Chapter: The Sixth Floor
Cheng Yu got up from the ground and looked around in confusion. This was still a labyrinth passage—torches lighting up the passage at intervals.
When he'd hit the ceiling of the labyrinth hall just now, Cheng Yu had thought he'd smash through the ceiling, but he'd ended up falling here inexplicably.
Though he didn't know which floor of the labyrinth this was, he was sure he was still in the labyrinth.
Let's find the exit first.
Cheng Yu walked forward along the labyrinth passage. The labyrinth was full of traps and monsters. He had to be careful and alert to the surrounding environment.
After walking a few hundred meters, a vague black shadow appeared in the passage ahead.
The black shadow was walking toward Cheng Yu. Its outline was about the same height as a person.
"What's that?"
He stopped. Cheng Yu had a hunch there might be danger approaching. A kitchen knife appeared in his hand.
The black shadow got closer and closer. A tiger with golden fur appeared in Cheng Yu's field of vision.
Cheng Yu recognized the species of this tiger—the Crimson-Gold Tiger.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger was considered a very ferocious species among tiger monsters on the Celsis Continent.
Roar~
The Crimson-Gold Tiger looked at Cheng Yu, eyes wide open, teeth bared, roaring fiercely.
Feeling the Crimson-Gold Tiger's strong killing intent, Cheng Yu's nerves tensed. A fly-swatting magic array condensed in his palm, ready to give this Crimson-Gold Tiger a massive strike first to test its strength.
If I can beat it, fight. If I can't beat it, run.
However, at that moment, Cheng Yu suddenly remembered something.
He'd planted catnip on the farm in front of the manor before. He'd collected some catnip and stored it in the system warehouse—ready to use when petting cats.
Tigers were also cats. Catnip should be useful for tigers, right?
Roar~ (Translation: Die! Human!)
The Crimson-Gold Tiger roared at Cheng Yu again, ready to attack.
Seeing this, Cheng Yu quickly took out three catnip stalks, rolled them into a ball, and threw them at the Crimson-Gold Tiger.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger thought it was some kind of attack. It jumped back and easily dodged the catnip ball. It looked at the catnip ball with disdain. This low-level attack method has no effect on me.
However, the next second, a strange smell emanated from the catnip ball.
Smelling the catnip scent, the Crimson-Gold Tiger's ferocious expression instantly turned to a daze. Its eyes went straight.
Roar~ (Translation: What is this? I can't control my excitement!)
The special smell of catnip stimulated the Crimson-Gold Tiger's nerves crazily. The Crimson-Gold Tiger could no longer resist the temptation. It happily approached the catnip ball, hugged it with a pair of huge tiger claws, first rubbed the catnip ball with its tiger head, then took a bite, shook its head, and got high.
"Hehe~ Catnip really works on tigers!"
Cheng Yu felt like he'd discovered a new world.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger rubbed, licked, bit, shook its head, jumped up and down—high on catnip.
Cheng Yu hadn't eaten since entering the labyrinth. He was a bit hungry.
While the Crimson-Gold Tiger was sniffing catnip, Cheng Yu took out the grill, charcoal, bird meat skewers, MSG, cumin, salt, sesame oil, and other items, and grilled some barbecue for himself.
Soon, the aroma of barbecue began spreading through the labyrinth passage.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger had had enough catnip. Just waking up, it smelled the wonderful barbecue aroma.
Catnip plus barbecue—which kitten could withstand this test?
"Fat Tiger, do you want a skewer?"
Cheng Yu shook the barbecue in his hand at the Crimson-Gold Tiger.
Roar~ (Translation: Even if I die, I'll never eat human food!)
The Crimson-Gold Tiger drooled and roared stubbornly.
Seeing the Crimson-Gold Tiger drooling, Cheng Yu smiled and threw a skewer of bird meat barbecue to it.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger's eyes followed the barbecue in the air.
Its brain: Don't take it. The labyrinth rule is to kill all humans who break in.
Its mouth and stomach: Catch it quickly! Catch it quickly! It won't taste good if it falls on the ground!
The desire for food overcame the Crimson-Gold Tiger's reason. It jumped lightly to catch the barbecue skewer thrown by Cheng Yu and happily ate it.
Awoo~ (Translation: It smells so good!)
The higher the tier of monster, the higher the level of intelligence.
This Crimson-Gold Tiger was a fourth-tier monster. It ran to Cheng Yu and squatted beside him obediently, looking at Cheng Yu hopefully—wanting more barbecue.
The best way to build friendship with wild animals is to feed them.
Cheng Yu smiled and touched the Crimson-Gold Tiger's ears, then gave it another fifty skewers of barbecue.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger happily ate the barbecue.
"Fat Tiger, which level of the labyrinth is this?" Cheng Yu asked.
Ao~
The Crimson-Gold Tiger cried out. Though it could understand Cheng Yu's meaning, it couldn't speak human language.
Cheng Yu asked in a different way. "Is this the first floor?"
The Crimson-Gold Tiger shook its head.
"The second floor?"
The Crimson-Gold Tiger shook its head.
"...The sixth floor?"
The Crimson-Gold Tiger nodded.
Cheng Yu now understood he must have triggered some mechanism and mistakenly entered the sixth floor of the labyrinth.
"Fat Tiger, do you know how to get to the seventh floor?" Cheng Yu touched the Crimson-Gold Tiger's head.
Aww~
The Crimson-Gold Tiger lay in front of Cheng Yu—meaning Cheng Yu should ride on its back. It would take Cheng Yu to the seventh floor.
There's no choice. I also want to follow the labyrinth rules, but Cheng Yu gives too much.
After Cheng Yu had eaten and drunk enough, he packed up his things and rode on the Crimson-Gold Tiger's back.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger took Cheng Yu to the depths of the sixth floor.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger was a wandering wild monster in the labyrinth dungeon—wandering around the sixth floor and attacking adventurers who broke in.
It knew where it was safe and where there were traps. It took Cheng Yu through various traps and easily came to a spacious hall.
There was a massive stone door over ten meters high on the hall wall.
"The way to the seventh floor is behind this stone door?" Cheng Yu asked the Crimson-Gold Tiger.
The Crimson-Gold Tiger nodded.
"Thank you, Fat Tiger. I'll give you three more catnip stalks."
The Crimson-Gold Tiger left happily with three catnip stalks in its mouth.
Now I can't turn back. Cheng Yu decided to go to the seventh floor of the labyrinth.
He came to the stone door over ten meters high and pushed it open. An empty underground space appeared before Cheng Yu.
In the center of the huge underground space lay a sixth-tier monster: the Three-Headed Hellhound.
It was the BOSS of the sixth floor. Defeat it, and you could go to the seventh floor of the labyrinth.
Sensing someone entering, the Three-Headed Hellhound stood up—seven or eight meters tall, with pointed dog ears erect, staring at Cheng Yu unkindly.
Three oversized dog heads—one spewing scorching flames, one spewing violent thunder, one spewing cold ice mist—could launch attacks with three elemental powers simultaneously.
At the same time, the Hellhound released the domain skill: Hell's Sigh. Black fog filled the air. Terrible pressure enveloped the entire space, making souls tremble uncontrollably.
Cheng Yu's current strength was equivalent to a fourth-tier warrior. He couldn't beat this sixth-tier Hellhound at all.
"Wait, Brother Dog! Don't hit me!"
Cheng Yu said to the Hellhound.
He'd just grilled some more barbecue—prepared to eat on the way. He took them all out to feed the Hellhound.
Dozens of barbecue skewers were thrown in front of the Hellhound. The Hellhound lowered its heads and sniffed. Very fragrant. It ate them together with the bamboo skewers.
Woof~ Woof~ Woof~
The Hellhound barked happily three times. It had never eaten such delicious food.
Staring at Cheng Yu in a daze, the hostility in its eyes subsided a little. It didn't launch an attack but didn't give way.
Cheng Yu quickly took out the barbecue grill and made a fire to grill barbecue.
One skewer after another of delicious barbecue was fed to the Hellhound.
The Hellhound's hostility gradually weakened.
After throwing hundreds of skewers of barbecue in a row, the Three-Headed Hellhound's hostility toward Cheng Yu completely disappeared. It took the initiative to remove the Hell's Sigh domain, stretched out its long dog tongues, and wagged its tail at Cheng Yu.
"Brother Dog, can I pass?" Cheng Yu asked.
Woof woof woof~
The Three-Headed Hellhound made way for Cheng Yu. Behind it was the road to the seventh floor.
After reaching the seventh floor of the labyrinth easily, Cheng Yu didn't know what to say.
It seems there's no law that stipulates you must rely on strong strength to fight through a labyrinth.