Chapter 274 – Split Up

The three waited silently. After some moments, Ling Wuxia, who was dressed like a maidservant but with pretty makeup, stood in front of them.

She looked at her hand sullenly. “Done. He should be down for an hour at least.”

Seeing Zhou Ruying’s grin, Ling Wuxia threw her a death glare. “You better be careful. If you get stuck inside, I’ll leave you to die.”

“I know, you too. You look so beautiful, don’t you?” Zhou Ruying laughed and jumped out of the hill playfully.

Before Ling Wuxia could rage at her, she was already far away.

Ling Wuxia stared at her like she was going to skin her. However, it wasn’t the right time for her to flare up, so she gritted her teeth and swallowed down the fire in her throat.

Lu Mingshu glanced over at her and grinned before walking away.

After leaving the garden, both of them sped through the administrative building.

The dungeon had a short period of time for changing s.h.i.+fts. The first s.h.i.+ft would go take their break while the other s.h.i.+ft would come and take over their duty. That was their chance.

When they arrived, it was just in time to see the guards going into the pantry.

The pair exchanged glances and slipped in, hiding behind the door.

Guards then came out of the pantry. The first group stayed inside while the next group came out to keep guard.

Lu Mingshu looked out, then nudged Zhou Ruying. Zhou Ruying understood her and jumped up lightly. Like a spider, she climbed up to the rooftop carefully, taking small steps.

Crack!

A noise rang out, attracting the guards’ attention.

Lu Mingshu seized this chance to sneak into the dungeon.

After a few minutes, Zhou Ruying came down from the rooftop to meet Lu Mingshu.

They were now currently standing in front of a stone pathway. Torches at the side lit up the pathway, which was empty.

Lu Mingshu took a glance at the watch and turned to Zhou Ruying. “I’m going to make it clear; right now, all we can do is act on last minute decisions since the map isn’t complete. I hope you can trust me completely and do as I say, even if it may sound ridiculous.”

Zhou Ruying nodded. “This is where they set up the formation? It’s not on the map you drew.”

“Yeah.”

“Then let’s go. Time’s precious.”

“Alright.”

Even though they didn’t have much time left, both of them were still walking forward slowly and cautiously, step by step.

The layout and the spell formation were arranged by a Solid Pellet Realm, so the power could be imagined. Of course, the person currently handling the array wasn’t a Solid Pellet Realm, which made things better, but only slightly.

After pa.s.sing through the tunnel, they encountered a fork in the road with two different routes.

“Where?” Zhou Ruying asked Lu Mingshu.

Lu Mingshu fumbled and took out a coin. She flipped it. “Left.”

Zhou Ruying said nothing and followed after her.

After a turn, they were met with another fork. There were three different pa.s.sages now.

“Hey, are we lost?” Zhou Ruying scratched her head.

“Duh!” Lu Mingshu laughed.

Zhou Ruying’s eyes widened in shock. She turned back to see that the route they came from had turned into three different pathways too.

“Then why are you still so calm?”

“Isn’t this what we expected?” Lu Mingshu sneered. “How the h.e.l.l are you even an a.s.sa.s.sin?”

“…” Zhou Ruying thought to herself,

This idiotic b.i.t.c.h, always taking a chance to mock and ridicule me!

After they took another pa.s.sage, they met with another fork, now leading to four different paths.

“Will we ever escape?” Zhou Ruying sighed. “It’s okay if I die, n.o.body would cry anyway. But what if you die? Your master would be so sad….”

Lu Mingshu continued walking, ignoring her.

“Hey!”

“What are you so afraid of?” Lu Mingshu looked back at her. “There’s only one Solid Pellet Realm here right now, and he’s not going to leave his refining stove. Even if we’re stopped, it would only be some Foundation Realms.”

Zhou Ruying looked at her in shock.

Right, what’s so scary about Foundation Realms? Even if ten come, it’s nothing to us! Inner Breath kids are tras.h.!.+

Five pa.s.sages.

Six pa.s.sages.

After they pa.s.sed the ninth pa.s.sage, the surroundings changed drastically.

They were now in a hall with many bronze statues that were as tall as a man standing right in front of them. They all held weapons. Some held pikes and some held huge swords.

“Nice, someone has noticed us,” Lu Mingshu whispered.

Zhou Ruying suddenly felt energetic and leapt up. “Let’s do it!”

Lu Mingshu laughed and jumped into the hall.

The bronze statues’ eyes blinked as if they were alive, and they took up their weapons and started charging toward them.

Fis.h.i.+ng out their swords, sword energy moved around the room like dragons.

…

Yan Fei and Ling Wuxia were currently walking down the pa.s.sage that Lu Mingshu and Zhou Ruying just walked through, but it was more normal, without any strange forks.

Su Ze had acquired information before they entered; “We heard that the array in the dungeon isn’t complete. In its incomplete state, it can only activate its trap once. So, after someone activates it, anyone who goes in afterward won’t activate it again. Do you get what I mean?”

It was nothing complicated. In short, Lu Mingshu and Zhou Ruying would go in first to activate the trap and attract attention. Then, Yan Fei and Ling Wuxia would follow behind to get the person out.

At that point in time, the people in charge would notice that someone had sneaked in and try their best to deal with Lu Mingshu and Zhou Ruying.

That was why Lu Mingshu and Zhou Ruying would need to drag things out as long as they could – to buy time for Yan Fei and Ling Wuxia to rescue the captive and then escape.

…

The statues collapsed one by one, but as that happened, more statues popped out of nowhere and dashed toward the pair.

“How long has it been!?” Zhou Ruying yelled to Lu Mingshu.

“It’s still early!” Lu Mingshu yelled back. “Not even half an hour has pa.s.sed.”

Zhou Ruying cursed out loud and jumped up, das.h.i.+ng toward another statue.

After they managed to take one down, they stood back to back, gasping for air.

“I regret this now.” Zhou Ruying was almost breathless. “I underestimated them! Why are there so many statues?”

Lu Mingshu laughed softly. “They might be weak, but their weapons and tools are way stronger than ours!”

Where could they find such an array in their world? Just a few non-living things and they were stuck here, unable to escape.

“Hey, will we really die here?” Zhou Ruying kicked away a bronze statue and turned to Lu Mingshu.

“Can you stop saying ominous things?” Lu Mingshu rolled her eyes.

“Hey, I’m anxious for you! It doesn’t really matter if I die or not, but-”

“Just be at ease,” Lu Mingshu cut her off. “At least right now, I can promise that, before anyone cares about you, you won’t die.”

Zhou Ruying sniffed. “How are you so sure?”

“Arrays aren’t never-ending. Do you think they have an infinite number of bronze statues?”

As soon as Lu Mingshu finished saying that, Zhou Ruying realized that no more bronze statues had emerged.

“Oh? No more? Are you a witch?”

“That’s why I say you should read more!” Lu Mingshu sneered.

“Do you think I can’t tell you’re saying I’m uneducated!?” Zhou Ruying flared up and beheaded all the bronze statues in front of her in one go.