Listening to Gu Rin's words, Yin Guang glanced at her expressionlessly and did not respond.

Gu Rin didn't care either, and said with a smile: "Besides, your cousin and Pei Ze are now senior sisters and brothers, and the relationship between the two is good, even if you look at your cousin's face, you have to treat Pei Ze better." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yin Guang finally couldn't maintain his expression, and his cheeks twitched, revealing a constipated expression.

Gu Rin looked at it and laughed secretly.

The Gu family and the Yin family have always had a good relationship, so the young people of the two families are quite familiar, and they occasionally interact with each other on weekdays.

And as far as Gu Rin knew, since he was crushed by Pei Ze in the freshman trial, Yin Guang has been secretly treating Pei Ze as a strong rival, and he wants to surpass Pei Ze with all his strength, so he does not hesitate to enter the wizard tower of an elder of the family to retreat for a period of time.

As a result, when he came out of the wizard's tower, he learned that Pei Ze had killed the legendary knight.

Gu Rin still remembers that Yin Guang's expression at that time was particularly exciting.

However, she can also understand that after all, the object she has worked so hard to surpass has suddenly increased in strength by leaps and bounds, and the gap between herself and herself has not only not narrowed, but has become wider and wider.

This gap between ideals and reality will hit anyone hard.

What?

Ling asked her why she knew Yin Guang's expression at that time?

That's of course because she told Yin Guang the news herself!

In addition to this, Gu Rin also knew that Yin Guang had a good impression of his cousin Yin Xue.

Therefore, Yin Guang was naturally a little unhappy with Pei Ze, a man whose talent and strength were far superior to him, and who was very close to Yin Xue.

Just as Gu Rin was thinking about whether to tease Yin Guang a few more words, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of several people walking towards him.

After seeing the leader's face clearly, the girl secretly pursed her lips.

Yin Guang also noticed the visitor, and frowned unabashedly, showing an expression of disgust.

"Long time no see, Yin Guang, I heard that you went into retreat some time ago, what's the matter, have you gained anything?"

The leading young man came to Yin Guang and greeted him with a smile.

Yin Guang snorted coldly: "Whether there is any gain or not, it will be clear if you fight with me." ”

"Good advice." The young man narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Then make an appointment, let's go to the dueling arena for a discussion." ”

In just a few words, the smell of gunpowder between the two was so thick that others could clearly see it.

The surrounding wizard apprentices quietly distanced themselves from the two.

A younger wizard apprentice curiously asked the senior student next to him, "Who is that person, and why does it seem that he has a bad relationship with Yin Guang?" ”

"That's Meng Kai from the Phantom Academy, and his brother Meng Wei and Yin Xue from our academy are recognized competitors."

The young apprentice suddenly realized.

Meng Kai didn't pay attention to the surrounding discussions, and turned his head to say hello to Gu Rin.

"Long time no see, Gu Rin."

Gu Rin replied unexpectedly.

The Meng family is a bloodline family on the same level as the Pei family, and it is close to the Yin family, and the relationship with their Gu family is not much better.

Besides, Meng Kai was arrogant, so Gu Rin had always looked down on him.

Meng Kai didn't care about Gu Rin's ignorance, looked up at the light curtain in the sky, and said, "I heard that there is an apprentice named Pei Ze in your academy participating in the competition this year?" ”

Yin Guang snorted coldly: "Knowingly asked." ”

Meng Kai said with a smile: "I heard that Pei Ze is a first-year student like you, but he has killed legendary knights, so he should be very strong, and I suddenly look forward to his performance in this trial." ”

These words were obviously praising Pei Ze, but anyone could hear the strong mockery in Meng Kai's tone.

Apparently he did not believe in the veracity of the rumors.

Gu Rin's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said, "Listening to your tone, it seems that I don't believe that Pei Ze can get a place in the competition?" ”

Monkai smiled and didn't answer the question, just an undisguised look of sarcasm on his face.

Seeing this, Gu Rin smiled and said, "How about we make a bet, just bet on whether Pei Ze can get a place in the competition!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Meng Kai and Yin Guang were stunned.

Meng Kai frowned slightly, stared at Gu Rin's expression a few times, and wondered why she suddenly made a bet.

Yin Guang also frowned, and quietly gave Gu Rin a communication technique.

"What are you up to?"

"It's nothing, it's just a little extra money."

"You believe in Pei Ze like that?"

Yin Guang was very puzzled by Gu Rin's plan.

Even if Pei Ze has a record of killing legendary knights, so what?

Among the wizard apprentices who participated in the trial, those with the same or even greater strength could not be counted in the palm of two hands.

Not to mention the geniuses among the geniuses such as Sang Fan, Meng Wei and Su Shouhai.

Pei Ze's hope of getting a place in the competition is a little slim.

Where did Gu Rin get such confidence in Pei Ze?

Gu Rin didn't answer Yin Guang's question, looked at Meng Kai and said with a smile: "How about it, do you want to bet?" ”

Meng Kai glanced at her, and then at Yin Guang, as if he saw something from the latter's expression, and suddenly squinted in his heart: "What is the bet?" ”

Gu Rin crossed his waist with one hand, waved his other hand vigorously, and said arrogantly: "Five hundred magic stone coins!" ”

Hiss!

There was a sudden sound of inhalation all around.

The wizard apprentice who was eavesdropping on the conversation between the two took a breath.

Did they hear it right?

Five hundred magic stone coins?

That's enough to buy a first-order witch weapon of inferior quality!

For many wizarding apprentices, this is an astronomical amount of money!

Meng Kai's expression froze.

Although he is quite valued in the family, and he has a lot of resources allocated on weekdays, and there is also Meng Wei's elder brother who subsidizes him from time to time, it is not easy to take out five hundred magic stone coins at once.

This is almost equivalent to his entire net worth.

"Hey, you won't even be able to take out this money, will you?"

Gu Rin stretched his voice and said, the volume was also very high, attracting more people's attention.

Sensing the strange gaze of the people around him, Meng Kai couldn't help but curse secretly, the people of the Gu family are really vulgar nouveau riche!

With a cold snort, he simply agreed.

"Okay, I'll bet with you, it's just five hundred magic stone coins!"

He didn't believe it, a wizard apprentice who had just been promoted for less than three months could still overpower many veteran wizard apprentices who had accumulated for many years!

Seeing Meng Kai agree, a touch of cunning flashed in Gu Rin's eyes, and he immediately made a contract with Meng Kai.

With the constraints of the contract, you are not afraid of the other party's remorse.

Yin Guang saw the whole process in his eyes and shook his head secretly.

Although he didn't know where Gu Rin's confidence came from, he knew that Gu Rin was going to lose most of the time.

Pei Ze is certainly outstanding, but in this kind of elite trial, there are many people with outstanding strength, how can Pei Ze stand out?

If this trial is postponed for a few months and a half, and Pei Ze is given a little time to grow, maybe he can still get a place in the competition.

Now.

Yin Guang shook his head.

Forget it, anyway, Gu Rin has money in hand, and losing five hundred magic stone coins is not a matter of breaking his muscles and bones.

As the news of Gu Rin and Meng Kai's bet spread quickly, the crowd set off another storm, and many people were frightened by the astonishing bet of up to five hundred magic stone coins, and the buzzing and discussion were endless.

The name Pei Ze quickly attracted the attention of many people because of this.

Countless curious or scrutinizing eyes focused on the picture he was on.

As if through a thin film, after a slight blink, Pei Ze found himself in a spacious corridor.

The entire corridor is about 10 meters wide and nearly 8 meters high, and the walls, floors and ceilings on the left and right sides are all made of blue-gray rock.

Torches hang every five meters on the walls on both sides, and the dim light of the fire flickers incessantly, and even the halo reflected on the walls and the ground is also bright and dark, adding a bit of gloom to the corridor.

Pei Ze looked back, and the light gate when he came had disappeared, leaving only a thick wall.

After settling down, Pei Ze took out a long sword and held it in his palm, and then walked forward.

The rules of this trial are more concise than the previous freshman trials.

In particular, there is no rule prohibiting the killing of other participants.

Non-prohibition is permitted.

That is, killing is allowed in the trial.

However, considering that everyone is given a teleportation ring, and they can leave the maze at the moment of activation, which is equivalent to having a life-saving item, it is not easy to kill other participants.

That being said, the fact that killing people is allowed will undoubtedly raise the intensity of the trial by a notch.

Click! Click!

The sound of Pei Ze's footsteps echoed across the corridor, and there was no other sound.

Pei Ze didn't walk fast, he seemed to be taking a walk slowly.

He wasn't in a hurry.

The rules have long said that even if you get the iridescent gem in the center of the maze, you must hold it until the end of the trial.

So even if the camouflage gemstone is first to get it, don't worry, just grab it when the time comes.

The Dawn Council set this rule, apparently encouraging participants to fight each other.

At the end of the corridor is a corner to the right.

After passing around the corner, there is another long corridor, more than a kilometer long.

Four or five hundred meters away, more than a dozen thin figures wandered leisurely in the middle of the corridor.

With their white bones, tattered leather armor, rusty weapons, and soul flames swaying in their eye sockets, they are the most common skeleton soldiers among the undead creatures.

Pei Ze was not surprised, since it was a maze, it was normal to arrange monsters.

The Dawn Council doesn't just have a group of participants fight each other, it always adds something else to the challenge.

Soon, those skeleton soldiers spotted Pei Ze and immediately rushed towards him.

As cannon fodder among undead creatures, skeleton soldiers are not very strong in combat.

Any trainee knight can pick up four or five skeleton soldiers.

However, after the distance was shortened, Pei Ze found that the appearance of these skeleton soldiers was somewhat unusual.

Their exposed bones shimmered faintly with a jade-like sheen, as if strengthened.

After the real handover, Pei Ze also confirmed his guess.

These skeleton soldiers have indeed undergone some kind of reinforcement, and their combat effectiveness is no less than that of junior knights.

However, this bit of combat power is still not enough for Pei Ze.

His mind moved slightly, and the gray robe on his body instantly shrank, turning into a close-fitting hunting suit that was easy to move.

Then he didn't even cast a spell, he rushed forward with his sword, chopping vegetables and watermelons, chopping all the skeleton soldiers to pieces.

Stepping on the ground full of broken bones, Pei Ze continued to move forward.

At the end of the promenade, you will find a fork in the road, with two paths leading to different stone chambers.

The heavy stone door was closed, and there was no view behind the door.

Pei Ze's footsteps paused, and a deep groan appeared on his face.

If you want to say that the most troublesome part of the maze, in addition to the countless monsters, is the intricate roads and rooms.

Originally, places like the Labyrinth were most beneficial for wizards who specialized in prophecy.

The wizards of the Prophecy School are not good at attacking and defending, but they have a large number of detection and detection spells, which are the most suitable for walking the labyrinth.

However, the participants in the trial were all wizard apprentices, and they had basically never been exposed to the prophecy spells of the Eight Classics.

Among the spells they mastered, there were only a few that could be used in the labyrinth to detect and detect spells, such as secret doors, magic detection, and necromancy, which were really of little use.

So except for a few wizard apprentices with hole cards, most of them can only explore the maze honestly.

Fortunately, Pei Ze happens to be one of the few people who has hole cards.

With a slight movement of his mind, the black bracelet on his wrist instantly collapsed, and a misty crow flew out of it, divided into two waves and flew to the left and right paths, slamming into the stone gate like a cannonball.

When he landed, he heard two loud bangs almost at the same time, and the stone door burst open, and the fog crows rushed into it.

In a short time, the sound of fierce battle was heard from both rooms.

Through the contact with Fog Feather, Pei Ze quickly learned about the situation in the room.

There were more than twenty reinforced skeleton soldiers wandering around the room on the left, and there was no other exit except for the stone gate to enter, which was obviously a dead end.

In the room on the right, there are three bear goblins.

Bear goblins are a subspecies of the goblin family and belong to the category of goblin-like creatures.

They are burly and more than twice as tall as ordinary goblins, and have a ferocious temperament.

Adult bear goblins generally have the strength of the mid-to-high-level knights.

A small number of elite individuals can reach the level of a peak knight.

However, in front of the fog crow, whose average combat power surpassed that of the peak knight and almost reached the level of the great knight, the three bear goblins could not even support a single face, and they were torn to pieces.

The Raven then discovers a passage deep in the room.

The corners of Pei Ze's mouth raised slightly, and he walked towards the room on the right.

Passing through the stone door in the depths of the room, Pei Ze once again came to a long corridor.

The spacious promenade was empty and empty at first sight.

"I don't know how big this maze is."

Looking at the kilometer-long corridor, Pei Ze's eyes flashed slightly.

Considering that the trial time is only seventy-two hours, no matter how big the maze is, it should not be that big.

The key is to find the right way to get to the center of the maze quickly.

After settling down, Pei Ze continued to move forward.

Walking on the empty promenade, he felt a sense of loneliness alone in an empty place.

But that feeling was quickly shattered.

There was a piercing sound of breaking the air from the steep ground overhead.

Pei Ze didn't think about it, and immediately pounced forward, and the sound of the strong wind swept his back and smashed into the hard ground.

Suddenly, there was a click, the ground cracked, and the rubble splashed like bullets, hitting Pei Ze's gray robe with a crisp sound like hitting metal, and sparks splashed everywhere.

Pei Zefu got together, and slashed behind him with a backhand sword, faster than the lightning and stone fire.

The touch of slicing flesh through the blade of the sword was quickly heard.

A piercing scream rang out in an instant, piercing people's eardrums.

It was only then that Pei Ze had more time to look at the appearance of the sneak attacker.

It was an ugly humanoid creature at first glance, with a narrow head, a small, stocky gray speckled torso, and extremely slender limbs that looked like tentacles made of knotted cartilage, ending in barbed pads that opened like petals.

Throat Lock!

A name instantly popped into Pei Ze's mind.

(End of chapter)