"I think I've mastered it." Zhou Yingxue nodded.
After a period of learning and contemplation, she had already gained some insights into the joint attack technique. After that, she personally witnessed Elder Wang and the others executing the joint attack technique, which gave her an epiphany. That was why she dared to say such words.
Although Elder Wang and the others felt that Zhou Yingxue was still unable to display the power of the joint attack technique with her current strength, they had no other choice.
Therefore, Elder Wang nodded. "Alright, then let's go over and test it out. Let's see if we can repel the blue fox … Let's go over now. Otherwise, it'll be bad if other beasts come over later!"
Elder Wang immediately led the few of them out of the stone house and headed in the direction of the blue fox.
Naturally, Yao Lei followed behind them.
Not long after, the few of them arrived in front of the blue fox. At this time, they were no longer hiding, so they were directly discovered by the blue fox.
As soon as the blue fox discovered them, it bared its fangs and walked over, but it did not attack them. It seemed to be threatening them to leave this place.
Naturally, Elder Wang and the others would not leave. After he gave the order, he, Hall Master Xing, Shi Xu, Yang Sheng, and Zhou Yingxue all took out the icy talismans on them.
Of course, Zhou Yingxue was different from them. She took out a grade-3 icy talisman.
In the next moment, they all activated the icy talismans in their hands. For a moment, waves of icy cold air rushed towards the blue fox with them as the center.
Seeing this situation, the blue fox's hair stood on end. At the same time, a wave of icy cold air rushed towards Elder Wang and the others with it as the center.
The two waves of icy cold air seemed to be evenly matched, and for a moment, neither could do anything to the other.
This situation made Elder Wang and the others heave a sigh of relief because it meant that Zhou Yingxue's participation had played a role. Although Zhou Yingxue's role was not as great as Yao Lei's, she was still able to fight the blue fox to a draw.
If it wasn't for Zhou Yingxue, how could the four of them deal with the blue fox?
Although they heaved a sigh of relief, their brows immediately furrowed again because they were currently tied with the blue fox.
However, as time passed, their tightly furrowed brows relaxed because it was obvious that the blue fox in front of them could no longer withstand their icy cold air attacks.
Not long after, he fell to the ground.
Seeing this, they retracted their icy auras. Yang Sheng took the lead and arrived in front of the Blue Fox. He killed the Blue Fox with a single slash.
After killing the blue fox, everyone continued to move forward. At this time, they could see the situation of the palace in front of them more clearly. The direction they were walking in now was not the main entrance of the palace, but the side door.
However, just as they were about to move forward, two Direbeasts suddenly appeared in front of this side door. These two Direbeasts were obviously Level 5 Direbeasts. How could they deal with them?
Fortunately, the two beasts did not notice them.
"Let's take a detour from the left and see if there are any other entrances into this great hall." Elder Wang immediately said.
"Yes." Everyone nodded.
Elder Wang led the group of people to the left.
Just as they went around, Elder Wang frowned. This was because he heard a sound behind him, and it didn't seem to be the sound of a ferocious beast.
Could it be that someone had rushed over from that fork? Elder Wang was shocked.
If they could come over from the secret passage, the person chasing after them could also come over from the secret passage.
Elder Wang immediately said in a low voice. "Everyone, be careful. It seems like someone is coming from behind us!"
"What? Someone is coming from behind? "Hearing these words, the expressions of the others all turned ugly.
"Could it be the other two experts who can activate the Level 5 Ice Talisman?" Yao Lei became even more worried.
If it was such an expert, with their current strength, how could they be a match for them?
"I don't know. Let's speed up and move forward!" Elder Wang said.
Everyone hurriedly increased their pace. Of course, they were careful and did not dare to make a sound.
Not long after, everyone finally arrived in front of a side door.
Moreover, there were no Direbeasts blocking the way.
"Let's hurry in!" Elder Wang said.
Immediately, everyone strode towards the side door. At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from behind.
"Who's in front? Stop!"
Not good. The person behind us is catching up! Hearing this voice, Elder Wang and the others' expression changed again.
"Ignore him. Let's rush in!" Elder Wang said directly.
After saying that, he pushed open the door and rushed in.
The others followed closely behind him.
After entering the door, they discovered that the inside was similar to the palace in the west. The only difference was that it was more dazzling.
Of course, there were no rune beasts in the center.
Their expressions quickly sank because they did not see Linlong's figure in the main hall.
Could it be that he did not come here? This thought flashed through their minds.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from behind them. Moreover, there were quite a few of them.
Elder Wang and the rest hurriedly turned around. When they looked over, their expressions became even more unsightly. That was because there was a group of people standing in front of them. The person standing at the front was impressively the academy's elder who could activate a Grade 5 Ice Talisman.
The person standing on the elder's right also could activate the Level 5 Ice Talisman. However, he was not wearing the academy's uniform. It was obvious that he was Elder Liang from the Yang family.
After sweeping a glance at Elder Wang and the others, the academy elder opened his mouth and said, "Miss Zhou, Yang Sheng, Yao Lei, it really is you guys!"
It was obvious that this elder had done his homework. Therefore, he could identify them at a glance.
"Tell me, where is Lin Long?" Elder Liang asked coldly as soon as he was certain that it was them.
"We also don't know where he is," Shen Jun said directly.
"Hehe, aren't you guys with him? Why don't you know where he is? Are you guys lying? "Elder Liang sneered.
"We really don't know," Zhou Yingxue said.
Elder Liang did not believe them. He said, "Since you guys don't want to tell me, I can only take you guys down … Speaking up to this point, he looked at the academy elder beside him. Elder Hu, what do you say?"
"Of course we will listen to Elder Liang. Take them down first!" Elder Hu nodded.
"I heard that these people know how to combine their attacks. I'm afraid one of us will have to take action," Elder Liang said.
"Since that's the case, let this old man take action," Elder Hu immediately said.
"Then I will have to trouble Elder Hu." Elder Liang nodded.
Elder Hu immediately stood up and looked at Zhou Yingxue and the others. "Everyone, please excuse me!"
As he spoke, he took out the level-5 Ice Talisman on him.
At this moment, Elder Wang and the others also took out their own Ice Talismans.
Seeing that the one who took out the Ice Talismans was Zhou Yingxue, Elder Hu could not help but be surprised. "Miss Zhou, why are you the one in charge of the combined attack?"
"That's right." Zhou Yingxue nodded.
Hearing her admit it, Elder Hu and the others were even more surprised. One must know that Zhou Yingxue seemed to only be able to activate the level-2 Ice Talisman previously.
Even if she took out the level-3 Ice Talisman now, there was still a huge gap between her and Elder Wang and the others.
How could such a disparity activate the combined attack? Even if it could, how powerful could it be? All of them had the same question in their minds.
Due to such surprise, Elder Hu could not help but ask again, "Miss Zhou, you're only holding a level-3 Ice Talisman. It's very different from their level-4 Ice Talismans. Can you activate the combined attack?"
"Elder Hu, you will know after you try," Yao Lei said.
"In that case, I will give it a try!" Elder Hu nodded.
Immediately, he began to silently recite the rune terminology.
At the same time, Elder Wang and the other four also silently recited the rune terminology. In the next moment, waves of icy air spread out in all directions with them as the center.
Sensing the icy air released by Elder Wang and the others, the surprise on Elder Hu's and the others' faces became even more intense. This was because they could feel that the icy air released by Elder Wang and the others was completely comparable to the icy air released by Elder Hu and the other powerhouses.
The combined attack was really terrifying. They did not expect it to be able to be displayed to such an extent under such an asymmetrical situation! All of them exclaimed in their hearts.
Even powerhouses like Elder Hu and Elder Liang felt the same way. After all, they had not seen the combined attack before.
While they were surprised, they realized that the icy air released by Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the others was still far from Elder Hu's.
Such a difference meant that Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the others would definitely lose. Therefore, they were not worried at all.
Naturally, Elder Wang and the others' faces were extremely ugly at this moment. It was not because they were weak, but because the other party was just too powerful. Even if Yao Lei replaced Zhou Yingxue, they would not be Elder Hu's match.
This Elder Hu was much stronger than the previous Elder Ma.
In just a short while, Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the others were shivering from the cold. They knew that if this continued, they would definitely be captured by Elder Hu and the others.
However, they had no other choice but to brace themselves and resist.
This kind of resistance was ultimately not a solution. After a short while, Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the others felt that their limbs were frozen, especially Zhou Yingxue who was the weakest.
"You're not a match for him. Stop resisting," Elder Liang said proudly.
However, at this moment, Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the others suddenly heard a 'boom' below their feet. Then, they suddenly fell down.
Shen Jun, Zhang Yue, and Yao Lei who were hiding behind them were the same. They all fell down.
Shen Jun and Zhang Yue, who were the weakest, were actually already unconscious from the cold.
"There's a mechanism here!" Seeing this situation, Elder Liang immediately shouted.
Immediately, he chased after the place where Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the others fell. However, just as he reached the top, the original ground closed with a boom, and what appeared in front of them were green tiles again.
It was as if they had not fought with Elder Wang and the others previously.
"It must be Linlong's doing in secret!" Elder Liang said coldly as he looked at the green floor tiles.
"It should be. Those people didn't move at all just now." Someone nodded in agreement.
After glancing at the empty hall, Elder Liang once again said, "Everyone, carefully search the surroundings and find out exactly where the mechanism is!"
Immediately, the group of people began to search the hall.
After searching for a while, they first found a stone house and found a passage inside the stone house.
This discovery naturally caused Elder Liang and the others to be overjoyed. They immediately led a group of people into the tunnel.
However, their expressions quickly turned ugly, because after walking for a while, they realized that the passage had been blocked.
"Could it be that those people have already escaped? What powerful mechanism did they activate to destroy this passage? "Someone couldn't help but say with an ugly expression.
"That's possible, but it's also possible that they are still in the original place. Let's return first!" Elder Hu said calmly.
After thinking about it, Elder Liang felt that Elder Hu's words made sense and immediately said, "Then let's return to the hall first!"
The group of people hurriedly returned along the path. They didn't enter too deep and quickly returned to the hall.
As soon as they returned, they asked the people who stayed behind, "Did you see those people?"
"No, the entire hall has been quiet." The people who stayed behind shook their heads.
"Or perhaps, they have already left the hall through another passage?" Someone couldn't help but worry.
"No matter what, let's see if there are any other mechanisms." Elder Hu said calmly.
After thinking about it, Elder Liang said, "A small number of people will search the surroundings of the hall. The rest will continue to search within the hall and see if there are any other mechanisms!"
Immediately, he assigned a small number of people to search the surroundings of the hall while the rest continued to search within the hall.
Not long after, they really made a discovery. They found a mechanism in the main hall.
The people who discovered the mechanism naturally didn't dare to touch it. They immediately reported it to Elder Hu and Elder Liang and the two of them immediately rushed over.
After a serious look, Elder Liang directly pressed the mechanism.
After pressing it, they heard a 'kacha' sound and the ground in front of them suddenly split open.
It was a passage that led downwards.
Elder Liang circulated his divine sense and after confirming that there wasn't any danger, he said, "Let's go down and take a look."
After saying that, he led everyone in.
After entering, he discovered that it was basically a maze.
The maze was crisscrossed and it gave them a feeling that if they were not careful, they might not be able to get out.
"Those people should be in this maze!" Thinking back to the scene where Elder Wang, Zhou Yingxue, and the rest fell, Elder Liang immediately affirmed.
"Elder Liang, you are right." Elder Hu nodded in agreement.
"Since that is the case, let's search in groups. However, in view of those people's joint attack technique, we can only split into two groups. What do you think, Elder Hu?" Elder Liang asked.
"Let's do as Elder Liang says." Elder Hu nodded again.
Immediately, the two of them split into two groups and each group was led by one of them. After that, they began to search the maze.
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