Chapter 361: Chapter 361

Lu Lin opened the Earth Vein Star Skill, and his Star Power began to recover rapidly.

When upgrading his Spiritual Strength, the Star Skills he used also improved significantly.

However, at this moment, Lu Lin had no time to test how his Star Skills had changed.

He needed to find the spirit bodies of Zhang Xianzhi and Bao Hu as soon as his Star Power was fully restored.

More than a month had passed, and Lu Lin was worried that their Spiritual Strength might dissipate again while wandering.

A few minutes later, without waiting for his Star Power to fully recover, Lu Lin began to search for the place where they had fallen in battle.

Flying in the air, Lu Lin’s vision was greatly enhanced.

He almost immediately saw the giant crater caused by Bao Hu’s Iron Curtain and subsequent self-destruction.

Lu Lin murmured to himself and quickly flew over.

He extended his Star Power Domain to its maximum, expanding the diameter of the Star Power Domain from 360 meters to 500 meters.

"Teacher Bao, Teacher Bao, where are you."

Lu Lin searched around the ground but did not feel any trace of Spiritual Strength.

The explosion at the time was too brutal, reducing the surroundings to ruins. Coupled with Gan Yu’s days here of rest and healing, there was no sign of life.

Lu Lin flew in the air, searching forward, backward, upward, and even punched into the underground, but found no sign of Spiritual Strength.

Not only did he fail to find Bao Hu’s Spiritual Strength, but Zhang Xianzhi’s was also nowhere to be found.

From daytime, he searched until the Exotic Battlefield’s deep night.

Lu Lin fell to the ground in despair.

It seemed he had been too optimistic. Both teachers sacrificed themselves selflessly to protect him, and now, after so much time had passed, he only then thought of them.

This filled Lu Lin with guilt.

Lu Lin suddenly thought of something. To find people, he had a Star Skill that he excelled in.

Ignoring the entire day he wasted, Lu Lin used the Guiding Star Skill to search for Bao Hu.

Yet, for the first time, the Guiding Star Skill failed.

Even it could not locate anything.

This result disappointed Lu Lin even more.

He was determined to search for Zhang Xianzhi again.

An arrow appeared before Lu Lin.

It could indeed guide him to find Zhang Xianzhi’s trace.

Lu Lin, invigorated, jumped up from the ground and followed the arrow instructions onward.

Lu Lin searched for a whole day at the crater’s center, where there was a shallow pool just enough to submerge his ankles.

The Guiding Star Skill’s arrow pointed directly to it, causing Lu Lin to wonder.

Was Zhang Xianzhi really underneath this?

Despite this thought in mind, Lu Lin still used the Earth Control Star Skill to enter the underground.

The scene before his eyes changed.

It was a Secret Realm.

Was Zhang Xianzhi actually in the Secret Realm?

Lu Lin surveyed the surroundings.

It was a flat area, resembling a Performance Martial Arena.

Weapons lay scattered on the ground in the peripheral areas.

The ground was covered in a layer of white sand, smooth and with not a single footprint.

"Welcome to the Battlefield Secret Realm."

"Complete the basic strength test and receive an evaluation, then you may enter the battlefield."

"Would you like to start the test?"

Lu Lin was puzzled, but he figured he could handle anything in the Secret Realm.

"The test is divided into three parts: strength test, Star Power test, and Spiritual Strength test. The full score is 300 points, with 200 points required for passing and entry into the battlefield."

"We will now begin the first section, the strength test."

As the words echoed in the void, a row of stone locks, identical in size but different in weight, appeared before Lu Lin.

The scenario seemed familiar.

Back in the Mad Blade Secret Realm, he had faced a similar testing scene.

However, Lu Lin then discovered a bug in the challenge and not only passed smoothly himself but helped Bai Buyi, Fang Gang, and Chen Xiran pass the assessment too.

Currently, Lu Lin’s strength reached a million catties, making it incredibly easy to achieve full marks at this stage.

Stone locks of various weights lay before him, labeled with their respective loads.

Hundreds of catties, thousands, even tens of thousands of catties stone locks failed to pique his interest; he directly went to a 500,000 catties stone lock and stood there.

Legs planted, right arm hanging down, gripping the 500,000 catties stone lock tightly.

His arms exerted force, effortlessly lifting the stone lock.

Moreover, he felt he didn’t use much strength at all.

Could this stone lock truly weigh 500,000 catties? Lu Lin doubted it.

"Congratulations on passing the first challenge, earning 100 points, please continue with this effort."

"Now beginning the second challenge, Star Power Level Detection."

"Please adhere the crystal stone before you to any part of your body."

The stone locks vanished before Lu Lin, replaced suddenly by a white crystal stone about the size of a fist but smooth and flat.

He picked up the crystal stone, sensing an energy circulating within his body.

This energy did no harm or damage to Lu Lin’s Star Power or body; it merely acted as a probe.

After the power traveled a circle within Lu Lin’s body, it returned once again to the crystal stone in his hand.

"Congratulations, you did not pass the second challenge, and your score is zero."

"It’s unfortunate, but your talent in Star Power Level is almost zero. This Battlefield Secret Realm does not recommend you to continue the test."

Lu Lin couldn’t believe his ears.

Even if his Star Power talent is not considered great, his initial refinement has already reached 0.78%, and his current level has reached the Seventh Level Golden Body Realm.

But in the eyes of this so-called Battlefield Secret Realm, his Star Power talent was actually zero.

He was specifically told that he shouldn’t continue the test.

Lu Lin naturally understood what this meant.

The Battlefield Secret Realm is obviously for challengers to enter the battlefield and fight against other opponents.

This clearly means that his strength does not meet the standard, and instead of entering the battlefield to face death, it’s better to choose to give up directly.

But this statement ignited Lu Lin’s temper.

His purpose here was to find Zhang Xianzhi, and challenging the Secret Realm was just an added part.

With the Guiding Star Skill’s existence, Lu Lin no longer held much reverence for these so-called Secret Realms.

But now, his temper had flared up.

If you don’t let him join the battlefield, he will insist on participating.

It’s just a Secret Realm, what’s the big deal.

"Do you want to proceed with the third test?"

"The third test examines spiritual strength. In front of you is a crystal stone and a crystal pillar."

"Hold the crystal stone and pour all your spiritual strength into it. When the color on the crystal pillar turns red, it means you’ve passed the evaluation."

This third test was exactly what Lu Lin needed.

He had just been promoted to the Titled King of spiritual strength, and he didn’t believe he couldn’t pass the evaluation .

With the voice falling, a giant crystal pillar, five meters tall, appeared in front of Lu Lin.

There were also scales on the crystal pillar.

Lu Lin didn’t start the test immediately but first walked to the crystal pillar, looking at the scales on it.

1, 2, 3...10, 20, 30...100, 200, 300...

At the top of the crystal pillar, the number 1000. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥

According to his estimation, Lu Lin’s current spiritual strength was as high as twenty thousand.

Although the Human Federation’s spiritual strength units were surely different from this Secret Realm’s scale, Lu Lin was still very confident.

Three tests, each with a perfect score of one hundred.

If Lu Lin wanted to enter the real Battlefield Secret Realm, he needed to score another perfect score.

Lu Lin took a deep breath and infused his spiritual strength into the crystal stone.

The scale on the crystal pillar gradually rose and changed.

When the scale reached the maximum value of 1000, Lu Lin stopped pouring in more spiritual strength.

However, a strange expression appeared on his face.

He had guessed wrong.

The spiritual strength poured into the crystal stone just now was only 1000 points.

points according to the Human Federation’s standard of spiritual strength.

It was exactly the same as 1000 points of spiritual strength in the Battlefield Secret Realm.

This made Lu Lin think more.

Could it be that there were human experts who had entered the Battlefield Secret Realm before and directly used the secret realm’s spiritual strength standards as their research results?

When recalling carefully, it seemed that the first person in human history who proposed to quantify spiritual strength was Lu Lin’s direct superior, the Director of the Star Investigation Office, Cha Yuan.

Unexpectedly, underneath Cha Yuan’s cold exterior, there was such an unknown aspect.

Clearly, the knowledge learned from the Exotic Battlefield was forcibly claimed as his own discovery.

Currently, the unit for testing spiritual strength in the Human Federation is "cha."

Normally, the spiritual strength of Level 9 Martial Artists should range from 500 to 999 cha.

After being promoted to Titled King, the weakest spiritual strength is at least 1000 cha.

This is the theory developed by Cha Yuan over many years.

But Lu Lin had ample reason to suspect that Cha Yuan directly applied the knowledge learned here to the Human Federation.

"Congratulations on passing the third challenge, scoring 100 points."

"The final score is 200 points, meeting the battlefield entry requirements."

"The relevant evaluation report is being generated, please wait."

The crystal stone and crystal pillar used for testing spiritual strength disappeared again, and Lu Lin stood in place waiting.

Soon, a light screen appeared in front of Lu Lin.

"Tester, name unknown."

"Test scores, first challenge: strength test, 100 points."

"Second challenge: Star Power test, 0 points."

"Third challenge: spiritual strength, 100."

"Test result, test passed, you can enter the battlefield."

"Test evaluation, the battlefield elf has never seen such a talent with polarized skills. Clearly lacking any semblance of Star Power cultivation talent, yet capable of enhancing physical strength beyond a million kilograms, clearly having Star Power even less than a baby, yet excelling in spiritual strength cultivation, reaching the pinnacle of the Star Dust Realm, strange, strange. However, we still wish you good fortune in the battlefield, and that you survive."

"Congratulations on successfully passing the test, gaining entrance to the battlefield qualification."

"Rule Explanation: Within the battlefield, the Secret Realm elf will retain all your abilities, please perform to your fullest, without worrying about the safety of life."

"The Battlefield Secret Realm serving the Wild Blade Clan has had no mishaps for over ten thousand years, please use it with confidence."

"In the Battlefield Secret Realm, as long as participating sect disciples shout ’exit,’ they can return to Longyuan World."

"More information and gameplay await you to explore and discover."

Lu Lin subconsciously exclaimed.

This so-called Wild Blade Clan, could it have any relation with the Wild Blade Heavenly Emperor?

Holding the admission ticket in his hand, Lu Lin gently pressed onto it according to the instructions, and his figure instantly dissipated.