Just out of the dragon’s den, only to enter the tiger’s lair.
With a wave of that bizarre old man’s hand, Jiang Ke’er suddenly found herself somewhere unfamiliar.
In the thick mist, she realized she couldn’t see the shadows of her teammates anywhere around her.
“Senior Sister Qian Yue? Senior Brother Xuanyang?”
She tried calling out softly.
“Qing Yi?”
Qian Yue’s voice came from not far away.
Jiang Ke’er’s spirits lifted immediately, and she hurriedly ran in that direction.
However, the seemingly thin mist proved exceptionally troublesome.
The moment Jiang Ke’er plunged into it, she felt suffocated and dizzy.
Even holding her breath didn’t help; she couldn’t take more than three steps before being forced back out.
Fortunately, once outside the mist, the painful sensation vanished instantly.
Jiang Ke’er looked around and saw that the mist gathered in wall-like formations, with narrow pathways winding between these fog walls.
“I can’t get through the fog. This is a labyrinth,” Qian Yue’s voice came from the other side of the mist wall.
It seemed luck was not on their side—they had triggered a labyrinth event.
This was troublesome.
The labyrinth would consume a large amount of time, causing their team’s progress to lag even further behind the others.
If time were ample and the labyrinth’s layout fixed, they could follow the wall’s edge to solve it with absolute certainty… but this mist was light and flowed at strange intervals. It was clearly a moving labyrinth.
“Who’s there?”
“Trash from the Taiming Sect?!”
“Bang—”
A sudden scream echoed from afar, followed immediately by the sounds of fists and palms clashing continuously.
Jiang Ke’er recognized one of the voices as Xiao Ri’s, and the other sounded somewhat familiar… Luckily, her memory was good, and she quickly recalled it was a disciple from the Blood Staunching Pill Sect.
Her heart tightened. It seemed more than one team was here.
She could run into monsters around any corner.
She had to clear this quickly.
Transforming into her fox form, Jiang Ke’er tried to use her appraisal technique to glean some clues.
【Lingyu Yan Hua: The scale dust shed from the wings during the metamorphosis of the natives of Yu Ling Prefecture, condensed with the essence that drives life’s transformation in Yu Ling Prefecture. Due to its light texture, it floats in the air and naturally gathers.】
Scale dust?
If it was just dust…
Jiang Ke’er thought for a moment, and seeing no one around, she secretly slipped off her white silk stockings under her skirt.
Her fair calves and feet were now exposed, leaving only a short skirt and panties, which made Jiang Ke’er feel quite vulnerable.
But the situation was urgent, and the material of these stockings seemed just right, so there was no point being picky.
Jiang Ke’er infused true qi to expand the stocking, then fiercely scooped at the mist ahead!
The pure white cloud wall appeared as if bitten, instantly missing a large chunk.
Though the hole quickly filled due to the natural gathering property of the scale dust, Jiang Ke’er’s spirits soared.
It seemed the holes in the stockings were perfectly sized.
She grabbed one end, squeezed out the air inside, and soon only a tiny clump of scale dust about the size of a fingernail remained inside.
She took out the scale dust and stuffed it into a small pouch hanging around her neck, then decisively cut open the stocking, weaving it into a large pouch.
She jogged back and forth along the fog wall, plunging the stocking into the mist to scoop out the dust.
Because of the stocking’s excellent breathability and perfectly sized holes, Jiang Ke’er was like fishing—each scoop filtered out a large amount of scale dust with great efficiency.
Scoop, filter, scoop, filter.
“Senior Sister Qian Yue, are you still there?”
“I’m here.”
Since Jiang Ke’er’s filtering speed slightly outpaced the mist wall’s spread and refill rate, the fog gradually thinned, and soon the entire wall became nearly transparent.
“Plop—”
While running and filtering, Jiang Ke’er’s hand suddenly collided with something cool and smooth, followed by a tight grip on her wrist.
“Ah—”
She gasped softly as a strong force pulled her in, plunging her into the mist wall and landing her into a soft embrace.
Finally on the other side of the wall, Jiang Ke’er saw Qian Yue holding a torn piece of gauzy skirt… just now, their hands had bumped while both were filtering the mist with fabric.
“Pantyhose, pfft—” Qian Yue covered her mouth, chuckling softly at the item in Jiang Ke’er’s hand.
Jiang Ke’er’s face flushed slightly.
She broke free of Qian Yue’s embrace and tried to look nonchalant.
“Ahem,” she cleared her throat and said seriously, “Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Besides, nothing was exposed… Watch out!”
Jiang Ke’er’s eyes suddenly sharpened.
She dashed forward, pulled out the dagger at her waist, twisted her wrist, and flicked it toward the source!
The dagger clashed with a sword midair, sparks flying, but it was weakly deflected.
The opponent had a Power-Enhancing Artifact!
Jiang Ke’er suddenly pieced it together—her dagger was a sealed artifact, unable to use its powers.
But the sword was glowing and could be manipulated midair.
Clearly, it was a Power-Enhancing Artifact obtained inside the tower!
Her dagger could only momentarily halt the opponent’s sword in midair, but the sword tip still thrust toward Qian Yue’s back.
Jiang Ke’er pushed off the ground, leapt up, grabbed the dagger that had just bounced back, and stabbed hard at the flying sword’s hilt!
After all, this dagger was a “Nether Blade” crafted by the System Space and awarded for clearing the Taiyi Realm system’s dummy opponent.
Though its artifact abilities were sealed, its sharpness remained.
The dagger’s tip embedded deeply into the sword’s hilt, pinning it firmly to the ground.
Without stopping, Jiang Ke’er landed, spun around, and swiftly drew another dagger from her thigh, throwing it out.
“Ah—”
A scream came from behind the mist, blood splattering, dyeing the fog red. Soon, the area fell silent.
Jiang Ke’er circled to the misty corner, pulled out her dagger with a soft sound, wiped it on the enemy’s clothes, and sheathed it back at her thigh.
“Senior Sister Qian Yue, are you okay?”
Qian Yue looked stunned for a moment, then praised, “So impressive!”
“I told you I’d protect you,” Jiang Ke’er’s heart swelled with satisfaction, but her face wore a cocky calm smile.
“You only have about thirty percent of your spiritual energy left, so it’s best not to fight. I’m weak, but I can barely handle these idiots.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you,” Qian Yue exhaled in relief.
Jiang Ke’er glanced at the sword pinned on the ground, intending to claim it, but unexpectedly, as its owner fell, the sword dissolved into smoke and vanished.
It seemed the Taiming Sect wouldn’t get their hands on any strength-enhancing artifacts anytime soon. Sigh, this was tough.
“I found the Exit!”
At that moment, a voice came from behind another fog wall—Xiao Ri said, “I just knocked down a small fry from the Blood Staunching Pill Sect and forced them to reveal the Exit… They’ve been stuck here for half a day before we arrived!”
What an unlucky team—just finding the Exit only to run into the Taiming Sect… and they even recklessly attacked first.
Probably got cocky after obtaining their artifact flying sword.
But Jiang Ke’er had come through the bizarre room and yet still encountered members of the Blood Staunching Pill Sect.
Which meant public events could trigger even in the bizarre room?
Or perhaps…
Jiang Ke’er’s heart began to race.
It seemed she had a plan.
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