Chapter: The Shadow Wolf's Deal
After Mina's communication, the sixth-tier Shadow Wolf didn't attack Cheng Yu and his group. Both sides kept a safe distance of a hundred meters.
Cheng Yu touched Mina's waist with his arm and whispered, "Mina, what did it say?"
"It said the golden treasure chest is useless to it, so it can be given to us. However, the rules in the labyrinth stipulate it must guard the treasure chest and can't give it to us directly."
"What should we do then?"
"You'll attack it later, and it will pretend it can't beat you."
"Really? Let me try."
Cheng Yu walked toward the sixth-tier Shadow Wolf.
Seeing Cheng Yu approaching, the sixth-tier Shadow Wolf bared its teeth. Its eyes were murderous. It pretended to be very ferocious, emitting powerful magic power that was almost materialized.
Though he knew the other party would let him win, Cheng Yu was still a bit panicked facing such powerful magic. After all, it was a sixth-tier monster.
Awoo~ (Translation: Die, human!)
The sixth-tier Shadow Wolf roared to the sky and rushed toward Cheng Yu.
Under normal circumstances, Shadow Wolves could transform into shadows—without physical bodies—and run extremely fast. But this Shadow Wolf wasn't running very fast.
Seeing the Shadow Wolf's movements, Cheng Yu gently threw a right hook and hit the Shadow Wolf's body.
Awoo~ (Translation: Ah~ Such a powerful human! I'm hurt!)
The sixth-tier Shadow Wolf slipped and fell to the ground, curling up slightly, holding its head with its claws, screaming continuously.
Awoo~ (Translation: It hurts so much. I'm going to die.)
Awoo~ (Translation: This human is so scary.)
Awoo~ (Translation: My internal organs are about to break.)
Looking at the exaggerated acting skills of the sixth-tier Shadow Wolf, Cheng Yu wanted to kick it a few more times, but forget it—grabbing the treasure was more important.
He quickly rushed to the golden treasure chest on the pillar, took it down, and quickly evacuated.
Returning to the previous main passage, he opened the golden treasure chest. Inside was a purple metal bracelet—surface covered with thunder patterns, quite beautiful.
"What's this?"
Cheng Yu picked up the purple metal bracelet and looked at it but couldn't figure it out.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the advanced magic item: Thunder Bracelet. Wearing the Thunder Bracelet can release powerful thunder power]
The system notification sounded.
So it's an advanced magic item. Cheng Yu was slightly surprised.
"Mina, here you go."
Cheng Yu gave the Thunder Bracelet to Mina.
If Mina hadn't communicated with the Shadow Wolf, it would've been impossible to get this advanced magic item.
"What a beautiful bracelet! Are you really giving it to me?"
Mina was surprised. Cheng Yu was the master. The slave should give the treasure to the master.
"Yeah."
Cheng Yu nodded.
Mina put the Thunder Bracelet on her right wrist. The moment she put it on, the bracelet seemed to become part of her body—could be controlled at will.
With a thought, purple lightning arcs jumped on Mina's fair jade hand.
Mina showed a happy expression. "This bracelet can also discharge electricity? Next time I go to the river to catch fish, I'll definitely catch a lot!"
Valk was depressed. "Let's go and continue finding a way to the sixth floor."
The fifth floor labyrinth was very large. The group explored for a long time but didn't find a way to the sixth floor.
During this time, Valk and his group also got some treasures, but none as valuable as Mina's golden legend.
Cheng Yu didn't care whether they reached the sixth floor or not. He'd entered the labyrinth not to explore but to hunt the high-quality food: Ice Demon Bear Paw.
After walking for half a day, the group was tired and came to an empty hall to rest.
Bored, Cheng Yu chatted with Valk. "Mr. Valk, is there a treasure at the bottom of this labyrinth?"
Valk thought for a while. "According to records in the scripture fragments, the God of Order treasured a divine artifact at the bottom of the labyrinth, but I don't know what it is."
"Divine artifact? I hope you can find it soon."
Cheng Yu just wanted to leave the labyrinth as soon as possible. He still had to go back to sell barbecue and complete the system task.
"Thank you," Valk thanked politely. "Explore a while longer. If we can't find a way to the sixth floor today, we'll come back tomorrow."
"Okay."
The group rested for ten minutes and continued exploring the labyrinth.
After passing through a labyrinth passage, they came to a spacious hall. Two large stone statues of demons with wings squatted on the hall walls.
As soon as everyone entered the hall, the two large demon stone statues on the wall had eyes that glowed red. Stone chips on their surfaces fell off.
Valk's weathered face darkened. "Oh no. Gargoyles!"
"Are they strong?" Cheng Yu asked.
"High defense. Difficult to deal with."
Two large stone gargoyles flapped their wings and swooped down toward Cheng Yu and his group.
Valk and his group pulled out magic staffs and used magic to attack the gargoyles.
Cheng Yu condensed fly-swatting magic in his palm and slapped one of the gargoyles' heads.
Boom!
The massive force slapped the gargoyle away and crashed it into the opposite stone wall.
The gargoyle had high defense. After being slapped by Cheng Yu, it didn't die, but several fine cracks appeared on its head.
Valk and his team were attacked by another gargoyle.
The gargoyle relied on its high defense and rushed to Valk's team, attacking with claws and wings despite magic attacks from over a dozen mages.
Among Valk's team, there was a mage who focused on defensive magic. Two mages released defensive magic simultaneously.
A translucent circular energy shield appeared to block the gargoyle's attack.
The gargoyle attacked the energy shield frantically. Cracks appeared on the shield.
While the gargoyle hadn't yet broken through the shield, Valk stood in the middle, chanting magic incantations. A large magic array appeared on the ground.
Though fully chanted magic was powerful, it took a long time to cast and was easy to interrupt, so it needed teammates' cooperation.
After over ten seconds, the shield was shaky—about to break.
Order Deconstruction Magic!
Valk's magic activated. White divine light shot from the magic staff, hitting most of the gargoyle's body.
The part of the gargoyle's body hit by the white divine light instantly disintegrated into powder. It could no longer move.
On the other side, Cheng Yu had punched a gargoyle away. He estimated the gargoyle was weaker than him.
Based on the principle "if you can't beat it, run away; if you can beat it, strike hard," Cheng Yu took the initiative to attack and rushed toward the gargoyle.
"Take my punch!"
Rushing to the gargoyle at extremely fast speed, Cheng Yu clenched his fist and punched the gargoyle's chest.
The powerful force cracked the gargoyle's chest. The whole hall shook violently.
The gargoyle was furious. It kicked Cheng Yu with all its strength, sending him flying toward the ceiling of the hall.
Everyone saw Cheng Yu's body shoot backward like a cannonball, flying diagonally toward the hall ceiling.
However, at the moment Cheng Yu touched the ceiling, there was no deafening collision sound. He went directly into the ceiling.
"Cheng Yu!"
Mina and Ivennie shouted simultaneously.
"Wait! There's something strange about this hall's ceiling. It may be a way to the sixth floor!"
Valk was ecstatic and rushed to the hall ceiling, wanting to enter like Cheng Yu.
But he hit with a thud and fell from the ceiling.
The gargoyle wasn't dead yet and attacked Valk and the others again.
Valk had killed a gargoyle before. He wasn't afraid of this one.
Just like killing the first gargoyle, he easily killed the second.
"Why can't I enter the ceiling?" Valk looked at the ceiling with a puzzled expression.
Everyone searched the hall.
Finally, in an inconspicuous corner, they found a sentence: "The way to enter the sixth floor of the labyrinth: use the gargoyle's attack to shoot yourself to the ceiling. The gargoyle refreshes every seven days."
Seeing this sentence, Valk's people were dumbfounded. The two gargoyles had been killed.
That meant it would take seven days before it was possible to enter the sixth floor.
"Mr. Valk, is there any danger on the sixth floor?" Ivennie asked Valk, worried about Cheng Yu's safety.
"The lower you go, the stronger the monsters. There's a sixth-tier monster Shadow Wolf on the fifth floor. There may be a seventh-tier monster on the sixth floor."
Hearing this, Mina and Ivennie frowned—more worried about Cheng Yu.