Chapter 863 - Choices (1/2)

After entering this labyrinth that seemed simple and free of magic, Lin Yun knew that there was definitely a danger hidden within and that this place definitely contained a treacherous trap. Now, it looked like he was right.

There had been very few ruins left by Bill George, but even the least valuable ones also had some kinds of ordinary defenses that would lead to a deadly trap.

It was also because of this that at the peak of Noscent, many powerful mages thought of ways to excavate Bill George’s ruins. Most of these people ended up never leaving the ruins, and only a lucky few made it out alive.

These flaming rays before his eyes were genuine 6th Tier Spells, the strongest single-target offensive spells in the 6th Tier. They were all enchanted on the wall, and several dozen spells burst out all at once. The only dangerous section of that passage was those few meters. This extreme approach was in line with Bill George’s style.

The Mage Eyes wouldn’t notice anything amiss, and even an elemental being like the Rock Puppet triggered no reaction, but when a living creature entered the trap, it immediately tripped the mechanism. Falling into such a trap unguarded would surely lead to death. It wouldn’t be worthy of Bill George’s name if someone fell into the trap and survived.

There had been no differences in the walls, and even if one paid attention to the runes, one couldn’t carefully investigate the runes one by one.

After choosing eight entrances, even a cautious man wouldn’t be cautious to such an extreme, so there was very little chance of such a hidden trap being discovered there.

The only defensive methods available after suddenly being set upon by a few dozen Fire Bolts at such close range in such a narrow passage was a Runic Shield and a Mana Shield… Only these two spells could be released in time, but anyone under the 8th Rank of the Archmage realm without a defensive Magic Tool would definitely die!

Even Xiuban might not necessarily come out of that trap alive. These Fire Bolts contained a special power, and their burst power was close to that of the 7th Tier, but it also carried penetrative power. Even Lin Yun would have been flustered if he fell into that trap.

That sudden event startled everyone else.

Xiuban had a greenish complexion as he felt his own body while looking alarmed. He clearly felt that his body might not be able to resist the cutting power.

Wagner was as white as a sheet of paper, with drops of cold sweat dripping down his back.

‘Hell, how could it be like this? There hadn’t been any danger all along, and now there was suddenly such a dangerous trap here!

‘Is the owner of this place a nutjob? Reinforced Fire Bolts? Several dozen hitting a few-meter-wide area? Who can do such a thing?

‘The master of this place must have been a terrifying Heaven Rank powerhouse, and one that was highly skilled in spell enchantment…

‘Thankfully, Mafa Merlin was cautious… Otherwise, not only would they have died, I would have died along with them! My defensive Magic Tool has already been damaged, so if I fell into that trap, I’d be cut to pieces at the very least… No, I might have been turned to ashes.’

While the others had terrible expressions, Lin Yun’s remained the same. He even sighed in relief.

As long as the trap was discovered, the rest would be a lot easier. Since the enchantments were found out, cracking them would be very easy for Lin Yun.

He remotely controlled a crystal pen and started writing on the walls. Using the wall’s enchanted runes as a base, he quickly made some additions, and without affecting the reinforcement runes, he forcibly changed those reinforced Fire Bolts into something else.

After a short period of time, Lin Yun took back his crystal pen, and the Fire Bolts slowly stopped burning. After being extinguished, the wall’s runes rapidly turned into another kind of rune.

Exploding Runes!

In an instant, several dozen Exploding Runes shone. If these Exploding Runes were roused in such a narrow passage, their power would definitely exceed that of an 8th Tier Spell!

Even if Lin Yun’s group didn’t die, they would suffer. And Wagner, he would definitely die.

Wagner looked at those Exploding Runes in alarm. He instantly cast a Runic Shield, a Mana Shield, and an Elemental Shield on himself, before using Haste to run.

But after taking a few steps, he realized that Lin Yun’s group hadn’t moved.

‘Damn, are they courting death? A few dozen Exploding Runes would definitely collapse this place, it would be hard for anyone under the Heaven Rank to survive! Why aren’t they running?’

Wagner’s mind rapidly spun as his movements slightly slowed, and this time, he noticed that those bright runes were shining and that the pattern they formed looked like an array.

In an instant, those Exploding Runes turned into a source of mana that powered up an array, and the power of those runes was rapidly drained.

The array turned into rays of light stuck to the walls, rapidly spreading through the passage, giving a metallic luster to all the reinforced walls.

“This is… a reinforcement array?”