193: Above the rules

The Death Warhorse, with the buffs from various movement items, was extremely fast.

It carried Qin Tian and arrived at the Trial Land in just a short while.

The Trial Land in the Tier 8 Area was even more desolate than the Trial Lands Qin Tian had seen before.

Not a blade of grass grew, and not even a single player could be seen.

It was normal to think that way; the Sakura Country players here had all been eliminated by Qin Tian and Silver Dragon earlier.

Not just the Trial Land, but the entire Tier 8 Area should also be devoid of Sakura Country players.

Having already broken through Level 500, Qin Tian no longer considered whether the Evil God would tamper with the teleportation gate and walked directly towards the nearest one.

"Wait for me, wait for me a moment."

Just as Qin Tian was about to enter the teleportation gate, a voice sounded from behind him.

The voice was familiar. Qin Tian turned his head to see that it was Cong Yun, who had only recently parted ways with him.

Cong Yun had not expected to encounter Qin Tian here again.

Thinking of Qin Tian's terrifying combat power, Cong Yun quickly ran over.

"Big shot, take me with you."

Cong Yun said excitedly, looking at Qin Tian.

He showed no embarrassment, nor was he uncomfortable about his previous higher level being surpassed and crushed by Qin Tian.

Cong Yun wished Qin Tian could be even stronger.

They were both China players. After the realm barrier shattered, it was no longer a simple internal competition but had directly turned into intense battles between national regions.

With one more powerhouse like Qin Tian in China, they would have more say in such a chaotic world.

In the short term, he could also cling to a powerful leg.

"Let's go."

Qin Tian did not refuse Cong Yun and directly sent him a team invitation.

One more person or one less person had no impact on Qin Tian.

Moreover, Qin Tian's thoughts were similar to Cong Yun's; he also hoped China could have more powerhouses.

"Level 555?"

Cong Yun gasped when he saw Qin Tian's level.

In his understanding, or more accurately, in the unanimous consensus of him and all players, the highest level in destiny was 499.

After reaching Level 499, the experience bar would disappear directly. Although killing monsters would continue to grant experience, players would no longer level up.

And Qin Tian's level completely subverted Cong Yun's understanding.

"How did you do that? How can your level appear here? Are you perhaps an NPC?"

Cong Yun couldn't help but ask.

His guess was not unfounded; after all, he had been tricked by an NPC before, turning from a player into an NPC and serving as a job change mentor in Newbie Main City for a period.

There were also examples of NPCs disguised as players.

"Killing monsters to level up."

Qin Tian answered casually.

Helping Cong Yun was fine, but revealing everything was impossible.

This was Qin Tian's biggest secret and source of power.

As for his level being exposed, it was harmless, as everyone would follow their own logic to find a reasonable explanation for an unreasonable situation.

Hearing Qin Tian say this, Cong Yun did not press further.

Instead, he began to constantly ponder in his mind how Qin Tian had achieved it.

"Hidden quest, it must be a hidden quest, but what are the conditions to complete a hidden quest?"

Cong Yun vaguely had his own answer in his heart and had already decided to constantly search for hidden quests after reaching the Tier 9 Area.

Qin Tian entered the teleportation gate, and Cong Yun also quickly followed him in.

As the two entered, the teleportation gate began to flicker continuously, then stopped flickering and disappeared.

Their blurry vision also became clear.

【Time-limited quest, Trial Land activated】

【Please clear the Trial Land within 60 minutes. Successfully clearing the trial will grant entry to the Tier 9 Area. Failure to clear the Trial Land within the given time will activate the elimination protocol】

The prompt sounded, and the trial quest officially began.

"A maze?"

Qin Tian looked at the surrounding environment, which was familiar black walls.

He had encountered this once in previous Trial Lands.

By stacking countless summoned creatures to fill the maze, he found the center of the maze and killed the Maze Master.

The maze before him was clearly based on similar rules.

He could already see monsters starting to spawn.

"Oh no, this is a maze trial, how unlucky!"

Cong Yun couldn't help but curse when he saw the surrounding environment.

It wasn't his first time completing a trial quest, and he had encountered a maze scenario before.

Compared to other trials, the maze trial was considered the most difficult.

Besides the time limit, players also had to face continuously spawning monsters that grew stronger.

And most importantly, the maze's route was not fixed; it would change at any time. What was the correct path one second could become the wrong one the next.

"What should we do? Should we split up?"

Cong Yun asked Qin Tian, in his opinion, this was undoubtedly the best solution at the moment.

Cong Yun was quite confident in his own combat power.

Although he certainly couldn't compare to Qin Tian, he was still invincible in the early stages of this maze.

"Take this. Use it after you find the maze BOSS; it can teleport me directly to you."

Cong Yun said, handing Qin Tian a doll-like item.

Qin Tian took it.

【Doll A】

Quality: Mythical

Effect: After use, can instantly teleport the owner of Doll B to your side.

Cooldown: 30 minutes.

Seeing the item's description, Qin Tian couldn't help but marvel at the abundance of good items on Cong Yun.

If Cong Yun wasn't a China player, Qin Tian would have been tempted to test his drop rate.

"See you later, be careful."

Cong Yun said, about to leave.

"No need. Just follow behind me."

Qin Tian's voice sounded, and Cong Yun stopped, looking at Qin Tian with some surprise.

"Could this be his first time encountering a maze-type trial?"

Cong Yun thought Qin Tian didn't know how annoying maze trials were and was about to quickly explain it to him when a violent crash suddenly echoed.

The Dragon Sealing Blade in Qin Tian's hand swung down, cleaving open the black maze wall blocking their path.

"It's useless. This wall will regenerate."

Cong Yun looked at the wall destroyed by Qin Tian, once again shocked by Qin Tian's exaggerated attack, but still shook his head.

He had tried to destroy maze walls before, but these walls were protected by the power of rules. Once destroyed, they would immediately regenerate.

The scene before them began to unfold as Cong Yun had expected.

The shattered black maze wall began to rapidly coalesce, seemingly about to regenerate.

But just as it was about to come together, it instantly crumbled again, then remained motionless.

Completely destroyed.

"What's going on?"

Cong Yun looked at the scene before him, the maze wall completely gone and not regenerating, and couldn't help but exclaim.

Qin Tian, however, continued to walk forward with a normal expression.

As Qin Tian had expected, he could now override some of the rules in the destiny game.

The rule that the maze walls in this Trial Land could regenerate after being destroyed no longer applied to Qin Tian.

Because the power that destroyed these walls was Qin Tian's power, a power more formidable than the rules of the Trial Land.

Just like the shattered White Bone Child before, these maze walls could now be destroyed and would not regenerate!