The five of them had no time to think before being forcefully pushed through the bronze door.
Boom!
The five people heard the heavy copper door slam shut behind them, sealing the hall and turning it into a cage.
Immediately afterward, a faint popping sound rang in the ears of the five people!
A ball of firelight illuminated the void.
A flame hovered in the air, illuminating an area of several dozen feet in diameter.
In the flickering firelight, they caught a glimpse of the grand hall’s interior—it was filled with stone doors everywhere!
Bang, bang, bang…
Innumerable voices arose, and clusters of flames ignited in the void. These flames lit up in four rows, five paces ahead of the group, stretching forward endlessly.
At this moment, the five of them got a clear view of the grand hall. The interior ceiling resembled a single massive stone lid, carved with intricate patterns of the sun, moon, and stars.
The hall was nearly ten zhang high. Along both sides stood countless stone doors in perfect alignment. These stone doors were arranged in ten tiers, each tier containing hundreds, even thousands, of rooms. Not only were there rooms lining both sides, but numerous corridors also extended outward in different directions, each corridor—just like the central passageway leading straight ahead—lined with rooms.
“So many rooms—could they all contain treasures inside?”
A warrior clad in black spoke up, his eyes widening in surprise and excitement as he looked around.
Lu Yu said coldly, “What are you so excited about? It’s not yours even if you take it out.”
The only sixteen-year-old boy said, “Don’t forget, even after we get out, we might still lose our lives! No matter how good the things you take are, they won’t belong to you!”
A warrior ready to die spoke up, “This young brother is right. Here, we have managed to escape the surveillance of those demon lords. What do you all think? Do you believe they will let us leave alive so easily?”
Everyone fell silent. Each person had the same thought in their mind, yet no one dared to reveal it.
After all, their enemy was too powerful.
As he spoke, the loyal retainer turned to Lu Yu and said, “Friend, you should understand this place best—you know that stepping outside means certain death. Do you really want to die like this?”
“What can I do?” Lu Yu gritted his teeth, his voice dark and low: “I’m simply no match for him!”
“True enough!” another loyal follower said. “We’ve made it here, risking our lives along the way. But who would believe that those few魔lords would actually be waiting for us out there, exactly as they are?”
“We’re considered quite strong among humans now. But among these Demon Lords, we’re not even as significant as an ant.” Another loyal follower said in a low voice: “If we go out, we die. If we stay trapped here, we still die. Do any of you have any ideas?”
The youngest among the five, a teenager, said in a deep voice: “I heard that in the north, someone has successfully deciphered some of the reasons behind this world’s existence and integrated them into technology. I originally planned to go there and have a look, but ended up getting trapped here instead.”
“What? Could there actually be such a thing?”
“Then the people in the north must be much more comfortable.”
“We’ve had such bad luck, getting stuck here in the south!”
Their hearts trembled with shock; who could have imagined such a situation?
“All of these are secondary. The question is, how are we going to get out of here.”
“Yeah, even if we head north, we must survive!”
Thinking of the four Demon Lords outside the grand hall, everyone couldn’t help but furrow their brows.
Lu Yu frowned and said, “Whoever picks up the item first will immediately be transported out of the hall. Therefore, acting rashly will only lead to death more quickly. There’s no need for us to act together—we must separate. If we set a time and all pick up the items simultaneously, we will definitely be transported out together. So—”
Lu Yu paused for a moment and then said in a deep voice: “The five of us will unleash our strongest attacks on the four Demon Lords the instant we step out of the hall, and then scatter and flee. That way, perhaps one or two of us might have a chance to survive.”
The four of them frowned, all understanding that it now came down to sheer luck. The notion that one or two might survive depended entirely on which of the four great demon lords decided to pursue whom.
Certainly, there is always one person who nobody is chasing, and that person has the highest chance of surviving.
As for what had transpired between Lu Yu and Fantian, they had already witnessed it all.
There must be a demon chasing Lu Yu.
As for who the remaining three demons will pursue, that depends on each person’s luck.
If others had proposed this method, people would have suspected there was a hidden plot involved. But since Lu Yu is going out to face certain death, he will definitely fight with all he has, and no one would doubt his intentions.
A voice said solemnly, “Then, no matter what is in this grand hall, we can choose the best one. Once we escape from here, we will have the chance to rise again!”
The others nodded in agreement with this person’s view.
“If everyone agrees, let’s set the time for three p.m. tomorrow, twenty-four hours from now. When the time comes, everyone grabs what they can, and then it’s up to luck,” Lu Yu said, glancing at the time.
“I agree with this.”
“This is the only chance.”
“It all depends on this one chance for Hui to survive.”
The five of them raised their wrists together and began comparing their watches side by side.
This time, we absolutely cannot afford any mistake. Even a one-second error could lead to the failure of the entire operation.
Go out, there’s a high chance of losing your life. Moreover, something that these Demon Lords value so highly is definitely worth fighting for!
Therefore, no one was willing to miss this only chance of survival!
The sixteen-year-old boy, tears glistening in the corners of his eyes, said: “My name is Zhang Fmiao. My parents are workers in Nanshi. If any of you survive and leave here, I hope you can send some money to my parents. Tell them that I no longer have the chance to show my filial piety to them, and I hope they can be happy!”
“Liu Xiaotian, I’m all alone; my parents died when the apocalypse came. I don’t have anything to hold me back—I just want to survive,” said a large man in a deep voice. “If we make it out alive, let’s share some drinks and meat together up north someday.”
“My name is…”
After exchanging names with each other, everyone couldn’t help but think that if they happened to die, they hoped someone would still remember them in their final moments!
“Scatter and choose your own targets,” Lu Yu said, glancing at the time. “Twenty-four hours may seem like a long time, but don’t forget, we still need to search!”
The four nodded, already determined to give it their all in this final push!
Everyone chose the nearest stone door and began to figure out how to enter.
Each stone door near the entrance of the grand hall has a silver star on it.
Lu Yu chose a stone door. When he gently placed his hand on it, the stone door silently slid open.
Behind the stone door is a small room, no more than a few square meters in size.
In the center of the room, on a half-meter-high stone platform, lay a red mutated Star Spirit Pearl!
“Is it a skill?” Lu Yu thought for a moment and then stepped back.
The others also stepped back.
Everyone stopped talking to each other and instead focused all their attention on these stone chambers.
Lu Yu took a few steps backward, then walked forward.
After hundreds of rooms, the stars on the stone door became two.
Lu Yu lightly frowned, continued walking forward, and then noticed that the cross stars on some of the stone doors had changed to three stars.
“Could it be that these cross-shaped stars represent the level of the items behind the stone door?”
Lu Yu murmured to himself, walking toward a stone gate adorned with three stars, and pushed it open with his hand.
At this moment, he found it somewhat strenuous to push the stone door!
“It’s exactly as I suspected. The higher the star rating of the stone door, the more power it requires.”
Lu Yu glanced past one stone door after another, each prepared for individuals of differing cultivation levels.
Luo Li walked up to a fourth-level stone door. After exerting all his strength, he finally managed to push open the four-star stone door, which was located near a three-star one.
Lu Yu, still appearing to be searching, walked into another corridor.
Here, no one could see him.
Lu Yu stood in front of a fourth-level stone door, finding it somewhat difficult to push open at first.
“This is not the limit!”
Lu Yu moved toward the next stone door, and the effort required to push it open began to increase.
If the items here could be picked up, Lu Yu could use the Eye of Truth to select the best one.
However, he only had the chance to touch it once, so he had to choose the highest grade available.
Some stone doors have two items placed inside, and as soon as the stone door is opened, a warning is immediately received, allowing contact with at most one item.
Some of the stone gate items are already empty, indicating that someone has already taken what was here.
“If the level of the stone door opened is determined by one’s strength, then why—” Lu Yu suddenly had a bright idea and began walking deeper into the corridor.
He passed by the five-star stone gate, the six-star stone gate, and didn’t even spare a glance for the seven-star stone gate!
He has the ability to stand here because he can open higher-level stone doors!
He stood in front of the Eight-Star Stone Gate. After a brief hesitation, he placed his hand upon it. Instantly, a powerful counterforce surged out, sending him flying backward several steps.
Lu Yu smiled proudly and said, “My own strength isn’t enough. But the Venom Dragon Transformation is at the eighth level! Since the Venom Dragon itself is a peak ninth-level monster, using this transformation might grant me strength at the peak of the eighth level! Haha, it seems my luck is truly amazing—actually bringing me to such a place!”
Lu Yu walked toward the junction of the eight-star stone door and the nine-star stone door while speaking.
The position where the Seven Stars and Eight Stars connect is considered accessible to those with ordinary Eight Star strength and those at the peak of Seven Star.
Even the items rated three or four stars are worth sending people in to retrieve, which already speaks volumes about their value.
What about the eight-star items?
Lu Yu excitedly rubbed his hands together as he approached the final eight-star stone door. Just as his hand was about to touch it, he hesitated.
“The Level 8 Toxic Dragon Transformation lasts for three minutes!” Lu Yu lowered his hand, briefly glancing between the eight-star and nine-star stone doors. He suddenly gritted his teeth, took a firm step forward, and positioned himself in front of the nine-star stone door.
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