One hundred and eighty-nine, the road of thorns
The things outside the door were still knocking, and the four doors were shaking together, and they were almost unable to hold on.
Ling Xi was covered in a layer of earth armor, holding a black earth knife, and set off his posture. He had practiced the Earth-Splitting Divine Ridge to the tenth level, and all the potential of this technique was realized by Ling Xi, so it was difficult to make any progress.
The thing outside the door continued to shake twice, and then suddenly calmed down the sound. Ling Xi's eyes flashed with doubts. After waiting for a while, there was no sign of the thing outside coming in.
Ling Xi put down the black earth knife, and the earth armor on his body peeled off and turned into dust and dissipated. He came to a door, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly opened the door and set off.
There is a winding corridor outside the door, with many forks of roads, and lights and candles hanging at the intersection, swaying lights and hiddenly. Ling Xi saw that there was nothing, so he breathed a sigh of relief and opened the doors in the other three directions one after another, and the corridor was also forks, like a maze.
Ling Xi's soul was poked out and could only spread ten feet away. No matter how far it was, Ling Xi could do nothing. This place seemed like a maze, for him to walk on purpose. All the lights were brightly lit, opening the way for him.
Ling Xi thought for a while, chose the door that was first opened, walked straight towards the corridor, and a short dagger condensed in his hand and knocked on the corridor wall, trying to leave traces.
collapse!
With a crisp sound, the tip of the dagger broke. Although the weapon condensed by Ling Xi is not as good as a spiritual weapon, it is enough to be a top magic weapon among mortals. If it is damaged so easily, the wall is definitely cast by spiritual weapon materials.
Ling Xi frowned, leaving no traces, and his soul could only be stretched out ten feet away. This palace should be extremely vast, otherwise other people would not be unable to get out. Even Ling Xi could only take advantage of such harsh conditions with luck.
Ling Xi remembered silently in his heart that every time he walked three steps and ten feet, he would count one. Although he didn't remember the way he came, he could also help him calculate his situation when he knew the distance he had walked.
The walls everywhere are all of the same color, pale and dazzling. After looking at them for a long time, Ling Xi will inevitably feel uncomfortable in his eyes. He stands in place and closes his eyes and rests for a while.
A voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and the voice whispered, and the deep and dark came from the distant passage. The far away of the passage was not something that Ling Xi could see. Looking around, there was darkness and nothing could be seen.
Ling Xi was worried that the sound was the Black Horse of Thousand Throat Beast, so he turned a short knife into his hand and was alert to that direction.
The voices seemed to be there and not, floating in the darkness of the passage. The sound was mixed with pain and joy, adding a bit of terrifying atmosphere to Wugong.
Ling Xi focused his mind and chose to walk in the direction of the sound. It was not a solution for him to bump into such a headless fly. It would be better to believe this sound once. Even if he asked you to get into the trap, he would be sure to escape.
Turning around the corner, the sound suddenly disappeared. Ling Xi could vaguely hear that the sound was from the straight channel in front of him.
The walls of the straight passage were pale, the candles around the corner were lit, and the drop in the bucket drove away the darkness. Ling Xi didn't realize there was anything special here, but since the sound came from here, he had to check it out.
Ling Xi took a step, and the floor tiles under her feet suddenly fell, and a guillotine was cut off from her head, trying to split Ling Xi in half from her head.
Ling Xi's fight over the years has been extremely sensitive to exercise. When he noticed something was wrong, his body turned to the side by himself and avoided the guillotine.
The guillotine swept across and reached the ground in only a slightest. Then, the entire ground split in half from the middle, opening a gap. Under the gap was a deep pit.
There was a skeleton split in two in the deep pit. The hollow eye sockets of the skeleton looked upwards and happened to stare at Ling Xi, as if complaining about why Ling Xi didn't come down to accompany it.
Ling Xi felt cold in his heart, leaning against the edge of the wall, watching the floor tiles close together. Unexpectedly, there would be murder mechanisms in this maze. The Hunyuan Emperor's hobbies were really interesting, and he deliberately made these things to play with the criminals.
The sound just now might have been made by the bones in the pit, with the purpose of attracting Ling Xi to come and die.
Ling Xi crossed this trap and became more cautious while walking, and he had to consider almost every step. He didn't know what other mechanisms the Hunyuan Emperor had, so he had to be careful.
Turning over a white wall, eight crossed spikes suddenly appeared in front of him, trying to stab Ling Xi to death. Ling Xi easily avoided it and was anxious. If he dragged on like this, no matter how strong he was, he would make mistakes. Once he made a mistake, he would have no chance to recover.
He must come up with a way to get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise...
Ling Xi felt ache in his heart, and he fell to the ground in pain again, panting. After a full stick of incense, Ling Xi finally recovered. His time was getting less and less. The interval between the heart beating was getting shorter and shorter. If this continues, he may be at the end of his life in a few days.
"Know how to choose, know the order." Ling Xi murmured. He had not understood the meaning of these six characters. According to Emperor Hunyuan, these six characters must be the key to getting out of the maze. As long as he finds a way to know the meaning of these six characters, he can easily get out of the maze.
Somewhere there were shouts of injustice, and the remnants of the souls killed in Wugong were screaming, from far to near, making people feel scared.
Ling Xi was not worried about this. He walked all the way and came to a wall. There was a dead end in front of him, with thorns standing up and blades rising up.
It was covered with blood everywhere, and countless dead bones fell among the thorns. In the distance, there was an open passage.
Ling Xi didn't know what was going on here. So many prisoners died in this same place, completely like they were willing to do so.
He had a flash of inspiration, remembering what he had said just now, and understood the meaning of Emperor Hunyuan.
He needs to pass through this sea of thorns and use his own blood to exchange for his own way of life.
"I know how to choose." Ling Xi smiled bitterly, but stepped into it without hesitation.
The blood-stained thorn immediately pierced into his skin and dripped blood. Ling Xi gritted his teeth and staggered forward step by step.
The blade cut the wound and dyed him bloody. Ling Xi still held the blade firmly and took steps.
Halfway through, he had already crossed most of the skeleton bones, and after dozens of feet, Ling Xi surpassed the limits that all his ancestors had walked through. There was almost no good piece of meat in his body. He was not the body of the number one god of war, nor was he without pain, he was just an ordinary person, and he had to slowly feel the unspeakable feeling of cutting flesh with the blade.
Even so, Ling Xi never said a word. He had long been used to being injured and could not show weakness. There were things he had to bear on his shoulders, and there were enemies who were staring at him, waiting for the moment when he was fragile, and went up together, leaving no bones left for him to eat.
Ling Xi's vision began to blur, and he didn't even have the strength to grit his teeth. The blood he had flowed along the way almost drained his body.
He staggered, and the blade cut deep into his calves, which was visible to the bone. At this moment, Ling Xi couldn't even sweat, and moved his calves away little by little, dragging his entire disabled body to the stairs.
He finally finished this thorny road. Ling Xi looked back and saw that his blood had opened up a path in the sea of thorns.
So many bones were hanging on the thorns, they were all struggling, but they remained here forever. Ling Xi found that these thorns were a bit unusual. The thorns were actually all barbs. As long as they were inserted into their bodies, they could only move forward. If they wanted to retreat and escape, they would tightly hook his flesh and trap him to death on this road.
"Know the order..." Ling Xi laughed out loud. He finally understood what Emperor Hunyuan said. Isn't his life just a thorny road? If he chose to retreat, he would probably be stuck in the flesh by the barbs of the "thorny" like these bones, trapped and died in this sea of thorny swords, and could not advance or retreat.
"Not everyone can walk on the road of thorns." Ling Xi's body dyed a large pool of blood red. He staggered a few steps, but his body still couldn't bear it and fell to the end point.
Ling Xi was extremely unwilling to give up. He paid so much to reach the end, but his body had reached its limit.
But no matter what he was in his heart, he could no longer raise any strength to stand up at this moment.
"Are you unwilling to give up? The road you took has no end from the beginning. You can only die on the road." The cold words of Emperor Hunyuan sounded again.
Ling Xi's whole body shone with light, miraculously healing the wounds all over his body. Ling Xi could hardly imagine that there would be such power that could heal him in an instant.
"Soon on, your path has just begun. This maze is not over yet." Emperor Hunyuan's voice came out again. It seemed that he had been staring at Ling Xi's every move in secret.
Ling Xi stood up and moved his arms twice, without any pain. The Hunyuan Emperor didn't know where the power came from. Now, until he died for a thousand years, he was able to take action to influence the rules of heaven and earth, which is really shocking.
When Ling Xi heard that there was still a way to go, he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. He had worked so hard to endure so much, but he didn't expect that he didn't even pass the first test.
"I'm lying to you." Emperor Hunyuan said: "My purpose is not to kill you, there is no need to set up such a difficult road."
"The real Wugong should have something else." Ling Xi looked into the depths.
"There are five levels in Wugong. After you have passed the maze and the thorny road, you really want to continue walking. I am afraid that if you give you a life, you will not be able to go." Unexpectedly, Emperor Hunyuan still had humorous cells and joked with Ling Xi.
"However, what you do is still lacking." Emperor Hunyuan said another sentence, but it was filled with pressure, like an elder scolding his younger generation.
"If you observe carefully, you can find the safest path, which can ensure that you will not die here after you come out. But you don't, like a stubborn bull, rushing forward without any brains."
"I understand." Ling Xi bowed and bowed, and then he truly saw Emperor Hunyuan, a respectable elder.
This Hunyuan Emperor is not entirely the king who ruled the world, he is also an elder.
"You are like my son... It's a pity that he has died with me long ago." Emperor Hunyuan muttered.
A single-person-high ball of light appeared in front of Ling Xi.
"This is your next test, go in." The voice of Emperor Hunyuan came out again, becoming ethereal and gradually disappeared.
Ling Xi focused his mind and took steps towards the light ball. This next test will definitely not be easy. He was prepared in his heart to meet this difficult challenge.
Chapter completed!