nagpurpolice Chapter 537, 72nd Floor: The Copy Maze!
Chapter 537, 72nd Floor: The Copy Maze!
Chapter 537 The Seventy-Two Floors: The Copy Maze!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Using the power of the earth, they carved out a path leading directly to the abyss. Roy and the others jumped down one by one, passed through the hole, and landed on the icy plains of the 65th floor, crashing down like meteors, causing the earth to shake violently.
It took less than ten minutes to get here from the first floor!
Its speed was so great that it amazed even experienced adventurers like Finn, Otto, and Leon.
"I see, so this is how the Astrea Familia explores." Finn seemed to understand why Roy could travel so quickly between the surface and the depths.
Everyone present was trustworthy. Roy had no intention of hiding the power of the earth, but he also didn't explain much, letting them guess.
He led his team to continue deeper into the territory.
Roy uses the Dragon King's Halberd to control the dragon monsters on floors 67 to 71, or he uses a spatial imperial artifact to directly teleport to the entrance of the floor.
The team successfully reached the 71st floor.
In less than an hour, they arrived at the designated location. Finn and the others had never experienced such a fast pace of conquest before, and the shock on their faces lingered for a long time.
Even with Finn and his group's strength, it would take at least seven or eight days to reach the seventy-first floor from the first floor to the seventy-first floor, after careful planning. If they encountered any unforeseen circumstances, it would normally take more than ten days.
"We're about to enter the seventy-second floor, so be alert!" Roy's calm gaze swept over the crowd.
"call!"
Finn and the others took a deep breath, quickly calmed themselves, and their eyes became resolute again. This was the underground city; there was no time for them to let their minds wander.
Seeing this, Roy called out, "Rivia!"
"good!"
Under the breathless gaze of everyone, Riveria raised the ancient, demonic staff high.
She closed her eyes tightly, and the vast, star-like spiritual power of the elven royal family began to surge, drawing in countless magical elements flowing through the space. Her staff radiated a deep, sacred emerald light from within.
The staff also trembled slightly, emitting a deep and pleasant hum, as if it were resonating with her bloodline.
"The First Holy Maiden, guide us on our path!"
With a sharp shout, she pointed her staff forward, and a beam of emerald light, as dazzling as the aurora borealis, shot out from the tip of the staff, tearing through the pervasive darkness and shooting straight into the deep, boundless depths of darkness.
Where the light passed, the murky darkness receded, revealing the outline of a twisted passage.
Beads of sweat appeared on Rivera's forehead; the mental energy she had expended was greater than she had anticipated. She pointed her staff forward and proclaimed loudly, "The path has opened!"
Roy closed his eyes and tried to sense the space, but was unable to lock onto it.
"Charge in!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Roy led the group, transforming into several swift shadows, chasing the emerald light and rushing towards the bottomless darkness at the end of the passage.
A solemn expression was written on everyone's face, and a sense of vigilance and determination burned deep in their eyes.
They knew that the end of the light was not the end.
Rather, it is an unknown underground realm that is not even recorded in the expedition records of Zeus and Hera's Familia. They are surpassing their predecessors and exploring the abyss!
call out!
Following the aurora path revealed by the Demon Saint's Staff, the group continued forward, forward, and forward again! It was as if they had no concept of time or space, not knowing how much time had passed or how far they had run.
A dazzling white light burst forth, stinging the eyes; Roy and Alphia also closed their eyes.
As the light faded, Finn slowly opened his eyes, finding only his Loki Familia companions—Riviera, Grace, Ais, and Bert—around him.
"Where are the others?"
"I don't know, he just disappeared."
"It seems they were separated by some force."
Finn, Riveria, and Grace were somber and suddenly separated from the others.
"This is the seventy-second floor!"
Loki's Familia members curiously surveyed their surroundings. Before them lay an endless stone labyrinth, its walls made of some kind of dark, iron-like rock, strangely smooth and cold to the touch.
Not knowing what kind of monster might appear, they gripped their weapons tightly and watched their surroundings warily.
"Keep going. As long as Roy and the others are on this floor, we'll definitely run into them," Finn said.
"Um!"
Riveria, Grace, and the others nodded in agreement; they couldn't just sit idly by and wait to die.
Led by Finn, the five members of Loki's Familia began exploring the seventy-two floors. One hour—two hours—three hours passed, and they couldn't help but feel an extreme chill and apprehension.
They did not encounter any monsters along the way.
This floor is so quiet!
There were no monster roars, no subtle sounds of mechanisms turning, and even the sound of breathing was absorbed by the stone wall, leaving only the pounding of one's own heartbeat echoing in one's ears. The deathly silence sent chills down one's spine.
Finn, Riveria, and Grace exchanged glances, sensing the tension between them, but they chose to continue their exploration; they couldn't stop.
A few minutes later, in the suffocating silence, a figure appeared at the corner of the passage ahead.
"Watch out!" Finn's pupils contracted sharply, and everyone behind him went into battle stance. The soft sound of weapons being drawn was particularly jarring in the silence.
The next second, the dim light from the wall illuminated the man's signature blond hair and aloof profile.
"Hedin?"
Upon recognizing the person's identity, the tense atmosphere paused slightly, and Finn secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Herdin, where are you? Have you seen Roy?" Rivera stepped forward to inquire.
However, Hedin simply stood there.
"etc!"
Finn suddenly blocked Riveria's path with his arm, his gaze fixed on Hedin in the distance.
Something is wrong!
Riveria, Grace, Ais, and Bert all noticed something amiss at the same time; if the visitor hadn't been Hedin, perhaps they wouldn't have noticed so quickly.
The elves' reverence for royalty was ingrained in their very being, even surpassing their respect for the gods. Even though Hedin had given his heart and soul to Freya, the goddess of beauty, he would still bow to her whenever he saw her.
"Rivia, use defensive magic!" Finn's eyes narrowed, and his sharp shout tore through the silence.
Riveria immediately began chanting a magic incantation.
At that moment, Hedin slowly raised his face.
"Eternal struggle, the Thunder Soldiers will never perish!"
Carlos Hilde!
As soon as he finished speaking, Hedin raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched. With a "sizzle" sound, a blinding silver lightning bolt exploded, and dozens or even hundreds of violent currents condensed into a terrifying forest of lightning spears.
"Go," Hedin uttered the last syllable.
Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
The next instant, countless silver lightning spears transformed into a silver rainstorm, shooting towards Finn and the others.
"Dimensional Severance!" Riveria's steady incantation rang out, slamming the "Great Elf" heavily to the ground!
hum!
A vibrant green hemispherical light shield instantly expanded from her center, firmly protecting everyone inside.
A series of intense explosions, as dense as drumbeats, resounded outside the light shield. Silver lightning spears slammed wildly against the barrier, blasting out countless blinding electric snakes and flames.
The barrier's surface rippled and surged, yet remained steadfast, keeping out all the thunder and rain.
Inside the light barrier, everyone stared solemnly at the raging lightning outside, and at the cold, indifferent figure of Hedin with dark eyes standing behind it.
Finn had already seen through everything, his voice low and iron-like: "That's not Hedin, kill him."
Ais and Bert charged forward, both at LV.7, forcing Hedin to react hastily and in a sorry state.
Bang!
Grace's imposing figure slammed into the ground and charged forward!
The ground cracked beneath his feet as he swung the enormous battle axe with one hand, its blade slicing through the dimly lit maze-like passage with an arc of death.
The axe blade slashed horizontally towards Hedin at the waist.
Hedin tried to dodge, but Ais and Bert cornered him, and it was too late!
After the battle with the Black Dragon, Hedin was LV.7, Grace was LV.8, and with Ais and Bert holding them back, it was essentially three against one, and the result was a foregone conclusion.
puff!
A dull, heavy tearing sound rang out.
The sharp axe blade pierced Hedin's side, sweeping past with overwhelming force!
A single blow to the waist! Hedin's movements froze, his upper body sliding down the smooth cut and crashing to the ground, but no blood oozed from the break.
Seeing this, the Loki Familia were absolutely certain that the person before them was not the real Hedin.
"Finn, what's going on?"
Riveria, Grace, and the other three looked at Finn. They had witnessed him using Hedin's magic, and his fighting style was exactly the same!
"So that's why there are no monsters on the floor. The monsters are us!" Finn realized the mystery of the 72nd floor—the adventurers who entered that floor were cloned.
The question is, how much of the original's power does the clone possess?
Finn licked his throbbing thumb, mentally preparing for the worst. If those two were cloned, it would be a huge problem!
Roy and Alphia!
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