Sure enough, as Gu Zheng expected, when he passed through a passage, two more water puppets appeared. Gu Zheng dealt with them effortlessly.
The next time they appeared, four of them appeared at once. This time, they were no longer stupid and only used their hands to slap him. The four water puppets spread out and tried to surround Gu Zheng. One of them even wanted to hug Gu Zheng and merge into its body.
The water puppets were very difficult to deal with. The only weakness was that they were slow and their attack power was not high. Their melee attack could only be considered as an ordinary attack in the later stage of Jin Xian. The advantage was that they were very difficult to kill. They had to be cut into many pieces or consume half of the water in their body before they died.
However, he could see the whole picture of the middle from here. As long as he passed through the remaining checkpoints, he would be able to pass through. There was no need to go around.
With a firm belief, Gu Zheng once again embarked on the journey.
Next, eight more water puppets appeared. At the same time, Gu Zheng dealt with them again. However, Gu Zheng did not notice that every time he killed a water puppet, a trace of invisible energy would enter Gu Zheng's body.
If one looked carefully, the invisible energy was actually absorbed by the transparent ball on his body. As more and more energy was absorbed, little water ripples gradually appeared in the ball, and they were constantly growing.
Although Tai Hong Yun's name had the word 'luck' in it, in fact, he had been very unlucky since he was young. If he had not coincidentally obtained something in a ruin, he probably would not have reached the later stage of Jin Xian. At most, he would have been at the early stage.
Although this test was not too difficult, he still spent a lot of effort to barely pass the first checkpoint. His luck was still very bad.
After taking a few wrong paths, he still did not make it out of the first checkpoint. Now, he could not meet anyone. There was probably no one behind him.
Tai Hong Yun came out of a tunnel and saw that it was still so close behind him. He sighed again. Just as he was about to find another tunnel to enter, he suddenly saw a figure in front of him.
Tai Hong Yun's heart stirred as he carefully walked along the path. Sure enough, there weren't any traps. All of them were broken by the person in front of him. Who was that person? He was too powerful. He knew that there were hundreds of attacks, but they were all defeated at that place.
As they got closer, Tai Hong Yun also recognized Gu Zheng. To put it bluntly, no one here didn't know Gu Zheng. It could be said that everyone in Puppet Town knew him.
He saw that Gu Zheng was only a few dozen meters away from the finish line. It seemed that he would only need to encounter one more trap before he could directly charge through.
Gu Zheng flipped up and down, spinning left and right. Every time, he narrowly avoided his opponent's attacks. Even the water swords were unable to leave a mark on Gu Zheng's body.
More than a hundred water puppets were besieging Gu Zheng. They advanced and retreated in an orderly manner and seemed to be simple-minded.
Tai Hong Yun, who was not far behind Gu Zheng, was entranced. He asked himself, if he was in Gu Zheng's shoes, how long could he last?
Tai Hong Yun could not help but smile bitterly. He estimated that in just a few seconds, he would be hit by a flurry of swords. He would not be able to escape and would die a miserable death. Seeing that made him admire Gu Zheng even more.
At that moment, Gu Zheng was speechless. Although more than a hundred water puppets had appeared, they did not attack him from afar like they did in the beginning. However, each of the water puppets had pulled out a water sword from their mouths. Holding the sword in their hands, they glared at him.
He braced himself and charged forward. Although he did not have to deal with as many attacks as he did in the beginning, he was no longer able to take them head-on. Now, with just a few slashes, his defensive barrier would be broken. More importantly, his immortal energy consumption would be too great.
This was simply too difficult compared to before. His fists, which he could take head-on, had been replaced by water swords.
In the end, Gu Zheng simply tore down his defensive barrier and charged forward. His mind was tense to the extreme. It was as though he was dancing on a tightrope. He could not afford to make any mistakes.
In the end, Gu Zheng emerged victorious. However, there were already many wounds on Gu Zheng's body. In the end, due to the high consumption of immortal energy, he was still incapable of dodging the attacks. He could only barely avoid some of the attacks on his vital parts.
Gu Zheng knew that there was someone following behind him. However, it did not matter to him. He had already barely made it through this time. Next time, he would not be able to.
Looking at the end before him, Gu Zheng knew that there should be one final stage. However, the number of stages in the next stage would be doubled. No matter what, he would not be able to make it through.
After resting for a while to recover some of his combat power, Gu Zheng continued moving forward.
Is he still going forward? Isn't that the same as sending himself to death? Tai Hong Yun thought to himself in shock. With such a long distance between them, there must surely be another stage. If the penultimate stage was already so monstrous, how terrifying would the final stage be?
What was he thinking? Tai Hong Yun could not figure it out. However, he still followed him subconsciously. He wanted to know what method the other party had. Why was he so confident?
Naturally, Gu Zheng was not going to send himself to death. Right now, he only had 30% of his combat power. He just wanted to see what would happen in the final battle. Only then would he be able to retreat without any regrets. He walked through the passageway and went around from the side.
A huge lightning bolt appeared in the sky. The lightning bolt was as tall as a few storeys. It exuded a boundless power, attracting everyone's attention. Even though the lightning bolt had already descended, the power it exuded was still deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts.
Who was so unlucky to encounter such a powerful trap? Even Gu Zheng could not guarantee that he would not be able to block it even if he was at his peak. Hopefully, that unlucky fellow would be reincarnated into a good life.
As the lightning bolt disappeared, the entire space began to emit a loud noise. Gu Zheng could feel everything around him shaking. Those in the passageway suddenly realized that all the passageways had changed their exits. This meant that all the paths they had just taken had changed.
Pan Xuan looked at the passageway in front of her. When she steadied herself, a scene suddenly appeared. A stinking swamp covered the entire passageway in front of her. From time to time, bubbles would rise from below and burst. She did not need to look to know that it must be very deep down. She did not want to be stuck to such disgusting things.
At the same time, both sides were covered by a thick layer of ice. Feeling slippery in her hands, the idea of using the walls to support her fell through.
Pan Xuan carefully looked at the things that flashed in the middle of the swamp. They were used as stepping stones in the middle. It was also the only way to pass through. However, they appeared too quickly and without any pattern. For a moment, Pan Xuan was not confident that she could pass through.
She knew that she was not far from the end, but a new situation appeared. Compared to the previous traps, those were just child's play.
Pan Xuan was helpless. She could only look carefully and find a suitable path.
Ji Yi estimated the distance to the end and entered another passageway. After turning a corner, he suddenly found that the entire passageway was a sea of fire. Feeling the heat, Ji Yi shook his head. His body flashed with light, isolating the heat.
If he forced his way through, the temperature would be too high. It was very likely that he would be burned through halfway. If he was trapped inside, he would be burned to ashes.
Occasionally, there was an open space. There was no heat inside. Ji Yi knew that if he wanted to pass through, he would have to take advantage of this opening. Standing outside, Ji Yi carefully observed.
At the back of the passageway, a Shura carefully walked in. Since the tremor had started, he did not know what had happened inside. He could not be too careful.
Nothing seemed normal, but he still carefully walked in. Just as he walked to the center, a huge stone ball appeared from one end.
"Scared me." Looking at this Shura, he let out a sigh of relief. It had not changed much from before, just a little bigger. He had encountered this trap before.
He directly put a layer of protection on his body. This stone was very tough and could not be broken, so he could only take it head-on.
However, as soon as he came into contact with it, his expression changed. Why was it even stronger than before? The stone ball that he had been able to completely block was directly broken through. The stone smashed into his body, and he coughed up blood as he was sent flying.
If it wasn't for his defensive armor, he would have been heavily injured. It seemed that the traps had become much more powerful. He would have to be careful from now on.
Everyone gradually suffered some losses, because most of the time, you couldn't tell how powerful they were on the surface.
At that moment, another Shura came out of the passageway. He could see Gu Zheng from afar, and a look of joy appeared on his face. There was actually someone trying to break through here.
He had walked for so long, but he had only walked one-third of the way. If he followed the person in front, he might be able to reach the end. Even if he had to turn halfway, it would save him a lot of time.
Perhaps he would be able to enter the top three. With that in mind, he rushed forwards.
Gu Zheng waited until the shadow left by the lightning in the sky disappeared before continuing forward. Now, he was prepared to retreat immediately if he felt that something was wrong. He would not be distracted.
When the familiar voice sounded again, figures suddenly appeared in front of Gu Zheng. They were all water puppets, and their eyes were all emitting a faint blood-red color. They looked very strange.
The water sword in his hand became solid, more like an ice sword, emitting waves of cold air. At a glance, it was obvious that it was stronger than the water sword from before.
When all the water puppets appeared, they had blocked the entire passageway. Although the end was less than ten meters behind them, there were already more than five hundred of them.
Gu Zheng was not confident that he could break through from here. It was too unrealistic. However, the other party did not release any long-range attacks, which made Gu Zheng feel relieved. At least he did not have to run away in a panic.
Just as Gu Zheng finished observing and was about to retreat, a round ball suddenly came out of his clothes, emitting a faint blue light. It floated in front of Gu Zheng.
"This is …" Looking at the round ball, Gu Zheng touched his clothes. He knew that it was the round ball that he had obtained from the attic on the previous floor. However, it was transparent. How did it become like this now?
It looked like an ordinary round ball before, but now Gu Zheng could see the roar of the sea from it. He felt that there was a huge force trapped inside, waiting to be released.
"Could it be …" Gu Zheng's eyes lit up. Although he did not know when this transparent round ball was filled with such a powerful force, there must be a reason why it came out on its own.
It was just like the green ball that he had obtained in the first level.
Could it be that the hidden reward on the previous floor was to help him break through this last level? Gu Zheng wanted to give it a try. He reached out his hand and touched the small ball in front of him.
He was about to pinch it with two fingers, but as soon as he touched it, the small ball emitted a dazzling blue light. Gu Zheng could not open his eyes, and his fingers seemed to be fixed in place. He could not take them out.
A huge blue water current flowed down from the bottom of the small ball. The diameter of the water current was dozens of times larger than the small ball. It looked very out of place.
The water current flowed to the ground below and automatically turned into waves that surged forward. Although the height of the waves was less than Gu Zheng's calf, Gu Zheng could feel that it was an endless sea. It roared and rushed forward crazily, wave after wave, never stopping.
When the water puppets saw the water current, they obviously panicked. They were a little uneasy. Looking at the current in front of them, they raised the water swords in their hands and were on guard.
A water puppet in the middle with redder eyes looked at the scene in front of it. It took a big step forward and roared loudly. When all the water puppets heard it, they quickly began to squeeze toward it.
One by one, the water puppets entered its body and merged with it. Its body slowly grew bigger and taller. When the water current saw that the water puppet was gradually decreasing, it also slowly merged together. The height of the waves also increased.
When they were about to touch, the water puppet had already turned into a monster that was dozens of feet tall. The height of the water current had already reached its knees.
A trace of fear flashed in the water puppet's eyes. It took out the equally huge ice sword beside it and slashed at the front of the water current.
Such a huge scene naturally attracted everyone's attention. Such a huge figure could be seen by everyone here. Whether they were in the passage or on the other side of the passage, they all looked at the huge water puppet.
They didn't know who had provoked it. Looking at its face, there seemed to be something that made him afraid.
Looking at the huge sword in its hand falling from the sky, even the space seemed to be split open. Waves of space distorted around the ice sword. There was no sound. No one wanted to experience the power contained in the sword.
Gu Zheng looked at the water puppet. If he resisted it forcefully, even if he burned his life force, he wouldn't be able to stop the water puppet at all. The power had already exceeded the limits of this level.
When the ice sword came into contact with the water current, it didn't want to split the water current. Instead, when half of the sword went into the water current, it stopped in the middle. The sword emitted an icy aura. The water current was directly frozen from the front and quickly spread backward along with the water current.
The water current seemed to be provoked. Starting from the middle, it began to spin continuously. Its speed became faster and faster, and it directly destroyed the spreading icy aura. The ice cubes in front were constantly smashed into powder and flew in all directions.
White light continued to condense in the water puppet's mouth. Seeing that the water current was still unstoppable, it pulled out the ice sword and directly spat out a huge light beam from its mouth. It faced the water current that was constantly spinning forward.
At this moment, the speed of the water current's spinning could no longer be seen clearly. With the arrival of the light beam, the spinning speed gradually slowed down. The light beam and the water current were in a stalemate in front of the water puppet. Countless small water droplets shot around, and holes appeared on the wall.
Xiao Zhu let out a blue light beam and blocked all the water droplets that were shooting towards it.
It actually had its own protection. Gu Zheng looked at it in surprise. He was originally prepared to retreat, but now he could move freely. Although the water droplets were small, their power wasn't small. Every droplet had the power of a full blow from Gu Zheng.
Fortunately, Xiao Zhu blocked it for him. Otherwise, Gu Zheng would have really fled.
One of the water puppet's hands was constantly waving the ice sword in its hand. It slashed at the water current, trying to cut it in half. A loud sound of metal clashing resounded throughout the cave.
The other hand flicked out a blue mist. The mist climbed up from behind and slowed down the speed of the water current.
"Buzz buzz"
Xiao Zhu's hand trembled non-stop. Gu Zheng didn't dare to let go, fearing that the water current would stop. The Xiao Zhu had become translucent, and half of its storage had already been depleted.
The width of the water current kept getting smaller, but it was getting sharper. Finally, the water current blocked the opponent's attack from all directions. Moreover, it seemed to be getting stronger as the battle went on. Now, it was obvious that it had the upper hand.
The light beam in the water puppet's mouth was getting thinner and thinner. It couldn't shoot it out endlessly.
Finally, the water current destroyed the light beam and rushed towards the water puppet's huge chest.
"Clang"
A loud sound rang out again. The water puppet, who had a strong desire to live, held its sword with both hands and blocked the water current with its sword.
At this moment, the ice sword turned into a shield in front of it. The ice sword that was originally white had now turned blue and was bitterly blocking in front of it.
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned. Who was controlling the water current? Previously, they couldn't see clearly. But now, it had obviously broken through the water puppet's previous defense.
It was too scary. Even such a big movement just now couldn't stop the water current.
Tai Hong Yun, who was close behind, saw everything clearly. All of this was caused by a magic treasure. He didn't expect this magic treasure to be so powerful. He couldn't help but reveal a trace of greed in his eyes. However, he quickly suppressed it. He couldn't defeat the other party. Even if he got his hands on it, it would bring about a fatal disaster.
He couldn't defend himself at all, unless he didn't use it.
The huge ice sword couldn't stop the water current in the end and was broken into two. Under the water puppet's desperate gaze, the water current drilled a hole that was more than ten meters wide in its chest. Blue liquid kept flowing out of the wound.
The water puppet let out a loud cry. The water current that followed turned into a waterfall and rushed towards its huge body.
The water puppet could only slap the water current on its body helplessly. The water current was highly corrosive. Soon, an arm fell from its huge body.
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