“Elite Passage, huh?” Luo Feng’s thoughts stirred. Instantly, the 365 razor blades flew out rapidly through the deliberately left gap on the backpack’s opening, assembling into the Heaven-Soaring Shuttle.
Luo Feng leaped and stood atop the shuttle. Once he stepped on the Heaven-Soaring Shuttle, his speed and agility significantly increased.
“Go!”
Whoosh!
Flying at a speed comparable to a speeding car, he entered the black passage. The passage was extremely deep and endless. After flying over 500 meters, Luo Feng finally saw numerous branching paths ahead.
“Nine branching paths? A maze?” Luo Feng frowned, clearly understanding from previous experiences and the description by the elite guard ‘Yaorao’ that this ancient ruin, designated as No. 9, was indeed a ‘trial ground’ meant to eliminate the weak and select the strong, filled with various trials.
“Why a maze?” Luo Feng pondered, “Well, I’ll just pick a path first.”
He flew into the first branch on the left.
Only moments later, at the end of this branch, another nine branching paths appeared!
“Damn it! Nine paths followed by another nine… If this continues, even the most skilled experts would get lost.” Luo Feng carefully observed his surroundings. All around were ancient, intricate passageways formed by entangled black roots, without any distinguishing features.
…
In a branch passage about 300 meters away from Luo Feng, a blurred black shadow seeped out from the twisted black root wall. Moments later, like a droplet falling from water, the shadow dripped down, landing on the ground of the branch passage. Gradually solidifying, it transformed into a black-robed figure wearing a silver-gray mask.
The same phenomenon occurred in other branch passages. In each of the nine front and nine rear branch passages relative to Luo Feng’s position, a black-robed figure wearing a silver mask emerged.
A total of eighteen black-robed figures began gathering toward Luo Feng’s direction along the branch passages.
“Hmm? A person?” Luo Feng spotted a black-robed figure emerging from a distant branch passage. This figure wore a silver-gray mask, with green pupils radiating unmistakable killing intent toward Luo Feng.
“Another one!”
From another branch passage, a second black-robed figure emerged. Three, four, five, six… eight, nine! Nine black-robed figures stood at the entrances of the nine front branch passages, their green eyes fixed on Luo Feng with unrestrained killing intent.
“Roar~~” A roar came from behind Luo Feng.
“Nine more behind me!” Luo Feng’s mental power clearly detected nine black-robed figures approaching him step by step from the passage behind, emitting low growls.
Suddenly—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The nine black-robed figures from behind rushed toward Luo Feng like lightning along the passage, while the front nine black-robed figures did the same, each brimming with killing intent.
“I can’t let them trap me in the passage; otherwise, being attacked from both front and back will be a big problem.”
“Charge!”
Boom!
Standing atop the Heaven-Soaring Shuttle, Luo Feng held a hexagonal shield in one hand and the Blood Shadow Blade in the other, dashing forward like a crimson phantom.
“Break through!” His eyes turned cold.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Six curved blades danced like graceful butterflies, tracing trails of light, directly striking the first black-robed figure rushing into the passage. The black-robed figure growled lowly, its silver-gray gloved hands attempting to block the blades’ astonishing speed with brute force.
“Thud!” A dull sound echoed. Each blade delivered an impact exceeding 500,000 kilograms, with all six blades striking the black-robed figure simultaneously!
The black-robed figure was blasted backward like a cannonball, flying out of the passage while also knocking another black-robed figure aside.
“Roar~~ Roar~~” The nine black-robed figures behind were evidently slower than Luo Feng.
However, the remaining eight black-robed figures at the front passage entrance did not charge individually but instead blocked the entrance.
“Whoever dares to block me shall die!”
“Break! Break! Break!!!” Luo Feng accelerated to his maximum speed, reaching an incredible velocity exceeding 1000 meters per second, creating a sonic boom. The air compressed at such a speed distorted into ripples, especially with the six blades flying ahead of Luo Feng, clearing obstacles for him!
The eight black-robed figures outside the front passage entrance roared furiously, simultaneously swinging their right fists, each adorned with silver-gray gauntlets!
“Better to break one finger than injure ten!” Luo Feng’s eyes turned icy.
Whoosh!
At the moment he rushed out of the entrance, the Heaven-Soaring Shuttle sharply curved rightward, targeting only one—the black-robed figure at the far right! Luo Feng raised his shield with his left hand, preparing to withstand any incoming attacks.
“Bang!” “Thud!” Three heavy punches struck the shield Luo Feng was holding. Each punch weighed like a mountain, exceeding a million kilograms!
Fortunately, the punches landed in succession. If they had hit simultaneously without any buffer, Luo Feng might have been killed from the shock alone!
Spurt!
Blood sprayed out, and his left arm was completely fractured!
“Die!” Yet, Luo Feng’s eyes remained fixed solely on the black-robed figure at the far right.
The six blades, like lightning, sliced rapidly toward the head and neck of the black-robed figure.
“Roar~~” As the far-right black-robed figure roared furiously, it swung its hands at lightning speed. Unfortunately for it, Luo Feng’s blades were too fast… exceeding ten times the speed of sound. Two of the blades successfully cut into the black-robed figure’s neck. “Thud!” The first blade only cut about a centimeter. “Thud!” The second blade sliced nearly halfway through the entire neck!
“Get out of my way!”
With a furious roar and crimson eyes, Luo Feng swung the Blood Shadow Blade in his right hand, instantly transforming it into a bolt of lightning!
Piercing and swift beyond imagination!
With the Heaven-Soaring Shuttle beneath his feet accelerating beyond a kilometer per second, Luo Feng unleashed the full might of the Nine-Thunder Blade Technique’s fourth layer, infused with the essence of Piercing Thunder… This strike became the most formidable blow Luo Feng had ever delivered! The blade cleaved through the air, sweeping past the grievously wounded black-robed figure, followed by a deafening thunderclap! First the blade, then Luo Feng himself shattered through the void!
The black-robed figure exploded.
“Roar~” “Roar~~” The other black-robed figures angrily charged like lightning, each reaching a running speed of around 800 meters per second, significantly faster than Li Yao. Each was comparable to Phantom Kartland.
Even the black-robed figure Luo Feng had previously knocked away resumed the chase.
A total of seventeen black-robed figures, furiously pursuing!
“You’re too late.” Luo Feng dashed into the far-right branch passage like lightning!
Whoosh!
With a sonic boom, Luo Feng, riding the shield, reached a speed of 1300 meters per second, outpacing those black-robed figures by 500 meters per second. Thus… within mere seconds, Luo Feng left the group of black-robed figures far behind, out of sight. Nevertheless, Luo Feng continued flying through one branch passage after another for half a minute before stopping.
“Nine branching paths, followed by another nine, then another nine… endlessly…”
“If they can find me now, that would be a miracle.” Luo Feng marveled at the maze’s design.
In terms of intricacy, the maze wasn’t particularly sophisticated or complex.
But how was such a massive maze even constructed?
“I’ve run so far that I probably won’t find my way back for a while.” Luo Feng shook his head with a smile. “Well, I’ve survived this crisis! Those eighteen black-robed figures were too troublesome, each comparable to a peak warrior, and the gloves they wore were also quite peculiar.” If the seventeen surviving black-robed figures had surrounded and attacked him…
Without wearing the Black God Suit, Luo Feng wasn’t even sure he could survive.
…
At the original battlefield, seventeen black-robed figures stood, while the remains of the deceased black-robed figure scattered messily on the passage floor. Suddenly, as if melting, the remains slowly dissolved into the ground and vanished.
The seventeen black-robed figures’ bodies became ethereal, transforming into blurred shadows that merged into the ground.
…
At the core of the No. 9 ancient civilization ruin, countless crystal ropes, clear and translucent, stretched in one direction. Streams of light traveled through them, converging toward the core.
…
At a wide branch junction formed by intertwined dark brown roots, nine branching paths lay ahead!
“Another nine branching paths! When will this ever end?” Even with Luo Feng’s patience, he couldn’t help but stop.
Every junction was identical!
“Successfully passing through grants a Black God Suit. But what does ‘successfully passing’ mean?” Luo Feng looked at the nine branching paths ahead, somewhat helplessly. If only it had directly told him… defeating a few black-robed figures would count as passing, and he could give it his best shot. But now, there was no hint at all.
Luo Feng couldn’t help shaking his head.
…
At the silent branch junction, Luo Feng was still pondering what to do when, without any warning…
“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”
Like raindrops falling, streams of transparent light shot down from high above. Instantly, these transparent lights formed a crystal house five meters tall, eight meters long and wide, enclosing Luo Feng inside.
“What’s going on?”
“I didn’t even have time to react before a crystal house formed, trapping me inside?” Luo Feng looked at the crystal house. With a thought, the six flying blades instantly emitted sharp whistles, exceeding ten times the speed of sound. They simultaneously bombarded a circular area five centimeters in diameter on the same crystal wall.
The crystal house merely vibrated slightly. Unfortunately… not a single crack appeared on the crystal wall.
“What material is this house made of?”
“If it were diamond, that impact would have turned it into powder.” Luo Feng felt a chill in his heart. With over 3 million kilograms of impact force concentrated on a circular area five centimeters in diameter, not even a scratch appeared. How was he supposed to get out?
“XXXXXX…” A mysterious voice echoed inside the crystal house, speaking for a long time.
Luo Feng, however, was ecstatic. Finally, the ancient civilization ruin had spoken! He immediately looked down at his communication watch. The translation software instantly translated the lengthy message—
“Elite apprentice Luo Feng, your death trial assessment has officially begun!”
“During this period, food and water will be supplied to you.”
“Engraved on the walls of the assessment chamber are the foundational 312 techniques of the ‘Controller’ discipline of Mentalists. Learning these 312 techniques may give you the chance to break through this assessment chamber.”
Luo Feng’s gaze swept across the walls of the crystal house. On the semi-transparent walls were numerous complex carvings, over three hundred human figures, each accompanied by ancient inscriptions. Just by looking at them, Luo Feng felt overwhelmed by their complexity.
Yet, this seemed to be the foundational techniques of the ‘Controller’ discipline of Mentalists? And this was just the foundation?
“Requirements for the death trial assessment: Break through the assessment chamber within three years!”
“If you fail to break through the chamber within three years, you will be deemed a failure.”
“Failure means death!”
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