Chapter 18: A Race Against Time! Opportunity Hunter Zhou Chen!

The entire Secret Realm was vast, with endless mountains, rivers, lakes, and towering trees.

It looked no different from the outside world, except that the Spiritual Qi in the air was much more abundant, and there were also many auras of Yao Beasts around.

The closer one moved toward the central area, the stronger the auras of the Yao Beasts became.

Before entering, Zhou Chen had already thoroughly examined everyone's Opportunity, so he knew exactly where the dangers and Opportunities lay.

To maximize efficiency, he had formulated a complete, customized route for plundering Opportunities based on Ye Chen's Opportunity route, combined with other people's decent Opportunities.

If others knew what Zhou Chen was doing, they would likely be furious.

Without hesitation, Zhou Chen headed straight for the most remote outer alchemy room, where a Foundation Establishment Pill was located.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for intercepting one Top-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill. A hundredfold return: one Top-Grade Foundation-Consolidating Pill. Would you like to claim it?"

"Do not claim yet!" Zhou Chen seemed to have suddenly realized something.

As long as he intercepted the Opportunity of a Child of Destiny, it depended on whether the person he intercepted from was a Child of Destiny, as well as the size of the Opportunity.

If it was the Opportunity of a Child of Destiny, especially a key Opportunity, it could explode into a thousandfold or ten-thousandfold return; the probability of other ordinary Opportunities hitting a ten-thousandfold critical hit was very low.

This Top-Grade Foundation-Consolidating Pill helped people break through from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Core Formation Realm and increased the success rate of Core Formation; a Top-Grade Foundation-Consolidating Pill could increase the chance by at least fifty percent.

Due to its rarity, ordinary Cultivation Sects would fight over it, and even the Wenxian Sect used a quota system, distributing them in limited quantities.

Ordinary Core Disciples needed to make huge contributions to the Sect before they had a chance to receive one, and that was only the most ordinary kind.

The effect of ordinary Medicinal Pills could at best only increase the success rate of Core Formation by ten to twenty percent.

After taking the Opportunity, Zhou Chen quickly rushed to the next location.

Not long after Zhou Chen left, Ye Chen arrived at the outer alchemy room, busied himself for a while, found nothing, and left with a dejected look.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a hundred-year-old Azure Spiritual Plant. A hundredfold return: one ten-thousand-year-old Azure Spiritual Plant."

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit. A tenfold return: one thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit."

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a piece of Lightning-Struck Wood. A hundredfold return: one drop of Lightning Tribulation Liquid."

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Zhou Chen did not have time to stop at all, intercepting Opportunities all the way; he even steered far clear when encountering Yao Beasts with powerful auras.

Thanks to the Divine Concealment Art, he did not alert any Yao Beasts, and Zhou Chen's journey was unobstructed.

One day later.

Inside a ruined temple stood a mysterious stone statue, and beneath it was a prayer mat.

A man appeared beside the stone statue; it was Zhou Chen, who had been traveling at full speed.

He first circled the stone statue a few times but found no signs of any Cultivation Technique.

But he always felt like he had forgotten something.

"That's right! The Child of Destiny kneels wherever there is a prayer mat; how could I have forgotten that!" Zhou Chen slapped his forehead.

Subsequently, Zhou Chen knelt down on his knees on the prayer mat and bowed three times to the stone statue.

The next second, the prayer mat suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and a ray of spiritual light drilled into Zhou Chen's mind at an incredible speed.

While Zhou Chen was secretly on guard, a mass of memories suddenly flooded into his mind.

It was unexpectedly the Saint-Rank High Grade Cultivation Technique 《Great Wilderness Finger》.

Just as Zhou Chen had expected, these Opportunities still required some unconventional triggering methods, and only the Child of Destiny with his bizarre way of thinking could do it.

"Ding, congratulations to the Host for obtaining the Saint-Rank High Grade Cultivation Technique 《Great Wilderness Finger》. A ten-thousandfold return: Imperial Rank High Grade Cultivation Technique Great Wilderness Sky Imprisoning Finger."

Zhou Chen's pupils dilated instantly. It was actually an Imperial Rank High Grade Cultivation Technique, and it sounded somewhat familiar.

Hiss!

This Cultivation Technique had great terror; this was Zhou Chen's first intuition.

But Zhou Chen still chose to learn Great Wilderness Sky Imprisoning Finger without hesitation; after all, weakness was the original sin.

Talking about choices when one is weak is a very ridiculous thing.

But Zhou Chen soon discovered that the learning requirements for this Cultivation Technique were very harsh, and with his current Realm, he could not yet execute it.

Forcibly executing it would likely only drain all the Spiritual Qi in his body.

Zhou Chen had no choice but to let it go for now, waiting to study it again when his cultivation was sufficient later.

At this time, Ye Chen, on the other side, was looking in the direction of the central area.

He had a very strong feeling in his heart, as if something important had been snatched away by someone, and he felt very dejected inside.

"Master, it seems like all my good luck has disappeared recently. I've been in here for a day or two and haven't encountered any good Opportunities; instead, there are quite a few Yao Beasts blocking the way."

Ye Chen said to the ring while traveling.

"Disciple, stop being arrogant and impatient. The path of growth will not be smooth sailing. Just let things take their natural course; do not be led by desire, or you will easily fall into a Heart Demon later."

The earnest teachings of the old man in the ring rang out in Ye Chen's mind.

"Understood, thank you, Master. I will adjust myself." Ye Chen curled his lips.

Meanwhile.

At the center of the Secret Realm, a magnificent and ancient palace came into Zhou Chen's view.

This palace was exceptionally large, with countless rooms, and it looked like the place where the owner of the Secret Realm used to conduct activities.

Zhou Chen couldn't wait to enter the deepest part of the palace, but discovered that a Formation with a powerful aura blocked the way.

"So this is the Formation that blocked Ye Chen from entering. Even Ye Chen needed the guidance of the old man in the ring for two days before he could enter."

Zhou Chen muttered to himself.

This Formation was hard to break if you said it was hard, and not hard if you said it wasn't; the main thing was that you could break it by destroying the core of the Formation.

Generally, the core of a Formation is inside the Formation, but this Formation did the opposite; the core was set up outside the Formation.

If a Cultivator entered the Formation, they would be unable to break the Formation from the inside. Moreover, the strength of this Formation was connected to the entire Secret Realm; even if a Core Formation Realm expert came, they wouldn't be able to break it by force.

Fortunately, Zhou Chen had the reminder from the opportunity panel.

Soon, he found the eye of the Formation under an inconspicuous stool nearby and destroyed the Formation without any effort.

It was also thanks to Ye Chen's old man in the ring that he could see through this kind of ancient Formation setup.

Zhou Chen quickly entered the main hall and found a mysterious finger bone on the crossbeam of the main hall.

Zhou Chen wrapped the finger bone with Spiritual Qi and then reached out to take it.

Who knew that as soon as he touched it, a boundless Evil Qi rushed directly into Zhou Chen's mind.

Zhou Chen saw a scene that seemed like the end of the world: a terrifying palm breaking through the clouds from ten thousand meters in the sky and slapping straight down toward the ground.

Boom!

Suddenly, mountains and rivers shattered, and the sun and moon lost their light!

A desolate aura shrouded ten thousand miles, and after one palm, not a blade of grass survived!

It was actually the Profound Truth of the 《Great Wilderness Finger》!

The 《Great Wilderness Finger》 that Zhou Chen had just obtained had actually broken through to Minor Achievement in a short period of time.

Hiss!

What is this thing? It is terrifying!

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a piece of mysterious finger bone. A ten-thousandfold return: mysterious hand bone (complete)! Would you like to claim it?"