"Is it really that simple?"
Ice Storm mumbled to herself.
But since Meng Chao had already gone over, she would not show any weakness.
Ice Storm sucked in a deep breath and formed a thin layer of frost around her. She lowered her breathing, heartbeat, and footsteps to the minimum. It was as if she was stepping on snowflakes that were as thin as a cicada's wings. She quietly stepped into the arcade.
Just as she expected, the statues on both sides did not move. It was as if they could not sense her presence at all.
Hailstorm wanted to swallow a mouthful of saliva.
But she was afraid that the contraction of her throat muscles would make the statues react.
She imitated Meng Chao and slid into the depths of the arcade as gently as possible.
In the beginning, her progress was very smooth.
Because she had just moved past five statues, and the starting point was very close to her.
Even if the statues were really activated, she could retreat in an instant.
This gave her a sense of security, as if she still had a way out.
Her mind was relaxed, and her footsteps were very smooth.
But as she moved deeper into the arcade, the starting point was already fifty steps behind her.
If all the terrifying statues around her were activated at that moment, she would have nowhere to run.
When she realized this, Ice Storm felt as if her nerves were being twisted by a capstan with spikes. They were slowly twisting, and she became tenser.
The statues around her became even more ferocious, and their bodies became larger. They were like cliffs that were about to collapse and bury her at any moment.
And quite a number of the axes and swords in the statues' hands blocked her way. They forced her to bend her body into strange shapes and squeeze out all the energy in her muscle fibers. She even had to stand on her tiptoes and use her toes to curl up and bounce to pass through the intersecting gaps between the soul-stealing weapons.
'Are you kidding me? Why did the harvester look so relaxed when she walked past me just now? It was as if she was just taking a stroll in the mall.'
Ice Storm felt like she had been tricked again.
Unfortunately, she was already halfway through the arcade, and she could not turn back anymore.
She could only grit her teeth and try her best to control her chaotic thoughts and trembling muscles to walk through the path of death.
One step, two steps, three steps.
Ice Storm could gradually see Meng Chao's figure in front of her.
Victory was right in front of her.
But at that moment, a statue of an elephant warrior blocked her path.
The elephant warrior held two giant axes in his hands.
Its long nose, which was covered with spikes, ran horizontally through the arcade.
If the ice storm did not want to touch anything, it could only crawl through the extremely narrow space between the giant axe and the long nose in a way that resembled a fish sprinting.
But with such a large movement, it was difficult for him to not make any noise, and to maintain his breathing and heartbeat at a level that was half a breath longer than that of a dead person.
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Hailstorm's forehead.
The cold sweat quickly condensed into crystal clear beads, rolling down his forehead.
Hailstorm's pupils suddenly contracted, and he hurriedly reached out to take the frozen sweat.
There was also a slight downward movement of his palm, which prevented the extremely fragile beads of sweat from shattering in his palm.
When Meng Chao reached this place, since he was too far away and the light in the tunnel was too dim, the ice storm did not see how he had managed to pass through the statue.
She gestured with her hands and asked from the distance. Meng Chao also gestured with his hands and gave her an answer. "It's a running fish jump. It came from the middle."
"Can it be done?" Hailstorm was very skeptical.
"As long as we're a little careful, we should be able to. I told you just now that these mechanisms are all seriously worn down, and their senses are very slow," Meng Chao said while gesturing with his hands.
Hailstorm gritted her teeth.
She took half a step back and sped up. With an almost perfect fish jump, she crawled through the gap between the giant axe and the long nose.
And she did not touch anything!
The moment she landed on the ground, she was shocked, and her heart raced. Perhaps it was because she had used up too much of her stamina when she moved stealthily in the beginning, or perhaps it was because she had been badly injured by Casava a few days ago and had not fully recovered, or perhaps it was because the faces of the two statues in front of her were too hideous and their fangs were about to grow out of their eye sockets.
Bang! Hailstorm's chest trembled slightly.
With a piercing mechanical sound, all the statues in the arcade immediately came to life!
With an ear-piercing mechanical sound, all the statues in the entire arcade immediately came to life!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Hailstorm heard the sound of countless sharp blades tearing through the air behind her.
The shadows of swords and sabers appeared in front of her.
The two axes of the gigantic elephant warrior statue smashed towards her head. Judging from the unstoppable roar, if she was really hit, even if she was wearing the totem armor, her bones would still be broken and she would suffer internal injuries!
At that critical moment, a pure white light shone in the depths of Hailstorm's eyes.
It was as if feathers made of holy light had gathered together and fell down. The flow of time in her field of vision slowed down by several times, which gave her enough time to spit out a freezing fog at the joints and bases of the statues. She froze all the mechanisms in the joints and bases of the statues and slowed down their attack speed. Even if it was just for the blink of an eye, it would be enough!
While the statues were frozen, Hailstorm turned into a white bolt of lightning and charged toward the exit.
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Most of the statues were frozen for the blink of an eye.
When the second blink of an eye arrived, the ice covering the statues crumbled.
An even more concentrated sword and saber light, as well as a whistling rain of arrows, once again enveloped the head of the hailstorm.
No matter how she moved between the statues.
She was very close to the exit, but there were always three to five sharp blades blocking her path.
Since she was moving at her maximum speed, she had no room to change her route. She could only brace herself and use her totem armor to hit the sharp blades of the statues.
If she hit the statues, she might be able to get out.
But whether an arm or half a leg would be left in the arcade, no one could say for sure.
At that critical moment.
Ding, ding, ding, ding. A series of crisp sounds rang out.
It was Meng Chao, who was waiting at the exit. His hands turned into two balls of gray fog and shot dozens of broken stones into the arcade.
He had picked them up before entering the Bloodskull Divine Temple, and they had been prepared to explore the path ahead.
The material itself was ordinary and not very sturdy.
When they touched the terrifying statues that were filled with spiritual energy, they immediately exploded into powder.
But these statues used sound, temperature, and vibration to detect intruders.
Meng Chao's dozens of broken stones accurately hit five statues that were attacking Hailstorm.
These statues mistakenly thought that there was more than one intruder and that there was more than one target.
The statues immediately fell into chaos.
Five swords and axes that had been slashing at Hailstorm's head and limbs fell behind her and tore the non-existent intruders to pieces.
Hailstorm seized the chance and jumped to the finish line.
Meng Chao immediately stood between her and the corridor. He punched with both fists and sent out two gusts of wind that destroyed five arrows that came at him.
The arcade became quiet again.
But Hailstorm was still in shock.
Her heartbeat and breathing were like springs that had been compressed to the limit. They were suddenly released, and she was extremely shocked.
She panted for a long time with a red face and stared at Meng Chao with disbelief and shock.
Meng Chao had already pushed open the second bronze door.
The door was engraved with a large number of patterns that looked like twinkling stars.
However, when the door slowly opened and they quickly walked in, what appeared in front of them was an endless abyss!
That's right, behind the gate was a small, sloping cliff, like a protruding fang.
There was a bottomless hole around the cliff. It was shrouded by black fog that kept tumbling about. They could not see how high, deep, or wide the abyss was.
Meng Chao and Hailstorm stood at the tip of the fang. They were like two ants facing an endless black ocean.
Only the gust of wind that kept gushing out of the abyss reminded them that if they slipped and fell, they would be crushed to pieces.
Meng Chao and Hailstorm had mastered the ability to use spirit energy magnetic fields to fight against gravity and levitate in the air.
However, judging from the howling wind that sounded like the roars of beasts, the intense air currents spurting out of the abyss had obviously formed countless invisible swirls that contained the most violent spiritual energy.
In this unique environment, even maglev might not be useful.
Even if it was useful, it would not last long. It would not be enough for them to fly to the next exit in the black fog.
"How is this possible?"
"How could there be such a huge abyss under the Blood Skull God Temple?" Hailstorm blurted in shock.
This was indeed a rather inconceivable thing.
Blood Skull Temple might be underground, but it was not deep.
It was not deep.
Based on the distance they had traveled and the angle they had traveled, they were at most twenty arms below the surface. It would not be more than thirty arms below the surface.
Besides, it was impossible for Blood Skull Temple to occupy a large area.
After all, they were in Blood Skull Coliseum's territory, and Blood Skull Coliseum itself had a large underground space. It was used to imprison totem beasts and the rat people they had just captured.
When they looked up, they saw that the cliff above them was at least hundreds of arms away from them.
And when they looked to their left and right, before they were swallowed by the black fog, they could see hundreds of arms away.
If there was really a huge underground space under Blood Skull Temple that was hundreds of arms by hundreds of arms, then hundreds of arms by hundreds of arms …
Forget about the entire Blood Skull Coliseum being swallowed by the abyss, even half of Black Corner City was about to sink underground!
"What is this …" Hailstorm's thoughts were a little chaotic.
"This is an illusion."
Meng Chao closed his eyes, and his lips curled up into a faint smile. "Everything before me is an illusion."
"What?!" Hailstorm was shocked.
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