novelraw Chapter 1610: 1611: A Difficult Road Ahead
Chapter 1610: 1611: A Difficult Road Ahead
Chapter 1610: Chapter 1611: A Difficult Road Ahead
Although they poured lava into the passage, everyone understood that this move wasn’t much of a threat to the Class One students. It’s really too easy to deal with this tactic.
“What do we do now? Be more vicious and directly use an ultimate move like an earthquake to collapse the passage? Maybe this way we could find a route, otherwise, we’ll have to find the corresponding position according to the map. But judging by the markers on the map, we very likely need to climb over a mountain.”
Looking at everyone, Feng Yuan asked. The problem before them was apparent; the high mountain not far away was clearly the reason why the map guided them into the underground passages.
The teachers observing from the back broke out in a cold sweat; this batch of students was too strong, deciding to go all out without agreement. Had they not believed that Class One students could withstand the lava attack, they probably would have intervened by now.
Even so, they had to send a few teachers with Earth Form ability underground to take care of those Class One students.
After discussions, they decided to follow the routes on the map from the surface because this section of the map mainly depicted features of the underground passage, so only the commanders could lead the team in front.
Others, although not completely unable to read the map, couldn’t bear the responsibility.
Feng Yuan’s casual suggestion reminded many people, and on their way forward, they constantly used ultimate moves to destroy the ground, even using curse fog on the dents they made.
In the underground passage out of their sight, Class One students were evidently not having a good time. Originally, there were many traps set here that could be repeatedly triggered, and under attacks from other classes, many of those traps were prematurely activated.
Some traps lost their effect upon activation as a mere catch-off-guard. Others, once triggered, brought enormous trouble to avoid students using defensively strong beasts to force their way forward.
Now that all these traps were triggered, their advance speed was severely affected. Although regretting their previous actions somewhat, not a single person expressed any regret.
The deed was done, regretting is useless, and what they now face is an extremely troublesome path forward.
On the surface, unaware of the underground situation, everyone rushed forward while destroying the land. The earth was torn apart, and occasionally spirit beasts were startled and attacked them.
Perhaps luck was on their side, as they did not encounter spirit beasts whose strength exceeded their capacity to handle. Everyone would not think this was arranged by the academy teachers, as they presumably didn’t consider so much.
After all, initially, Class One blocked the entrance with rocks merely to delay their entry into the underground passage since not everyone could follow the same route above ground as the underground passage shown on the map.
However, the group disregarded the norms and directly poured lava, sealing the route, pursuing them from above ground.
“Climb over the mountain? Going straight from here might be dangerous—here, here, and here, these features indicate the presence of spirit beasts with Legendary-level strength there.”
Pointing at a place relatively easy to traverse, a student commander said, rubbing his chin. Feng Yuan watched these students who had started forgetting internal conflict with a peculiar smile.
In this situation, Class One once again became their arch-enemy; now Class One is in trouble~
Now the strength isn’t balanced, especially with Class One stirring the anger of the crowd. Feng Yuan believed other commanders wouldn’t choose to continue internal fights at this moment, and once given the opportunity, they would definitely think of clearing Class One out of the competition first.
Whether it’s bad luck, after detouring, they still encountered a Legendary-level spirit beast. The teachers behind them didn’t find it strange because this place was like that inherently.
The mountain was a test site for students close to graduation, inhabiting a large group of Legendary-level spirit beasts. However, perhaps recognizing their freshman identity, those Legendary-level spirit beasts did not pursue them; otherwise, they would have had to rely on Feng Yuan to stop their attacks.
Evading the chase, Little Husky, lying on Xiao Ji’s back, poked its head out and looked at the somewhat chaotic team below, saying
“This is trouble; this area has all Legendary-level spirit beasts. If not for this group of beasts being from the academy, they probably wouldn’t have escaped.”
As for Qi Chen and the group? Although they had Ah Mu, that only ensured they wouldn’t be instantly taken down; Ah Mu’s speed was displayed, but truly confronting those Legendary-level spirit beasts meant they couldn’t escape.
Xiao Ji didn’t quite grasp Feng Yuan’s intention, carrying Little Husky around the mountain until under their direction, they landed next to Qi Chen and his crew.
Transforming back to his original form, Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen and his group and said
“The whole mountain is inhabited by Legendary-level spirit beasts; looks like the route through the underground passage was laid out for a reason.”
“This is troublesome; bypassing here, not to mention the wasted time; even the subsequent route might not be found.”
Dou Yanlan said, pinching her chin, troubled by the current situation, sure they were in for major trouble.
Feng Yuan seemed to think of something, waving his hand—nine small shields transformed into nine laser emitters, with black lasers cutting through the ground, quickly cutting out a big chunk.
The spirit beasts of the group slowly lifted the cut-out ground using telekinesis and placed it aside. The commanders were surprised, seeing the solid rock architectural structure at the base of the giant rectangular pillar Feng Yuan exposed.
At this point, they had run off the route drawn on the map; they didn’t expect him to find an alternative entrance.
Pointing casually in the direction of the teachers in the back, Feng Yuan said
“It’s the position the teachers told me, not much to do with me.”
As to why they suddenly informed him of this using hidden messaging, Feng Yuan had his guess. Likely, they noticed he was about to clear out those Legendary-level spirit beasts, so to prevent that, they specifically told him this.
But this was just speculation; he didn’t know the exact reason, nor did he care to ask, as it was merely a minor matter.
Upon hearing it was a location pointed out by the teachers, the group didn’t hesitate, immediately preparing to enter that passage.
They trusted the teachers wouldn’t deliberately point to an underground passage that couldn’t return to the original route, as that would not only invoke student dissatisfaction but also anger Feng Yuan as the messenger.
Now, there were few among them left unaware of Feng Yuan’s special status, especially since he’d been involved in many major events since the beginning of school—even the holding of that banquet had his involvement. If this didn’t lead to some understanding of Feng Yuan, then there’s no helping it.
Upon entering the underground passage, Feng Yuan scooped up Xiao Ji in his arms, and with a slight tail feather movement, Xiao Ji turned its head in confusion, not understanding what Feng Yuan meant.
Carrying Xiao Ji across a puddle, Feng Yuan grumbled,
“This place, it’s imitating an underground waterway, right? Surely it’s not simulating explosive gases from an underground waterway?”
Upon considering this possibility, Feng Yuan unleashed his senses to inspect the surroundings. Discovering no explosive gases nearby, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If that stuff exploded, he’d have to call on Agunas; otherwise, cleanup afterward wouldn’t be feasible.
“Be careful!”
A commander suddenly cautioned everyone, looking ahead. Feng Yuan squinted and said,
“A mechanism? But it doesn’t quite resemble an underground waterway mechanism.”
“This imitation should be of the Dawn Road’s structure; though similar to the underground waterway, the Dawn Road isn’t a safe place.”
Dou Yanlan said, glancing around. The patterns distinct from the underground waterway could distinguish it well from other buildings of the same era.
Upon recognizing it was the Dawn Road, everyone became more cautious, and the teachers accompanying them in the rear nodded with satisfaction. Although this batch of students used wild tactics, their insight was decent—many past students even passed here without knowing where it was simulating.
After understanding the building’s origin, identifying traps became easier. Although due to the passage’s narrowness at the moment, everyone had to pass in a long line, because of Class One’s expertly drawn hatred, they all agreed to resume competition only after dealing with Class One. Their sole goal now was to knock Class One out.