It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 664 Exceptionally Cool
Huangfu Miaomiao skipped and hopped to the brazier under the second stone statue, stirred up the ashes inside, and found similar writing.

"The gods shaped the world and established order, sealing Chaos in the Sea of ​​Ignorance. During the long seal, Chaos absorbed the carnage of war, the pain of death, the fear of being lost... all sorts of impurities made it begin to hate order and life, and yearn to return everything to chaos."

After Huangfu Miaomiao finished reading, she tapped on the virtual screen and found the clue she had obtained from the first stone statue.

"Before the birth of all things, the world was nothingness, and chaos and mist were the only existence. This nothingness eventually gave birth to the world's first will, Chaos."

She turned to look at Pei Xianjue and said, "They said Chaos was chaos and mist before, and now they say Chaos wants to return the world to chaos. I think Chaos must be the labyrinth boss. These clues are suggesting that the labyrinth boss's skills are related to mist. It might be like that huge soul-devouring monster from before, which could spew out a lot of dense mist."

Pei Xianjue walked over and lit the brazier. The bones inside became lustrous and shiny, like burning jade.

“These inscriptions don’t seem to be finished. I guess there’s a third, or even more, statues in the maze,” Pei Xianjue said.

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded, "Yes, I think so too."

Pei Xianjue remained silent, deep in thought.

She's less panicked now, and feels more confident. Once she finds some pattern in the maze, everything seems to become simpler.

Based on current information, there are stone statues in the maze, and the stone statues' braziers can dispel the fog and replenish the energy of the Light-type team members. Therefore, it can be inferred that Light-type skills are the most effective against the maze boss; otherwise, the maze would not have this design.

Her flames are effective against Soul Eaters, and it's speculated that they should be equally effective against dungeon bosses.

The flames of the Golden Crow are called the True Fire of the Sun, which can dispel evil spirits. If this concept were applied to Western mythology, it would probably belong to the light element, right?
Unfortunately, after obtaining the Golden Crow, she has only managed to utilize one of the side cards called Blade Dancer. If she could utilize another suitable card, perhaps the power of the flames could be further enhanced.

There's no point in thinking about this now. Suitable cards are hard to come by, and besides, her initial role wasn't that of a berserker charging on the front lines. If it weren't for her concern for Huangfu Miaomiao, she would most likely have given the team leadership opportunity to Huang Yi...

Pei Xianjue shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions, and ordered everyone to rest where they were, and to continue searching for the next stone statue in ten minutes.

These ten minutes are mainly to increase the survivability of the four Light faction members.

Huangfu Miaomiao walked the whole way without exerting any effort, so she wasn't tired at all and just wandered around.

Inside the clock tower, she discovered a smiling statue unique to the maze. Then, she climbed to the top and found a treasure chest directly beneath the rusty clock.

The treasure chest contained some broken bones, five pieces in total.

Huangfu Miaomiao scooped out all the broken bones, ran out of the clock tower, and took it upon herself to distribute them to the four Light-type team members. As she distributed them, she said, "Keep them safe, keep them safe. These are buff items. Carry them with you. They can enhance Light-type skills by 6 to 11%."

Four of the five bone fragments were taken, and the remaining fragment was given to Pei Xianjue.

Pei Xianjue touched the texture of the bone, her mood quite complicated. If she hadn't brought Huangfu Miaomiao along, she wouldn't have recognized it as a buff item even if it had been thrown right in front of her.

Mazes are indeed a formidable obstacle for humans...

Huangfu Miaomiao, completely unaware of Pei Xianjue's inner turmoil, stood beside her and cheerfully said, "Do you think I should go to the statue and draw a card? Hehehe, when I switch bodies back with Meteor, she'll definitely be furious." Pei Xianjue snapped out of her reverie and asked her, "Which one do you want to draw?"

Huangfu Miaomiao thought about it seriously, counting on her fingers, and said, "The Eye of All Wisdom is still useful, so we definitely can't take it. The White Priest can help you dispel negative effects, so we can't take that either. That leaves the Thief and the Astrologer... The Thief's speed boost is quite helpful when escaping, so how about we take the Astrologer? But there's a 50% chance of drawing a card. What if I put the Thief and the Astrologer on the board, and the card that gets drawn is the Thief? Sigh, sigh..."

Her face was full of conflict.

Pei Xianjue asked curiously, "What abilities do astrologers have?"

“Astrologers… are quite powerful.” Huangfu Miaomiao explained, “Astrologers have a skill that creates star trails. Star trails can help teammates adjust their output positions and guide the enemy’s movement. They are very useful in team battles and can perform tactical repositioning very efficiently. However, star trails need to be planned in advance, so they test the player’s predictive ability quite a bit.”

Huangfu Miaomiao touched her face slightly embarrassedly and said softly, "I'm not very good at using this skill."

Pei Xianjue couldn't help but exclaim, "This deck is absolutely perfect as a support."

“Yes,” Huangfu Miaomiao sighed, “Should we smoke it…”

All of them are support cards. The only one that can help Huangfu Miaomiao escape is the Thief. What if the Astrologer doesn't draw the Thief but draws it instead?
Pei Xianjue noticed her predicament and said, "Never mind, let Feng Ling make the decision when we meet her later."

Huangfu Miaomiao immediately stopped worrying and readily nodded, "That makes sense."

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Pei Xianjue led the team off again, once again aiming in the direction the stone statue's eyes were looking.

With the help of the buff items, the range of Holy Light increased, the light became brighter and warmer, and the team members consumed less energy.

This time it went even more smoothly. They found the third stone statue after traveling for more than ten minutes, and not a single Soul Eater dared to approach them.

Huangfu Miaomiao quickly stepped forward, deftly brushed aside the ashes, and obtained the third clue:

Chaos's power manifested as a soul-devouring fog, capturing fallen souls and twisting them into its most loyal servants, the Soul Eaters. The twelve prophets foresaw this catastrophe and together built a radiant altar, using the light of sacred fire to temporarily dispel the fog and leave a glimmer of hope for posterity.

After reading the clues aloud, Huangfu Miaomiao exclaimed excitedly, "Haha~ I know! The twelve prophets are these stone statues! So as long as we find all twelve statues, we can find the Altar of Radiance, light the sacred fire, and defeat Chaos!"

Pei Xianjue felt a warmth in her heart because she also agreed with Huangfu Miaomiao's interpretation of this information.

If we keep moving at this pace, defeating the maze boss will be a piece of cake.
Great, great...

This was of great significance to Pei Xianjue. On the surface, this was the second labyrinth she had conquered, but only she knew in her heart that it was her first labyrinth, her very first labyrinth.

Pei Xianjue glanced at the miniature camera on her collar out of the corner of her eye.

She absolutely had to record it; she wanted to document her heroic defeat of the Boss!
"set off!"

At Pei Xianjue's command, everyone moved toward the fourth stone statue. She walked at the head of the group, her figure exceptionally dashing.