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Chapter 71 Ice Crystal Stones and Ice Crystal Flowers

Hemu and Hermione were amazed by Loren's strength.

However, they decided to end their exploration there.

"Brother Loren, we won't go to the fourth floor."

The monsters below are too powerful, and there is no map, making exploration extremely difficult.

Are you planning to come back with us, or continue exploring?

"I want to continue."

Hemu expressed his understanding, after all, Loren's strength far surpassed theirs.

"Then you must be careful when you explore, and never underestimate this maze."

Loren nodded. "Thank you for the reminder."

After saying their goodbyes, the two siblings departed.

They are very self-aware and would never do anything they are not confident about.

Through spending time with the brother and sister, Loren gained a general understanding of the various precautions to take when exploring the maze.

The most important thing when exploring is to be careful and cautious.

Especially when there are no recovery potions available.

Fortunately, Loren doesn't need to worry about this problem.

With Millie around, even injuries can be recovered quickly.

At this moment, Loren was on the third level of the maze, at the entrance to the fourth level.

After thinking it over carefully, he decided to go to the hidden room on the third floor.

Although you can't take all the ice crystals, you can take some as a reserve of magic power.

If you consume too much magic power, you can replenish it with ice crystals.

In addition, absorbing magic can also help resist hunger and maintain the body's most basic physiological needs.

He did not tell Hermes about the ice crystal.

After all, they were just casual acquaintances.

Even in the last few days we spent together, he never let his guard down.

You should always be wary of others.

Using the information in his mind, Loren explored the hidden areas of the labyrinth.

This is a dark passage that is not marked on the map.

Few people dare to set foot in areas like this.

Loren cast a spell of illumination, lighting up the passageway.

Lilia followed Loren with trepidation, reaching out to tug at his clothes.

Loren was speechless. "You're standing behind me because you want me to take the damage for you?"

"It's so dark here, the little deer is scared..."

Loren ignored her.

The monsters on the third floor are mostly beginner level, or at most intermediate level.

As long as you are careful not to be ambushed, you will definitely not get hurt.

Keep going straight ahead until the end, where there is only a dead end.

The intelligence report explicitly states that the hidden room is nearby, possibly hidden behind a wall somewhere.

Loren opened the map and examined it carefully.

According to the maze's structure, the area directly in front of the passage and behind the left wall are both unknown areas.

He gathered his fighting spirit and slashed down at the wall on the left.

After several consecutive strikes, the wall collapsed with a crash, forming a large hole.

Just then, three ice arrows came flying.

Behind the wall were three ice arrow frogs.

Lilia reacted quickly, raising a branch to block the ice arrow, and then killing the ice arrow frog in a few moves.

She returned to Loren's side triumphantly, "Isn't Little Deer amazing?"

"Mmm, that's awesome!"

Loren gave a perfunctory reply.

Entering through the hole in the wall, there were indeed many ice crystals inside!

There are at least a hundred ice crystals of various sizes!
Loren lamented again, "Why don't we have any spatial artifacts?"

Undeterred, he placed the ice crystal into the Elf Ring.

Unfortunately, it won't fit.

He noticed the frost dragon egg in the ring and became conflicted.

This Frost Dragon Egg had previously absorbed the magic power of the Magic Flame Stone, and its absorption efficiency was extremely high.

Loren suspected it was a hybrid of an ice dragon and a fire dragon.

If it is released, it will likely absorb these ice crystals very quickly.

However, this will undoubtedly speed up the hatching process of the dragon eggs. Hatching the dragon eggs will significantly increase the difficulty of forming a contract.

Loren pondered for a long time.

He really couldn't bear to part with this pile of ice crystals.

Since we can't take it with us anyway, we might as well let the dragon egg absorb it.

Take out the Frost Dragon Egg.

The dragon egg seemed to sense the dense ice-type magic in the room and began to greedily absorb it.

Loren could clearly feel the magic of the ice crystals gathering around him.

The frost aura emanating from the Frost Dragon Egg grew increasingly intense.

In less than half an hour, the dragon egg completely absorbed the magic power of the ice crystal.

Loren left behind twenty ice crystals for emergencies.

The magic power of the ice crystal was absorbed, and it turned into an ordinary magic-accumulating stone.

Magic stones are good stuff, but unfortunately we can only leave them here, waiting for some lucky person to find them.

After that, Loren continued his exploration.

The monsters on the fourth to sixth floors are not difficult to deal with.

Almost all of them are mid-level monsters.

Both Loren and Lilia could be easily defeated.

In order to find the evolution crystal as soon as possible, Loren did not linger on these floors.

There are many hidden areas in the maze that have not yet been explored.

But Loren didn't want to waste too much time here.

Two days later, on the sixth floor of the maze.

Similarly, by using intelligence, they found the hidden room on the sixth floor and harvested a batch of ice crystal flowers.

The specific effects of the Ice Crystal Flower are unknown.

Loren hoped it would have the same ability as the Demon Flame Grass to mutate plants.

Next is the seventh floor.

The difficulty of exploring the seventh floor has increased significantly.

Compared to the first floor, the concentration of magic here is extremely high, making it an ideal training ground for wizards.

However, there are also many dangers.

High-level magical beasts appear all the time.

The monsters in the maze are very powerful.

Even Loren, who possesses fire-based fighting spirit, would find it difficult to gain the upper hand against them.

Lilia became the main force in the battle.

"Loren, why are these guys so strong?"

The constant fighting also put pressure on Lilia.

We can no longer explore using ordinary methods...

"Little Deer, let's rest for a while."

The good news is that there is plenty of magic in the maze.

Loren and Lilia do not need to replenish their stamina by hunting monsters.

He patiently waited for new intelligence to emerge.

[Today's information has been updated]

[Intelligence 1]: You are exploring the seventh level of the Ice and Snow Maze. There is a passage leading to the eighth level 1,500 meters to the northwest of your current location. There are two high-level magical beasts, Frost Bats, near the passage.

[Intelligence 2]: There is a high-level magical beast, the Ice Lizard, 700 meters due east of the current location.

[Intelligence 3]: There is a high-level magical beast, the Crimson Leopard, 300 meters southeast of the current location.

[Intelligence 4]: There is a high-level magical beast, the Ice Stone Colossus, three thousand meters northeast of the current location.

[Intelligence 5]: There is a hidden room two kilometers to the west of the current location. Inside the room is an extremely cold crystal and two high-level magical beasts, the Ice Soul Tree Spirits.

The daily news updates lately have almost all consisted of this kind of content.

Information on passages to the next level, the locations of various monsters, and information on hidden areas.

Loren has no intention of exploring the hidden room mentioned in the intelligence report.

Starting from the seventh floor, it's best to avoid unnecessary battles.

Extremely cold crystals are not convenient to carry around.

There's no need to specifically acquire it.

In particular, its location is exactly opposite to the entrance to the passage on the next floor.

It looks like it's only two kilometers long.

However, the maze's passages are actually quite intricate and difficult to navigate.

Loren's goal is now very clear.

That's the evolution crystal for the ninth level!
(End of this chapter)