[Hall of Will] is not an underground maze that simply tests comprehensive strength.
This temple tests people's will.
What is will
Will refers to the psychological state that arises from the determination to achieve a certain goal.
Yang Yu speculated that according to the original design of the ninth floor, a team should fail repeatedly before slowly finding the pattern, solving problems one by one, and finally summoning the maze guard to enter the tenth floor.
Perhaps in the designer's view, only by experiencing repeated failures can one forge the most resolute will.
If the ninth level tests perseverance, then the tenth level should test enlightenment.
What is tested is the awareness of devoting oneself to the end in order to achieve the final victory.
If Yang Yu guessed correctly, as long as he reached the entrance to the ninth floor, or fell in the flames, the Green Fire Phoenix would immediately dive into the ground and transform into a gorgeous pattern, and everything would start all over again.
If all members launch an attack on the Blue Fire Phoenix, they will surely be unable to take care of themselves due to the Blue Fire Phoenix's [Phantom Fire Scorching Array] and the ever-increasing temperature in the space, and will continuously lose combat power.
The best way is to send only one or two determined people to deal with the Blue Fire Phoenix at a time, while the others conduct long-range attacks in a safe area.
The disadvantages of doing this are self-evident.
If only one or two people were left behind, the target of the Blue Fire Phoenix would become extremely clear, and being chased by such a scorching behemoth would surely be disastrous.
In addition, since the entrance to the ninth floor is extremely narrow and is not in the center of the wall but closer to the right wall, it will inevitably create some blind spots that are difficult to reach by attacks. If the situation is not good, the Blue Fire Phoenix may fly to the blind spots and "roast" the people on the tenth floor.
This is a test where you could die if you’re not careful.
No one can tell what will happen if you choose to stay.
However, choosing to let your partner stay or choosing to leave will result in the failure of the strategy.
That being the case, there is only one thing left to do.
After chewing the last bit of ice in his mouth, Yang Yu looked up at the Green Fire Phoenix flapping its flaming wings in the air. The Green Fire Phoenix also looked at Yang Yu, and the man and the bird looked at each other.
The Blue Fire Phoenix let out a long cry, and a circle of flames appeared on its wings. It swooped down towards Yang Yu like a bomber.
Glancing at the slowly decreasing health bar, Yang Yu drank a bottle of HP recovery potion, took out an underwater breathing pill and ate it, successfully alleviating the feeling of suffocation caused by the high temperature.
Just in case, Yang Yu also stuffed a similar pill into He Meng's pocket.
Seeing the Blue Fire Phoenix getting closer and closer, Yang Yu calmly drew out his sword, his figure flashed, and left a shadow on the ground.
The Green Fire Phoenix smashed into the ground like a meteor, and the shadow left by Yang Yu instantly turned to ashes. The heat wave carried the flames of the Green Fire Phoenix and rushed to the surroundings.
Activating [Climb], relying on the adhesion of his feet, Yang Yu stood still. The puddle that disappeared instantly in front of his eyes reflected the green fire phoenix slowly climbing up from the flames.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Yu raised his sword, and several thick thorns suddenly grew out from the puddles, binding the Green Fire Phoenix from all directions.
However, even though Yang Yu had soaked the ground in advance so that the growing thorns would be covered with water as much as possible, the heat released from the Green Fire Phoenix's body instantly dried out his thorns, making it impossible for the thorns to coil up and they stopped straight in mid-air, completely burned to ashes by the Green Fire Phoenix's flames.
Yang Yu exclaimed in astonishment. This Green Fire Phoenix would indeed not let him succeed so easily.
Spreading its wings, the Blue Fire Phoenix once again let out a long cry. With it as the center, fireballs appeared. These fireballs revolved around the Blue Fire Phoenix like planets orbiting a star, all surrounding it.
Every time the fireball rotated, it would grow a little bigger. After just two or three seconds, the fireball became as big as a Beetle car.
Before the Blue Fire Phoenix launched these huge fireballs, Yang Yu found the gaps in the rotation of the fireballs and took advantage of them to pass through the gaps in the fireballs.
An orange-red light surged from the sword, and Yang Yu struck the Green Fire Phoenix's thigh with the sword, and the edge of the sword created a brilliant flame.
The Blue Fire Phoenix let out a brief howl and glared at Yang Yu. The fireballs stopped spinning and rushed towards the Blue Fire Phoenix from all directions.
No matter how many huge fireballs hit its body one after another, in an instant, an even more vigorous flame ignited on the Blue Fire Phoenix's body.
Avoiding the fireball coming from behind, Yang Yu retreated quickly and exhaled a breath of foul air.
But before Yang Yu could breathe a sigh of relief, the blazing flames on the Green Fire Phoenix exploded again and turned into a ring of fire that rapidly spread outwards.
Using [Red Blood to Clear the Way], Yang Yu turned into a red bullet despite the damage and broke through the circle of fire.
Yang Yu attacked again, and the Green Fire Phoenix flapped its wings and flew upwards, easily avoiding Yang Yu's attack.
The blazing fire circle touched the wall and was bounced back into countless large fireballs. The large fireballs touched the wall and were divided into fireballs one inch smaller.
One divided into two, two divided into four, over and over again, tiny fireballs spread all over the ground, turning the ground into a dancing sea of fire.
Yang Yu did not get entangled with those tiny fireballs. He directly climbed up the wall and ran to the area where Bai Jin and Iyas could provide support.
Iyas fired light arrows at the right time to heal Yang Yu, Luo Luosi used water magic to cool Yang Yu down, and Bai Jin concentrated on chanting high-powered magic, preparing to catch the Blue Fire Phoenix off guard when it approached.
However, the Blue Fire Phoenix did not chase Yang Yu directly, but ran into a blind spot where Bai Jin and the others could not attack, flipped sideways, and flew close to the wall. The wall where Yang Yu was located sprayed out columns of fire that were even larger than before.
There was a flash of blood in his eyes, and he quickly avoided the pillar of fire summoned by the Green Fire Phoenix. Yang Yu ran away from the area where Bai Jin and the others could provide support, and ran towards the direction where Bai Jin and the others were facing.
Flapping its wings, the Green Fire Phoenix flew towards Yang Yu. It gently flapped its wings, emitting countless rotating wind blades.
Yang Yu stood in place and held up his shield. An illusory shield unfolded from his shield and the wind blades were all blocked by Yang Yu's shield.
Unfortunately, these winds were not just pure winds. Countless flames bloomed around Yang Yu along with the spiral wind blades, gathering into a fire tornado.
Once you are caught in this fire tornado, the consequences will be disastrous.
[Red Blood Opens the Way], Yang Yu had just used it once and it was still cooling down.
It seemed that he had no means of escape.
But Yang Yu brought He Meng with him just to prevent this kind of situation from happening.
The Blue Fire Phoenix opened its mouth, and blue flames continued to gather. Yang Yu took out He Meng, who had shrunk a little due to the high temperature, from under the shield.
(End of this chapter)