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 **Chapter 1609: Seeking the Way to Clear the Secret Realm**

The number of golden lines increased, meaning something was happening. Lin Muyu pondered for a few seconds and guessed one possibility - the golden brilliance would gradually fall, increasing in quantity, like a timer counting down.

After a certain time, the secret realm world might be covered in golden brilliance. At the extreme limit, all the golden brilliance in the sky would fall to the ground, and the eruption of the secret realm would cease. At that point, the secret realm would return to its normal state.

In that state, it would be impossible to clear the secret realm or activate the second stage.

Based on his experience, Lin Muyu felt his judgment was likely correct.

Although the eruption stage was dangerous, it also presented an opportunity to clear the secret realm.

Currently, more than a dozen treasures had been contaminated by the golden brilliance, changing their nature into golden objects. The treasures lost their original functions and were no longer treasures.

Instead, they became food for the giant beasts in the secret realm to compete over.

One Skeleton God General tried to touch and pick up the golden food but found no effect on itself.

Then, more than a dozen Skeleton God Generals each picked up a piece of golden food and flew off in different directions in the secret realm. They would act as bait, luring out the giant beasts.

Even more Skeleton God Generals flew out to search for paths in the secret realm.

Currently, Lin Muyu did not know the true mechanism for clearing the secret realm, so he could only proceed step-by-step with experiments and tests. Based on past experiences, Lin Muyu analyzed two possibilities.

One was that killing enough giant beasts in the secret realm could trigger the next stage.

The other possibility, like the Poison Bee Secret Realm, was finding and killing a special giant beast to trigger the next stage.

Both possibilities existed, so Lin Muyu did not waste time and pursued both paths simultaneously.

Roars echoed from various parts of the secret realm as the giant beasts quickly sensed the presence of food.

From afar, numerous giant beasts could be seen flying out of the secret realm.

The giant beasts headed towards the food held by the Skeleton God Generals.

Their targets were clear and unified - the golden food held by the Skeleton God Generals.

As for the Skeleton God Generals without food, they were completely ignored.

The giant beasts were extremely frenzied. Even before obtaining the food, they had already erupted into battles, fighting fiercely in the air.

For a time, chaos reigned in the secret realm as the great battle raged on.

Powerful auras lingered in the secret realm world, with some giant beasts being extremely powerful, reaching the ninth level of the God Sovereign Realm, suppressing the other giant beasts.

But the other giant beasts, driven by the desire for food, would resist to the death even if outmatched.

Lin Muyu watched the frenzied giant beasts, his gaze flickering as he pondered whether a third possibility existed.

He did not instruct the Skeleton God Generals to kill these giant beasts.

He had a vague feeling that eliminating all the giant beasts might not be the correct choice.

The Golden Brilliance Secret Realm and the Poison Bee Secret Realm originated from fragments of the same rune, so they should share similar characteristics.

There should also be one or several special giant beasts, like the Poison Bee Mother in the Poison Bee Secret Realm.

Just like the boss monsters in the sub-realms of the small world, only by killing the boss monster could one proceed to the next stage.

For some reason, Lin Muyu always felt that the sub-realms in the small world and the secret realms in the Divine City star region had astonishing similarities.

The Skeleton God Generals discovered a forest filled with golden brilliance, with trees covered in a large amount of golden brilliance.

Some golden brilliance flowed on the surface, while some had already protruded, forming golden stones the size of a fist.

These were Jinhui Stones, one of the ways to obtain them was from this forest.

However, one could only safely collect the Jinhui Stones after they had fallen from the trees.

If collected before falling, an attack would occur.

Some people had done this before, and without exception, they all died, without even knowing how they died.

Initially, others did not know what had happened to them, until the Human Emperor Network later revealed this information. Only then did people realize they had died from forcibly collecting the Jinhui Stones.

For those who forcibly collected the Jinhui Stones, even escape talismans could not be activated, and they were doomed.

Afterwards, others obediently followed this rule and never forcibly collected the Jinhui Stones, always waiting for them to fall naturally before obtaining them.

This was the correct approach, but now Lin Muyu wanted to clear the secret realm, so he had to do something abnormal. The Skeleton God Generals directly swung their bone swords, forcibly cutting down the Jinhui Stones.

The Jinhui Stones immediately exploded, erupting countless golden brilliance, instantly enveloping an area of thousands of meters.

Everything happened too suddenly, and the Skeleton God Generals had no time to react, directly covered by the golden brilliance.

The Skeleton God Generals were coated in gold, rapidly undergoing a transformation, turning into golden skeletons.

In less than half a second, Lin Muyu lost contact with the golden skeletons, just like the situation in the Poison Bee Secret Realm!

Lin Muyu finally understood how those who forcibly collected the Jinhui Stones had died.

And why they couldn't even use an escape talisman.

Under the golden brilliance, the rules were changed, and the nature of all items, including living beings, was transformed.

Even if they took out an escape talisman, it would also turn into golden food, losing its original function, making escape impossible.

The golden skeletons stood motionless, becoming the largest and most delicious-looking existence among all the golden food.

Strangely, the frenzied giant beasts in the air, competing for the food, did not even glance at the golden skeletons.

Their battle for food continued, but they ignored the largest and most delicious-looking golden skeletons.

Lin Muyu's confusion lasted only three seconds before he received the correct answer.

In the forest, countless vines suddenly rose up.

These vines, carrying mottled golden light, wrapped around the golden skeletons.

In the center of this forest, a large tree stood out prominently, much larger than the other trees.

The vines were also raised by this tree, pulling the golden skeletons back to itself.

A crack appeared on the tree trunk, swallowing the golden skeletons.

"A special giant beast?"

Lin Muyu's heart moved, and a large number of Skeleton God Generals immediately flew over, unleashing sword energy from tens of thousands of meters away.

The sword energy plowed through the forest like a plow, flattening it.

Countless trees collapsed under the sword energy, and countless Jinhui Stones that had not yet formed exploded, erupting countless golden light, creating a magnificent scene.

The large tree in the center of the forest raised countless vines, carrying golden brilliance, spanning tens of thousands of meters to strike the Skeleton God Generals. The Skeleton God Generals reacted swiftly, quickly dodging.

The golden brilliance from the vines scattered, unable to touch them.

The Skeleton God Generals opened the distance and counterattacked with sword energy.

A hundred Skeleton God Generals were not enough, so two hundred were sent. If two hundred were not enough, then a thousand would be sent.

There were plenty of Skeleton God Generals, wave after wave.

No matter where, even in the realm of runes, the vitality of plant life was extremely powerful.

This large tree was only at the ninth level of the God Sovereign Realm, but it was difficult to destroy.

It took nearly a thousand Skeleton God Generals continuously unleashing sword energy for a full minute to finally kill it.

Fortunately, it could not move, otherwise if it tried to escape, it would truly be a troublesome foe.

As the giant tree died, a beam of golden light shot into the sky, connecting heaven and earth, drawing down a golden line from above.

At this moment, another crack appeared elsewhere, revealing another golden line.

The number of golden lines increased from two to four, with more golden brilliance falling.

Following Lin Muyu's thoughts, once the golden brilliance fell completely, the secret realm would return to normal, making it impossible to clear.

He had to seize the opportunity.

After the giant tree died, apart from one golden line, there was no other movement.

It was clear that the giant tree was not the key to entering the next stage.

Lin Muyu fell into contemplation again.