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Chapter 105 The Terrifying Magician

Wang Xi and Lin Xin'er looked ahead.

On the other side of the fence, there was also a theater checkpoint.

However, the area of ​​this checkpoint is relatively small. Apart from a simple stage and curtain, there is only a tiered audience seating area directly in front of it.

The old leather seats were empty.

Only scattered bottles, newspapers, and other garbage remained.

The empty venue was very dark, with only a few stage lights hanging from the steel frame and black cloth ceiling casting a flickering, eerie light.

The four men and women who were with the young anchor Liu Wenjie were scattered throughout the theater, lying in pools of blood, wearing thick armor, their fates unknown.

On stage, a man in a blue tailcoat and top hat stood with his hands behind his back, looking straight at the spotlight with a smile.

"Dungeon Master Hawke, Terrifying Magician (Nemesis/Four-Star/Hero)"

Another demon king...

According to intelligence, the "circus" scene in the "Puss in Boots" maze, numbered Ace of Spades, is very special, as it can house three demon lords at the same time.

Generally speaking, their strengths are very similar.

But for some reason, this magician Hawk is currently stronger than Captain Booth of the Musketeers.

Silver-Framed Demon King! Four-Star Hero!
"Miss Xin'er, I'll go and hold off the Demon King. You'll be in charge of healing the wounded."

Wang Xi tossed out two white cards.

It was the "medical nebulizer" that he had previously purchased at "Hat Hole" but had never used.

Lin Xin'er reacted quickly and caught the card.

"Okay," she nodded in agreement. "Be careful."

Wang Xi nodded in acknowledgment, then, carrying the decapitation sword, charged alone toward the stage.

But he had only taken a few steps closer when he saw the magician on stage grinning eerily, pointing a gun at him, his lips moving as if to say something else:
"boom!"

A piercing sound of wind cutting through the air rushed towards us.

Wang Xi raised an eyebrow.

A trick turned into reality? Ventriloquism becoming a tangible phenomenon?

He raised his hand and flicked his decapitation sword, parrying the attack out of thin air.

when! !

A bright spark appeared on the silver-gray spine of the sword.

Air bullets!

"Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!"

The magician kept opening his mouth to simulate gunshots, moving his hands back and forth as if pointing a gun.

Unseen bullets whizzed past.

Inside the theater, it felt as if a hail of bullets was being fought.

Jingle bells!

Wang Xi wielded the decapitation sword as if it were a silver-gray round shield, sparks flying everywhere.

His expression remained unchanged, and he continued walking.

In just a few seconds, he had already darted off the stage.

Calculate the distance accurately, and fire a shot.

beep—

He knew his marksmanship was poor, but distance could make up for it. A red laser burst forth, shooting towards the magician's chest.

However, Hawke anticipated this and magically produced a round mirror from a piece of cloth.

The crimson streaks reflected back the instant they struck the mirror. Wang Xi was startled and quickly erected a jellyfish crystal shield.

Snapped! !

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and the azure spherical barrier blocked the shot.

'Voice acting becomes reality, mirror reflection…'

A thought flashed through Wang Xi's mind.

This magician is indeed extraordinary; in just a few dozen seconds, he displayed two remarkable abilities.

Wow.

As he removed the sugar water barrier, he happened to see the magician snap his fingers.

With a snap, a ball of fire suddenly burst into flames beneath Hawke's feet, engulfing him.

The moment the fireworks faded, they took his figure with them, and he disappeared from the stage.

A glimmer of firelight flashed in my peripheral vision.

Wang Xi suddenly turned his head.

Just tens of meters away, in the shadows at the edge of the theater, a fire suddenly burst into flames, and the magician appeared from within.

Vanish in the fire! Blink!

Another magic trick!
'A teleportation spanning tens of meters, constantly maintaining a safe distance from me—are you trying to wear me down like a kite?'

Wang Xi thought to himself, "This is troublesome."

Long-range mage with mobility, in short:

Supermodel Monster.

The magician, who was standing upright in the distance, grinned again with an eerie smile, clasped his hands together, interlaced his fingers, and opened his mouth to emit a heavy and piercing steel-like whistle.

It was a metallic friction sound, similar to that of a construction site.

It is extremely disturbing.

The magician struck a golf swing pose, his movements elegant and fluid, and flicked the club at Wang Xi from afar.

bang——

Wang Xidong felt a gust of wind at the back of his head.

An instinctive sense of deadly threat arose.

Without turning his head, he decisively dodged to the side.

Boom! !

A giant cloud of air, three meters in diameter, swept past from back to front like a demolition pendulum, crushing everything in its path.

The front row of seats collapsed one after another like dominoes, exploding into countless fragments that flew everywhere with a crackling sound.

The entire theater trembled, the flimsy steel-framed roof creaked under the strain, dust rained down, and the dim lights flickered back and forth. 'This is ventriloquism? Are you kidding me?!'

Wang Xi, sword in hand, looked at the ground that had been plowed and left deep furrows, and his pupils constricted slightly.

He felt something was wrong.

This intuition stemmed from the magician's skill, which was significantly greater than that of the Demon Cat.

This is seriously inconsistent with the intelligence.

"Wang Xi! I'll do it!"

Just then, a girl's mechanical voice came from afar. Without even looking, one knew it was Bai Qimeng, now fully transformed, coming to lend a hand.

The laser beam arrived before the person did.

Beep beep beep beep——

A burst of crimson laser beams, like twinkling stars, swept across the entire theater, heading towards the magician in the dark corner.

However, before Wang Xi could warn him, the magician grinned and pulled out the round mirror that was half a person's height.

Laser rain fell on the mirror, buzzing as it refracted and bounced back.

Bai Qimeng was also startled.

At this critical moment, she suddenly noticed a translucent jellyfish appearing in front of her, which abruptly bloomed and formed a hardened azure barrier.

Crackling!

Despite withstanding a series of crimson lasers, the glycation barrier remained intact, demonstrating its formidable defensive strength.

"I go!"

Bai Qimeng couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

She was surprised, whether it was because the magician could deflect her laser or because the azure barrier Wang Xi created was hard enough.

"Thanks—" Bai Qimeng snapped out of her daze, put two fingers together, and gave Wang Xi a cool salute. Then she excitedly exclaimed, "I didn't expect the Demon King here to be even more powerful!"

"Come on! Let's fight!"

She put away her pink twin pistols, then pulled out a dark green card from somewhere and neatly inserted it into the mechanical device at her waist.

Ding!
The device flashed a crimson light, followed by a serious, indistinct mechanical voice that could not be distinguished by gender:

"Knight's Armor, loading complete!"

"—Storm Rabbit!"

With a bang.

Countless pink particles suddenly appeared beside Bai Qimeng, expanding and contracting in the blink of an eye to condense into an extremely cool motorcycle.

This motorcycle has a highly futuristic feel, featuring a striking pink and black color scheme, a streamlined shape, and sharp lines on both sides. It has a heart-shaped headlight, rabbit-lip-shaped triple exhaust pipes, and carrot-patterned tires.

"I'm going!"

Bai Qimeng flipped onto the bike, grabbed the rabbit-ear-shaped handlebars, stepped on the gas pedal, and twisted it hard.

rumble! !
The headlights came on, and the motorcycle roared to life.

The pipes spewed out crimson flames, and the rabbit-faced knight streaked across the sky like a dazzling streak of light as he sped toward the magician.

Bai Qimeng pressed a button on the side of the mask, casually brushing a strand of hair from her forehead with the back of her finger. A beep sounded, and the cold, mechanical voice from her waist sounded again:
"Target locked, full firepower!"

Bang!
The motorcycle's tail spun open, revealing nine dark, round holes. From these holes shot out a series of carrot-painted high-explosive missiles, trailing long plumes of white smoke, which then turned around in mid-air and flew in unison towards the magician—

Whoosh! !

"There's new equipment too?" Wang Xi asked in surprise.

Also.

What kind of knight is he if he doesn't ride anything?

Perhaps, this is the complete form of Rabbit Mask Rider.

Boom! !

The missile barrage produced a deafening roar, like thunder.

Smoke, debris, and flames exploded together.

The entire theater shook violently as if an earthquake had struck, its force even more astonishing than the previous shockwave.

In the third round of practical assessment for the professional warriors, compared to the missile swarm of Carlisle Lee, the seed of the Gear Foundation, it was simply like playing house in kindergarten.

"Wang Xi!"

Just then, he suddenly heard Lin Xin'er calling out to him.

Turning his head, he saw that the other party had already placed Liu Wenjie and the other four people at a relatively safe spot near the cave entrance and was waving to him.

Wang Xi glanced at the dust-filled theater, where he could still faintly hear Bai Qimeng's excited cheers. Seeing this, he moved swiftly and returned to the cave entrance.

As soon as he approached, he discovered that the four seriously injured young men and women were still breathing, with two of them on the verge of death being kept alive by a "medical nebulizer." Liu Wenjie's condition had stabilized, but he sat blankly to the side, his face ashen.

"I just asked him what happened, and I made a strange discovery..."

Lin Xin'er spoke up.

After a brief description, Wang Xi looked thoughtful.

He learned that although Liu Wenjie was a maze streamer and had made ample preparations before daring to enter the exploration, he was ultimately not a high-star professional warrior, nor did he have Bai Qimeng's intelligence channels, and was completely unaware of the exit rules of the "circus" scene.

This fatal oversight has put them in a desperate situation.

At first, the five of them were able to barely withstand the magician's attacks with the help of their protective gear. The live stream chat reminded them to ask Wang Xi and his two companions in the maze for help, which became their last hope.

However, for some unknown reason, the magician's power suddenly increased, and the card throwing knives suddenly transformed into ventriloquist guns, instantly injuring them severely.

Liu Wenjie, the only survivor, fled to the edge of the theater in a panic, where he was blasted through the wall by a ventriloquist swing—that's when he met Wang Xi and Lin Xin'er.

"I have a guess." Wang Xi calculated the time, seemingly having thought of something, and said to Lin Xin'er, "Could it be because we killed the Demon King Cat that the magician suddenly became stronger?"

Upon hearing this, the girl was taken aback.

“Very likely!” she nodded, saying, “This is a classic ‘maze rampage’ incident…”

Maze Rampage – Like "Maze Treasure Chest" and "Mysterious Merchant," it is a type of maze event.

However, unlike the low-probability randomness of the latter two, "maze walkthroughs" often follow certain patterns.

Once a certain condition is triggered, a "maze rampage" will occur, and the difficulty will increase dramatically.

But relative.

If you can successfully complete the dungeon after the "Maze Rampage" event occurs, you will most likely receive a hidden reward!
After thinking for a while, Wang Xi suddenly looked at the large hole.

He raised an eyebrow and said:
"I think I roughly know the pattern and solution to 'Maze Rampage' now..."

(End of this chapter)