The Cornflower Witch

Book 2: Chapter 179: Maze Trial

Vol 2 Chapter 179 Maze Trial

Walking through the silent mausoleum, Sylutia could hear the sound of her own footsteps and the faint rustling of her dress.

Her gaze swept around the surroundings. The passageways here were engraved with uniform patterns, the style resembling something from the Eighth Epoch.

Abstract beast-shaped patterns, roughly square in outline, filled the bricks, tightly arranged one after another, repeating endlessly along the passageway with no end in sight.

After walking for a while, a fork appeared ahead of Sylutia. But that wasn't the main point; the important part was the special indicator patterns at the fork.

One side depicted a [Sword], while the other side depicted a [Book].

Was she supposed to choose? Sylutia wondered.

She would choose the [Book] then. She preferred knowledge, and as for the martial power or weaponry symbolized by the sword, after so many years, they might not have been preserved anyway.

Not long after heading down one side, a small room appeared ahead in the passageway. It was similar in size to an enlarged cube. Inside this room was a square stone platform, and on the platform was a sealed, ancient-looking card.

Walking over, Sylutia approached the stone platform and carefully observed this card.It was made of special dark yellow parchment, with a pattern border drawn in aged paint. On the card face was an arm clenching a fist, with bloody veins visible at the wrist.

[Sealed Card - Killing Fist] (Bloodline); Can enhance the strength and lethality of fists. (Further exploration required for other information)

This card... could she take it away? Sylutia thought, carefully touching it with her hand.

As if sensing the presence of another life, invisible, fragmented sparks seemed to spread across the card. The originally yellowed, aged card surface instantly became vibrant, restoring its former colors.

Moreover, it emitted a faint call, seemingly hoping that Sylutia would absorb it into her body.

Tilting her head to look at this card, Sylutia inspected it repeatedly but still did not absorb it. Instead, she summoned the [Lion-Head Monster] she had sealed yesterday.

After this lion-headed, beast-footed monster emerged, it was still somewhat defiant towards Sylutia and attempted to attack her. However, the four long knives it had wielded had long been confiscated by Sylutia, so it could only throw punches.

Inside the room, Sylutia jumped back to dodge, and the Lion-Head Monster touched that card during its pursuit.

Without hesitation, it directly absorbed the card. Then, the same bloody veins appeared on its wrist, and at this moment, its fists also became exceptionally fierce and sharp.

During one of its punches, Sylutia dodged, and the fist directly smashed into the stone wall behind the girl. The sturdy stone wall was directly punched into a shattered, pitted depression, with cracks spreading along the wall.

In the several attacks that followed, its fists also became faster and faster, with formidable power no less than its previous attacks using the beast-bone long knives.

Through these several exchanges, Sylutia gradually understood the function of that [Killing Fist].

[Killing Fist] (Bloodline