Chapter 465

Chapter 465: Knowledge

The existence of the underground maze was discovered from Jilly’s words.

Jilly once took on a quest as an adventurer to go to the Cold Sky Mountain Range, and during the quest, she met the Lord of Iceberg Mountains.

Although the Lord of Iceberg Mountains was a monster, he seemed to have a good feeling towards the human race. When he learned that Jilly was traveling the continent to seek revenge for her mother while taking on quests to strengthen herself, he told her about the entrance to the underground maze.

After hesitating for a moment, Jilly entered the underground maze, hoping to gain something inside.

As a result, she not only found the specific herb from her quest in the maze but also discovered some valuable magical ores and a Rainbow Fruit.

Although she wanted to pick more, once she entered the third level, the monsters’ level and numbers were beyond what she could handle, so she could only hurriedly leave with the fruit.

In fact, finding the unnamed Rainbow Fruit Tree in the vast, intricate maze was already a stroke of luck for her.

Later, Jilly learned from the Lord of Iceberg Mountains about the effects of the Rainbow Fruit, and after eating it, her talent jumped from Class B to Class A.

About the underground maze, although the Lord of Iceberg Mountains did not ask Jilly to keep it a secret, Jilly also did not casually tell others about it.

If it weren’t for the unexpected situation that happened while carrying out the task of “defeating a monster named ‘Noyeldo,’ a fire-type lizard that lives in groups at Sunset Mountains, and obtaining materials from it”—where she found herself in a fierce battle with a particularly powerful Class A Noyeldo and was saved by Lvzi, Army Lady, and Stealth One, who happened to be looking for her—she wouldn’t have easily shared this news with them.

Of course, her decision to tell Lvzi and the others was also influenced by their resemblance to Lin Yu, which she found quite appealing.

However, simply having the news about the underground maze was not enough.

Because the entrance to the maze was not fixed; it changed from time to time. It was almost impossible for the daughters heading to Cold Sky Mountain Range to find the hidden underground maze beneath the ice.

Aside from the master of the iceberg, the Lord of Iceberg Mountains, outsiders could not find the entrance to the maze.

Therefore, after forming an alliance with the Lord of Mountains from Sunset Mountains, who was the elder turtle representing the volcanic Lord of Mountains, along with Dragon Mother Flossie, the cat-eared girl from Lord of the Beast Mountain Range who loved to join in the fun, and two others who turned enemies into friends with Flossie—three Lords of the Forest and two Lords of the Mountains arrived at Cold Sky Mountain Range.

Following them were Red Pupil, Darkling Stalker, and other top warriors from the ant tribe.

Although the Lord of Iceberg Mountains, surrounded by all these important figures, still insisted on maintaining a neutral position, under their advice (and threats), he reluctantly revealed the entrance to the underground maze and promised to let the ant tribe use it for a long time.

The Rainbow Fruit Tree, which could enhance abilities, could only survive in the land of the underground labyrinth. Once it was removed from the maze, the fruit tree would uncontrollably start to wither…

To protect the Rainbow Fruit Tree, the ant tribe had to send ants to guard around the fruit tree for a long time.

The chosen ones were Red Pupil, who had the “Undead Crowd” skill that could minimize the chance of death for the ant tribe, and Yellow Hair, who had very high agility and could provide combat support to Red Pupil.

Additionally, although neutral, the Lord of Iceberg Mountains also agreed to offer help regarding the underground labyrinth.

After all, the monsters in the underground labyrinth were truly dangerous, especially in the tenth level of the maze, where there were many Class S monsters.

However, the monsters in the first to ninth levels should not be ignored; these higher-level monsters were just fewer than those in the tenth level, but they did exist.

Over three years, Red Pupil had faced tough battles, and once, it was only with the help of the Lord of Iceberg Mountains that she was saved from danger.

But the repeated battles had raised her rank from Class A at max level to Class S at level 30, and in a one-on-one fight, there were no monsters in the entire underground labyrinth that could match her.

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…

The time returned to now.

After Lin Yu threw the towel, which had wiped the saliva off her face, to the wolf-eared girl in front of her, she saw the mountain of meat that had been bitten in half by Red Pupil explode apart.

Countless pieces of flesh and blood nearly covered the entire sky.

Many pieces of flesh and blood were flying towards her.

“Orna.”

“Understood, Master.”

As Ice Dragon’s cold voice echoed, it opened its dragon mouth, unleashing a blazing breath that incinerated most of the approaching pieces of flesh and blood into ashes.

The small remaining fragments of flesh and blood fell upon Orna’s dragon body, writhing and coalescing… then restructured into humanoid monsters.

The closest humanoid monster to Lin Yu and Huang Mao crouched on the dragon’s back. One hand gripped Orna’s scales, while the other twisted into a sharp bone blade.

The monster tilted its grotesque head, composed of flesh and blood, devoid of eyes or nose. It opened its wide mouth, filled with sharp teeth and revolting sticky saliva, and screeched at the two girls before darting towards them, half running and half crawling.

When it reached Lin Yu, it thrust the bone blade forward.

“Smack!”

A furry paw swiftly seized the monster’s bone blade, moving nonchalantly, and then with a crisp sound, the hard bone blade, formed from the monster’s flesh, shattered into a pile of tiny bones.

The monster appeared to be taken aback by this unforeseen turn of events and was momentarily frozen.

Then, a rushing wind could be heard as the furry paw swept past.

“Smack!”

Once more, a crisp sound rang out, and the monster’s hideous head was brutally smashed into a cloud of blood mist.

“Don’t even think about hurting the master… Meow!”

The wolf-eared girl stood protectively in front of Lin Yu, having transformed her right hand into a huge, fluffy paw, still stained with the blood of the monster’s head that had been swatted away.

However, despite the head being knocked away, the humanoid monster in front of them did not fall.

Its neck began to writhe, and soon, a new head grew back.

“！！！」

The wolf-eared girl stared in disbelief at the humanoid monster that had sprouted a new head.

At that moment, on the dragon’s back, several more groups of flesh were wriggling, transforming into more humanoid monsters.

“I’m sorry, Master, my dragon breath couldn’t destroy all the flesh—”

Orna’s embarrassed Psychic Call resonated from below.

“Don’t blame yourself. This is not your fault, Orna.”

Lin Yu interrupted Orna’s next words.

“Huang Mao, these monsters cannot be defeated by slashing or striking.”

She patted the wolf-eared girl before her.

“Possess me, and then leave the rest to me.”

I may not have learned the advanced magic that Little Rainbow knows, but I can still easily cast spells like Fireball. It should be more than enough to turn these guys into ashes!

Stopping the actions of the Stealth Ant daughters hiding in her shadow, Lin Yu directed her gaze towards the dozen or so humanoid monsters before her, feeling a surge of excitement.

With just my current Class S high-level Attribute Panel, I should easily defeat them. If I add the boost from Huang Mao’s possession, the outcome is even more certain.