After the voice finished explaining the rules to the disciples inside, Ken looked at his token. It had the number 1 on it and was full of energy. After sensing the energy inside, he could guess its source.
He never saw it before, but he had the Godly Qi for reference. He understood it was Qi stronger than the normal one albeit weaker than the Godly Qi. He concluded it must be Immortal Qi.
"Haha, you're a freak of nature. I can see why you didn't take the Bloodlust Boost Pill, you truly don't need it."
Apparently, he still was eligible to communicate with the mysterious voice thanks to his special status as the opener of the realm.
"Would you like to explain the common sense to me?"
"Yes, your token has 10 million BP inside it. You single-handedly raised the average from 300 BP to 800 BP. Since the price for a seventh-grade reward is 100 times the average, it makes the price 80,000. Originally it was planned to force the average disciple to kill 100 others for seventh-grade rewards, but now it raised to over 250 because of an anomaly, also known as you. People will have to do with rewards of a lower grade now."
Ken grinned when he heard that. It basically meant that he was rich and could easily claim dozens of rewards without competing. Coupled with the fact that he had the map of the place, he was free to go wherever he wanted.
Earlier when he was asked to exude his bloodlust, Ken let it all out. He never stopped replaying his kills in his mind during his training, and the numbers grew constantly. The bloodlust was also amplified multiple times when he used Bloodlust Qi, and his strong affinity with it empowered the amplification further.
"Don't celebrate so early, young lad. Once you're ready to leave I will open the door out of here, and your token will cause everyone to chase you to the end of the secret realm. Remember, nobody can leave here before 3 months pass, not even you."
"You don't have to worry about me."
·?θm "Sure, but nothing stops the higher stages from hunting you down."
Once Ken finished digesting the Healing Pill, he got up and went to the door that appeared earlier when the explanation was over.
Before opening the door, he smiled when he thought about how perfectly the situation fitted his concealing technique.
'Sheathed Man. Or more precisely, Sheathed Token.'
He created a sheath for the bloodlust emanating from the token, and the bloodlust was gone. Safe from the wandering cultivators, Ken opened the door and went outside.
'First, I need to see if there's a way for me to reach the peak of the fourth stage quickly. There are a lot of disciples of the fifth stage in the secret realm, and I'm at a big disadvantage. Even if I can hide my bloodlust and my token, I'm not safe from being detected in the normal way.'
He recalled the map and found one place fitting for fulfilling his need for a fast power-up. It was called Labyrinth of Blood, and among the prizes was a natural treasure, the Twilight Apple, which was also known as the Core Forging Fruit for its ability to nurture cores.
They were extremely rare in nature; they were coveted by humans and beasts alike, and once a Twilight Apple grows, it's normally plucked as soon as it's ripe. The Twilight Apple was a mutant fruit that grew on a normal fourth-rank Daylight Red Apple Tree.
When the fruit was exposed to a delicate balance between light and shadow in an area rich with Qi, it might mutate into the Twilight Apple. Twilight Apples were desired for their ability to naturally fill one's core with Qi and elicit it to expand several times faster than without it.
Ken assumed that the Labyrinth of Blood was meant to aid the fourth-stage cultivators to get stronger so they can stand up to the Nascent Soul opponents faster. He turned on Blood Sense and jogged silently toward the labyrinth.
Normally, his Blood Sense captured the hidden bloodlust in the people around him, but now the bloodlust radiated from the tokens was much more prominent. His Bloodlust Sense could easily perceive them in a distance of 3 kilometers, much further than he could do naturally.
Now that he could easily perceive bloodlust, he had an easy time practicing his Blood Sense technique. As he felt a few disciples wander a couple of kilometers away from him, he got the idea of Bloodlust Trails.
Since he could sense humans, he should be able to sense their trail as well. With this enlightenment, he could finally get to the next mastery realm with his Blood Sense technique – the Big Success mastery realm.
'This secret realm is perfect for practicing my Bloodlust techniques, and I didn't even enter one of the inheritance sites.'
Ken thought to himself as he kept practicing the new mastery realm. Although he had many enlightenments lately and managed to enter the Big Success mastery realm in many techniques, he was only at the beginning of this mastery realm and needed to keep practicing to enhance his techniques.
He soon reached a small building in a forest clearing. The building was made of wood and seemed brand new as if someone just built it and never occupied it. The door opened smoothly without creaking, and he stepped inside.
The room was bare other than one statue in its middle. The statue was made of stone and depicted a man with a wild expression and a tag saying "Magnus". The man had a thick beard, messy long hair, and a countenance that made one imagine a crazed man.
Ken poured his Qi into the statue, and a metallic door was revealed on the ground. Ken held the handle and pulled it open, exposing a staircase that led into the labyrinth.
He entered and closed the door behind him. As he was walking downstairs, the statue in the room above him moved again and covered the exit.
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