Chapter 8: Phantom Labyrinth

  At noon, outside the Lingyun Maze, a sea of people gathered. The five families' contestants also arrived at the competition venue. All the contestants were full of fighting spirit, waiting for the opening of the Lingyun Maze. At this time, the most eye-catching people in the crowd were these few individuals. Ling Tianfan and Ling Tianyu from the Ling family, who drew attention due to their rich experience, high cultivation, and mastery of strategy. The former was known as Ling Tianfan, while the latter referred to Ling Tianyu. Ling Tianxuan also attracted some attention with his late-stage cultivation in the 22nd layer of the Heavenly Realm. Then there was Wang Li from the Wang family, who appeared to be a robust and majestic figure, exuding an aura of unbridled heroism. Mu Yiqin from the Mu family was a slender and elegant young girl with a warm smile that captivated countless young men. Chu Xiangyu from the Chu family had a clear brow and bright eyes, giving off a sharp and piercing impression. Finally, there was Lu Yun from the Lu family, who stood tall against the wind, displaying an air of elegance and refinement, while also exuding an aura of mystery. The younger generation couldn't help but feel apprehensive towards this handsome young man.

  Ling Tianxu's popularity was higher than his own, Ling Tianxuan angrily said: "Ling Tianyu this bastard, originally I wanted to deal with him in the second round of competition, but I couldn't bear it. Although his cultivation is lower than mine, defeating him in the tournament would be easy, but I want to torture him, torture him until he's on the verge of death. When we enter the maze, I'll make sure he suffers." Ling Tianyang was also extremely jealous of Ling Tianyu at this time and took out two stones, saying: "Brother, these are resonance stones. As long as you input true energy into one of the stones, both stones will light up, but they only work within a 30-mile radius. The closer the distance, the stronger the emitted light will be. After we enter the Spirit Maze, let's use this thing to stay in touch. Once we find Ling Tianyu, we'll contact each other immediately. It's going to be fun, torturing Ling Tianyu is something that will make us feel good, haha..." Ling Tianxuan was also delighted: "Damn kid, you have such a great thing, why didn't you take it out earlier!"

  At this time, the host of the Lu family, Lu Wenyuan, said: "The maze has been opened, and all participants can enter. If you don't enter within five minutes, the ban outside the maze will start, and no one will be able to enter again. Those who cannot enter will also be eliminated."

  Lu's words were finished, and the contestants entered the maze one after another...

  In the Phantom Maze, all participants were teleported to different locations. All participants found themselves facing the same problem. The Phantom Maze was filled with fog, greatly affecting their visibility. Those who reached the later stages of the competition discovered that even their spiritual sense was severely affected. An ordinary spiritual sense could normally detect movements within a radius of ten miles, but after entering the Phantom Maze, they could only feel movements within a radius of one mile.

  In the midst of the Phantom Maze, Ling Tianyu was the most agile and carefree. Due to his cultivation of the mysterious technique, he had already possessed spiritual awareness even when he was still a third-rate expert. Normally, he could observe movements within twenty miles around him. In the Phantom Maze, Ling Tianyu could observe movements within four miles around him. As long as Ling Tianyu carefully searched, he could easily find the underground storage point. Moreover, people who wanted to find Ling Tianyu were extremely rare. After all, anyone approaching within four miles of Ling Tianyu would be discovered by him in a timely manner. If it was someone troublesome approaching, Ling Tianyu could avoid them in time.

  At this time, Ling Tianyu was carefully sensing the aura around him, but there was no sign of Ling Tianyang. However, he discovered Ling Tianxue's aura. Ling Tianyu then approached Ling Tianxue's direction, preparing to reunite with her.

  At this moment, somewhere in the Phantom Maze, a little girl was surrounded by three young men. These three young men were the Wang family's contestants, and the girl being surrounded was Ling Tianyu's cousin, Ling Tianxue. Ling Tianxue said at this time: "This underground storage point was discovered by me first, why should I give it to you?" One of the young men replied: "Little sister, you're still young, even if you get the number plate and enter the second round, you'll be eliminated quickly, so why not let your brothers take the number plate and enter instead, hehe."

  "Fart, how do you know I'll lose? Try it and see!" Ling Tianxue angrily retorted. "Hmph! You're really asking for trouble, we wouldn't have bothered you if you had just stepped aside. Now, whatever good stuff you have on you, this lord will take it all! And this number plate, we want that too!" With that, he charged at Ling Tianxue.

  Next to them, two young men rushed over and started fighting with Ling Tianxue. Ling Tianxue was a girl, so she had been practicing the light and agile steps of her family's martial art, wielding a long sword in her hand. With the "Wind Welcoming Steps" of the Ling family's martial art, she dodged and weaved between the three men, striking back at them. For a moment, she was evenly matched with the three of them.

  Among the three, the young man who had not yet made a move said: "I didn't think this little girl still had two brushes left in her. We'll have to bring out our ultimate move too, and use the Dragon Sword Technique." As they spoke, the three of them began using the Wang family's ultimate technique, the Dragon Sword Technique. The Dragon Sword Technique was a powerful combination sword technique. The three of them were not evenly matched, with the young man in the lead being at the same level as Ling Tian Xue, both of whom were at the early stage of first-rate cultivation, while the other two were at the peak of second-rate cultivation. Ling Tian Xue relied on her own footwork to temporarily hold her ground, but as time passed, she slowly fell into a disadvantageous position. At this moment, Ling Tian Xue made a swift move, but the three young men simultaneously attacked, striking down at Ling Tian Xue's sword with their swords. Ling Tian Xue was sent flying four or five meters by the three of them, and before she could even react... The young man in the lead attacked again, just as Ling Tian Xue was about to be defeated.

  "Clang!" A loud collision of weapons rang out, and a long spear appeared in front of Ling Tianxue. The owner of this long spear was none other than Ling Tianyu. Ling Tianxue excitedly shouted: "It's you!" Ling Tianyu nodded and said: "Let's talk about it later, first let's deal with the trouble at hand." Ling Tianxue obediently nodded.

  The young man who was the leader of the Wang family said, "You little brat! Who are you to dare ruin our good fortune? Alright, just hand over your token and we'll let both of you leave." The young leader also wanted to fight Ling Tianyu because through their brief exchange earlier, he discovered that Ling Tianyu's strength was even greater than his own.

  Ling Tianyu sneered and said, "What kind of person I am, you small characters will know later. As for the number plate...!" Ling Tianyu paused: "Go dream about it!" After finishing speaking, he put his own weapon into the Qiankun bag.

  The young man in the lead saw Ling Tianyu's disdainful tone and put away his weapon, apparently not taking the three of them seriously. The young man in the lead was furious: "How dare you, brothers, come and catch this kid, I will dig out his eyes, let him be so arrogant!" After finishing, the three of them rushed towards Ling Tianyu.

  Ling Tianyu slowly patted the dust off his body, then said: "Alas, truly underestimating oneself..." After finishing speaking, Ling Tianyu's figure moved and flashed past the leading youth to arrive in front of another youth. "What a fast speed!" The leading youth's face changed with surprise as he thought: "Looks like today we've kicked an iron plate, never mind now we can only grit our teeth and bear it!" Beside him, Ling Tianxue also stared blankly, this speed and movement were clearly the result of practicing "Wind Welcoming Steps" to perfection.

  At this moment, Ling Tianyu's fist blasted out, and a second-rate young man was instantly blown away for more than ten meters, unable to get up again! Another second-rate young man punched towards Ling Tianyu's face. Ling Tianyu's head slightly tilted to the left, dodging the punch, then hit the abdomen of this second-rate master with one fist, and the young man immediately knelt on the ground, too weak to stand up.

  The young man in the lead saw that his two teammates were easily defeated, but he did not retreat. Instead, he went around to Ling Tianyu's back and slashed down with his sword. Ling Tianyu didn't even turn his head. "Hmph!" A cold hum, Ling Tianyu directly released his true energy, "Bang" a sound, directly shook the young man's sword away. Then, he turned around and kicked the young man in the chest. The young man was sent flying over twenty meters.

  Next to Ling Tian Xue, he was staring with his eyes wide open. Ling Tian Xue asked: "Cousin, are you really a top-notch expert? How can I see that you're even more courageous than the post-heavenly experts? Although they were only one first-rate early-stage and two second-rate experts, it shouldn't be so easily settled?" Ling Tian Xue was shocked, which wasn't strange, because Ling Tian Yu's solution was too swift. The process had actually occurred in just three short breaths. How could this not shock people?

  Ling Tianyu puffed out his chest and said, "Hey, calm down, sister. Don't you know who I am? I'm the number one genius of the Ling family!" Ling Tiansnow sighed and shook her head, "Alas... some people are more annoying than others."

  Ling Tianyu joked: "Sister is a girl, why do you want to become so fierce? Sister looks so beautiful, in the future find a good husband and marry him, let him protect you!" Ling Tianxue's face turned red: "Really, I hate it! You think your sister is not willing to see you? I'm only 12 years old now, on the Tianfeng Continent, girls can't get married until they're at least 16 years old!"

  Ling Tianyu smiled and said, "Sister is so beautiful at such a young age, she will definitely be a great beauty in the future, how could she not be willing?" Ling Tianyu's words made Ling Tianxue blush with embarrassment.

  At this time, all three young masters of the Wang family climbed up. Ling Tianyu smiled and said, "How about it, are you coming again?"

  The three of them were so scared that they hastily replied, "We won't come, we won't come." "If you're not coming, then get out of here fast!" Ling Tianyu's face changed as he yelled. The three of them were so frightened that their legs turned to jelly and Liu Gun led the others in a frantic scramble to get out of Ling Tianyu's line of sight. Ling Tianxue saw this scene and couldn't help but feel extremely pleased, bursting into laughter on the side.

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