkey’s movements.
It seemed to move like a flash of lightning, appearing instantly in another spot, akin to teleportation.
Thus each movement of the lightning golden monkey appeared as teleportation to Chen Guan, faster even than his secret realm pearl’s transport.
"Could these Thirty-Three Heavens be the Void Secret Realm of the Celestial Secret Realm?" Chen Guan thought privately.
Under the sky, there shouldn’t be such terrifying secret spirits as the lightning golden monkey; its level must not be lower than that of the Golden War God—at least of the same level or even higher.
This place housing such secret spirits must surely be the Celestial Secret Realm.
Based on Chen Guan’s understanding, the Celestial Secret Realm contains several independent realms, like the Immortal Mountain Sect’s realm, which is distinct from the Celestial Secret Realm, termed the Void Secret Realm by them.
Regarding the actual relationship between the Celestial Secret Realm and the Void Secret Realm, Chen Guan could only speculate, as reality remained unknown to him.
The Thirty-Three Heavens showed resemblance to the Immortal Mountain Sect’s setup, leading Chen Guan to suspect it might also be a Void Secret Realm.
Watching the approaching golden monkey, Chen Guan calculated that he couldn’t recover the secret collection soon, while the golden monkey seemed likely to soon reach him at its current pace.
"This creature is a homebody monkey, unfamiliar with other life forms, perhaps some tricks could easily fool it." With this thought, Chen Guan summoned an ordinary Flower Fairy, letting it fly aside.
"Such a charming secret spirit, this unworldly golden monkey should be drawn and its attention diverted from me."
Unexpectedly to Chen Guan, the lightning golden monkey seemed utterly uninterested in the Flower Fairy, ignoring its graceful dance.
"Something’s off!" Chen Guan’s heart skipped a beat, "Could it be that this monkey isn’t curious because I’m a living creature?"
Chen Guan tried several times, calling forth various secret spirit pets to draw the golden monkey’s attention.
Yet none worked; pretty or ugly, strange or ordinary, the lightning golden monkey merely glanced over and returned its focus to Chen Guan.
"At times being too good-looking is a fault; this monkey has an aesthetic sense." Chen Guan thought optimistically, inwardly cursing Ji Fenglie for not opening the door yet.
