Ita Era

Chapter 70 The Primitive Era (5)

They continued forward, beating up the armor three more times along the way, and finally reached the end of the palace after 20 minutes. Apart from them, the other groups were only halfway there at best.

At the end of the palace are eight small doors, each with a teleportation array at its entrance. Each door is covered with densely packed characters.

Ding Shi waved his hand: "Su Su." He was illiterate.

Su Su went over and looked at it for a while, then turned her head and said, "I can't understand it." She simply couldn't understand Greek.

Wang Meng said, "I'll do it."

Su Su and Ding Shi stepped aside, and Wang Meng clasped his hands together, quickly forming hand seals...

Ding Shi let out a long yawn, wiped away a tear from the corner of his eye with his pinky finger, and looked at Wang Meng with utter despair. What kind of hand seal could last a minute? The enemy throws a punch, and you're still making hand seals; the enemy throws a second punch, and you're still making hand seals…

Wang Meng opened his eyes, knelt down on one knee, and slapped his palm on the ground: "Ninjutsu, Great Summoning Technique." Centered on his palm, a string of dense graphic characters spread out in all directions, and a huge cloud of white smoke appeared out of thin air before exploding.

Ding Shi rubbed his eyes, looking at the empty ground. Where was he? He looked at Wang Meng, who had a solemn expression.

Su Su looked at Ding Shi: What's going on?
Ding Shi shrugged: I didn't see it either. Did he summon a ghost?

Wang Meng lowered his head, pressing his face to the ground. Ding Shi squatted down, squinting as he searched, and finally spotted a small gray ant. The ant was touching Wang Meng's nose with its antennae, as if they were communicating in some way.

Although I look down on ants, they seem kind of interesting. Ants are clearly not combat-type pets; they're perfect as scouting pets.

After a while, the little ant exploded into a puff of white smoke and disappeared. Wang Meng stood up and took a deep breath.

Ding Shi asked cautiously, "What's going on?"

Wang Meng said, "I asked it which door it should go through."

Ding asked, "What does it say?"

Wang Meng said, "It says it doesn't know."

Ding Shi asked, "And then?"

Wang Meng said, "That's all." He stepped out and casually entered Gate 1.

Ding Shi and Su Su exchanged a glance, rolled their eyes at Gate 1 together, and then entered Gate 1 together.

Gate 1 is a long corridor with suspended throwing axes overhead, spears suddenly thrusting out from the walls, sudden floor collapses, and bursts of fire and hidden weapons. At the end is a trench about 10 meters wide.

“That’s not right,” Ding Shi said.

Wang Meng: "What's wrong?"

Ding Shi said, "There's a blazing fire here and candles outside, so why do we need to go deep into the palace? Didn't we come to the palace to get fire? Can't we just take one candle?"

Wang Meng thought for a while and looked at Su Su: "Although I feel that something is wrong, I feel that what he said makes a lot of sense."

It is true that where there is a sleeping dragon, there must be a phoenix chick.

Su Su reminded us, "The candles will go out, and the flames here will go out too. We didn't bring anything to preserve the fire."

After Su Su finished speaking, the three of them fell into deep thought: If there are no items that can preserve the fire, can the fire still be taken away?
who cares!
Ding Shi said, "I'll go first." With that, he darted forward, narrowly avoiding the spears and hidden weapons. He stopped on a green tile, flames swirling around him. Ding Shi continued his mad dash, leaping and stepping on the protruding lion heads on the wall, vaulting over the collapsed area.

Fifteen seconds later, Ding Shi safely arrived on the other side.

Wang Meng and Su Su were shocked: So fast? 150 meters in 15 seconds. Especially during the iron ball chase in the second half, Ding Shi ran like a blur. Although there was no timing, it was certain that Ding Shi ran the last 30 meters in a terrifying time of under 6 seconds for 100 meters. What did this mean? It meant that Ding Shi's running speed reached 60 kilometers per hour. Su Su remembered the introduction to pure force in the newspaper and her heart lit up: "Is Ding Shi following the pure force route? He just poured all his force into agility."

Wang Meng: "Useless." Simply put, pure primal force is about increasing strength or agility in a short period of time by consuming a lot of physical strength.

Su Su looked at Wang Meng in surprise and doubt: He's a good-for-nothing? Then what am I?
Wang Meng asked, "Can you pass?"

Su Su nodded: "Yes, but it needs to be divided into three stages." By observing Ding Shi's progress, she discovered three safe zones.

Su Su asked, "And you?"

Wang Meng said, "It's possible, but there's a possibility of injury in the final stage." The final stage is the pursuit by the large black ball.

Su Su said, "Then I'll go over first, and you can observe further."

Wang Meng said, "Okay."

The final 30 meters is a downward slope. Once a player steps onto it, a large black ball will fall behind them, accelerating with gravity and crushing them in the back. After 30 meters, there is a 10-meter-wide trench with more than a dozen handprints on the walls on both sides of the trench.

As players enter the final 30 meters, the large black ball is launched. Players run to the trench and brake, immediately choosing the handprint that best fits their hand size. Placing their hand in the handprint will then create a stone bridge spanning the trench. The more perfectly matched the handprint, the faster the bridge extends.

Ding Shi chose the most suitable handprint, and after placing his left hand on it, a bridge was formed in a second.

Theoretically, the black ball cannot catch up with the player. The player's key points are twofold: First, braking—if they can't stop, they'll fall. Second, finding the most matching handprint in the shortest amount of time.

Su Su started the challenge, with Ding Shi setting an example, and smoothly reached the last 30 meters.

Ding Shi shouted, "Su Su, don't look back, control your own pace."

Su Su, perhaps not listening, glanced back at the big black ball while running, tripped, and lurched forward.

Ding Shi hurriedly said, "Smash, smash, smash."

Su Su gritted her teeth, stopped trying to maintain her balance, lay down, and used her buttocks and back as brakes, rolling five or six times before stopping at the edge of the trench.

Ding Shi said, "Right wall, left hand, the third handprint from top to bottom."

Su Su scrambled to her feet, not having time to think, and placed her left hand on the third handprint on the right wall. A stone bridge extended from the direction of Ding Shi towards Su Su, connecting them in an instant. Su Su ran onto the stone slabs, reaching the opposite platform a few steps later. Just as her feet touched the ground, the large black ball smashed the stone bridge and fell into the ditch.

Su Su felt a wave of fear wash over her and instinctively wanted to hug Ding Shi for a sense of security. Ding Shi pushed her away with disgust. He wasn't her boyfriend; he'd helped her and now she wanted a hug? Wasn't that pure ingratitude?

When Wang Meng prepared to take on the challenge, Ding Shi started to play dirty tricks: "The handprint that best matches Wang Meng's right hand should be the one at the very bottom on the left."

Su Su, without suspicion, nodded earnestly.

Wang Meng made it through the obstacles to the last 30 meters when Su Su shouted, "Wang Meng, match your right hand with the handprint at the very bottom of the left wall!"

Wang Meng continued running wildly, like a young calf. Su Su cried out anxiously, "Brake! Brake! Wang Meng, slow down! You can't stop!" Seeing that Wang Meng was still going fast even when he reached the trench, Su Su covered her eyes with one hand.

Wang Meng jumped off the edge of the trench, cleared it, rolled twice on the ground to dissipate the force, and safely reached the shore.

Ding Shi regretted not having struck with his sword when Wang Meng jumped. However, doing so would have broken his promise. Keeping promises was sometimes a constraint for Ding Shi, and sometimes a benefit.

The biggest challenge for Wang Meng in this level is finding the matching handprint in the shortest time, as observation is his weakness. Therefore, Wang Meng chose another path and crossed the trench directly.

Without further ado, the three teleported away from the current scene.

(End of this chapter)