Chapter 278: My Thunderclap Hammer is thirsty

Chapter 278: My Thunderclap Hammer is thirsty



Mike continued pushing the stone forward.

Now that he had found what he was looking for, Mike's actions became bolder!

"Wind Fury!"

"Wind's Reach!"

The stone couldn't be destroyed, but using skills on it could speed up its movement!

The distance moved by Wind's Reach would stack with each use.

The stone rolled rapidly through the passage, and Mike felt invigorated.

Since Morpheus and the others had pushed the stone, it meant that pushing the stone was a viable method.

Based on Ares's message, he had created a skill called [Warp Strike], which sounded like a highly mobile skill.

This meant that as long as the stone was pushed a certain distance, quantitative changes would lead to qualitative changes, resulting in new developments!

These changes might not necessarily mean conquering the maze.

The Eye of Truth's previous prompt was: [Pushing the boulder infinitely far will conquer the maze]

This "infinitely far" clearly wasn't meant literally.

Otherwise, Mike would be exhausted to death without achieving it.

Sure enough, after pushing for about ten minutes, the passage suddenly opened up!

A boss covered in black flames appeared in front of the stone, about to roar.

At that moment, Mike habitually released [Wind's Reach].

Boom-

The Wind Blade hit the boss, instantly depleting its health bar.

With the stone in between, Mike didn't even notice the boss's death.

"Huh, where did these gold coins and materials come from?"

After collecting the items, Mike continued forward, observing his surroundings.

The boss he had just killed was quite powerful.

For participants around level 200, it was an insurmountable peak.

Not to mention, participants had to fight while pushing the stone, which was highly restrictive.

On flat ground, many could defeat a boss of this caliber.

But while pushing the stone, a single mistake would cause the stone to roll back to the starting point, taking the participants with it.

"No wonder there are so few guides about this place..."

Mike usually didn't rely much on guides.

With the Eye of Truth, it was like carrying a guidebook.

Moreover, guides aimed at the general public or even the special ones in the training camp were of little value to Mike.

His minimum goal was to achieve an SSSS rating, where could he find a guide for that?

After defeating the boss, Mike pushed the stone a bit further and heard a click.

The stone stopped.

Looking down, Mike saw a groove in the ground.

The man didn't expect Mike to admit it so readily!

If what this young man said was true... then he, like the three before him, was a child of

destiny?

Had the child of destiny failed three times already?

The man spoke again, "Young man, I have a question for you."

Mike nodded, "Go ahead."

The man asked, "If you firmly grasp destiny but find that everything is in vain, destined to be

a wild goose chase, what would you do?"

"That's a big question. Sorry, I can't give you a complete answer right now."

Mike said frankly, "I care about both the process and the result. I want to firmly grasp destiny

but don't want everything to be in vain..."

Mike's meaning was simple: he wanted it all.

Listening to Mike's words, the man was slightly moved.

He had never expected such an... ordinary answer?

The first to come here, Morpheus, told the man he would give it a try.

If he failed, he would try again in a different way.

The second, Ares, didn't answer the question at all.

The hot-tempered bro directly started swinging his sword.

Destiny? In vain?

Stand out and let me slash you twice first!

The third, Apollo, did nothing but say it was boring.

After hearing the fourth's answer, the man felt nothing, even finding him a bit talkative.

Compared to the previous three, this guy talked too much!

The man spoke again, answering Mike's initial question,

"This stone seals the monsters of the River Styx, preventing Hades and Thanatos's pursuers

from entering the maze, ensuring the maze and the lower floors remain unharmed."

A seal?

Mike curiously asked, "Then why not purify the River Styx?"

"Purify the River Styx?"

The man seemed to hear a very amusing joke and snorted,

"To purify the River Styx, one must have visited the zeroth floor, conquered the so-called 'hidden level,' obtained the [Blessing of Truth], and built the Sea of Truth..."

"These conditions are incredibly difficult to meet, almost impossible. So where would you

find such a being?"

The man shook his head, "Even the strongest among your three bros couldn't purify the River

Styx."

As the man spoke, a shadow slipped through the gap beside the heart-shaped stone. Mike swapped places with the shadow, appearing before the man, "Tell me quickly, where is the River Styx! My Thunderclap Hammer is thirsty!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn