◎【Congratulations to player Xia Rihua for picking up a skill book "xx"】◎
"No, I still can't catch up!" Nagata gritted his teeth, sweat dripping from his temples. Ever since Long Yan kicked him out of the guild, he'd completely grasped a harsh truth: falling behind meant elimination. Anyone who failed to meet Long Yan's expectations would be kicked out.
He was once a thief that Long Yan had spotted at first sight, and joined the First Guild with a halo of pride. However, he never expected to be defeated by a player named Xia Ri Lihua in the end. Such a humiliating result made him feel upset for a long time. In the end, he picked himself up with the encouragement of An Xing, who was also kicked out.
The two of them spent every day in the wild killing monsters, frantically practicing their positioning, reaction speed, and skills. It was not until their combat power finally broke into the top ten of the professional rankings that they applied to join the Spade Kingdom, which was not the highest ranked but had a good overall atmosphere.
The confidence he had finally regained began to waver again after meeting this alchemist.
However, An Xing didn't share Chang Tian's anxiety when he heard what he said. Instead, he calmly analyzed, "Don't panic. She's already fast, and with the purple potion, there's a good chance she'll surpass us."
"What should I do? Should I let her succeed again like last time?!" Nagata looked at her back unwillingly, his anger evident in his words.
An Xing slowed down his pace and shook his head: "No, she can't escape."
"What do you mean?" Nagata was a little surprised.
An Xing gestured forward with his chin and stopped walking: "She entered the Flower Maze."
There's a dedicated forum thread about this maze, filled with players complaining about how frustrating the Garden Valley Flower Maze is! "Not only is the maze incredibly complex, but even worse is the fact that the authorities have introduced a new monster into the maze—the Flower Demon!"
Scrolling down the post, An Xing discovered that the Flower Fairies themselves were quite weak, inflicting little damage even to level 15 players. The problem was that they possessed a skill called Nightmare, which was released along with the Flower Fairies' toxins. The chance of hitting the player was approximately 60-70%. Once struck, the player would be trapped in the Flower Fairy's nightmare, losing their sense of direction and becoming disoriented.
In addition, nightmares will also consume the player's stamina. When the stamina drops to a value that causes stiffness, the player can only return to the city by committing suicide. Suicide is the same as killing monsters. As long as you die, the experience points and gold coins on your body will be taken away in proportion. It's really frustrating!
Of course, many players also jumped out to refute, saying that if you can't tell the directions, you can look at the map. As long as you follow the general direction of the map, you will definitely be able to get out in the end.
It's hilarious! Are they the only ones who know such a stupid trick? How could other players not think of it? You know, once you're hit by the Nightmare, all maps and compasses in the player's view are hidden, the image you see is distorted by the nightmare, and even all props used for identifying directions are locked, making them impossible to use.
In a word, once you enter the maze, there is no way you can come out alive.
"So far, no player in the entire Miracles has successfully challenged it. She will definitely die if she goes in." Looking at her back as she scurried into the maze, Anxing explained calmly.
Nagata suddenly realized what was going on and stopped chasing. He looked at the entrance to the maze and the figure that had disappeared there, and his tone suddenly became cheerful: "Haha, then let her die in there alone!"
Death? That was absolutely impossible. Xia Li heard the curse behind her and raised the corners of her mouth. Not only would she not die, she would also come out with something they could never imagine.
Hidden in a corner of the Flower Maze is a non-professional skill book called [Gliding]. Xia Li doesn't know the specific description of this skill, but she knows that with this skill, even if she falls from a height of more than 100 meters, she will not die, and at most she will suffer minor injuries.
It seemed like a rather useless skill, not as powerful as the [Light of Temptation] that she had picked up in the Scarlet Monastery, nor could it enhance certain attributes like other skill books. But only Xia Li knew that one day in the future, an unprecedented giant boss would appear on a certain map.
The giant boss is bigger than any monster that players have fought so far. If players use the flying scroll or props such as kites to fly up, there is basically no way back, because at such an extremely high height, players cannot jump around and can only stand at a few fixed points to fight monsters.
Once the boss notices a player on his shoulder or head, he can swing the player down. At that time, except for the player with the [Glide] skill, everyone else, even a thick-skinned warrior or paladin, will definitely be smashed to pieces.
Xia Li remembered that battle vividly. Every player who flew up fell to their death, except for a mage in ordinary attire who landed lightly on the lawn, unharmed. At the time, she didn't realize it was due to the gliding skill, and only secretly suspected that some item had helped the mage. It wasn't until much later, when this skill was discovered by a player, that she suddenly realized what had happened.
However, that battle ultimately ended in failure. There were many reasons for this failure, too numerous to mention in a few words. Xia Li privately reviewed the situation and identified several key points. Now reborn, Xia Li vowed to herself that if she faced that giant boss again, she would do everything in her power to prevent failure.
Okay, let's get back to the skills. According to official settings, players can learn up to 5 non-professional skills (not usable in PVE scenarios). So far, she has learned one, which means she has 4 more chances to choose.
It is obvious that [Gliding] is her next goal.
The prosperous maze is huge, covering an area of more than 800 square meters. The routes are crisscrossed and very complicated. If players are not careful, they will be attacked by the flower monsters hiding in the corners.
Xia Li stood at the first fork in the road, thought for a moment, opened her backpack, and discovered that some items had indeed turned gray. The gray state meant that they were locked and could not be used, such as invisibility potions, flying scrolls, etc. This was set by the official to prevent players from escaping the maze by becoming invisible or flying high in the sky.
But there was one item that didn't turn gray—the primary antidote potion.
The nightmare damage of the flower demon is produced together with toxins, so this skill is toxic after all. As long as it is poisonous, it can be detoxified with antidote potions in non-copy scenarios. Xia Li dragged out 5 bottles of antidote potions bought from the mobile NPC Louis, put them in the most convenient grid, and then stepped into the middle fork in the road.
Whether in her previous life or this one, she had never entered the Flower Maze. But as the saying goes, you've never eaten pork, but you've seen pigs run. Just because she had never been there didn't mean she didn't know the tricks to clear the maze.
In fact, she could barely remember a route in her mind. Although it was not very clear, she would definitely be able to get out if she tried a few more times.
A flower demon was lurking on the path in the middle. Upon noticing a human entering, it immediately sprayed a purple-black toxin at her! Fortunately, she remembered the flower demon was lurking here, so she was prepared and easily dodged it.
Then came the second fork in the road. Xia Li recalled a little and remembered to go right, so she plunged in. There were two clusters of flower monsters on the right, about five or six of them, and their attack power was a little stronger than the first one.
But it's only a little bit stronger.
In Xia Li's eyes, this attack speed was much slower than that of the two thieves behind her, so hiding was effortless.
Soon she came to the third intersection. This intersection was a bit complicated, with eight forks in the road, six of which were dead ends with many flower monsters in them. One led to the exit, and another led to the skill book [Gliding] that she had been secretly looking forward to.
She remembered that the third way from left to right was the exit, so she could rule it out for now. Then which of the remaining seven ways led to the skill book?
Xia Li thought about it and decided that she had to give it a try no matter what, so she stopped hesitating and stepped directly into the first fork in the road on the left.
After walking more than 20 meters in, everything she saw began to distort. The walls turned into the ground, and the ground twisted into the ceiling. At the same time, countless black ribbons crawled out of the cracks and headed straight for her feet.
Although this was a monster from the nightmare, the player would still lose blood once touched by it. Xia Li had no choice but to use green mist to corrode the monster crawling over while running, and then took out the antidote from the prop bar and drank it in one gulp.
[Primary Antidote: Can cure minor poisoning (Note: Not available in dungeon mode)]
The potion's effect was immediate. The distorted wall and ground returned to their proper positions, the cracks vanished, and the black monster vanished with a whoosh. However, because the potion was only a primary one, capable of removing only minor toxins, Xia Li could still see that the boundary between the wall and the ground was curved, not straight.
In any case, it's better than being completely poisoned.
After eliminating this fork in the road, Xia Li returned along the same route and then took the second one.
The situation was the same as the first route. A whole row of flower fairies were like old procuresses who hadn't seen any customers for many years. They waved their flower buds enthusiastically and sprayed poison on her continuously, fearing that she would run away.
After trying all the roads one by one until she reached the second to last road, Xia Li finally found a box at the end. The box was very simple, without even a diamond or gem inlaid on it. It looked very worthless.
Xia Li guessed that the reason why this box was still here and not opened by any player was probably because the box was too shabby. According to the dungeon opening theorem, the shabbier the box, the less good things it would drop. So even if there were players who were lucky enough to get in, most of them would turn around and leave after seeing it.
It would be better for her to turn around and leave, otherwise she would be disappointed.
Xia Li was secretly delighted and carefully opened the lid of the box. A skill book was lying quietly at the bottom of the box.
[You picked up a skill book. Would you like to make it public? ]
Of course, she had to keep such a precious skill as a trump card, so she chose: [Not Public]
However, at the same time, the world announced:
Congratulations to player Xia Rilihua for finding the skill book "xx" in the Flower Maze of Garden Valley! Let's offer our best wishes to her!
Congratulations to player Xia Rilihua for finding the skill book "xx" in the Flower Maze of Garden Valley! Let's offer our best wishes to her!
Congratulations to player Xia Rilihua for finding the skill book "xx" in the Flower Maze of Garden Valley! Let's offer our best wishes to her!
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My goodness, they broadcast it three times in a row, as if they were afraid that the world players wouldn't see it! Looking at the three system announcements that popped up, Xia Li's face instantly darkened. It turned out that the non-disclosure meant the name of the skill book, not this update!
Well, let’s just broadcast it, Xia Li thought, as long as she doesn’t say it actively, no one will ever know what skills she has.
Now that she had the skill book, Xia Li clapped her hands and the skill book immediately turned into floating light. After staying in the air for a few seconds, it entered her body.
[Glide: Reduces the user's falling speed, reducing landing damage by up to 100%]
Amazing! This is the real reason why the wizard didn't die after falling from a high altitude, but only suffered minor injuries!
Moreover, it was written that the landing damage could be reduced up to 100%. Xia Li couldn't help but flash her eyes. Does this mean that if she grasps the key points of the movements properly, she can avoid even minor injuries after landing?
When she thought of this possibility, Xia Li took a deep breath, and her heart began to beat wildly like a drum.
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