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Chapter 1239. The Book at Night (27)

Suddenly, time inside the elevator seemed to slow down.

Xiao Qin's hair, which was floating in the air, stopped moving, and Bai Yueming's hand, which was about to wipe his sweat, froze in mid-air.

公屏上的数字从“2分58秒”变成了“2分59秒”，又跳回“2分58秒”，反复闪烁。

"Time... has slowed down?" Huang Jingjing's voice also seemed to become sluggish.

She saw silver patterns appear on the surface of the "Key of Time" in her hand, and the patterns flowed three times slower than usual.

"Did the key slow down time?"

As Lin Xi spoke, she blinked hard, trying to escape the slow-motion state.

The compass suddenly emitted a strong blue light, momentarily disrupting the slow-motion effect inside the elevator.

The elevator jolted and stopped on a middle floor.

This wasn't a door; only the surrounding stone walls were shrouded in a deep purple mist, through which countless red eyes could be vaguely seen, staring intently at the people inside the elevator.

Bai Yueming reached out, and a flame lit up, bringing a little light into the elevator.

—Holy crap, using a fire in an elevator? Vegetables, are you crazy?

—Something's wrong with the vegetables in this episode. First, they forgot they had the ability to use fire, and now they're using fire carelessly.

—I guess he broke up with his girlfriend, and his bad mood is making him think too hard.

—It's alright, this little fire is nothing, not even as big as Ouyang's lighter flame.

Suddenly, the flame was pulled towards the stone wall by a suction force, and the flame reflected a crack in the mist, through which countless broken objects floated.

Everyone looked into the crack.

There were book pages, bookmarks, a flashlight that had been corroded by the black mist, and a fragment with an inky sheen.

"Is it a fragment of a key?" Chang Xiaohe asked, reaching out to grab it, but Lin Xi stopped him.

"Don't touch it!" Lin Xi said. "What if it's dangerous!"

“We have to find a way to get the key out without being noticed,” Guo Yuelang said.

"I'll do it!" Lin Xi said, closing her eyes.

In just a short while, countless dandelion seeds rose up around Lin Xi.

Some of them drifted into the crack.

Everyone stared nervously at the crack.

Meanwhile, the viewers in Lin Xi's live stream were watching the screen with bated breath.

What they saw was Lin Xi floating into the crevice and grabbing at the fragments.

——Holy shit!
—The blessing of dandelion is truly amazing!

—What is the blessing of dandelion?
—Are you new here?
—These are our skills, 1, 2, and 3.

The dandelion seeds began to drift away.

Huang Jingjing and Guo Yuelang quickly caught the fragments they brought out.

Finally, the dandelion seeds all floated out, followed closely by a cloud of black mist.

Huang Jingjing immediately handed over the two keys in her hand.

The black mist receded, and the elevator doors slowly closed.

"How can we put these fragments back together?" Huang Jingjing asked. No sooner had she finished speaking than the fragments rose into the air and slowly began to piece themselves back together.

The moment the "Key of Shadow" was completed, the elevator suddenly resumed its ascent.

"Countdown to the collapse of the second to third floor: 1 minute 10 seconds." A cold, electronic voice announced.

At the same time, a loud "bang" came from the top of the elevator, as if something was hitting the top floor door.

"We're almost there. Get ready, who knows what else might be outside!"

Huang Jingjing immediately held the three keys to her chest, and the light from the three keys intertwined to form a triangular light shield, protecting everyone in the middle.

The elevator finally reached the top floor, and the doors slowly opened.

In the center of the third platform stands a huge bronze bell, its surface covered with a deep purple mist, and its clapper entangled in a cloud of black mist, making it impossible to ring.

Below the bronze bell is a circular magic circle with three grooves engraved on it: "Time, Space, and Shadow." The patterns around the grooves are glowing with a dark red light, and an electric current flashes across the patterns every second.

In the center of the magic circle stood a humanoid monster formed from deep purple mist.

It was about two meters tall, with pale golden patterns flowing across its body. Its face was blank, without any features, except for a fist-sized golden heart on its chest, which was slowly beating.

It held a longsword made of black mist in its hand, with what appeared to be faint golden patterns on its blade.

"They've finally arrived." The humanoid monster's voice sounded like countless people speaking at once, hoarse yet with a metallic quality.

It wielded its black mist sword, and a pale golden sword aura slashed towards the elevator door.

The light from the three keys collided with the sword energy, producing a loud "bang," and the elevator door was instantly split in two.

"Final countdown: 8 minutes and 05 seconds." A cold, electronic voice announced.

The light shield trembled violently, the pale gold and silver patterns faded like ink washes from rain, Huang Jingjing's knuckles turned white from the force, and the light from the three keys flickered.

The humanoid monster slowly raised its black mist longsword, the patterns on the sword flowing in sync with the mist on the surface of the bronze bell. The sound of rubble rolling down from the second platform came through the broken elevator door, like a death knell.

"It's absorbing the power of the black mist!" Lin Xi said.

The compass flashed its blue light wildly, its pointer fixed on the monster's golden heart.

"The heart should be a weak point!"

Bai Yueming clasped his hands together, and two clusters of orange-red flames leaped from his palms, flying towards the monster's black mist shield.

The moment the flames collided with the black mist, they emitted a sizzling, corrosive sound. The black mist twisted violently, and a gap appeared on the shield.

"It works!" Bai Yueming's eyes lit up.

Just as he was about to intensify the fire, the monster suddenly swung its sword horizontally, and a pale golden sword aura flew past his shoulder, cleaving a deep trench in the stone wall behind him.

"Be careful, its sword energy can cut through solid objects!" Chang Xiaohe warned.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Huang Jingjing rushed towards the magic circle with the key, but just as she got within three meters of the bronze bell, the monster suddenly turned around, and the golden heart on its chest emitted a dazzling light. Countless pale golden time patterns rose from the ground and wrapped around Huang Jingjing's ankles like vines.

Huang Jingjing's movements suddenly slowed down, as if she had sunk into sticky honey, and the key wobbled precariously in her hand.

"The Key of Time, it can slow down time, it should be able to speed it up too!" Lin Xi reminded Huang Jingjing.

Huang Jingjing immediately placed the Key of Time at the front, and the time patterns within the aperture instantly reversed.

Huang Jingjing felt her body lighten, and in the instant she broke free of her restraints, she forcefully embedded the "Key of Time" into the first groove of the magic circle.

The groove for the character "时" on the magic circle lit up with a silver light, and a small patch of black mist on the surface of the bronze bell dissipated, revealing the ancient inscription below.

The humanoid monster let out a piercing roar, and the patterns on its black mist longsword turned crimson. It stomped its foot, and countless cracks appeared in the platform floor, from which deep purple black mist surged forth, sweeping towards the group.

"Key of the Void!" Huang Jingjing shouted, and the "Key of the Void" in her hand flew towards the "Void" groove in the magic circle.