HBWnovel Chapter 99 Underground Labyrinth Trial
Chapter 99 Underground Labyrinth Trial
Chapter 99 Underground Labyrinth Trial
Having experienced the [Skill Training Ground], Chen Hao returned to his personal office, took out the [Single-Person Professional Trial Card], and used it without much hesitation.
A flash of purple light appeared, and a purple vortex passage appeared in front of Chen Hao.
He exhaled a breath of stale air, and without hesitation, stepped inside.
The moment he entered, the purple vortex passage disappeared.
Chen Hao felt his vision go dark for a few seconds before it cleared up again.
"here?"
Chen Hao was stunned for a moment when he saw the scene in front of him.
"Why isn't this a grassland?"
Indeed, this trial is not on the grasslands like last time, but rather in some kind of underground labyrinth.
He stood on a ground paved with bluestone bricks, with walls made of large black rocks on both sides.
The ceiling above, about three meters above the ground, is made up of gray-black stone slabs.
On the black rock wall, there is a pair of torches every ten meters or so.
The flames continued to burn and flicker, illuminating an area of several meters in radius.
Chen Hao looked ahead and then looked behind.
About thirty meters behind, there was a thick, black wall, clearly a dead end.
About twenty meters ahead, two roads appeared, and Chen Hao needed to choose one to proceed.
Just then, a cold, mechanical voice rang in his mind.
[One-Star Mage Trial Begins]
[Trial Content: Use your magic to hunt down monsters in the underground labyrinth. You have one hour. The stronger the monster you hunt, the higher your score. Points can be exchanged for rewards.]
[Please note, trial participants, that you will not obtain cards by hunting the monsters here, and any injury or death during the trial will be a real injury or death.]
[Trial Begins]
[Countdown begins: 59:59]
"An underground maze?" Chen Hao repeated in a low voice, then suppressed his other emotions, exhaled a breath of stale air, and began to move forward cautiously.
He knew that in the underground labyrinth, besides monsters, there were also traps.
When they reached the fork in the road, Chen Hao thought for three seconds and then chose the left path.
Anyway, he didn't come here to clear the maze, but to kill as many monsters in the maze as possible, so theoretically, he can choose whichever way he wants.
The environment in the left passage was no different from the passage Chen Hao had been in before.
But after walking less than thirty meters, the blue bricks under Chen Hao's feet sank down.
Danger struck, and in the next instant, dozens of tiny arrow holes, each the size of a thumb, appeared densely packed on the black rock walls on both sides.
Chen Hao's pupils contracted, and he suddenly turned around, stomping his feet hard on the ground, leaving two shallow, cracked footprints.
Then he leaped forward, covering a distance of nearly twenty meters.
Then, without looking back, they returned to the original fork in the road.
Behind me, a series of clanging sounds came.
When Chen Hao turned around, he saw a scene of utter chaos.
Sharp arrows were everywhere—on the ground and on the walls.
Some arrowheads were even embedded tightly in the wall, demonstrating the immense force they had.
"I was almost riddled with bullets."
Chen Hao patted his chest in relief.
After standing there for a while, he gritted his teeth and chose the maze passage where he had just triggered the mechanism.
"I don't believe there are any more traps behind this."
"Who knows if there might be traps in the other passage as well?"
Chen Hao is gambling.
As Chen Hao passed by the pile of arrows, he was extremely careful.
Fortunately, there were no traps or mechanisms, and Chen Hao passed through smoothly, which made him subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.
Then he glanced at the arrows on the ground, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.
You cannot take anything from the trial back with you.
This was the information Chen Hao had gathered during the last trial.
When he returned, he grabbed a handful of grass from the grassland and put it in his pocket.
When I returned, the grass was gone, and even the little bit of soil at the base of the grass had disappeared.
Chen Hao wanted to move forward.
After walking about two hundred meters and making two turns, I didn't trigger any mechanisms, but I also didn't encounter any monsters.
But almost 10 minutes have already passed.
Chen Hao's face was somewhat somber.
About three minutes later, a squeaking sound suddenly came from ahead.
This startled Chen Hao, who quickly took two steps forward, but then seemed to remember something and slowed down, walking unhurriedly towards the source of the sound.
As he turned another corner, a group of large black rats appeared in front of him.
These rats were huge, bigger than cats, and about the size of dogs.
There were so many of them, so densely packed, that they formed a black carpet.
"Squeak!" Chen Hao's appearance clearly startled these large black rats.
The next moment, countless blood-red rat eyes stared intently at Chen Hao.
In those scarlet eyes, Chen Hao saw a bloodthirsty cruelty.
"Squeak!" Immediately afterwards, countless large black rats swarmed towards Chen Hao.
Chen Hao exhaled a breath of turbid air, waved the [Wolf Fang Staff] in his hand, and the next moment, a wind blade condensed and flew out.
It fell into the rat swarm, sliced open three large black rats in a row, and then dissipated into wisps of breeze, stirring the fur of the remaining large black rats.
Immediately afterwards, five more water arrows, along with a wind blade, fell into the rat swarm, instantly clearing out a large area of black rats.
However, after the giant black rat was killed, it turned into a streak of black light and disappeared.
The remaining large black rats quickly filled the gap.
"There are too many."
Chen Hao's expression turned serious. After casting a [Lightness Spell] on himself, he turned and ran back.
As he ran, he threw water arrows and wind blades behind him.
Water arrows are often fired in groups of three to five at a time, while wind blades are fired one after another.
Although the staff allows Chen Hao to cast spells instantly, it cannot fire multiple wind blades at the same time.
In this way, Chen Hao used the method of flying a kite to gradually erode the group of large black rats.
When Chen Hao's mana was reduced to less than one hundred points, he returned to the starting point.
Of course, of the many large black rats, fewer than ten remain.
Chen Hao put away his staff, drew his long sword from his waist, and charged toward the large black rat that had been chasing him for so long.
"Squeak squeak squeak," the big black rat seemed unaware of fear or terror. One of the rats bit Chen Hao's calf, but Chen Hao kicked it away, sending it crashing into the wall and turning it into a mushy mess before disappearing in a streak of black light.
More large black rats were chopped in half by Chen Hao, one after another.
Streaks of black light appeared and then disappeared.
By the time Chen Hao sheathed his knife, there wasn't a single large black rat left on the scene.
Chen Hao exhaled a hot breath, then leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
This chase, though only lasting a few minutes, consumed most of Chen Hao's magical power and energy.
Then, he glanced at his score.
45 points.
"good."
Chen Hao nodded in satisfaction.
It's a pity that the large black rats he killed with his knife didn't contribute any points.
But there was nothing he could do; his mana was already depleted by then. Even if he took a mana potion in time, it would still take some time to fully restore his mana.
It's better to just use force to solve it; after all, we'll encounter other monsters later.
After calming his somewhat rapid breathing, Chen Hao chose a clean spot on the ground, sat cross-legged, and began meditating to restore his magical power.
"As expected, it's the same grassland as the last trial."
As Chen Hao felt his magic power rapidly recovering, a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.
Just like on the grasslands, ten points of mana are restored every minute.
There are 43 minutes left until the end of the trial.