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Chapter 380 One in 530,000
The fork in the road to the left was deep and dark, like the mouth of a giant beast, swallowing the group whole.

The light was blocked, and the noise and heat behind me quickly faded away.

This is a long corridor paved with an unknown metal, with walls as smooth as a mirror. At intervals above and below, there are illuminated light strips that provide the only source of light.

"Be careful, everyone," the Pope warned in a deep voice.

He's so sensitive now that he can't stand the slightest disturbance; he wishes he had eyes all over his body, and he could sense murderous intent even from a brick.

But Yimi X and Chu Linfeng in front of them didn't think so.

The two walked side by side, their breathing rapid, their eyes gleaming with barely suppressed excitement and fervor.

One of them had long considered himself dead, while the other, relying on his clown mask, was oblivious to danger.

Suddenly, Imi X stopped and stared intently at a blurry silhouette in the darkness ahead.

The silhouette, illuminated by the dim light strip, resembled a human figure.

"What is that?" Chu Linfeng also became wary.

The Pope and his entourage slowed their pace and approached cautiously.

As the distance closed, the outline gradually became clearer.

A life-sized stone statue.

The stone statue is dressed in a purple robe, holds a green magic wand, has a calm face and sharp eyes.

"【The Black Magician】..." Imi X reached out, wanting to touch it, but stopped in mid-air, as if on a pilgrimage.

"A terrifying pressure." Chu Linfeng chuckled.

Before he could figure out what the stone statue meant, Immy X, as if discovering a new continent, suddenly turned his head to look deeper into the corridor.

"There's more ahead!" She could no longer contain herself and used her shadow lines to fly forward.

"Hey!" Chu Linfeng paused for a moment, then immediately followed.

"That crazy woman!" the Pope hissed from behind. "She's so reckless!"

The two were led astray by Immy X, and followed him deeper into the corridor.

Soon, the second stone statue appeared before everyone's eyes.

A white dragon, poised to pounce, exudes an air of aloof pride.

"[Blue Eyes White Dragon]!"

Next up was the third statue.

The agile space warrior, with a core gem embedded in his chest, exudes a sense of futurism and power.

"【Elemental Hero Neos】!"

The fourth one.

With an elegant figure and wings made of stardust that shimmer with light, it exudes a protective will.

"【Stardust Dragon】..."

With each statue he recognized, Immy X quickened his pace, his expression growing increasingly frenzied.

These legendary monsters, spanning several eras, now stand like guards on both sides of this eerie corridor.

Where does this place lead?

"That's spectacular," Li Guanqi murmured from behind, adjusting the girl's position on his back to make her more comfortable.

Surprisingly, this couple doesn't pull any tricks; they're quite well-behaved.

"Faster, faster!"

Immy X's heart pounded wildly in her chest, and a thought exploded in her mind.

She's about to see it!

That thing that even God fears!
Li Guanqi remained calm and unhurried, unlike the fervor of Immy X and the others.

He is a very self-aware person.

Chu Linfeng, the Pope, and Immy X had a simple idea: find the thing that could quickly enhance spirituality. If they couldn't take it, they could photograph it, go back to the 11th century, and create that thing.

But Li Guanqi doesn't think so.

It's a very simple principle: if that thing could be easily replicated, the gods wouldn't have been so frightened as to activate the Divine Will Explosion to destroy Gratia.

That thing is powerful enough and has enormous potential, but it can't be replicated.

Soon, the corridor came to an end.

Suddenly, the group found themselves in a vast, unsettlingly empty circular hall.

It was incredibly dark here, the dome was so high that you couldn't see the top, and a faint light seemed to come from nowhere. There were exactly twelve tightly closed stone doors on the surrounding walls.

Even the passage they came through had somehow become an identical stone door.

Each door is engraved with the classic swirl pattern from the back of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

Above the door, a line of small characters was inscribed in Granite script: "Guess what kind of card it is?"

Three antique stone buttons are arranged in a triangle on the door, labeled [Monster], [Trap], and [Magic] respectively.

"It's this kind of damn thing again..." the Pope said irritably.

Ever since he couldn't retrieve the [Barrier of Light], he's been very unsure about things that rely purely on luck.

"Same as when we came in, three choices." Chu Linfeng walked to a door and carefully observed it. "But this time, it seems we don't have to pay for the full set of B-grade armor."

"It's just a matter of luck!" Immi X seemed unconcerned. She raised her hand and snapped her fingers, and a domain card appeared at her fingertips.

"Activate domain magic, [Light Barrier]!"

A holy light emanated from her, illuminating the dimly lit hall as if it were daytime, and calming everyone's tense nerves.

ImiX casually walked to a door and, without even thinking, slammed the [Monster] button on it.

hum-

Above the lintel, a green light suddenly shone.

"You guessed right!" Immy X cheered, triumphantly pushing open the heavy stone door.

Everyone was overjoyed and quickly followed.

As they entered the door, the stone door slowly flipped open, revealing a pattern on its back—a demon imprisoned in an iron cage, its entire body made of molten lava.

【Lava Demon God】.

Behind the door was a brief, dark passage. After walking only a dozen or so steps, another door of light appeared ahead.

The group's eyes lit up, and they stepped out one by one.

The next second, everyone's expression froze: "This, this is..."

The scene before them was exactly the same circular hall as before, with twelve identical back stone doors.

"It's back again?!" the sun exclaimed.

“No, there is still a difference.” Li Guanqi turned his head and looked at the stone gate behind him. “There is one gate that doesn’t need to be guessed.”

Upon hearing this, the others turned around and looked back.

Just as Li Guanqi said, the door they had just walked through had been flipped over, and the front side showed the [Lava Demon] monster card, no further guessing needed.

"Could it be..." Chu Linfeng's face turned ugly, and a terrifying thought surged into his mind.

Li Guanqi gently adjusted the position of his lover on his back, and in a calm, factual tone, quietly completed his guess:
"It seems we need to guess all eleven of them correctly."

The hall was deathly silent.

Everyone understands what this means.

"Guessing correctly eleven times in a row...that's the probability..." the sun murmured to itself.

“It’s one-third to the power of eleven,” Li Guanqi said calmly. “That is, one in seventy-seven thousand one hundred and forty-seven.”

He paused and added.

"If you start from the beginning, the probability of getting all twelve right is about one in 530,000. If you're lucky, you might win a second prize in the lottery."

These words were like a bucket of ice water poured over everyone's hearts.

One in 530,000!

This is no longer a matter of good or bad luck; this is a path that only the chosen ones can take.

The Pope frowned, lowered his voice, and said in an unreadable tone, "Was the person who designed this place a madman?"

He can't afford to lose now; every step he takes is like walking on thin ice. How can he gamble on a miracle with a two in a million chance?
"It's not that simple after all. We might as well go to the right fork," Chu Linfeng said.

The odds of defeating those two immortals at the right fork in the road are probably one in several hundred thousand.

"Damn it!" Imi X screamed in a frenzy.

She clenched her teeth tightly, her chest heaving violently.

A few seconds later, she raised her head, her anger filled with defiance, and floated straight toward another tightly closed stone door.

"Then come again!"

Immy X pressed the [Magic] button, and the stone gate turned green again.

"You guessed right!" she shouted joyfully, and was the first to step into the passage.

The others quickly followed, but all their joy had vanished, replaced only by worry.

Because the golden light of the domain card [Light Barrier] has dimmed considerably.

At this rate, even the spiritual energy of epic cards won't be enough to sustain them.

As expected, after Imi X pressed the [Trap] button on the ninth door, accompanied by another lucky green light, her summoning machine embedded in the epic aura of the [Light Barrier] shattered in response.

The golden light dissipated like dust, and the holy church pattern on the domain card quickly dimmed, degenerating into a card full of spirituality but lacking the power of its rank.

"I can still hold on!" Imi X gasped for breath, encouraging herself and the few people behind her who looked grim.

She raised her hand, ready to take the tenth picture.

"Calm down!" Chu Linfeng finally couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed her wrist. "What if you guessed wrong?"

"Then we can only guess!" Immy X retorted loudly without thinking, her voice sharp and almost hysterical.

"Do not."

The Pope's deep voice rang out. He suppressed his irritation and looked around at the nine stone gate cards that had been turned over.

"Perhaps we can deduce it."

His gaze swept over the stone doors, on which the images of nine cards were clearly displayed.

【Lava Demon】(Monster)

[Fire at the stake] (Magic)

[A massive fire that raged day and night] (Magic)

【Yanhu Liangshan Explosion】(Trap)

[Conquer Souls: Spiral Flow Yukikaze] (Trap)

【The Prison of Heavenly Fire】(Magic)

【Elemental Heroes: Flame Wingman】(Monster)

【Infernal Death Dragon】(Monster)

[Fire Spirit Spell - "Red"] (Trap)

Looking at these familiar cards, Li Guanqi silently adjusted the position of the girl on his back, making her more comfortable, and at the same time, he brought her red lips closer to his ear.

He spoke softly, but the sound traveled clearly to everyone's ears in the vast, empty maze.

"The pattern is quite obvious."

Li Guanqi's gaze swept over the cards one by one, and he calmly added, "Flame, and burning blood."

A word to awaken the dreamer.

These nine cards do indeed all deal basic damage, and are related to the fire or fire attribute.

"Enough," the Pope said again, his tone resolute, "No more guessing. We'll just wait here."

"Wait?" Imi X turned around abruptly, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "If we wait until the secret realm dissipates, we will get nothing!"

"That's still better than dying here!" the Pope suddenly raised his voice.

He felt a chill run down his spine just looking at these cards.

He couldn't afford to lose, and he didn't want to die.

If you withdraw now, you still have a chance to survive.

"Pope, your courage, like your subordinates, is dwindling." Chu Linfeng chuckled, his words laced with sarcasm.

He and Immy X exchanged a glance, their fervor only intensifying.

"You don't go, I go!"

Immi X wouldn't listen to any advice. Her mind was filled with the secrets beyond the finish line. Before anyone could react, she frantically rushed to the tenth door and slammed the [Monster] button down!

hum-

Above the stone gate, the green light reappeared.

"You guessed right!" Immy X let out a joyful scream.

But this time, no one could share her joy.

Click.

A very faint cracking sound echoed in the hall.

Everyone's hearts tightened, and they subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound—the Domain Card on Imi X's wrist.

The already dimmed [Barrier of Light] card had a tiny crack quietly appear in the center, which then spread rapidly like a spider web across the entire card.

Finally, under Imi X's blank gaze, it completely lost all its spirituality, turning into a blank spiritual waste card.

Immi X's heart sank. After a moment, she rushed toward the passage with a muffled groan.

Chu Linfeng followed without hesitation.

The Pope's face turned ashen, and he ultimately did not follow.

With his sun and lover seriously injured, and himself in poor condition, and without a single trusted confidant who could activate their abilities, he dared not take any more risks.

Moreover, it makes no difference whether you follow or not.

Li Guanqi watched with great interest, not daring to interrupt.

Just a few breaths later.

Immi X and Chu Linfeng emerged excitedly from the tenth door they had just rushed through. Their faces were filled with astonishment upon seeing the Pope and the others.

They didn't turn back; it was more like space "spit" them back to where they started.

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, the open stone door, with a deafening rumble, began to slowly rotate.

The heavy stone gate finally stopped, revealing a brand new card to everyone.

It was a divine bird made of pure solar flames, reborn from golden flames, its wings burning with divine fire powerful enough to incinerate all things, sacred, majestic, and carrying the will to judge everything.

An overwhelming, divinely wrathful pressure, surpassing that of any previous monster, instantly enveloped the entire hall.

"..."

The ecstasy and madness on Immi X's face froze completely the moment she saw Katu.

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. The crazy spirit of "my fate is in my own hands" that she had shown earlier had vanished, leaving only awe and trembling from the depths of her soul.

This can no longer be described as a "legend" or a "miracle".

"This is... God."

Chu Linfeng's smile froze, and he subconsciously took a step back. The clown mask that had made him fearless of harm was as fragile as a piece of paper at this moment.

The Pope's face turned deathly pale, devoid of any color.

He stared blankly at the card image, then looked back at the other nine "Burning Blood" cards. A terrifying thought struck his mind like lightning.

Flames...burning blood...

It turns out that the theme of this maze was never simply fire from the beginning.

Rather, it was a selection of offerings for God.

"Hmph." Li Guanqi uttered a single word softly.

He could clearly feel a very slight shiver, whether from excitement or fear, emanating from the girl resting her head on his shoulder; her body was burning hot.

There was deathly silence in the hall.

After a long while, the Pope's trembling voice finally rang out, as soft as a dream.

"The Winged Dragon of the Sun God... the Phoenix..."

The tenth door card didn't have a blood-burning effect, but it looked incredibly painful.

"We can't keep guessing," the Pope said again in a deep voice. "Let's stop here."

Immy X retorted, "Now that things have come to this, how can we possibly stop!"

Chu Linfeng was also terrified when he saw the [Sun God's Winged Dragon - Phoenix], but he said, "We have no way out."

Yes, they have no way out.

The term "sunk cost" is perfectly exemplified here.

To get here, the Pope lost four trusted confidants, Chu Linfeng's team of clowns was completely wiped out, and Immy X took a lot of damage, even ruining the epic item [Light Barrier] that he had tricked into giving him.

This may be the only chance you'll ever have in your life.

Should we retreat here?

Even if I manage to escape the encirclement of the Soul-Binding Division alive, I'll never be able to sleep again for the rest of my life!
“Even with a low success rate, there’s still a one in nine chance!” Immy X said, walking towards the eleventh door.

Chu Linfeng, still harboring wicked intentions, followed Yimi X.

The Pope, too lazy to persuade them any further, stood still, keeping his distance from the two, and prepared for defense and vigilance.

Immi X pressed the [Magic] button at the eleventh gate, her heart pounding at its peak.

She stiffly raised her head and was shocked to find that the indicator light on the door was no longer green, but red, which symbolized an error.

"Wrong, wrong."

Immi stood frozen in place, the color draining from her face, her pupils dilating in shock.

The blinding red light extinguished all the fervor and hope in her heart.

The next instant, the earth shook violently!

"Boom--!"

The entire circular hall trembled violently, and the ten stone doors that had been flipped over emitted a dazzling light from the cards branded on them, as if they had come to life!

The temperature in the air suddenly rose, and the stone wall was scorched red.

"careful!"

The Pope gave a stern shout, and the Sun withdrew his order, pulling Li Guanqi back rapidly until they reached the edge of the hall, where they stared at the two people in the room with eyes full of fear.

Before Imi X and Chu Linfeng could react, the stone gate of the [Lava Demon God] exploded open!

A gigantic hand, composed entirely of molten lava, tore through the air and slammed down from the darkness above them, carrying with it the aura of burning everything!

"spread!"

Chu Linfeng roared and his figure flashed.

Imi X reacted extremely quickly, a shadow line appearing beneath his feet, transforming him into a ghostly black shadow, narrowly avoiding the attack.

boom--! ! !
The giant magma hand slammed down where the two had just stood, instantly melting and collapsing the hard metal ground to form a deep, crimson crater.

However, this is just the beginning.

Just as the two regained their footing, the card image of [Prison of Heavenly Fire] shone brightly, and pillars of flame shot up from the ground, weaving together to form a huge cage of fire that trapped them inside!

What followed was the real feast of death.

The cursed fire of [Burning at the stake] ignited out of nowhere within the cage.

The massive fire, burning day and night, transformed into a sea of ​​flames that engulfed the land.

The trap of 【Blazing Tiger Liangshan Explosion】 materialized, and a fiery tiger roared and pounced on the two!

"Hmph! That's all!"

With a sharp cry, Immy X unleashed her Shadow Step technique to its fullest extent, leaving countless afterimages as she frantically dodged amidst the impenetrable attacks.

Chu Linfeng, on the other hand, was not so carefree. He dodged fatal attacks, but when he couldn't avoid them, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and take them.

The fiery tiger's claws tore through the air and slammed towards his face.

Chu Linfeng neither dodged nor evaded; a strange glint flashed across the clown mask on his face, and the tiger claw pierced straight through his body.

"Heh, is that all the attack you've got..." Chu Linfeng still wanted to retort.

Before the words were even finished, the physical forms of [Eternal Fire Death Dragon] and [Elemental Hero: Flame Wingman] had already descended on either side of the cage, one spewing out destructive black flames, and the other swooping down from the sky!

"Depend on!"

Chu Linfeng's expression changed, and he no longer dared to be arrogant, so he rolled on the ground in a sorry state.

Li Guanqi watched with great interest from a distance.

His lover, who was on his back, stood ramrod straight, her hot breath hitting his ear.

Just then, the tenth door, the stone door of the [Sun God's Winged Dragon - Phoenix], finally lit up.

That wasn't light, but the sun.

A golden sun with a deep red halo!

A divinely wrathful pressure descended, completely suppressing the brilliance of the other nine cards.

All attacks within the fiery cage, whether dragon breath or tiger claws, were extinguished like candles flickering in the wind before this aura.

Immi X and Chu Linfeng froze simultaneously.

They looked up, their faces showing only the fear born of their very survival instinct.

A divine bird made of pure solar flames slowly spread its wings in golden light.

It did not launch any attack; it merely opened its eyes.

hum-

A silent golden shockwave, centered on the divine bird, swept across the entire fiery cage.

The divine bird did not launch any attack; it merely opened its eyes.

hum-

An invisible golden shockwave, centered on the divine bird, swept across the entire fiery cage.

Under that aura, the roaring fiery tiger and the destructive dragon's breath were extinguished quietly, like candles flickering in the wind.

The main attack didn't target the corner, but the Pope reacted with lightning speed. Without even checking the lives of the two people in the arena, he shouted sternly at the Sun beside him, "Guards!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the sun released Li Guanqi and immediately stood in front of the Pope, its body surging with energy to form layers of defense.

"Hey, hey, hey, I haven't gotten on the bus yet!" For the first time, Li Guanqi desperately wanted the sun to catch him.

The next moment, the divine bird suspended in mid-air moved.

It did not spew flames or swing its claws, but instead suddenly folded its burning wings, and its entire body transformed into a phoenix with a deep red halo of concentrated flames, and plummeted straight toward the center of the maze!
"boom!"

Li Guanqi's feet suddenly gave way, and the entire maze floor cracked and collapsed under this divine punishment-like impact!
A terrifying shockwave, mixed with temperatures high enough to melt gold and iron, spread wildly in all directions!

In that critical moment, Li Guanqi didn't have time to think. He suddenly turned around, tightly protecting the girl on his back in his arms, and used his own back to withstand the devastating impact.

Divine attribute attack, specifically designed to shatter all illusions!
Whether it's the audience's fantasies, the puppeteer's stand-in, or the ruler's elementalization, none of them are useful in the face of this power. If the lovers suffer divine damage, the audience, as the creators, will also suffer a backlash.

"Pfft—!" Li Guanqi, holding his lover, was thrown against the wall by the heatwave and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Li Guanqi made a mistake.

The lovers were not harmed, but the audience thousands of miles away still suffered the backlash.

"Ugh—!" Chu Linfeng was trapped in the cage, his clown mask melting and cracking open his bloody face, revealing true horror and despair in his eyes.

At the very heart of the storm, amidst the sea of ​​fire, Imi X let out a shrill and hoarse howl.

"Why--!"

Her body was ignited by divine flames, and all her struggles and resentment turned to ashes in the face of this absolute power.

Why...did it fail again...?

In the final moment before her consciousness was swallowed by darkness, this was her only thought.

Rumbling--

The entire rotunda was completely engulfed in flames.

Around the world, ten thousand "Xiao Mi" (a nickname for a child) simultaneously burst into flames, which could not be extinguished. As onlookers watched in horror, they were reduced to ashes one by one.

Outside of Gulatia, torrential rain was pouring down.

On the second floor of the abandoned factory, there is a base specifically for interns to stay.

Tang Xin was gazing worriedly at the distant light screen of the secret realm when she suddenly caught a wisp of smoke out of the corner of her eye. She turned to look at Luli and asked in confusion, "Lulli? Why is there smoke coming out of your face? Are you alright?"

Luli froze, quickly waved her hand, and forced a slightly stiff smile.

"Ah? Oh... It's nothing, it's nothing. I probably just ran for too long and got hot. I'll feel better after a while."

As she spoke, she subtly wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand.

Within the Gulatya Secret Realm.

The scorching heat, like divine punishment, finally subsided slowly.

The entire rotunda was in a mess. The floor had melted and then solidified, forming an uneven, glassy crystal. The walls were blackened by soot and covered with cracks.

"Cough...cough cough!"

Li Guanqi leaned against the wall, coughing up a mouthful of saliva tinged with blood, while tightly embracing his lover.

His clothes on his back were charred, and his skin was burning.

He looked up at the arena and saw the Pope and the Sun huddled in the farthest corner, their faces ashen, clearly also quite frightened by the divine power they had just witnessed.

Imi X... was burned into a pool of writhing organic matter.

As for Chu Linfeng, he is not dead yet.

He knelt on the solidified lava ground, his clown mask mostly melted and stuck to the bloody flesh on his face, looking like a distorted, crying face.

But in his eyes, what remained was not despair, but a purer kind of madness.

"As long as we bring the secrets back here... as long as we can complete the mission..."

Chu Linfeng murmured something unintelligible in his throat, and with all his might, he supported himself on the ground and stood up shakily.

He dragged his broken leg and shuffled step by step toward the eleventh tightly closed stone door.

Each step left a shocking trail of blood on the frozen ground behind him.

Finally, he arrived at the eleventh door.

He raised his bloodied and mangled hand, looked at the three buttons on the door: [Monster], [Magic], and [Trap], and forced a smile that was more like a grimace through the half-melted mask on his face.

"As long as the mission is completed..."

He gritted his teeth, mustered all his strength, and, guided by an inexplicable intuition, slammed his hand heavily on the [Monster] button!
That force was immense, like hitting an arcade machine when we were kids, bang bang bang.

【Ding--】

A crisp sound.

Above the stone gate, a soft green light shone, illuminating Chu Linfeng's bloodied and mangled face.

"You guessed...you guessed right."

The stone door slowly flipped open, revealing a brand new card.

[The One Who Loads the Fire]

"Hehehe"

Chu Linfeng forced a bitter smile, then could no longer hold on. His body went limp, and he fell heavily forward.

His cheek slid down the cold stone door, leaving a long trail of blood on the surface.

Finally, it crashed into a pool of hot blood, splattering blood everywhere.

As the mask issuer, Clockwork-Joker also has a 'face-shaping' ability, which allows him to freely change his appearance, height, gender, and more.

As long as the secrets of Grantia are transmitted back.

The clown promised Chu Linfeng that he would sculpt a 'father' and a 'brother' for him.

They even assured him, "It's exactly the same."

Li Guanqi's gaze passed over Chu Linfeng lying on the ground, and over the eleven cards of different styles, finally landing on the edge of the hall.

There, the last door stands quietly.

(End of this chapter)