For the second time in their lives, Darcel and Aniela felt the awful dread of impending death assault their minds. Just one small slip up, and they'll become wolves meat in the next seconds!
On the outside, the duo struggled to move their arms even in their bloodline state.
But inside their bodies, their bloodstreams were frantically swirling, pumping out even more power.
Suddenly, Darcel's bloodline arm ferociously ignited up in deep shimmering Darkness. Simultaneously, Aniela's bloodline arm intensely sparked in a blinding bright white light.
In both their eyes, a chilling killing glint formed!
They obviously won't let some mere Nascent Core wolves kill them! Dying here wouldn't fit their status of being freakish talents.
And as determined thoughts filled Darcel and Aniela's minds, on their bloodline arms, their vague tattoo markings seemed to be moving to take on a vague shape.
Of course, Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao had no way of knowing this was occurring.
Only a meter apart before the wolves rushed up to them, Darcel and Aniela instantly swirled tremendous black fire Qi in their mouths.
Gushes of immense surges of Nascent Qi combined with an overwhelming powerful aura shifted the air. For a split second, the dark green wolves halted their charges.
Previously when the duo unleashed their bloodlines, these savage, mindless wolves weren't affected much by their magnetic presence.
But this sudden change?
Somehow….Darcel and Aniela abruptly spewed out this ethereal aura!
Legitimately, the aura they exuded even caused the mindless Labyrinth wolves death senses to frantically go off. However, no amount of pre-death insights can save their lives now.
In their surrounding area, the temperature raised to levels equivalent to being around a boiling volcano. Hao Cao was protected from the heat by a subtle white glow around her, but the dark green wolves weren't as lucky.
Before the wolves could even try moving their legs, two majestic, powerful voices boomed in the whole floor.
"Fiery Slice!!" Darcel and Aniela roared with unrestrained fury.
Opening their mouths wide, they both blasted out a massively thick line of black flames that scorched the dark, sickly green floor in its wake.
'Sssch!!'
The wolves couldn't react or dodge at all. In only a split second, the duo's powerful black flames tore through the wolves, utterly destroying them to pure black ashes!
Darcel and Aniela's Martial skill not only destroyed the wolves. It had also crushed Hao Cao's purple lightning barrier and torched the dark green wolves fur wrapped around them.
Feeling free control of their bodies, Aniela exuded a sigh of relief. "Fuuu….things really are getting interesting. Just a second late, and we would've had our blood splatter!" Though describing a frightening scenario, an excited smirk formed upon Aniela's face.
Hao Cao took one glance over to Darcel and Aniela. By just going off their steady yet eager faces, she knew they'll have to brave the intense risks of this floor.
Helplessly smiling to herself, Hao Cao just shook her head. A focus glint then entered her eyes as she decided since they're going to continue exploring. It's time to put forth her best effort!
Inside Hao Cao's charming black eyes, an intense glowing purple lightning spark spewed from her.
Calling forth immense power from her soul, Hao Cao quickly sensed a valuable treasure room holding a fierce opponent.
Nodding to herself, Hao Cao turned to Darcel and Aniela with a sweet but serious smile. As she began to open her mouth to speak, Darcel had, however, spoke up first, saying,
"No need to ask for our opinions, Cao. You practically got us away from that demented creature by finding that portal through the fire. Just say, and we'll follow." The smile Darcel gave was charming and genuine since he honestly gained a new level of respect for her.
"Mnh! We'll leave the directions all up to you now. Your sixth sense is even better than my intuition! And that's a huge honorable achievement in my books." Aniela also encouraged with her always pleasant and bright smile.
Hearing Darcel and Aniela honest, kind words admittedly caused a burst of warmth to bloom in Hao Cao's chest. Subconsciously, a beautiful smile etched on her face as she nodded to the duo.
"Fufufu~! Aren't these some sweet buttery words~? But if you're putting this much trust in me….then I suppose I'll show you my true talents~." Sweet soft giggles slid out of Hao Cao like a hypnotic melody.
Sparks of dazzling purple lightning spewed from her feet as she set her sights on that specific treasure room.
Without any more words, Hao Cao blasted off in the lead, with Darcel and Aniela easily following her lightning speeds.
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While Darcel's team was now beginning their long trek on this arduous Labyrinth Floor, other groups already traversed quite the distance here.
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Even peak level Nascent Core groups were making their way here.
One group, in particular, would cause a slight shock in Darcel and Aniela. It was only a pair of two middle-aged looking men, yet their appearances weren't anything to scoff at.
These men wore exotic looking wild brown robes signifying they were from the Wrathful Clan! Both of them were Elders of the clan, being at the seventh level of the Nascent Core realm.
They walked with absolute confidence among the dark green floor, feeling zero fear here.
Around their hands, blazing black fire precisely the same as Darcel and Aniela coated them.
Behind their wake were charred corpses of large dark green wolves, none of the monsters even having the chance to resist the Elders.
Their eyes were scanning every nook and cranny of the floor while their Spirit Senses were expanded for miles. The First Elder, who was slightly taller than his partner, began talking with slight hope in his tone,
"Seriously, who says this had to strictly be a youth event? Despite these beasts being only a level below, they're absolutely nothing compared to us! And when we get back….I can already taste the rewards!"
"Indeed, but you know speaking of those little brats that come here. Do you think we'll see the two sneaky rats that god only knows became famous in the city? I think….they were said to be in the Zakira Academy, right?" The second Elder question.
Recalling Darcel and Aniela and just how they escape under their noises while also savagely killing their clansmen caused a malicious smile to form on the first Elder face.
"Most likely they're here and who knows….maybe we can come back with two bi-" The first Elder couldn't even finish his sentence as,
'Swish!'
A fierce gale of chaotic winds blasted right next to them!
Immediately, both Elders spiked up and were ready for battle. Their minds were already severe as whatever just passed them, they couldn't sense it at all!
However, no matter how quickly prepared they got, neither could react to sudden red mist clouding their vision.
Seemingly, out of nowhere did this strange and eerie red mist appear.
But without missing a beat at all, both Elders promptly locked in place being in this chilling red mist.
Neither of the Elders could move at all. Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as long with the locking of their bodies, tremendous pain assaulted their senses!
"Ke-Ge-Ah-My-my blood-AHH!!" The first Elder shrieked with horrifying pain.
Whatever it was, something was directly drilling into their bloodstreams. The pain from it was unimaginable. It was comparable to getting slowly roasted alive.
"Shi-shit! My Qi!!" The second Elder also roared out in pain as he attempted to mobilize his Nascent Qi.
Only when doing so, the pain only further worsened, and he could barely mobilize even a small portal of his Qi.
The raging wisps of black flames on their hands died out, and the first Elder suddenly gained a risky idea. Throwing all caution into the wind, he forced past the excruciating pain and swirled a small portion of Nascent Qi in his mouth.
Madness filled the Elder's eyes as he struggled to barely lift his mouth. When his mouth had just slightly raised above for a few inches, a small hope ignited in the Elder eyes.
Yet just right then, neither of the Elders could sense a fast sailing, terrifying glowing red tongue coming straight at the first Elder.
'Chi!'
Blood splatter everywhere, spilling right into the mist as the spine chilling red tongue pierced right through the first Elder head!
The tongue had sailed right through the Elder's mouth, creating a horrific mangled scene.
"Gu-Geh….Gu…." The first Elder gurgled out blood as the light was fading from his eyes. Basks of putrid red fluids drilled into the Elder's head and body, swiftly destroying his body and granting him an excruciatingly painful death.
The first Elder mighty reinforced body of being at the peak level of Nascent Core meant absolutely nothing as it was shredded like swiss cheese by the tongue.
“Thi-thi….wha-wh-is-KEAAA!!” Shrieks like a dying pig spewed from the second Elder as the red tongue sprayed out its putrid red fluid on him.
In an absolute defenseless state, the Second Elder body burst with vivid red blood. No part of his skin was safe, and in a gruesome, bloody fashion, the Elder body broke down.
His body gained a chilling red hue as he quickly collapsed to his knees, experiencing unending pain before dying. And just right next to him did the first Elder corpse fell as the red tongue retracted from him.
With both Elders dead, the red mist finally cleared up.
And walking quickly from behind was the horrifying creature that polluted every floor it was on. The human-like creature tongue licked its disgusting lips, ready to claim two more prey.
Just by the hour was this creature growing more terrifying and freakish!
At the sixth level of Nascent Core, it could take on a whole group of sixth and seventh level Nascent Core cultivators without even getting touched.
Yet now?
Its horrifying tricks increased, even more so being at the seventh level of the Nascent Core realm! Its red mist is still growing to unprecedented levels, and its red fluids grew right alongside.
Nothing could be its match under the True Soul Core realm!
But before it could feast on its prey, several presences were quickly rushing its way.
Most of whatever was coming didn't cause any fear in the creature. Still, there was one singular presence that raised excitement in its eyes.
"Huooo!!"
Three peak level Nascent Core dark green wolves from a few meters away from the creature unleashed their mighty howls attacks at it.
The sheer force of three immense peak level Nascent Core attacks did nothing to worry the creature, however.
Sharply turning around, the creature's vivid red tongue swirled out of its mouth. Three putrid red drops of fluid had then blasted from its tongue and straight towards the three wolves howl attacks.
'Chi, Chi, Chi!'
Effortlessly, the putrid drops of red fluids tore through the howl attacks and drilled into the wolves heads at lightning-like speeds! The speed of fluids wasn't anything like the wolves could react to.
Immediately, the three wolves stopped dead in their tracks.
Their bodies went still like statues, and just then, the most immense presence that caused the creature excitement had arrived.
This wolf didn't even regard the wolves next to it as its mouth snapped open to unleash a mighty cry.
"HUOOO!!"
Among everything, this wolf easily topples over the other in height.
It easily reached over eight feet and had more fearsome feral features than the Nascent Core wolves. The major prominent part of this wolf was its terrifying aura.
An immense grand aura of the True Soul Core realm exuded from the giant wolf!
This wolf aura single-handedly caused the wind to stir in its direction. For any Nascent Core warriors, meeting this beast would ultimately spell doom them.
Yet the human-like creature didn't move a muscle. Its eyes matched the True Soul Core wolf's glaring green ones, both having the same wild savageness in their eyes.
But unknown to the True Soul Core wolf, the three puny Nascent Core wolves right next to it were kindling in a bright red hue….