Chapter 309: Endless Labyrinth

Chapter 309 The Endless Maze

December twenty-ninth.

The Element Tower students' final examination.

Except for the Purple Class students, everyone gathered in the golden hall of the Element Tower.

The Elder first explained the rules of the final exam to everyone.

The rules were actually quite simple.

Most knew them already; it was mainly for the new students.

The Elder spoke loudly, "This final examination will be held within the Endless Maze.

The Endless Maze consists of countless maze chambers, each containing a unique examination question.

Some questions test the students' combat power, some test their magical knowledge, and others test their comprehensive qualities...

What specific situations you encounter, you will know after entering the Endless Maze, so I shall not elaborate further here.

This final exam follows the cumulative point system, just like previous years.

Passing different maze chambers yields different points, ranked from high to low according to score.

Divided into the Element Tower Final Exam Total Scoreboard and the Final Exam Grade Sub-list.

After the exam concludes, student allocation to magic classes will be adjusted based on ranking.

If there is anything you do not understand, you may ask now."

Someone raised a hand and asked, "Elder, are items like magic scrolls allowed during the exam?"

The Elder replied, "No, all magical item effects other than one's own abilities are prohibited within the Endless Maze.

Whether magic scrolls, barrier stones, rune stones, or magic equipment, magic armor, magic tools, or even magic potions, secret elixirs, etc., are all forbidden; even if used, they have no effect.

So, here I suggest everyone avoid relying on magic props as much as possible and use your true personal strength."

"Then Elder, will there be danger during the exam?" a student asked.

The Elder replied, "There is a practical combat portion in the exam, so there may be certain dangers. The Element Tower will guarantee everyone's safety as much as possible. If facing life-threatening danger, you may voluntarily give up the exam and exit the Endless Maze."

The Elder answered everyone's doubts one by one.

About half an hour passed, and the Elder announced, "Alright, that covers the questions.

Everyone prepare to proceed to the Endless Maze."

Everyone showed expressions of tension.

Even veteran students who had experienced several final exams at the Element Tower could not help but feel nervous.

Because, every year the Endless Maze holds different new trials.

The Endless Maze tests not only the students' magical knowledge and combat ability but also their luck.

Lucky students might keep encountering relatively simple questions.

Then continuously earn points, accumulating to get a decent ranking instead.

Unlucky students encounter difficult questions right away, missing out on points in vain and wasting time.

The exam duration lasts three days.

What everyone needs to do is clear as many Endless Mazes as possible within three days to gain more points.

Li Wei was teleported into the Endless Maze along with everyone else.

After entering the Endless Maze, he was separated from the crowd.

Appearing alone in an empty small room.

Rock walls surrounded him, with no ceiling overhead.

Looking up, one could see above filled with dense square maze chambers, also without ceilings.

Some maze chambers hung upside down in the air, others lay horizontally in mid-air.

But everyone stood normally inside the maze chambers.

Li Wei leaped up, wanting to go out and look.

He discovered the ceiling-less maze chamber had another layer of unbreakable barrier.

He could only see the dense, chaotic maze chambers outside, but could not approach them.

The only way to leave was through the doors surrounding the maze chamber.

Only after solving the problem within the maze chamber would the four doors open.

"Is this a spatial barrier? It seems the space of the Endless Maze is disordered."

Not only that, the maze overhead continued to move and transform constantly.

Like a colossal cube being twisted by someone at every moment.

Li Wei withdrew his gaze, falling to the ground, looking at the exam question on the floor. "There is an invisible gecko in the room, find the invisible gecko."

This tested magical knowledge.

Testing the students' understanding of the invisible gecko.

Li Wei knew how to find the invisible gecko.

However, he chose a simpler method.

Directly expanding the Flame Domain.

The Flame Domain easily covered the entire room.

Suddenly, a flame ignited in the corner, the invisible gecko burned to charcoal, dropping from the wall.

Li Wei retracted the Flame Domain, grabbed the invisible gecko, and put it into the answer box.

Rumble!

The four surrounding doors opened.

Li Wei's magic badge vibrated slightly, gaining one point.

This question was relatively simple, so the points were few.

Li Wei used spiritual energy to sense the rooms behind the four doors.

Spiritual energy could not penetrate the portals.

Passing through the door was another space; Li Wei could not sense the situation there.

With nothing to reference, he could only choose a direction to advance randomly.

Li Wei walked towards the door directly facing him.

Passing through the door, Li Wei appeared in a new maze chamber.

This maze chamber was much larger.

Just as Li Wei made out the surrounding scenery, a lizardman warrior holding a giant axe appeared before him.

The theme of this trial is combat.

The Lizardman Warrior's strength reaches the mid-stage of the Third Order.

This challenge is prepared exclusively for Third-Order Mages.

The more stages cleared, the harder the trials become, and the enemies grow ever stronger.

In the early stages, Third-Order Mages may encounter Third-Order monsters of junior, intermediate, or senior rank.

The probabilities are sixty percent, thirty percent, and ten percent, respectively.

By the later stages, the chance of meeting powerful monsters rises, even allowing encounters with Fourth-Order beasts.

Reaching the deepest recesses of the Endless Maze, encountering Fifth or Sixth-Order monsters is not without possibility.

Although the Endless Maze is utilized by the Element Tower as an examination hall.

But this place was not created by the Element Tower.

Deep within the Endless Maze, even the Element Tower has never fully explored it.

Under normal circumstances, no student can enter the deepest part of the Endless Maze.

Three days is still far too short.

Mages specially assigned by the Element Tower to explore the Endless Maze have searched for centuries yet still linger only at the edge of its deepest depths.

The Endless Maze is divided into the Outer Perimeter, Inner Perimeter, Core, and Deepest Depths.

During the exam, all students' range of movement is confined to the Outer Perimeter of the Endless Maze.

Whoosh!

The Lizardman Warrior swung his great axe, closing in on Li Wei to launch a sudden assault.

Testing the student's reaction capability.

Li Wei neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the attack to fall upon him.

Thud!

The axe landed on Li Wei's head, blocked by the Invisible Armor.

The Lizardman Warrior could not budge the invisible armor in the least.

Li Wei countered with a single blast of Flame Impact.

Burning the Lizardman Warrior to ash, ending the battle.

In his hands, the First-Order spell Flame Impact displayed power comparable to a Third-Order incantation.

This is the might of the Flame Lord's extraordinary trait.

(End of Chapter)