Treasure Hunt Contest

[The Treasure Hunt Contest has officially begun.] [All members on the Baihe Continent will be teleported to the Labyrinth Secret Realm in ten minutes.] [Rule 1: The Labyrinth Secret Realm is divided into a total of one hundred floors. A large number of treasure chests exist on each floor. Finding three treasure chests will allow teleportation to the next floor.] [Rule 2: Every floor of this event has a countdown. Once someone enters, the countdown will start automatically. When time reaches zero, anyone still on that floor will be erased along with the labyrinth.] [Rule 3: Only those who successfully reach the final floor and possess three hundred treasure chest imprints can be teleported out of the secret realm.] After Fathe'aim tapped "Confirm," every Class user across the Baihe Continent immediately saw a translucent interface pop up before their eyes, displaying the event's notification and rules. Many Class users froze for a moment. Catching them distracted, nearby monsters seized the opportunity to strike fatal blows, sending them to their graves before they even had a chance to participate in the event. In Jiangli City, Yu Xian looked at the sudden pop-up and said in mild surprise, "Didn't they say the Zhen Realm rarely holds events, barely a handful in hundreds of years? One just ended not long ago, so why is there another one already?" "I think it's definitely because of me," Zhang Shou said narcissistically. "I really am the protagonist. Wherever I go, a storm of blood and slaughter follows. That's why the Zhen Realm, which barely had any events in centuries, suddenly has events cropping up left and right just because I arrived." Hearing that, Gong Qian couldn't help but roast him, "You're truly thick-skinned. You honestly think you're the protagonist? I think Yu Xian seems far more like one. At best, you're just an extra." "That's not true! If Salty Fish is the protagonist, then I'm at least a major supporting character. After all, skinny protagonists always need a fat best friend by their side, and I used to be pretty fat," Zhang Shou retorted. Yu Xian chuckled. "I have no desire to be any protagonist. Protagonists are just jinxes—disaster strikes wherever they go. I think my luck is pretty good; peaceful and uneventful wherever I wander." "All right, everyone, quickly prepare food and drinking water," Niman chimed in. "Once we're teleported into the Labyrinth Secret Realm, we might not end up together. Besides, how long the event will last remains unknown. Let's not starve to death before the event even has a chance to erase us." Hearing this, everyone hurriedly began stuffing food and water into their backpacks. Little Nora frantically conjured up food as well, ensuring that all members of the Sparkle Legion had plenty of provisions and drinking water. Ten minutes later, Class users across the entire Baihe Continent turned into flashes of white light and vanished. *** Labyrinth Secret Realm. Fathe'aim was teleported inside. After glancing around, he immediately began moving rapidly through the labyrinth. Originally, he had wanted to stage a battle royale, but he feared he wouldn't be able to defeat the stronger Class users, which would make him the first planner to die in an event he designed himself. So he made a slight adjustment, turning the battle royale into a grand treasure hunt. With his movement speed, finding three treasure chests was child's play. In fact, searching for chests was merely an afterthought; his real objective was finding Yu Xian and killing him. The event's rules contained no prohibition against killing. Class users were completely free to butcher one another and seize each other's chests. Of course, sometimes, separated by different floors, many would stay relatively calm and not go into a blood-crazed frenzy. As a top powerhouse, unless there was a direct conflict of interest, others wouldn't dare provoke Fathe'aim lightly. "Yu Xian, wash your neck and wait for death!" As Fathe'aim ran, he eventually began bounding rapidly off the labyrinth walls on either side. His figure gradually blurred into a gust of black wind. In the blink of an eye, he covered hundreds of thousands of meters, even stumbling upon a treasure chest along the way. *** A white light flashed, and Yu Xian materialized in the labyrinth. Opening his eyes, he first observed his surroundings. This labyrinth was completely different from Wan Ling'er's secret realm before. This labyrinth was unimaginably vast. First and foremost, the corridors were exceptionally wide and tall—a good four to five hundred meters across, and towering over a thousand meters high. Had it not been for the labyrinth walls on either side, it would have been hard to believe he was even standing inside a maze. "Safety first. Let's summon first!" Once Yu Xian verified the surroundings, he summoned ten Silver Mirror Ghost Kings. Next, he allowed the Silver Mirror Ghost Kings to duplicate him, shifting into his likeness. The next moment, mass mobilization began. With the Silver Mirror Ghost Kings churning out summons, Yu Xian walked up to the labyrinth wall and threw a forceful punch into it. The sheer pain made him suck in a breath of cold air, taking him a while to recover. He hurriedly took out a potion and swallowed a mouthful. The injury on his hand vanished rapidly. Whether that punch hurt the wall or not, he had no idea, but his bones had definitely fractured. It hurt like hell. Evidently, this labyrinth wall and Wan Ling'er's labyrinth walls were on completely different levels. Wan Ling'er's walls could still be destroyed by the Death Emperor's death energy, but against this wall, anyone would likely be helpless. Everyone had no choice but to follow the event rules obediently: search for treasure in this colossal labyrinth, or act as hunters, snatching treasure chests from other Class users. In just a few minutes, the Silver Mirror Ghost Kings produced several thousand summons. Yu Xian picked a horse as his mount and headed down the left path, while his summons split into two forces. After all, as soon as a chest was located, he could swap positions with a summon at any moment. Two hours flew by in a flash. Whether Yu Xian was just unlucky or simply spawned in the wrong spot, neither he nor his summons came across a single treasure chest. Keep in mind, the Silver Mirror Ghost Kings were still mass-producing troops, and the number of summons scouring for chests kept growing. The paths inside this labyrinth branched again and again, and the environment shifted unpredictably. Along some forks, the scenery transitioned from stone-carved corridors to passages draped in moss, and some forks were even worlds of ice and snow. The Silver Mirror Ghost Kings had to produce suitable summons before sending them to explore these specialized corridors; otherwise, marching into extreme environments would make every step an ordeal, or even cause them to perish as they walked. "Where are the treasure chests, oh where can they be? The treasure chests are hidden in this maze, you see..." Yu Xian bobbed his head to and fro atop his mount, singing off-key lyrics without the slightest trace of urgency. The countdown for this labyrinth floor had already started, but there was a full seven days on the clock. He refused to believe he couldn't find a single chest within seven days. Unfortunately, upon entering the labyrinth, he lost contact with the Sparkle Legion members, and all forms of communication had ceased functioning. He wondered how everyone else was faring. Hopefully they could all find chests so they wouldn't be erased. As Yu Xian thought about his companions, a sudden wave of heat surged down the corridor ahead. Scorched by the blast, his mount backed away involuntarily. In the next moment, red light beamed down the passage, and a colossal dragon head slowly emerged. Dragon eyes met Yu Xian's eyes. Yu Xian immediately flashed a smile and greeted, "Hey there, how's it going?" The next second, he vanished into thin air. The red dragon was remarkably fast as well, snapping open its maw to unleash a blast of flames. Yu Xian's mount, along with a nearby slime, instantly dissolved into white light and vanished. Lauked-Hades hadn't expected in the least that he would run into Yu Xian, so he had hesitated for a brief second—and as a result, Yu Xian slipped right through his fingers. "Yu Xian!!!" Lauked-Hades let out a low roar and rushed rapidly down the passage, the temperature spiking wherever he went. However, once he arrived at a four-way intersection, he was dumbfounded. Every single turn carried the scent of Yu Xian's summons. Which way was he supposed to go?