Twenty minutes later, first floor of Bottomless.

Two figures clad in pitch-black cloaks were dashing wildly down the corridor, trailed by a group of pursuers.

"Go, go, go!"

"Archer, shoot him, hurry, shoot!"

"Why are you yelling, why don't you try blocking them... fuck!" Amid the chaos, a barrage of voices erupted, filling the dim corridor with noise.

"Absorb the Demon Breath, Xiaoyan, quick!" Du Yu didn't speak out loud, only sent the command through their contract.

The Cold Qi abhorred him, shying away from his presence, meaning there was no Cold Qi in the small area around Du Yu.

"Ying!" Xiaoyan responded. In that moment, roaring flames and blazing heat swept up behind them.

Compared to when they first stepped onto the first floor, both Du Yu and Li Mengnan now looked visibly grim.

After all, only a handful of people made it to the second floor; most participants still lingered on the first.

Their biggest problem was the total amount of Demon Breath.

Thanks to Du Yu's subtle hints, Li Mengnan had tried absorbing Demon Breath, but even so, the two could not keep fighting non-stop!

Fighting in stops and starts was the real way to win—for, compared to other contestants, they could at least get Demon Breath replenishments here.

But right now, it was clear they had no chance to stop and rest.

They were about to reach the first floor's exit, so they had to make a break for it. And besides, there was no way the pursuers behind would let them slow down!

To make matters worse, the Demon Beast · Water Charm Illusion Spirit on the first floor weren't strong enough to provide much aid to Du Yu and Li Mengnan.

"Do we keep moving forward, Du Yu?" Ten meters ahead, Li Mengnan, leading the way, urgently called out.

"Yes! Two more intersections, then a right turn will take us straight to the Bottomless exit... Watch out!" Du Yu barely finished speaking before he shouted in alarm.

He hadn't seen the enemy yet, but Little Fen Yang gave a sudden warning.

Li Mengnan paused her charge ever so slightly. Just a few meters ahead was a crossroad, unsure which direction the enemy would attack from.

There's no time for much talk on the battlefield!

The moment Du Yu shouted "Watch out," the enemy, knowing their cover was blown, leapt out instantly—making a beeline for Li Mengnan!

Du Yu's eyes narrowed slightly!

He'd seen this girl before—wasn't that Lin Shiwei?

Just half an hour earlier, after the soldiers notified them of the mission change, Lin Shiwei made a snap decision and returned to stand guard at the eastern exit.

Because of Yang Qingqing and Lin Shihang, Lin Shiwei paid special attention to Du Yu. She thought, whoever could dive this deep underground so quickly had to be this famous disciple of Master Qing!

The task she'd received was to capture or kill the opposition, preventing them from escaping the Bottomless.

Since the target entered from the east, the quickest and most efficient route was to double back to the eastern entrance.

Lin Shiwei had made her judgement—and finally, her quarry had arrived!

Lin Shiwei suddenly swung a punch, and while her fist had previously only been wrapped with hand-tape, she was now wearing a set of Finger Tigers.

Each finger slipped through a metal ring, and silver finger tigers gleamed with flames!

"Hyah~!" Li Mengnan shouted sharply, instinctively slashing her sword.

It was as if Lin Shiwei didn't even see the incoming sword—her left fist, clad in finger tigers, shot out in a straight punch!

"Pa!" The sword chopped downward, only to be swatted aside by a supple Flower Vine.

By Lin Shiwei's neck, two tiny rosebuds poked out, peeking at the enemy.

"Bang! Bang!"

In a split second, the wide-open Li Mengnan had no time to react—Lin Shiwei struck her face twice with straight lefts, forcing her to stumble back again and again.

Lin Shiwei's gaze was sharp as a blade!

Years of hard training had sculpted her into lethal grace, her attacks as fierce and relentless as a hunting panther.

The first punch stuck to her foe, the second piled on—cracks instantly spidered across Li Mengnan's Demon Breath Battle Robe.

"Ugh!" Li Mengnan slammed into the wall, still unable to react before Lin Shiwei's heavy right fist followed up!

Her finger tigers were a blaze of fire as she hammered a flaming right directly into Li Mengnan's face!

Krrrack—a burst of splintering, the Demon Breath Battle Robe exploded off her, and Li Mengnan's head spun as she briefly lost consciousness.

The gap—

A difference you could see with the naked eye!

It wasn't just a matter of combat skill between Lin Shiwei and Li Mengnan—it was a gulf between Lin Shiwei and every other student in her cohort.

Lin Shiwei didn't seem like a recent high school graduate, but a seasoned, expert warrior!

"Ghost Firefly Blow!"

"Whoosh!" A Wind-Fire Pillar shot forward with a roar.

Lin Shiwei had zero intention of lingering. She kicked off and retreated swiftly, letting the Wind-Fire Pillar graze by her chest.

Du Yu, wielding the Ghost Firefly Torch, swept to the side, aiming the blow directly at Lin Shiwei!

But in a flash, the girl's figure zipped around the corner and instantly vanished from sight.

"Spark Splash."

Du Yu didn't speak aloud—while issuing the order through the contract, he rushed forward and grabbed the swaying Li Mengnan into his arms.

The girl's eyes were half open, half shut, blood already trickling from the corner of her mouth, and inside her hood beside her face, the Wind Witch Doll was on the verge of tears.

From the ambush's start to its end had been only two or three seconds. The sudden attack utterly panicked the Wind Witch.

Still just a child, it had just received a harsh lesson.

"Whoosh!" A Fireball shot toward the intersection ahead, instantly erupting into a flare of sparks!

"Tsk…" Not far away, Lin Shiwei's voice sounded in surprise, "That strong?"

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