Towards Eternity
Ch 561's. Maps & Breaking
The knife in Weng Lou's left hand was immediately lifted as soon as he entered the passageway.
Within a second after he entered the passageway, he was faced with an insect that looked like a dragonfly, but it has a larger body and there are sharp spines on its long tail which emit a very strong aroma of poison.
Weng Lou's face remained calm looking at the insect. In one move, his left hand that was holding the knife was swung, and cut cleanly off the insect's head. The green-colored liquid splashed out, as the insect's head and body fell to the ground. The liquid that fell on the ground instantly caused greenish smoke to appear and hollowed out the ground.
"Acid poison? And also the poison seemed to be much stronger than the one in the air," Weng Lou said as he continued to step up.
*tess! The spring!*
The blades were again swung, and Weng Lou began to finish off one by one the insects he passed by. The bodies of the insects he had killed were falling like leaves that directly perforated the ground where they landed.
But Weng Lou did not care about it at all, he just focused forward and continued to step forward while continuing to kill the remaining poisonous insects. When he arrived in the middle of the hallway, Weng Lou's footsteps had to come to a halt as he felt something strange at the flowers in the middle of the hallway.
Previously he was not aware of this, but these flowers continued to move like they were blown by the wind, when it was very clear there was no wind blowing at all at this time. It was then that Weng Lou only realized, the flowers were also part of the hurdle that had been prepared in the Labyrinth Examination.
*Fhuush.....*
Weng Lou's mouth almost opened at the sight of one of the flowers, darting and swallowing several insects at once and it was seen that they had not suffered the slightest damage after swallowing the insects.
"The real danger is not the poison and the insects, but the flowers that are here. Then.don't-don't..."
Slowly Weng Lou turned his head behind him and found the flowers he had passed suddenly moving to and fro and facing him.
"Oi oi oi!! Don't tell me even plants have their own thoughts!"
Just as Weng Lou was fixated on those moving flowers, something even more shocking happened. The bonsai plant that had yellow flowers earlier had now disappeared from its place and was at this moment just behind Weng Lou.
A powerful killing intent emanated from the plant, which felt like a dagger thrust directly into the heart of Weng Lou. Sweat shot out from Weng Lou's forehead, and without any cues, a giant mouth came out from behind the walls of the labyrinthine passageway planted by the moving flowers.
The mouth filled with sharp teeth was trying to swallow the figure of Weng Lou round and round. Weng Lou's eyes moved swiftly scanning the huge mouth. With her in the middle of that big mouth, she would be swallowed very easily without being able to put up the slightest resistance.
"Ck! Don't mess with me, you shitty plant!!"
*BUMMMM!!! KRACK!!!!*
Weng Lou hit hard on the ground and caused the ground to be destroyed, as well as the walls of the labyrinthine passage around it.
As soon as the walls of the labyrinth were destroyed, Weng Lou could see that the giant mouth and the flowers on the previous wall had turned out to be a single entity of giant plants, and the bonsai plant that is now in place of Weng Lou is the core.
"Giant carnivorous plant? You're trying to eat me, let me help you! Eat this!!!"
*BAMM!!!!* Weng Lou once again hit to the spot where he was standing. This time it was not the ground, but rather the inside of the big mouth that would swallow it.
*Blash!!*
That part of the plant shattered and made a miserable scream. Weng Lou frowned, and he began to continue his punch.
The scream continued to sound, until it then began to stop after a few seconds. The disappearance of the scream was not without cause, at this moment, all the giant plants that had previously tried to swallow Weng Lou, had now been broken apart and green colored liquid was seen all over the place.
The green liquid was emitting green smoke from the corrosion occurring in the surrounding environment. Weng Lou stood quietly looking at all that. At this time in both hands there is also the same green liquid, but the difference is that his hand is not injured at all by the liquid.
Weng Lou snorted softly and removed the disgusting liquid from his hands. "Although it sucks, at least I know that this liquid is not harmful to my body. "
Weng Lou stepped out his legs, and walked in one direction where something caught his eye. He stopped at one corner of the wall that had been destroyed due to his punch. His eyes stared at a transparent glass bottle covered in green dust and liquid.
Surprisingly, the glass bottle was not destroyed by the liquid, which means the bottle is something valuable. His hand quickly picked up the glass bottle, and cleaned the dust and liquid that was stuck outside. As soon as the green liquid was cleaned, Weng Lou could see the contents inside the glass bottle and next to his eyebrows raised.
*rack....*
With so much ease Weng Lou broke the glass bottle and grasped the contents of an old paper roll. The paper roll opened, though, and showing a rough picture of a square-shaped object whose inside there are a lot of winding lines and in the middle there is a picture of a smaller box where the previous lines connect to the small box.
On the inside of the labyrinth there are also some points of them scattered at some end of the line that does not lead to a smaller box.
A smile appeared on Weng Lou's face and he laughed evilly seeing that, "Hehehehehe. Labyrinth exam map huh? Although the labyrinth is constantly moving and changing shape, but these red dots are clearly not changing in location, I can get to these points and solve them. There's no need to go through those shitty hallways if you have this map."
The paper that was the map of the labyrinth was rolled back by Weng Lou, and stuffed her into his clothes. He blew the surrounding air, and the smoke from the green liquid blew away making Weng Lou able to breathe easily.
"Well, it's time I showed you a little bit of my strength. I'm gonna make a new road that's better than these ugly labyrinth passages!" exuberant Weng Lou.
*BUMM!! PRAKK!!! BAMM!!!*
Weng Lou's fist darted to destroy the walls of the labyrinth that had been exposed to the effects of corrosion. Other fists were thrown and he went through the walls of the labyrinth.
Another road, separated from the route owned by Weng Lou was visible but did not attract the attention of Weng Lou at all. He kept walking and smashed the wall on the other part of the road and kept at it.
This action of Weng Lou was successfully covered by the Patriarch and some Jade Bamboo Sect Elders so that they could not be seen by the examinees. They were all shocked by Weng Lou's actions which destroyed the labyrinth wall and took a shortcut. But not heading to the middle of the labyrinth, but rather heading to the 'Special Route' which has a hundred percent hurdle that will be avoided by other Test Participants.
"A-Ack...What does the boy think?!" Meigui almost exclaimed in annoyance at Weng Lou's actions, while the Elders nearby looked at him with a probing gaze.
"Elder Meigui, what is your new student doing?!" said an elder who was a creepy-faced old man.
Elder Meigui simply stayed in his place and chose not to answer any of the questions that the Elders around him began to ask.
He himself could not read the slightest thought of Weng Lou as long as he became his disciple. The only two things he knows about Weng Lou right now, is that he has incredible physical strength and likes to train his physique.
How Weng Lou planned, what he was going to do, he could not follow him in the slightest, as if Weng Lou was a blank paper that could not be read by him. Yet he believed in that disciple, and he would definitely be able to complete this Labyrinth Examination.
"This boy..he's really interesting!"
***
Midnight, at one end of the labyrinth.
"Air Blow!"
*PAM!!!*
A fist was released, and a Snake Demon crashed heavily into the labyrinth wall. It seemed that the culprit was a young girl who was none other than Nu Qianren.
He had gone through a long day to get to where he was right now. Throughout the day, he had to continue fighting against the ferocious beasts without being able to rest in the slightest. And at night, he must exert more strength to face the demons that come endless.
However, he had not shown the slightest look of fatigue. The strength and stamina of his entry was enough left for him to be able to last for another two or three days. But still, he needed time to rest his head, he needed calmness.
*Grss.....*
"Sat.....!!!" The Snake Demon who was the opponent of Qianren got back up but did not counterattack, but immediately fled by utilizing the darkness of the night in the labyrinth hallway.
Slowly the figure and air of his presence, as if it had never been there before.
Qianren did not try to chase after him at all. Snake Demon is different from other demons who usually have low intelligence, they are the natural evolution of snake beasts that are notoriously cunning and very smart. They would not counterattack once they realized that the opponent he was facing had strength far above him.
Sighing, Qianren took out a bag of water from behind his clothes and drank the water inside sufficiently before then putting it back in. He sat cross-legged on the dusty ground, then closed his eyes, and attempted to win over his head, taking advantage of the moment the Snake Demon had gone before to rest for a moment.
One long inhaled breath went into his lungs before he began to exhale it slowly. He could feel the slight muscles of his body relaxing and his mind becoming clear. Although the feeling only appeared for a few seconds, but it helped him a lot.
When he closed his eyes, suddenly an explosive sound, no, a loud impact and disturbing his concentration made Qianren open his eyes and stared at the source of the sound.
*bom!! Buck!!*
He furrowed both of his brows and gazed warily towards the labyrinth wall that was nearby. His body immediately put up the stance of the horses ready to fight, and Qi started to gather in both of his tightly clenched hands.
"Hufft. I will kill whoever made the noise" he said as he approached the wall of the labyrinth.
Slowly, the impacting sound he heard grew louder and vibrations began to be felt by him. Qianren's face became serious because of this. He involuntarily clenched his teeth and a feeling of alert enveloped him.
*BAM!!! BOOM!!!!*
"LAYO!! COME TO MEUU!!!!" Pumped up by the high adrenaline, Qianren exclaimed in high spirits.
*SNOB!!!*
Eventually, the walls of the labyrinth were shattered and a puff of dust flew everywhere, making Qianren's vision impaired. However, he could see the shadow of someone from behind the dust puff.
The shadow was like a human, but Qianren was sure that it must be an extremely powerful demon and almost had a perfect human form.
"DIE YOU UGLY DEMON!!!"
Without the slightest cue, Qianren lunged into a puff of dust, and threw both of his punches at the shadow. When both of his punches were about to hit his target, suddenly something unexpected happened.
*tap!!*
The two hands of the shadow figure caught both of his punches very easily, and even Qianren could not pull back both of his hands, either, it was as if the figure holding it was a ferocious monster that had extremely terrifying physical strength.
"Le! Pas! Kan's! Me! You monster!!" Qianren rebelled, and tried with all his might to pull his hands together, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull them at all.
As he was trying hard, a familiar sound of laughter in his ears rang out, and the shadowy figure within the dust puff showed his true figure.
"Hehehe.... Sister Qian, why are you so fierce with me? I didn't even try to attack you one bit, you know?" Weng's annoying face was visible and made Qianren's mouth open wide.
But a moment later, his face reddened as he realized that both hands were still held by Weng Lou. Angrily he spoke to Weng Lou, "Hurry up and let me go, or I'll call you the Perverted No Shame!"
Without being asked twice, Weng Lou instantly let go of both hands and immediately lowered his head, dodging a kick that led to his 'shelter' face'.
"You! How dare I not forget this!" Qianren looked annoyed that Weng Lou was dodging his kick, and he kicked Weng Lou's leg hard before leaving.
"Hey hey...who's the crazy guy who wants his face kicked?"
Despite still trying to tease Qianren further, yet he chose to chase after the girl immediately. In any case, he was the one who was wrong for simply breaking through to the route that belonged to Qianren.