Gu Zheng didn't want to enter the passage now and continued moving forward. He had already walked half the distance. According to his deduction, the closer he was to the center, the fewer detours he would have to take.
"Taibai, why are you here?" Jiang Ou was about to move forward alone and didn't notice what Taibai was doing. Taibai suddenly appeared in front of him and he almost treated him as an enemy.
"Would you believe me if I said I came in by accident?" Taibai had an innocent look on his face. Although he and Jiang Ou were friends, he didn't come down with him for his sake. He was just curious and came in.
Jiang Ou didn't care. He hugged Taibai's shoulder and gave him a look, indicating that he was a good friend. In this place, one more person meant one more strength.
Taibai had no choice but to continue moving forward with him to see where this place led.
Gu Zheng continued to walk carefully and counted silently in his heart. After passing through three doors, he continued to move forward for a while before Gu Zheng stopped.
If there were no accidents, a new mechanism should appear next. Gu Zheng was already fully prepared. A layer of protective shield had been prepared for a long time.
He took a gentle step forward. With a click, Gu Zheng quickly looked around. There were no new attacks. Instead, a passage appeared on his left.
Gu Zheng looked at the new passage and understood after thinking about it. This passage could directly lead to the next level. There was no need to take a few detours later.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng wanted to see what else was ahead. Since it was a test, it was impossible for there to be something he couldn't deal with.
If he couldn't pass through here, then there was no point in designing this passage. Since it existed, there was a way to pass through. Gu Zheng believed in his strength.
Knowing this, Gu Zheng was relieved. He had enough of the mechanisms ahead. He would rather go forward and fight his way through than shuttle back and forth in the passage to find the right way.
Gu Zheng was now halfway through the passage and was getting closer and closer to the end. He could vaguely see the scenery on the ground. There were two flashing points in a circle. There were actually two teleportation points.
Gu Zheng was still surprised when a gust of wind suddenly came from his left, right, and above. It was mixed with a cold current that attacked him.
Gu Zheng even had the time to look up. The blue air current was heading towards him. He thought to himself that it shouldn't have appeared yet. At this time, a passage should have appeared beside him.
Gu Zheng turned his head to the right. There was no passage, but the cold current was already close to him. The cold aura had already reached him, and his body was already starting to freeze.
Gu Zheng hurriedly retreated, but he was still a little affected. Just as Gu Zheng ran back to the first passage, he was still hesitating whether to go in or not.
The three cold currents merged into one and rushed forward at an even faster speed, directly surrounding Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng only felt a cold aura rushing in from all parts of his body. He didn't even have time to react. It started to move through his meridians, bit by bit. The protective barrier didn't have any effect at all. The moment it touched it, it was frozen and shattered.
Gu Zheng felt the circulation of the immortal qi in his body become sluggish. His entire body was frozen again. A lifelike statue appeared in the passage.
Gu Zheng's conflicted expression froze there. He couldn't even blink.
Gu Zheng felt the circulation of the immortal qi in his body. He couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Why was his vigilance so low? Shouldn't he have retreated when he appeared? Why did he have to look left and right?
There was no other way. He slowly circulated the immortal qi in his body and started to dispel the cold energy in his body.
Just as Gu Zheng was turning into a statue, Pan Xuan was already moving rapidly through one tunnel after another.
The moment she entered, Pan Xuan felt an oppressive aura. Additionally, as she moved forward, the oppressive aura grew stronger. Pan Xuan knew that this was the aura of an array. It could effectively numb the minds of others and lower their vigilance.
This was also why Gu Zheng didn't retreat immediately. Additionally, Gu Zheng didn't even stop Tai Bai's strange actions earlier.
Back then, he felt that he should have done so. It was reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it.
Pan Xuan also opened the stone door with three people. She also saw the big words behind the door.
"Leave."
Pan Xuan and Gu Zheng encountered the same situation. Both of them faced the flaming sword. However, when it was the second last wave, Pan Xuan tactfully entered the passage.
Along the way, Pan Xuan encountered many traps and dead ends. She even managed to pick up a decent magic treasure in a corner.
Compared to the middle passage, Pan Xuan would rather go through the passages one by one. Relying on her cultivation base, Pan Xuan managed to charge through without any danger.
However, in one of the passages, Pan Xuan also encountered a strong enemy. She had no choice but to stop and look ahead with a serious expression.
Most of the people who passed the first stage were thrown into the eight trigrams. Ji Yi was no exception. When he entered from "Qian", he knew that he was disliked by the two Asuras beside him. Thus, when he encountered the first trap, he went in alone.
Although he did encounter other Asuras, they all knew of Ji Yi's name. Thus, no one thought of attacking Ji Yi. This saved Ji Yi a lot of trouble.
Ji Yi did not have any knowledge about the eight trigrams. However, he knew that if he wanted to successfully reach the end, he would have to go along the diagonal passages and avoid the traps along the way.
This time, Ji Yi was once again circled around the passage. Ji Yi chose a passage that he had never entered before. The moment he entered, he sensed an intense battle ahead.
When he turned, Ji Yi's heart could not help but tighten.
Not far away, there was a very large blood mist spreading over there. One could vaguely see that there were two people fighting inside.
The red light constantly hit the wall beside him, splashing up a little bit of dust. Some of it even flew towards him. He had no choice but to lean to the side to prevent himself from being accidentally injured. An anxious female voice kept calling out from the inside.
From the aura he sensed, it should be a female Asura and a puppet. This Asura's puppet was very strong. It seemed to be at the peak of Jin Xian.
Ji Yi carefully observed it. It seemed that its strength was only so-so. During this time, besides the blood mist, it did not have any other powerful means. It relied on its body and fearlessness to suppress the female Asura.
The female Asura repeatedly tried to pierce the puppet's head, but it seemed to be in vain every time.
Suddenly, the female Asura screamed and was punched in the shoulder by the puppet. She was sent flying, revealing her appearance.
"It's her." Of course, Ji Yi remembered her. He had seen her in the arena battle. She was a beautiful woman. Seeing her injured face and her pained cheeks, Ji Yi could not help but want to comfort her.
At this moment, the blood mist that filled the sky retracted and shrouded the puppet's body. Its appearance could not be seen clearly as it slowly walked towards Pan Xuan who was not far away.
Pan Xuan looked at the approaching Blood Mane. She struggled to get up, but the puppet's punch hit her acupuncture point. Her whole body was paralyzed.
When Pan Xuan was fighting, she had already noticed someone coming. At first, she thought it was one of her own people. If anyone cooperated with her, she was confident that she could defeat the puppet. She did not expect it to be someone from the valley.
Now, Pan Xuan could not bring herself to ask for help. She could only continue to hold on and see if she could find a chance. But the puppet's body was indestructible. Her mind power and illusions did not work on it, which greatly reduced her advantage.
She could not even penetrate the puppet's core. This Blood Mane was better at dealing with its own people than outsiders. The blood mist was the perfect counter to the Asura's skills.
She felt that she was just a little bit away from breaking the puppet's defense, but under the interference of the blood mist, she always failed.
However, in a moment of carelessness, he found another opportunity. He didn't realize that the interior of the sword in his hand had already been corroded by the other party's blood mist, making it extremely fragile. When he tried to block the other party's punch, the other party broke it into two, and the other party continued to strike his shoulder.
Pan Xuan only felt a sharp pain. Unfortunately, it hit her acupuncture point, causing all the blood in her body to stagnate. Pan Xuan knew that the puppet would not aim there. It could only be said that it was too coincidental.
Pan Xuan could only lie on the wall now. She did not have time to think about her broken weapon. She wanted to escape back to the corner. Pan Xuan knew that as long as she ran back to the corner, the Blood Mane would not chase her. But she could not move.
There were some puppets blocking the way before. Pan Xuan had already tested them. This was also why she fearlessly went up to fight the Blood Mane. If the situation was not good, she could retreat at any time.
Pan Xuan struggled to raise one hand. When the Blood Mane got close, she would not be able to regain control of her body. At that time, she would really die here.
Pan Xuan did not expect the puppet to save her. She and the puppet were irreconcilable. Moreover, the puppet was forced to come here. It would be good if he did not hit her when she was down.
Beams of cyan light shot toward Blood-maned from the sky. Blood-maned released a blood mist from his body, blocking in front of him. No matter how fierce the cyan light was, as long as it touched the blood mist, it would be absorbed without any effect.
Was she going to die here? Pan Xuan thought in despair. But other than this, Pan Xuan did not have any other effective methods.
At this time, Pan Xuan was still struggling. Her upper body had recovered a little. She simply stopped her useless attacks and relied on her hands to move back on the wall.
The Blood Mane knew that she could not escape, but he still walked up slowly.
Seeing that the tall figure had already come to her side and that the next attack would come, Pan Xuan's body flashed. This was another defensive technique. She closed her eyes and waited for her fate to come.
Boom!
A huge sound appeared in the passage. Pan Xuan only felt a gust of wind blow past her. Then she flew up and gently landed in the corner of the passage.
"Take care of yourself." A deep voice sounded out beside Pan Xuan's ear. She opened her eyes and saw that it was Ji Yi who had helped her block the other party's attack. His spear had blocked the other party's fist. She had not expected that he would save her. For a moment, she did not reply.
Ji Yi did not expect her to answer. He raised his hands and kicked the Blood Mane back two steps.
In fact, Ji Yi did not want to save her. But he thought that Gu Zheng was with her. Moreover, when they were above, Gu Zheng had seen Gu Zheng and Elder Qin fight. Perhaps Gu Zheng had some other mission.
Therefore, when Ji Yi looked at Gu Zheng, his eyes were filled with hatred and disgust like the other Shura people.
After thinking so much, Ji Yi finally made a move. He thought of it as doing it for Gu Zheng.
In Ji Yi's eyes, such a big body was just a target. Seeing the opponent emit the blood mist again, Ji Yi did not retreat. Instead, he went forward.
Although the blood mist also hindered him and forced him to use more strength to deal with it, Ji Yi did not care.
Using his accumulated experience against a stiff puppet was like using a big skill to crack a nut. He stabbed with his spear, but only left a white mark on the opponent's chest. Ji Yi frowned. Its defense was really outstanding.
Facing the whistling fist, Ji Yi only tilted his head slightly. The fist brushed past Ji Yi's hair and missed. It only created a gust of wind.
Blood Mane Ji Yi had observed it many times. He knew the Blood Mane's movements like the back of his hand. He only knew the same few moves. If she had not been greedy, how could she have been hit by the Blood Mane?
In Pan Xuan's eyes, Ji Yi was like an agile monkey. He flipped back and forth around the Blood Mane. The sound of the long spear hitting the Blood Mane's body was endless.
The Blood Mane was like a clumsy elephant. Each of its attacks seemed fierce, but they were all dodged.
In a short time, Ji Yi did not know how many times he had hit that spot on the puppet's body. If it was not tens of thousands of times, it was at least thousands. Now, there was a crack.
"It's time." Ji Yi suddenly took a big step back. His long spear was covered in lightning. It instantly turned into a long dragon and rushed at the Blood Mane.
The Blood Mane did not know how to dodge. It still punched out in vain. Much of the blood mist wanted to wrap around the long spear, but it was directly vaporized by the drifting lightning.
The tip of the spear flashed with lightning. It accurately hit the crack, and the power of lightning on the spear poured in through the crack.
The Blood Mane's body flashed. Then, its body split into pieces, breaking into pieces.
The long spear turned into a golden light and returned to Ji Yi's body. He did not look at Pan Xuan. He followed the path Pan Xuan had taken and left.
Pan Xuan, on the other hand, was fine now. She stretched her body a little, thought for a moment, and then followed behind Ji Yi. She wanted to walk with him, but the exit was blocked. She forgot that one could only enter the passage and could not return.
This destroyed Pan Xuan's little idea. She stomped on the ground to vent her dissatisfaction.
If she wanted to go, she had to get out of here and come back. But by then, Ji Yi would have disappeared.
Pan Xuan muttered in her heart. She continued to walk on her own path.
At this time, Gu Zheng was trying to get rid of the ice. A crack appeared on the outside of the ice. Soon, the crack covered the entire statue. Gu Zheng finally got out of that state.
Feeling the cold in his body, Gu Zheng could not help but shiver. He stayed in place for a while to get rid of all the cold in his body.
Until now, Gu Zheng had not seen a single person. He did not know how many people there were. But when Gu Zheng was in the frozen state, he felt more than ten people pass by behind him. They did not dare to go forward. Facing the overwhelming attack, they entered the passage and tried to go around.
Gu Zheng was not in a hurry to go forward. After taking the elixir, he sat there and tried his best to recover the immortal energy in his body.
Until now, no one had reached the center. It seemed like they would not be there in a short time.
After half a day, Gu Zheng had fully recovered. During this time, someone had appeared in front of him. He even felt Ji Yi's figure flash by.
Gu Zheng came back to the previous position. The cold current did not appear again. It seemed like these traps could only be activated once.
Ignoring the passage next to him, Gu Zheng came to the next trap in the blink of an eye.
Originally, Gu Zheng thought that the cold current would continue to increase in power. However, this time, what came out was a puppet covered in water. It was twice as tall as Gu Zheng. Its entire body was watery and it was bare-handed. It did not seem to be a threat at all.
However, the moment it appeared, it shot out a water arrow. Gu Zheng did not dodge and prepared to take it head-on. He felt that the other party's attack was not weaker than the water sword. Since there was only one here, there must be something special about it.
Seeing that Gu Zheng did not move, the water puppet continued to shoot water arrows. Gu Zheng blocked dozens of them, but the water puppet was still shooting water arrows. It seemed endless.
Seeing that the other party only had such a simple move, Gu Zheng moved forward. He was prepared to take it at close range to see if there were any changes.
He slashed at the other party's long arm. The water puppet stopped shooting water arrows and put its two palms together, wanting to smash Gu Zheng.
The long sword slashed through the long arm without any resistance. It went straight through the middle, only causing some water to splash out. The palm also slapped hard on Gu Zheng's protective shield.
Although it did not cause much damage, there were some water stains on the protective shield and it was constantly corroding.
Gu Zheng's long sword ignited with golden flames again and slashed at the water puppet's head. The effect of the flames was very obvious. The water puppet's head was directly evaporated. However, it was still able to move. It still slapped at Gu Zheng.
It seemed that the head was not the water puppet's weakness. Unfortunately, the water puppet's attack speed was not in his eyes. Gu Zheng easily dodged to the side and continued to cut the water puppet's body. It was not until the water puppet was cut into eight pieces that it turned into a pool of water and completely lost its ability to move.
Although it was easy to get rid of the water puppet, Gu Zheng did not look happy at all. If this was the case, then there was a high possibility that there would be two more water puppets below. The further they went, the more water puppets there would be. If there were new attacks, then he was not sure if he could withstand them.
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