Chapter 67
Those who were truly informed knew what to do the moment they stepped into a secret realm.
Stay alert.
Just as Seol Unwi—now acting under the alias Nameless—had done, so too did the other top experts like Ju Soa realize at once: this place was no ordinary realm.
They could tell from a single glance at the Demon-Eye Stones.
Demonic realms were notoriously unpredictable. Even surviving them was difficult, let alone navigating or controlling them.
The Thousand-Handed Beauty, Ju Soa, quickly emptied her pouch of training elixirs and spirit pills into her mouth. The concoctions would shield her mind and blood vessels from demonic energy. As the pills took effect, her expression grew cool and focused. She drew her sword in one smooth motion.
And then she waited.
Because in a secret realm, the goal isn’t to snatch treasure first.
It’s to survive.
Preparation was survival. Observation was survival. That was the foundation. Even if you never reached the treasure at the end, the things you picked up along the way—side-products, hidden martial scrolls—could be equally valuable. Sometimes a single scroll, discovered by chance, could change your entire life.
Especially when experts at the Harmonization Stage had entered the field. Charging ahead recklessly was suicide. Ju Soa made the only rational choice.
What kind of lunatic with a lower cultivation would dare rush forward?