Chapter 2289: Marking

Chapter 2289: Marking



*THUD* *THUD* *THUD*

Sam's footprints echoes through the hall. The mirrors are shining brightly and the golden flames are coming at him from behind.

The reflection that came out of the mirror is chasing after him.

Sam cannot attack, according to the rules. Even though he did attack by instinct in the snowland, he didn't want to push his luck again and get disqualified right now. The reflection that looked exactly like himself is taking full advantage of that.

As Sam ran around, he observed the surroundings.

Just like in the other rounds, there are various restrictions against his observation ability and his energy vision. He is unable to use them freely. So, he had to collect information while on the run.

*POOF*

After running for a couple of minutes, Sam disappeared into a puff of black smoke with his shadow ability.

The reflection stopped for a moment, the next second, it turned around and threw the fire ball in a certain direction.

*SWOOSH*

Sam who was hiding in the shadow of a mirror dodged the attack, the fire ball went and crashed into the mirror.

*CRASH* The mirror broke down instantly and the next second...

Sam felt a flash envelop him whole. When he regained his vision, he stood there at the spot where he appeared the first time.

He is sweating profusely.

He looked around to make sure that the reflection is not there again and then looked at the mirror that exploded because of the fire ball.

The mirror is there. There are no signs of attack, not even a scratch on it.

He carefully moved, making sure that his reflection is not fully and directly appearing in a mirror. He didn't even make eye contact with any of his partial reflections just to make sure. He slowly made his way to the first mirror that projected the reflection out.

The one from which that flaming maniac version of him came out.

He crouched down just to be more safe and placed his hand on it. His energy channeled into it and there it is, he could feel it. The mirror is not exactly a mirror. It is a formation. It is a formation that was created on the frame of the mirror. It manifests and captures an aspect of Sam.

At least that is what he understood by analysing it in the brief moment.

However, as for how the reflection managed to came out of the mirror itself? Sam doesn't know. That could be the part played by the much larger, greater and more complicated formation that was laid around the hall.

Sam tried to break a couple of nodes to deactivate a formation.

*CRACK*

The first one went well.

*CRACK* The second one didn't. As soon as he did, a crack appeared on the mirror itself and the next moment, Sam felt the flash again.

He reappeared at the center once again and this time he noticed something. Approximately five percent of his overall spiritual energy has disappeared. for new novels

He closed his eyes and felt the connection he had with the formation.

He couldn't sense its location. He can sense its strength, he can sense its existence, but not its location. Sam then turned around to look at the mirror he came from. He placed his hand on the surface. He could see his reflection in it. As soon as his palm touched the mirror, the reflection grabbed his palm and locked the fingers.

Sam dragged his palm back hurriedly.

*BAM*

A punch landed straight on his face as the reflection came out of it. At least, the hand wasn't locked anymore. Sam activated his shadow fusion and disappeared from there. The reflection

looked around and threw a punch in the air.

The force itself broke a mirror and...

*FLASH*

Sam disappeared from the spot and reappeared at the central area.

"Fuck."

He cursed in exasperation. He lost energy once again. Not just the one he used to place the trap formation, but also the energy he used to create the nodes and then some more energy on

top of that. That final part might be the penalty for breaking the mirror.

He sighed and looked around.

He kinda got the mechanism of it. The room is too big, there are too many mirrors. A reflection will come after him and if a mirror breaks, he will have to start again.

He speculated that the exit is through a mirror in the room. However, which one? He cannot

go by trial and error. He will eventually run out of energy. Even with his extended reserves,

this is not possible.

Sam looked around and an idea came to his mind.

He took out some color from his storage and threw a drop at the mirror near him. Nothing happened. There is no energy in the color. It is just some paint.

He took a few steps around and came back to the central area. The paint is still there. He

smiled

He closed his eyes and activated wind fusion, wings appeared on his back and he flew into the

air.

Just after a few feet, he couldn't go higher anymore. But that is enough. He started moving rapidly. And as he moved he marked every single mirror with the color. First he went in a straight line from the central area.

A straight line forward, all the mirrors are marked red, creating a divide line, then backward extending the line to the rear. The whole hall is divided into two halves.

He changed the pain and picked blue. He then moved to the right side as he marked every

mirror.