### Chapter 1692: Second Stage, Billion Blood Sea
Millions of God Kings and tens of thousands of God Sovereigns had been waiting outside the secret realm for three days. Over the past few days, the complaints gradually diminished, and the starry sky returned to silence.
At this point, complaining was useless.
Many smart people had already realized some facts: those who hadn't come out yet and were still in the secret realm were all extraordinarily powerful individuals. For example, Xiao Sheng and Qing Jian Daoist were still in the secret realm.
Some people had doubted whether they had died, but they were quickly proven wrong.
Just the day before, Xiao Sheng and Qing Jian Daoist had almost simultaneously appeared outside, and then re-entered the secret realm.
Both of them had a common characteristic: they were very excited, the kind of excitement that comes after a great battle.
Both of them exuded a strong battle intent, making it difficult for others to approach.
Needless to say, they must have fought with the two types of special maple trees and had a great time doing so.
Besides them, several other God Sovereigns had also entered and exited the secret realm in the past few days.
Although they were not as relaxed as Xiao Sheng and Qing Jian Daoist, it at least proved that they had the strength to deal with the two types of maple trees. This is the difference in strength.
On the third day, the Human Emperor Network's reminder appeared again:
[The Maple Forest Secret Realm has returned to normal, and everyone can enter.]
A simple sentence made the quiet starry sky instantly boil.
Everyone couldn't wait to rush out, stepping onto the golden avenue, and entering the secret realm.
"Finally, it's back to normal. Wasted more than three days, could have earned dozens of merit points."
"Fortunately, it's back to normal. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to earn any points."
"Just hope Lin Moyu doesn't cause any more trouble. I'm not a genius, I just want to earn merit points."
"I need to exchange for a magic weapon, still short of 300 merit points. Counting on the Maple Forest Secret Realm, don't let anything go wrong."
Everyone had their own thoughts, but no matter what they thought, the goal was the same: to earn merit points in the divine city.
Lin Moyu walked tens of thousands of kilometers through the passage to the second stage before truly stepping into the second stage, entering another world.
The power of the Human Emperor Network completely retreated, and the escape talisman lost its effect. For the entire human race, this was an unknown land.
He knew he had no way out. Either he cleared this stage, or he would die here.
He could only keep moving forward. Once he turned back, it would be a disaster.
This was something he knew from the beginning and had already made his choice before entering.
The sound of waves and the howling wind came to his ears.
He stood in mid-air, below him was an endless ocean.
Here, the weather was sunny, the sky was clear, and there was a huge sun in the sky, bringing light to this world.
Unlike the Black Rain Secret Realm, which was filled with thunderclouds and had a harsh environment.
If it weren't for the ocean below being blood-red and the smell of blood in the air, it would indeed be a nice world.
Through his analysis and previous experience, Lin Moyu judged that the entire complete ancient rune had evolved into a complete world.
After the ancient rune shattered, each fragment still carried out the will of the complete ancient rune, thus evolving into one strange world after another.
The Maple Forest Secret Realm was the same. In the first stage, it evolved into grasslands, barren mountains, and maple forests.
Among them, the maple forest was the main feature.
In the second stage, it evolved into an ocean and a scorching sun.
The ocean made Lin Moyu feel strange. An endless sea of blood, exuding a bloody smell, looked somewhat horrifying.
The blood-colored ocean also confirmed Lin Moyu's previous observations.
"The runes in the sky are blocking the sea of blood."
"The sea of blood seems to want to break through the barrier of the runes and invade the world of the first stage of the secret realm."
"And the secret realm is trying to block the sea of blood."
"Could it be that the sea of blood is not something evolved from the ancient rune, but an external invader?" With curiosity, Lin Moyu dispatched the skeletal god generals.
A hundred thousand skeletal god generals spread out in all directions at a speed of 200,000 kilometers per second.
Lin Moyu simultaneously activated his Soul Eye to look at the sea of blood. There were no ancient rune fragments in the sea of blood, not a single one.
Combining his own feelings, Lin Moyu was 80% sure that the sea of blood was not evolved from the ancient rune.
This further confirmed his belief that the sea of blood was an external invader.
In essence, it was similar to himself.
The sea of blood gave Lin Moyu a sense of danger. He did not enter it, nor did he let the skeletal god generals enter.
In an unclear situation, Lin Moyu chose to remain still and not take any action.
The world of the second stage was much larger than the first stage.
The skeletal god generals flew for half a day before reaching the edge.
Half a day later, the map of the secret realm was already fully presented in Lin Moyu's mind.
The secret realm was circular, with a diameter of 100 billion kilometers, comparable to a galaxy.
In this space comparable to a galaxy, there were no islands, no rune beasts, only the sea of blood.
The sea of blood surged with waves, some large and some small.
The small ones were only a few meters high, while sometimes there would be giant waves reaching up to a million meters.
Such waves, with one wave, could submerge most of a planet.
The giant waves often came suddenly, without any warning, and at a speed as fast as if a God Sovereign had slapped down with a giant palm. The skeletal god generals were hit head-on by the giant waves several times, activating their golden armor runes.
In the collision, the golden armor runes shattered, and the power of the giant waves was neutralized.
The skeletal god generals rushed out of the giant waves and continued to fly.
The attack of the giant waves was very strong, slightly stronger than the full-force strike of a first-rank God Sovereign, but not as strong as a second-rank God Sovereign.
The giant waves flew in the air, and at this moment, a strong wind howled, blowing the giant waves apart.
After the giant waves collapsed, they did not fall like raindrops but directly vanished into thin air. Lin Moyu kept his Soul Eye activated and saw that the wind contained a large number of ancient rune fragments.
"Indeed, the ancient runes and the sea of blood are in a battle."
"I should find the source; perhaps this is the way to clear the second stage."
Lin Moyu looked up at the sky and saw the scorching sun hanging high.
The scorching sun was blazing, looking extremely hot, but it had no temperature.
In the next second, Lin Moyu, with a hundred thousand skeletal god generals, soared into the sky.
A hundred thousand streams of light flew into the sky like a hundred thousand sharp swords, piercing the sky.
The sea of blood gradually shrank from view, and the scorching sun grew larger.
In the Soul Eye, countless ancient runes appeared.
These were the rays of light emitted by the scorching sun, each containing a vast number of ancient rune fragments.
These ancient rune fragments flew in the void, densely packed, forming halos of light.
Lin Moyu looked at the center of the scorching sun and saw a massive ancient rune.
It was also a fragment of an ancient rune, only a part of the complete ancient rune, but much larger and more complete than the fragment in the Black Rain Secret Realm.
The moment he saw the ancient rune, his soul felt a sharp pain, and his soul power rapidly drained.
Lin Moyu quickly shifted his gaze, not daring to look a second time.
This fragment of the ancient rune was terrifyingly powerful.
Suddenly, a warning came from his soul, indicating imminent danger.
The halos formed by the ancient rune fragments suddenly flew towards Lin Moyu.
They turned into billions of sharp arrows, shooting towards him like a storm.