The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 286 Accept the test

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen stood at the entrance of the mysterious inheritance land, looking at the unfathomable passage emitting ancient light, feeling both excited and nervous. They took a deep breath, their eyes met, and after giving each other a firm look, they stepped in side by side.

As soon as they entered, a strong pressure came over them, as if to crush their bodies. Yun Yao circulated the spiritual power in her body and stabilized her body slightly, while Chu Mochen also had a solemn expression, and the spiritual power around him was faintly surging, and he was obviously resisting with all his strength.

"This is just the entrance, but it is so dangerous. You can imagine the tests that will follow." Yun Yao said in a low voice.

Chu Mochen nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "But this is also a rare opportunity, we must go all out."

The two walked forward cautiously, and the surrounding scene gradually became clear. They were in a huge maze, and the walls were flashing with strange runes, and from time to time there was light flowing, as if telling an ancient secret.

"It seems that the first level is this maze. We have to find the exit." Yun Yao observed the surroundings with sharp eyes, trying to find clues from those runes.

Chu Mochen said nothing, but followed Yun Yao closely, holding his sword tightly in his hand, alert to the danger that might appear at any time. They walked along a passage, but not far away, they found three forks in the road ahead.

Yun Yao frowned and thought, and suddenly remembered that the system had mentioned the connection between runes and directions. She closed her eyes, concentrated her mind, and tried to search for useful information from her memory. After a moment, she opened her eyes and pointed to the passage on the right: "Go this way, I have a hunch that this should be the right one."

Chu Mochen followed Yun Yao in without hesitation. Along the way, they encountered several forks in the road. Yun Yao relied on the system's prompts and her own intelligence to make the right choices again and again. However, the dangers in the maze are not just getting lost.

As they were walking, the ground suddenly shook, and then a group of densely packed black beetles swarmed out from the cracks in the wall. These beetles emitted a strange glow all over their bodies, and had sharp mouthparts. They crawled quickly towards the two people.

"Be careful!" Chu Mochen shouted, swung his sword, and a sharp sword energy slashed out, knocking away the beetles in the front. Yun Yao did not dare to neglect it either, and quickly formed seals with both hands, casting a fire spell, and a blazing flame ignited in her palm, and she pounced on the insect swarm.

Although there were many beetles, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen cooperated well, one with close combat and the other with long-range control, and they managed to resist the swarm of insects for a while. But these beetles kept pouring out from the wall, and it seemed that they could not be killed.

"This is not a solution. We have to find an exit as soon as possible." Yun Yao shouted, anxiety revealed in her eyes.

Chu Mochen's eyes flashed, and he found that the insect swarm seemed to be deliberately avoiding certain areas, and the rune light in those areas was slightly dim. "Follow the places where the beetles avoid!" he said loudly.

The two followed this method, fighting and retreating, and finally found a stone door hidden in the corner under the siege of the insect swarm. Yun Yao stretched out her hand and pressed on the stone door, injecting spiritual power, and the stone door slowly opened. They quickly rushed in and isolated the insect swarm.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, before they could see the surrounding environment clearly, a biting coldness hit them. It was a land of ice and snow, the cold wind was howling, and the snowflakes were like knives cutting their faces.

"What the hell is this place?" Yun Yao couldn't help but shiver, and circulated the spiritual power in her body to try to dispel the cold.

Chu Mochen looked around and found that there were huge ice sculptures standing on the ice field. They were in various shapes, some roaring like beasts, and some like immortals pointing the way. "I'm afraid these ice sculptures are the key." He said, walking towards an ice sculpture to observe it carefully.

Yun Yao followed and approached an ice sculpture, which suddenly moved, waving its huge ice arms and smashing towards her. "Not good!" Yun Yao exclaimed and quickly dodged to the side.

In an instant, all the ice sculptures came alive and attacked the two. Chu Mochen and Yun Yao stood back to back and fought fiercely with these ice sculptures. Chu Mochen's swordsmanship was sharp, and each sword could leave deep sword marks on the ice sculptures, but the ice sculptures would recover in an instant. Yun Yao discovered that the actions of these ice sculptures seemed to be controlled by some rules, and their attack routes would leave shallow marks on the snow.

"Brother Chu, look at the traces on the ground. Their attack has a formation!" Yun Yao reminded loudly.

Chu Mochen heard this and immediately understood it. He flashed and rushed to the weak point of the formation. The sword in his hand burst into brilliant light and attacked with all his strength. Yun Yao also cooperated and cast spells to interfere with other ice sculptures.

With the joint efforts of the two, the ice sculpture array was finally broken. With the collapse of the last ice sculpture, a staircase leading downwards appeared on the ice field.

"There should be more tests below. Let's go." Chu Mochen took Yun Yao's hand and walked down the stairs.

At the end of the stairs was a hot lava cave, where the lava was surging and emitting suffocating heat. In the center of the cave, several huge rocks were suspended, and arcs of electricity flashed between the rocks, forming dangerous electric grids.

"Are we expected to go through this lava and electric fence?" Yun Yao widened her eyes and groaned in her heart.

"It seems that this is the only way. I will explore the way first." Chu Mochen said, and was about to rush forward.

Yun Yao grabbed him and said, "No, it's too dangerous. Let's find a solution together."

The two of them observed for a long time at the edge of the cave, and Yun Yao discovered that the flow of magma was not irregular. Every once in a while, a relatively gentle undercurrent would appear. Although the arcs of the power grid were dense, the flashing frequency was low at some nodes.

"When the magma undercurrent appears, we will rush along the undercurrent and use magic to avoid the power grid nodes." Yun Yao made a plan.

Chu Mochen nodded in approval, and the two of them stared at the magma intently. Finally, the opportunity came, and a gentle undercurrent surged. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen used their skills at the same time and rushed towards the rock in the center of the cave.

Yun Yao's spells kept changing, releasing wind spells one after another, creating a relatively safe passage for the two of them to avoid the boiling magma. Chu Mochen held a sword in his hand and deflected the occasional arc of electricity.

Just as they were about to reach the central rock, something strange happened. A giant salamander emerged from the lava, surrounded by flames, and with a sweep of its long tail, it created a sea of fire and pounced towards the two.

"Damn it!" Chu Mochen cursed softly and rushed towards the fire lizard. He used his strongest sword skills, and the spiritual power on the sword whistled, trying to attract the attention of the fire lizard.

Yun Yao took the opportunity to go around behind the fire lizard. She found a scale of a slightly different color on the back of the fire lizard. She thought to herself, could that be its weakness? She no longer hesitated, and gathered all her spiritual power to cast a powerful spell towards the scale.

The fire lizard felt the pain, roared, and turned around to attack Yun Yao. Seeing this, Chu Mochen quickly cut in from the side and formed a cooperation with Yun Yao again. The two of them attacked and defended, constantly consuming the fire lizard's strength.

After a hard fight, the fire lizard finally fell down and turned into a pile of ashes. At this time, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen were also exhausted. They were panting and looking at each other's embarrassed appearance, but they smiled at each other.

"There is one last hurdle. We can't give up." Yun Yao wiped the sweat from her face and said with a firm look in her eyes.

The two dragged their tired bodies and continued to move forward. A peaceful valley appeared in front of them, with flowers blooming and green grass, like a paradise. But they knew that there must be a greater crisis hidden under this tranquility.

Walking into the valley, Yun Yao suddenly felt dizzy, and an invisible force seemed to be pulling at her soul. "Is this... a mental attack?" She gritted her teeth and held on.

Chu Mochen also showed a look of pain. He endured the discomfort and protected Yun Yao behind him: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

At this moment, illusory figures appeared in the valley. These figures were the people they feared the most and felt the most guilty about. Yun Yao saw her friends who had been hurt in the modern world because of her mistakes, and tears instantly blurred her eyes.

"Yao'er, why did you leave me?" The imaginary friend stretched out his hand to her and said sadly.

Yun Yao felt a pain in her heart and moved forward unconsciously. Seeing this, Chu Mochen quickly pulled her back: "Yun Yao, this is an illusion, not real!"

Yun Yao woke up as if from a dream. She closed her eyes and tried to calm her inner turmoil, circulating her spiritual power to resist the mental attack. At the same time, the phantoms of the elders of the family also appeared on Chu Mochen's side, accusing him of abandoning the family business for his children's private affairs.

He clenched his fists and told himself over and over again that this was fake. The two supported each other, back to back, and used their firm belief to dispel the fear and distracting thoughts in their hearts.

As time went by, the power of the illusion gradually weakened and eventually dissipated. At the end of the valley, a door emitting golden light slowly opened. Behind the door was the core of the mysterious inheritance.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen dragged their exhausted but expectant bodies towards the door step by step. They knew that after going through untold hardships, they finally ushered in the moment of harvest. Along the way, countless difficulties and obstacles never made them give up. At this moment, the dawn of victory was in sight, and they were about to step into a new realm and welcome their legendary future.