The conditions for opening the Purgatory Gate Trial Field are very harsh. There are seventy-two grooves on the entire door, which means that seventy-two gems are needed to open the trial door, which is much higher than the requirements for ordinary trial doors.
A normal trial gate can be opened with more than ten gems, the Haitian Trial Field requires thirty-six gems, and the Purgatory Gate requires seventy-two gems, which is twice as many as the Haitian Trial Field.
What's even more terrifying is that the Red Sand City studied it for a long time and tried various gems at first, but they were unable to open the Gate of Purgatory. Until someone suddenly had a flash of inspiration and inlaid thirty-six sapphires and thirty-six rubies on the Gate of Purgatory, the Gate of Purgatory then lit up and showed signs of opening.
As a result, seventy-two rubies and sapphires weighing about one carat could only open the gate of purgatory a little. Not to mention adults, even children could not squeeze in. The energy of the gems was consumed and the gate closed again.
Fortunately, Red Sand City produces rubies and sapphires, and is a world-famous origin of rubies and sapphires. The Lord of Red Sand City really doesn't care about these few gems, and he used the gems to pile up the gate of Purgatory.
It is said that the Lord of Red Sand City used thirty-six rubies weighing more than three carats and thirty-six sapphires weighing more than three carats to forcibly open the gate of Purgatory and send a group of death squads in.
Because opening the gate of purgatory consumes too much energy, the Lord of Red Sand City sent thousands of people in that time, but only one person came out alive.
Since then, the Lord of Red Sand City has never opened the Gate of Purgatory again, and the person who came out alive has disappeared from the world. Except for the Lord of Red Sand City, no one knows what the trial inside the Gate of Purgatory is.
Li Xiu was quite interested in the Gate of Purgatory. The contract inside the Gate of Purgatory must be extraordinary. If he could get the contract there, he might be able to fulfill the life promise.
Of course, he now knows nothing about the situation inside the Purgatory Gate. Secondly, he does not have so many gems to open the Purgatory Gate. Thirdly, the Lord of Red Sand City may not be willing to let him use the Purgatory Gate, so he can only wait for an opportunity.
Fortunately, Li Xiu was not in a hurry. Even if he wanted to go to the Gate of Purgatory, he had to improve his physical fitness first. Otherwise, if he spent such a huge price, went in, saw the contract, but couldn't lift it, wouldn't that be stupid?
Therefore, the current priority is to improve physical fitness.
"Now I can use the Brave Trial Field in Chongshan City for free, which is exactly what I want. I wonder if Chu Jun has strong connections and can help me enter the Brave Trial Field a few times." Li Xiu thought secretly in his heart.
The next morning, Li Xiu woke up early and knocked on Ximen Guan's door.
"Old sir, are you going out today?" Li Xiu asked.
"You're not going out. What's the matter?" Ximen Guan asked impatiently, with no intention of inviting Li Xiu in.
"I have to go out for something, and there's something here that's not convenient to carry with me. How about you take care of it for me for a while?" Li Xiu was holding the ghost-faced demon costume wrapped in cloth in his hand.
Ah Fei was not at home, and it was inconvenient for him to take the magic armor with him to participate in the trial, but he was also worried about leaving the magic armor in the room.
In today's world, no one knows who is in this hotel. If someone takes away his magic suit, Li Xiu won't even be able to cry.
"Put it over there." Ximen Guan then opened the door completely and let Li Xiu put the things in his room.
After Li Xiu left, Ximen Guan closed the door and started fiddling with his cell phone without even looking at what Li Xiu had put down.
"Hmph, you want to smuggle my, Ximen Guan's magic suit. Do you think your life is too long? Let me first make a set of magic suit and modify it to serve as the same source controller of my precious magic suit. By then, even if you complete the last link, you can only serve as a wedding dress for me..." Ximen Guan was secretly proud of himself while typing.
He felt that he was undoubtedly a genius, but it was really damn difficult to make money now.
"Bullshit, you know nothing. Of course the energy-guided circulation system should be done this way. Your dual circulation system is just trash, trash, do you understand..." Ximen Guan roared while typing.
He originally thought that with his knowledge of magic equipment, it would not be a problem for him to earn a little money online and buy a set of magic equipment.
As a result, the modification designs he proposed to others were criticized by others. People thought that the things he said were too backward. Ximen Guan had never heard of those messy things they talked about. Many times, he only knew what they were after searching on the Internet.
After these two days of hard work, Ximen Guan didn't earn a penny. All his proposals were rejected. Some people even called him rubbish and said that he didn't understand magic costume transformation at all.
"How can I get a set of S-level magic suit? If not, A-level will do!" Ximen Guan was a little depressed.
Ximen Guan could never have imagined that right in his room, there was a set of S-level magic armor lying there quietly.
Ximen Guan was scratching his head, thinking of ways to earn money to buy magic equipment, while Li Xiu came to the back door of the City Lord's Mansion.
From a distance, he saw Chu Jun waiting for him at the door. When he saw Li Xiu coming, Chu Jun hurriedly came up to him and stuffed a number card into Li Xiu's hand.
"Only ten people can enter the Hero Trial Field at a time. This is the number plate. Go over there with the number plate and someone will take you there." Chu Jun thought for a moment and said to Li Xiu, "I heard from them that dark mazes below level A are not too difficult. As long as you can calm down and remember the route carefully and don't lose your composure, it shouldn't be too difficult..."
"Don't worry, I should be able to handle it." Li Xiu didn't think Chu Jun was nagging and felt his good intentions.
"Okay then. I'll go first. There are some things waiting for me to deal with over there. You go in quickly. They are about to leave." After Chu Jun made all the arrangements, he trotted away.
Li Xiu entered through the back door with his number plate, and the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop him. It must be that Chu Jun had already made arrangements.
When we arrived at the gate of the courtyard that Chu Jun pointed to, we saw that the courtyard was full of the trial-takers who were recruited yesterday, including A Fei and Sha Chu.
Li Xiuliang showed his number plate and the soldier at the gate let him in.
"Why are you here?" The bandit came to Li Xiu and asked with some confusion.
"I met a friend yesterday, and he helped me get the qualification to enter the Brave Trial Field." Li Xiu explained.
"I was wondering why there was one person missing when I woke up this morning. Turns out you replaced him. Who is that friend you know? You seem to have a good relationship with him." Sha Chu said with a smile.
"Have you seen the Lord of Chongshan City?" Li Xiu ignored Sha Chu and asked after thinking for a while.
"I didn't see him. Everything here is handled by that adjutant. I didn't even see what the Lord of Chongshan City looks like." said Ah Fei.
"Then let's complete the trial first." Li Xiu nodded.
When the time for the trial came, the adjutant of the Lord of Chongshan City took Li Xiu and ten others to the trial gate.
This trial gate is located in the City Lord's Mansion, in a separate large courtyard. There stands a gray-black gate that is less than ten meters high. Among the trial gates that Li Xiu has seen, this one is relatively small.
The adjutant personally inlaid more than twenty black spinels on the door. The door glowed with black light and then slowly opened.
Li Xiu felt a little surprised that the Brave Trial Field actually required more than twenty gems to open, which was a considerable number.
Fortunately, black spinel is relatively cheap, much cheaper than pink spinel, so the cost of opening it is not very high.
Li Xiu, A Fei and Sha Chu looked at each other, then followed the other trial-takers into the gate.
In a white room, ten trial participants were all wearing tight white clothes. Li Xiu was still okay with a light red belt tied around his waist, but Sha Chu was more eye-catching with a red skirt and red boots. Fortunately, the Tang sword had been taken into her body as a symbiotic contract, otherwise it would have been even more eye-catching. Even so, the other trial participants were looking at her in confusion.
The white room is like a white box with four white walls, floor and ceiling. There is a door on each wall, and no one knows which door leads to the exit.
The way out of the dark maze is different every time, and previous experience is not of much use.
The light screen that appeared on the wall illuminated the entire room brightly.
"Welcome to the Brave Trial Field. The B-level trial is about to begin. The trial rules are as follows..." The cold voice made people feel particularly uncomfortable in this depressing environment.
The rules are the same as what Li Xiu knew before. As long as he finds the exit, he will pass the first round of tests. There are no other restrictions. As long as he finds the exit, he will pass.
While the light screen was still on, Li Xiu carefully observed the room and the door, hoping to discover something.
Based on Li Xiu's previous experience, trials usually have traces to follow and cannot be passed by brute force alone.
A trial like the Dark Maze cannot be left to them relying on luck alone. In addition to sense of direction, calm judgment and memory, Li Xiu wanted to know if there were any other solutions.
"Are you also a trial-taker?" When Li Xiu was observing the room, a trial-taker suddenly walked up to him and said this out of the blue.
The other trial-takers didn’t understand what this sentence meant. They thought that everyone who came here was a trial-taker, and they thought that the trial-taker was mentally ill.
Li Xiu naturally didn't think so. He carefully looked at the person in front of him and asked, "You too?"
The man looked to be in his twenties, with an average appearance, average build, and average height. He was the kind of person that you would forget what he looked like after you saw him for the first time.
The Fire Lotus Sword on Li Xiu's waist and the Magic Spirit Ring on his hand, anyone who knows the business can tell at a glance that he is a true trial-taker, and this cannot be hidden from anyone.
However, Li Xiu did not see a sign on the man in front of him. He only saw a black crystal ring on his finger, which might be a magic ring.
"This is my contract." The man raised the black crystal ring on his finger, answering Li Xiu's question.
This surprised Li Xiu a little. He didn't expect that the black crystal ring was not a magic ring but a contract.
"Do you have any advice?" Li Xiu asked the man.
"Just checking," the man replied.
"Confirm what?" Li Xiu frowned slightly. He felt that there was something wrong with the man's tone.
"Confirm my target. I am only responsible for ordinary people. I don't care about the trial-takers. They didn't pay for killing the trial-takers." The man's straightforwardness surprised Li Xiu.
The man's words were very clear. Someone had hired him to kill people, but he didn't say there would be real trial-takers among them.
So he only killed ordinary people and didn't care about Li Xiu and Sha Chu.
This is both a gesture of goodwill and a threat.
He did not cause trouble for Li Xiu and Sha Chu, and also hoped that Li Xiu and Sha Chu would not meddle in his affairs, and that the two sides would keep to themselves.
Li Xiu was about to say something when the countdown ended. The light screen suddenly disappeared and the entire room became pitch black.
Li Xiu immediately grabbed the bandit beside him and quickly retreated, leaning against the wall.
Although the man said that he would not cause trouble for Li Xiu and Sha Chu, who knows whether what he said is true or not.
Even if it was true, Li Xiu couldn't let him hurt Ah Fei.
Li Xiu tried to summon the magic spirit, but failed. Neither the magic spirit nor the contract could be used in the trial field.
"Ah!" A scream rang out in the room. The shrill sound made everyone's heart tremble.
Then Li Xiu heard hurried footsteps and the sound of a door being opened and closed.
Li Xiu did not move, and the bandit behind him did not say a word either.
"Who is the woman behind you?" The man's voice sounded again in the darkness, and he did not leave.
"Friends." Li Xiu replied.
"That's a bit troublesome. I accepted the gems from others, so I have to do things for them. It's okay if you are a trial-taker, but she is not a trial-taker. If I don't kill her, it would seem unprofessional." The man sighed.
"So what?" Li Xiu asked calmly.
"So I hope you can leave here and find a girlfriend after you get out. Anyway, your girlfriend is not pretty. With your status as a trialist, it won't be difficult for you to find a better one." In the darkness, the man continued, "Time is running out. I still have to kill those other people. I'll give you three seconds to make a decision. I'll count to three. If you don't leave, I'm sorry. I can only kill a trialist at the price of an ordinary person."
"No need to count, you can't kill her." Li Xiu said.
"It seems that you still don't understand. Forget it, I really don't want to do business at a loss, so I'll explain it more clearly. You can't see anything here, but for me, there is no difference between here and outside. I should understand what I mean." The man said again.
"Understood."
"Go ahead if you understand."
"Okay, then I'm leaving." After saying that, Li Xiu pulled A Fei away.
"You are seeking death yourself." The man sighed and approached Li Xiu quickly like a ghost.
His footsteps were as light as a cat's, almost inaudible. He flashed to Li Xiu's side, stretched out his finger, and stabbed Li Xiu's eyes.
The man was a little afraid of Sha Chu. After all, with so many trial-takers bound to him, he must be quite difficult to deal with.
Li Xiu, however, had only one contract like him, which meant that Li Xiu had not been a trial-taker for too long and his level would not be too high.
As long as the person is not a D-level trial-taker, the man is confident that he can kill the other person in this dark maze.
He possesses the Dark Eyes skill, which allows him to see in the dark, and the Ghost Wind skill, which can reduce body weight, increase speed, and reduce the sound produced when his body comes into contact with external objects.
The dark maze is his natural home ground. Unless the opponent is a more advanced trial-taker than him and can crush him in strength, he is not afraid of anyone here.
"It's so hard to make some money. I have to kill the trial-takers, and then ask them to pay more money after I get out. I, Ye Yuzhen, will not do business at a loss." Ye Yuzhen thought to himself.
Seeing that his fingers were about to pierce Li Xiu's eyes, Li Xiu was holding Ah Fei with one hand and opening the door with the other, and seemed to have no reaction at all to the arrival of his fingers.
"So what if I'm a trial-taker? In this dark maze, I, Ye Yuzhen, am the absolute master." When Ye Yuzhen's fingers were almost touching Li Xiu's eyelids, he suddenly felt a huge force coming from his lower abdomen.
Li Xiu kicked Ye Yuzhen in the lower abdomen at some point, causing Ye Yuzhen to step back several steps. He held his lower abdomen with both hands and knelt on the ground with a thud.
It hurt so much that Ye Yuzhen's whole body was shaking, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing. Then he rolled over and rolled to the side silently.
He couldn't make any noise, lest Li Xiu hear him and chase after him.
But when Ye Yuzhen just rolled over and raised his head, he saw a fist rapidly enlarging in front of his eyes.
Bang!
Ye Yuzhen only felt golden stars in front of his eyes, and he fell straight back, and fell to the ground with a thud.
Ye Yuzhen's ability to withstand a beating was quite strong. Li Xiu used all his strength in this kick and punch, but he failed to kill Ye Yuzhen.
After being hit directly in the face by Li Xiu, he fell to the ground, but immediately turned over and rolled away from Li Xiu.
Li Xiu doesn't have night vision, but as long as he can hear a little sound, he can determine the movement trajectory of everything, which is almost the same as being able to see.
Seeing that Ye Yuzhen is so tough, if we really want to keep fighting, it will probably take some time to kill him.
The countdown to passing the dark maze was only half an hour, and it was not known how long it would take to get out since it was the first time here. Li Xiu did not have time to waste on him, so he pulled Ah Fei and pushed open a door and rushed out.
Li Xiu's action made Ye Yuzhen certain that Li Xiu could not see him, but was relying on hearing to determine his location.
"As long as you can't see it." Ye Yuzhen wiped the blood from his nose, endured the pain on his face and lower abdomen, pushed the door open and chased after him.
Li Xiu pulled Ah Fei forward, passing through door after door, until the seventeenth room, when Li Xiu realized that there was no door in front of them, and all he could touch was a wall.
So Li Xiu changed direction and touched the left wall again, and then found that there was no door on the left wall.
"It seems we can only go to the right." Li Xiu pulled Ah Fei and continued to go to the right, and sure enough, they found a door on the right wall.
As soon as Li Xiu pushed open the door, he heard panting sounds coming from inside the room.
"Something's wrong... this sound... is not the breathing of a human..." While Li Xiu listened attentively, he pulled Ah Fei back, wanting to leave this room and return to the previous room.