82: Chapter 82 The Mysterious Cemetery

Since he was already here, how could Ross turn back halfway?

What kind of Wizard would hesitate like this?

But listening to the guardian of this Secret Realm, casually trying to enter it still carried some danger.

"If you want to venture in, naturally there is no problem. It is just that with your current strength, you won't reap many gains if you go."

"The Secret Realms here are mainly formed from the echoes left behind after an Official Wizard dies. After you enter, you will encounter attacks from within the Secret Realm, but before you die, you will be pulled out of this Secret Realm. This is also a protection set up by the academy."

At this moment, the old man's voice continued to flow leisurely.

And the explanation from this old man guarding the Secret Realm also put Ross's mind at ease.

Whew, that gave him a scare.

Since the academy had set up protections against the risk of death, what was there to be afraid of?

For Ross, there were plenty of good things inside the Secret Realm.

Even if these Secret Realms were echoes left behind after wizards died, a kind of memory left behind, and then formed in coordination with the academy's design.

However, the legacy and energy left behind at a wizard's death, once gathered, were definitely something a Wizard Apprentice like Ross could not compare to.

Not only did it contain some memory fragments of Official Wizards, or their methods within, it was estimated that there would also be some knowledge or secrets known only to Official Wizards.

He could learn a lot after going in.

"I still choose to enter."

Under Ross's insistence, the old man opposite him no longer insisted otherwise.

He simply picked a suitable Secret Realm for him.

"Maze Cemetery"

As the old man flicked a dial, a path emerged from beneath their feet.

Following this path forward and passing through a light door, one could step into the Maze Cemetery.

After nodding in response, Ross stepped into this Secret Realm.

After passing through the light door, Ross arrived at an independent space completely different from the real world.

Coming into view were walls enclosed by towering barriers, and at this moment, before Ross's eyes was only a 10-meter-wide entrance.

After passing through the wide entrance before him, there was a path that split into two fork roads.

As Ross continued forward, choosing one path to walk ahead, even more fork roads appeared.

It turned out to be a maze.

These towering walls were composed of huge, solid stones, and were also imbued with sturdy magic effects.

Ross tried to attack them, discovering that although he could break these walls after gathering his strength,

the time required was still quite long, and if he wanted to directly Breakthrough during battle, it would be quite difficult.

"I hope no monsters suddenly appear here."

But upon second thought, that was also unlikely.

After all, if the echoes left behind by an Official Wizard only composed a maze, even with some traps, it wouldn't be much of a difficult task for a Wizard Apprentice, failing to achieve the effect of tempering.

Ross did not continue forward, instead choosing to observe the claw marks on the walls and the traces underfoot, attempting to distinguish whether there were monsters around.

Very quickly, a heavy, mixed sound of footsteps came from the corner of a fork in the distance.

At this moment, Ross quickly hid in the corner of an adjacent wall, which was a blind spot in his field of vision.

He saw a team composed of stone statue soldiers and horses passing by the spot where Ross had just been.

At the head was a Minotaur stone statue holding a round shield; not only did he have a stone shield that looked hard in his left hand, but his right hand also held a crude, wild stone axe.

Behind him were some half-Lizardman scouts, also constructed from stone statues. Both of their hands were tied with short arrows carrying venom, and upon closer inspection, there was a hint of cunning light in the eyes of these stone statues.

Although this patrol team was composed of stone statues, they didn't just seem like stone statues; they were more like a kind of semi-activated monster.

Ross estimated the combat power of this squad before him. Although he should be able to take them down, it would inevitably generate combat fluctuations, which might alert more patrolling wild monsters.

Within the maze, not only did these patrolling monsters patrol according to a certain pattern, but even his own movements would be restricted.

If he accidentally got trapped, it was very likely that he would trigger the death mechanism early, and then he would be teleported out, thus wasting this opportunity to enter the Secret Realm.

Within the gloomy maze all around, Ross at this moment seemed like a ghost, pressing close to the walls as he moved forward.

He could even smell the moss on the walls and the cold, damp aura coming from the rocks.

Relying on his superb Mental Energy, as well as his flexible and agile movements, Ross repeatedly avoided the traces of the patrol teams.

But as he continuously went deeper, the complexity of the maze further reduced his margin for error, and even the number of patrol teams was constantly increasing.

"If this goes on, combat will be inevitable."

That is, at the next relatively very narrow crossroads, his Mental Energy perception inevitably ran into a team of patrolling wild monsters.

This team of patrolling wild monsters was composed of a Minotaur stone statue and two lizard scouts.

These stone statues clearly didn't rely on their eyes to perceive. Just as Ross rushed toward them, with only two or three meters left, they also perceived the fluctuations.

At this point, there was no way to avoid it.

Since there was no way to avoid combat, he had to resolve them at the fastest speed, then minimize the combat fluctuations to the greatest extent.

At this moment, a cold light flashed in Ross's eyes, and his figure burst forth like a ghost.

He did not choose to use fire elements to stimulate [Magic Flame] to carry out an attack.

Such intense elemental fluctuations were very conspicuous in this maze and would inevitably attract patrolling monsters from elsewhere to come support.

Under Ross's rapid casting, [Hand of Magic] quietly arrived at the necks of the two lizard scouts with the greatest threat level.

"Crack, crack."

Under the devastation of Ross's [Hand of Magic] outputting magic power to the maximum extent, the necks of these two lizard scouts before him were as fragile as paper.

These two lizard scouts instantly became like Louis XVI, completely headless.

Leaving only broken stones and crushed rock spattered onto the towering walls around them.

And further inside, some green blood still lingered.

And right after these two lizard scouts died, the leading Minotaur stone statue also reacted.

Raising a huge stone shield and a crude stone axe, it rushed toward Ross.

Ross, however, slowed his pace, and taking advantage of the momentum before this behemoth could recover from its forward charge, he smoothly dodged to its side.

Flexibly dodging the impact brought by its huge stone body, he smoothly struck a cluster of [Void Magic Flame] into its flank.