Chapter 42: Blade Maze

  "What's wrong?"

  Yan Shao saw Ou's strange gaze fixed on the walls of the corridor, Hu Si Ming couldn't help but look over and ask: "What's wrong with the torches?"

  Yan Shao Ou stretched out his hand to push up non-existent glasses and reminded him: "This color, don't you think it's strange?"

  "It seems to be true indeed!"

  He was told that, Hu Shiming carefully measured it again and felt that something was wrong. In other places, including the torches in the underground palace, they were all dim yellow. Only this section of torches near the entrance of the tunnel, the light emitted by the burning was a dark blue color. Moreover, the color looked very familiar, as if it were...

  "Is it like the dust of revelation and the radiance of a sentinel?"

  Yan Shao's words had inadvertently revealed Hu Si Ming's thoughts. They exchanged a glance and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

  "Really?"

  Hu Siming realized something, took two steps forward and jumped up. In the dim light, a silver sword flashed by, cutting off the stone base that held the torches. Hu Siming stretched out his hand in mid-air and grabbed it directly.

  Torch of Mausoleum

  Special scene props, each person can carry a maximum of one.

  When crafting a torch, some special magical materials are added to make its light strong enough to dispel all illusions and darkness. When burning, it provides a 900-range true sight effect.

  Not allowed to be taken out of the battlefield.

  It's actually a special scene prop!

  It's precisely because of this attribute that torches with the true sight effect don't have any special prompts. If it weren't for Xiang Zuo Yu observing carefully and passing through the corridor twice, perhaps no one would have thought that ordinary torches that can be seen everywhere actually had a special use.

  And why is it only around here?

  Hu Si Ming and Yan Shao Ou both thought of something, that is, this special scene prop might be used in a future challenge. So, the college that set up the unified exam specifically placed torches near the initial point of the freshmen. Only those who dared to break through the gate and enter the tomb chamber had the possibility of discovering them. Those who rushed forward with their heads down would likely miss it!

  Because each person is only allowed to carry one, Hu Si Ming called out to Zhao Feng and the others, also coming over to take a torch. Seeing that this unremarkable torch had special uses, Zhao Feng and Zhang Hao were both extremely surprised, Liu Feng even flatteringly said: "Fortunately, Yan Shao has sharp eyes, otherwise we would have been tricked by the Academy."

  "My name is Yan Shao Ou, don't call me Yan Shao."

  Yan Shao Ou seemed quite disgusted with this title and didn't give Liu Feng any face.

  "Alright, although it's a bit awkward, we're just temporary teammates anyway. After the unified exam, no one will know each other. Liu Feng silently put away his torch with a sullen expression and urged the team to continue moving forward."

  Because of the fear of encountering unknown traps, the five people's progress on the unfamiliar road was not fast. In addition to being vigilant about potential dangers, Hu Shiming also had time to observe this underground mausoleum. Perhaps due to its age and the strong earthquake earlier, the third layer of the underground mausoleum looked quite dilapidated. The walls of the narrow passageway, less than five meters wide, were cracked everywhere, and the originally exquisite murals and reliefs had become unrecognizable. Moreover, there were frequent collapses along the way, giving people an unstoppable feeling that the mausoleum might collapse at any time.

  However, the pitfalls that might exist have never been encountered, making one wonder if they were destroyed in the earthquake as well.

  After walking 300 meters along the winding path, the tranquility of the road made Zhao Feng gradually relax, and he turned his head to smile: "This underground tomb seems not as dangerous as the scene description. If I'm not mistaken, the third layer is the smallest area in the tomb, we've already walked almost half of it?"

  Before he had finished speaking, a crisp "click" sound rang out.

  Zhao's smile on his face was instantly frozen. He seemed to have been petrified, with one foot that had stepped out remaining still, not daring to move.

  "What's wrong?"

  Hu Si-ming and his men were startled and immediately raised their vigilance.

  Zhao's lips trembled and he said with a sorrowful face: "I think I've triggered something..."

  "Shut your crow's mouth!" Zhang Hao couldn't help but tease Zhao Feng: "You just said it was nothing, and then danger came, geez!"

  However, no matter what they said, the triggered mechanism would not stop. As Zhao Feng's foot retracted, the ground began to shake slightly. Then, one after another, huge flying wheels with six sharp blades fell from the top of the opened tunnel. These grinding wheel-sized knife wheels started accelerating rotation from a standstill, emitting a frightening "buzzing" sound, making the newcomers subconsciously think of the horror of electric saws.

  Battlefield Alert: Blade Maze Trap Activated!

  "Oh no, Mom!"

  Seeing the blade trap that covered an area of hundreds of meters, surrounded by shiny blade wheels in all directions, Zhao Feng's face turned white with fear. Through his school badge's scouting technique, he clearly saw the damage of the blade wheel: 100 points of rotational damage per second, with a 10% chance to trigger a slash effect, one hit kill!

  "This is not even a place where humans can live..."

  Liu Feng's neighbor had been cut off by the electric saw in the factory when he was a child, and it was considered to have left a psychological shadow. At this moment, seeing those blades of different sizes, either fixed or rotating, or patrolling back and forth, Liu Feng only felt that his calf was going soft.

  "Waaah!"

  Perhaps detecting the presence of the students, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, two white blade wheels were again released from the top of the passageway five meters in front. Under the control of an invisible force, the blade wheels suddenly accelerated, flying towards them at waist height, one to the left and one to the right.

  "Be careful!"

  Hú Sī Míng loudly warned, and as the knife wheel flew in front of him, he rolled forward with the momentum, dodging the attack by sticking to the bottom of the knife wheel.

  Zhang Hao and Yan Shao's reaction was not slow either, directly pouncing onto the cold stone floor, also dodging the spinning knife wheel. Only Liu Feng's legs went soft, her reaction slowed down a lot. Fortunately, Zhao Feng's eyes were quick and his hands were fast, pulling her tightly against the wall on the left side of the corridor. Then, the knife wheel on the left flew past five centimeters in front of their chests. The icy blade that was almost within arm's reach scared them so much that they stood up straight, not even daring to breathe!

  "What a close call! Almost..."

  As he watched the knife wheel fly further and further away, Zhao Feng finally let out a breath of relief, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

  However, before this wave of attacks was over, the stone walls on both sides of the front corridor cracked open again, and four smaller gray knife wheels flew out in succession. Compared to the previous white knife wheel with a fixed trajectory, the gray knife wheel was only as big as a washbasin, with lower damage but faster speed, and almost no fixed trajectory. These death wheels of varying sizes danced in the air, weaving a loose yet impenetrable web of death!

  "Don't be stunned, run! Charge forward!"

  Hu Si Ming realized that staying there would only lead to more knives flying out. He let out a loud shout and, no longer afraid, was the first to scramble up from the ground and sprint down the corridor.

  As he ran, the knife array was continuously triggered. The horizontally flying, vertically flying, falling from the top, and bouncing off the stone walls on both sides, the knife wheels emitting endless cold light gave him a ubiquitous threat of death. The sudden high and low humming sound was like the announcement of the god of death, constantly disturbing his attention. However, Hu Siming tried his best to concentrate his will, using all his skills, either crouching or sprinting or rolling, and rushed through 30-40 meters in one breath.

  These few seconds were so exhausting for Hu Siming that after he arrived at a temporarily safe place, he even felt a dizziness in front of his eyes.

  "Ahhhhh!"

  Just then, Zhang Hao's miserable cry came from behind him.

  In the midst of swirling blade traps, Fatso's physique was undoubtedly at a disadvantage. Despite his strenuous efforts to dodge, when two blades crossed paths, he was still slashed by one of them on the ribs, instantly losing 100 life points!

  It's still his good luck, if unfortunately triggered the splitting effect, that is being instantly killed on the spot.

  Zhang Hao was also frightened by the flying knife wheel, and after rushing through the last section in a nervous state, he fell to the ground at Hu Si Ming's feet. He panted heavily, unable to get up no matter what.

  After him, Zhao Feng, Liu Feng and Yan Shao Ou also narrowly escaped the flying wheel of intersecting blades and arrived at the middle section of the maze. Here, they encountered their most dangerous challenge.