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Advanced?
This damn thing is already at level three. If it wants to advance to level four, how many times do I have to revive it before I can kill it?
Can't wait any longer!
"Senior, run away first, I'll do it..."
"careful!"
Zhang Mu, who was one body length behind, heard the reminder and turned his gaze from the Thunder Wolf leader behind him.
Not far ahead is a cliff and there is no road.
Zhang Mu was a little dumbfounded. This was a forest, not a mountain, so how could there be a cliff?
"Woo——"
Seeing that there was no way out, the two subconsciously slowed down for a moment, and then Thunder Wolf accelerated again, flew into the sky, and smashed straight towards Avril.
She reacted quickly and raised three layers of ice shield in a row, but the ice shield that had been somewhat effective before was now smashed to pieces by the Thunder Wolf Leader.
The wolf claw, which was as big as a human body, swung sideways. Zhang Mu, who had no worries about death, decisively stood in front of her and received the wolf claw with his back.
A sharp pain rushed to his head and Zhang Mu took a breath of cold air. He felt that this was so cruel that he was afraid that even his intestines would be pulled out.
Enduring the pain and gradually blurring consciousness, he took advantage of the impact of the wolf's claws hitting his body to jump forward, rushed directly off the cliff and fell.
"Puff-"
There was no ground under the cliff, but a clear spring. They fell heavily into the spring, water splashed everywhere, and ripples spread out in all directions.
The Thunder Wolf leader jumped straight down from the cliff and circled around the spring a few times, but no body floated to the surface.
It jumped into the spring water, which was only as high as its knees, and scratched with its claws, but found nothing.
It tilted its head, very confused, opened its mouth and tried to release a few electric chains to bombard the water surface, but there was nothing but a little smoke and no one was seen.
With no intention of leaving, it jumped to the water's edge and lay down on the grass, its pair of fierce eyes, as big as footballs, staring at the water's surface as the ripples gradually calmed down.
……
It was pitch black all around.
After Zhang Mu fell into the spring, he found that the space around him seemed to be twisted, and his whole consciousness was affected, making him dizzy.
It felt like I had completely lost my sense of direction after turning around dozens of times, and even felt like vomiting.
He found it very strange.
I had been here once before to fish out the spring water that is a specialty of Kas Town. Why didn’t the same strange phenomenon happen last time?
Consciousness slowly returned and stabilized.
Then he finally remembered, where is the senior sister?
"Senior? Senior? Are you there?"
He cried softly, while flailing his hands around to explore his surroundings.
Soon, he caught something.
What the hell?
I don't understand what it is.
"Junior, I'm fine."
"Great!"
"Can you let go now? It hurts a little."
"what?"
"Ohhh, sorry sorry, it's too dark, I can't see anything."
Zhang Mu retracted his five fingers, which were increasing in force, as if he had been electrocuted, and took a few steps back.
Avril could be heard panting a few times, followed by the rustling of fabrics rubbing against each other: "How is your injury, junior brother?"
"I'm fine. The Thunder Wolf's claw just missed." Zhang Mu had actually been resurrected once before while falling off the cliff. It was difficult to explain, so he just said it casually.
After a few seconds, a light suddenly appeared. Zhang Mu subconsciously covered his eyes and took a moment to adjust his eyes to the sudden light before he put his hand down.
Avril sat sideways with her legs curled up, holding a crystal ball that shone dazzlingly in her palm.
With the help of the light, the two looked around and found themselves in a room with bluestone slabs on all six sides. It was not big, only about 20 square meters.
After taking out five crystal balls and rolling them to the four corners, illuminating the room like daylight, Avril finally had some free time. She stood up and trotted behind Zhang Mu, lifting up her clothes.
Seeing that there was no trace of injury on the skin, he touched it again with his cold palm to confirm, breathed a sigh of relief, and began to tidy up his messy robe.
It took about a few minutes to smooth it out. The rest of the place was fine, but most of the time was spent on smoothing out the palm-shaped folds on the towering fabric on the right side.
The size fits Zhang Mu's right hand perfectly, which is normal since he was the one who made it after all.
He felt a little embarrassed, and rubbed the back of his head and looked around. Soon he saw a stone platform built against the wall, on which was a wooden treasure chest.
"Senior, look."
Zhang Mu waved to attract Avril's attention, and they walked to the treasure chest together and looked at it.
"Is this... the treasure that the teacher is looking for?" Avril looked puzzled. "But I remember the teacher said that he searched every inch of land near Cass Town.
Such a conspicuous spring is impossible to ignore."
"I think..." Zhang Mu took out the irregular crystal gem that Leah gave him from his trouser pocket. It was emitting subtle magical fluctuations. "This crystal is the key."
"but."
Zhang Mu frowned and was very confused.
This kind of crystal gem can only be fished out of spring water. No matter whether Leia obtained it from someone else or fished it out herself, its essence is still in the spring water.
Why didn’t the person who fished for this crystal gem enter the treasure trove?
"Lia's lucky gem... Let's talk about it after we get out." Zhang Mu put away the gem, waved his hand to signal Avril to step back, and walked forward to open the lid of the box.
There was no shining golden light, nor any magic traps. In the box were stacks of basic magic books. In the corner of the box, there were three bottles of vaguely transparent red liquid potions.
"It's safe, come here, Senior."
They carried out a stack of magic books, closed the box, and checked it by propping up the arched lid.
There are six magic books in total, the first five are - Shadow Magic, Transfiguration Magic, Magic Shield, Ice Blast, and Wind Prison Magic.
Seeing this, Zhang Mu was disappointed, thinking that this was an F-level treasure chest.
But when their eyes fell on the last book, the F-level suddenly upgraded to S-level.
"True Word?!"
They screamed at the same time, looked up at each other, and then their gazes fell back down.
"Why does the church's secret technique appear here?" Zhang Mu exclaimed.
In the tens of thousands of years of known history of the Sol continent, the Word of Truth has never been discovered in any labyrinth.
The church is even more strict in guarding against it. Apart from the one-on-one oral instruction by successive popes, other believers have no chance of even getting a glimpse of it, let alone having the opportunity to learn it.
The mantras used by the bishops are disposable items that are bestowed on statues or magic props.
"This treasure chest is so awesome!" Zhang Mu shouted, slapping his thigh.
Chapter 46: Word of Truth - God Says, Advanced
After they were shocked, Avril opened the cover of the book of Truth Word, read the first page from top to bottom, and disappointment appeared on her face.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Mu saw her expression and asked curiously.
"One of the prerequisites for learning the Word of Truth." She turned the magic book around and faced the first page to Zhang Mu, "Offer your faith to the gods."
It was a very vague statement, Zhang Mu pondered and asked: "Senior sister, do you think I can't believe in God?
Besides... the teacher said that there have never been gods or miracles descending on the Sol Continent. Are there really gods?"
"It's exactly as the teacher said. As for whether there is a god or not, no one knows." Avril continued to flip through the magic book, "And you believe in God...
I think you should be able to do it, but I don’t want you to do that.
Once you believe in God, I don’t know what will happen, but it will definitely be terrifying and despairing.”
She closed the book: "So, give it up."
After looking at her, Zhang Mu stretched out his hand: "Let me see."
Avril didn't refuse this request, thinking that he was not giving up, so she handed him the book.
The moment your hand touches the book.
[Skill detected, do you want to learn? ]
"Heh." Zhang Mu laughed. I don't know if there are gods in Sol Continent, but even if there are...
"That's all."
Yes.
"What?" Avril didn't understand.
"It's okay." He suddenly pulled his hand back, "Since Senior Sister said so, I'll leave this book of truth to you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she laughed happily: "So, I believe you can resist the temptation of any desire."
Without further ado, she raised her hand, and the cold air that came out froze the magic book into an ice sculpture, which she smashed onto the stone floor.
"Snapped--"
Small pieces of ice and slag were scattered everywhere, and in the larger pieces one could see small pages with bits of magical words written on them.
As the ice on the ground melted, the paper became more fragmented and no words could be seen anymore.
The mantra that could shake up all the magicians on the continent was destroyed by them.
After dealing with the magic book, they looked at the three identical bottles of potions.
Avril picked up a bottle and uncorked it. A strange fragrance filled the air. She asked in surprise, "A gift from God?"