Chapter 299

"Damn, what kind of ghost seal is this?" The Interstellar Knight rubbed his hand that had been bounced back, looking bewildered.

A pile of shiny treasures was right before his eyes, yet he couldn't touch them; this feeling was worse than eating a fly.

The flame elf shook her head, indicating that she was also helpless.

She was just a gatekeeper; how would she understand such high-tech stuff?

"Let me try." The Nebula Sage pushed up his non-existent glasses and began his signature "five minutes of deep thought."

Five minutes later, he took out a pile of strange gadgets—quantum decoders, cosmic ray analyzers... he performed a series of fierce operations on the seal, but the result... the seal didn't budge.

"Uh... it seems this seal is a bit high-level." The Nebula Sage scratched his head in embarrassment.

Everyone began to sink into deep frustration.

They had finally defeated the Poison Mist Demon Spider and thought they could "open the box to inspect the goods," but then another "anti-theft lock" appeared.

Just then, a figure appeared silently behind them.

"Cough, cough, young people, need some help?"

Everyone turned around to see an old man wearing a strange robe, leaning on a bizarre-looking cane, watching them with a smile.

This old man looked like an immortal, but his eyes were a bit shifty, giving people the feeling that he wasn't very reliable.

"Who are you?" Zhang Cheng asked vigilantly.

"This old man is the Ancient Spirit Wizard, traveling the world, knowing a little bit about the arts of strange gates and escape." The old man stroked his beard, looking like an expert from the outside world.

"Pfft, are you here to snatch the treasure?" The Interstellar Knight looked disdainful.

This old man appeared too coincidentally; no matter how you looked at it, he seemed like a scammer.

"Knight!" Zhang Cheng scolded in a low voice, then turned to the Ancient Spirit Wizard and said, "Old sir, we do indeed need help."

"Hmph, I think this old man has bad intentions." The Interstellar Knight muttered, gripping his battle axe tightly.

The Ancient Spirit Wizard walked to the seal, observed it with a pretentious air, and then said mysteriously: "This is an ancient divine seal, not to be broken by ordinary methods." He paused, his gaze sweeping over the group, "It requires the assistance of..."

"Assistance of what?" Zhang Cheng pressed.

The Ancient Spirit Wizard suddenly smiled eerily, pointing behind Zhang Cheng, "Assistance of... these little cuties behind you!"

Everyone turned around abruptly to see that, at some point, a group of metallic mechanical puppets had appeared from nowhere, staring at them with predatory intent.

These puppets had various designs, but without exception, they radiated a cold killing intent.

"Damn! This old man is here to pit us!" The Interstellar Knight yelled, swinging his battle axe and charging up.

"Come on, you little iron lumps, let Grandpa teach you how to behave!"

"Knight! Be careful!" Zhang Cheng shouted, but it was too late.

The Interstellar Knight's battle axe hacked fiercely onto a puppet, but only sparked a string of sparks.

The puppet didn't budge, backhanding a punch that sent the Interstellar Knight flying.

"Damn, so hard?" The Interstellar Knight crawled up from the ground, spitting out a mouthful of machine-oil-flavored saliva, feeling terrible.

These weren't little cuties; they were clearly iron blockheads!

Other puppets also activated one after another, launching attacks at the group.

These puppets not only had astonishing defense but also terrifying attack power.

The Interstellar Knight clashed with them head-on, finding that his attacks could only leave shallow marks on their surfaces, while he was forced to retreat step by step by the puppets' counterattacks.

"Are these things made of titanium alloy dog eyes? So hard!" The Interstellar Knight complained while dodging, feeling like a mouse being chased and bitten by a group of tin rats, in a sorry state.

"Knight, hold on!" Zhang Cheng commanded everyone to dodge while anxiously searching for a way to break them.

This Ancient Spirit Wizard was indeed unreliable; he was pushing them into a fire pit!

The Ancient Spirit Wizard stood to the side, arms crossed, watching the show with an insidious smile on his face.

"Young people, this is just the beginning..."

"Iron blockheads, taste my power!" The Light Messenger shouted, her staff flashing with light, and a holy light enveloped the Interstellar Knight.

The Interstellar Knight instantly felt filled with power, and his previously sore muscles recovered as if new.

"Damn, the healer is really powerful!" He shouted excitedly, charging at the mechanical puppets again; this time his attack was significantly stronger, actually leaving a deep scratch on a puppet.

"Steady, brothers, having a healer makes a difference!" The Interstellar Knight laughed loudly, as if injected with chicken blood, his battle axe swinging with great force.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the Light Messenger was there, otherwise they might have been done for today.

"Hehe, don't be happy too soon." The Ancient Spirit Wizard smiled sinisterly, suddenly changing the subject, "This old man isn't here to harm you, but to help you break the seal." He took out a quaint bottle from his bosom, filled with a liquid emitting a strange light.

"This is 'Seal Dissolver'; just sprinkle it on the seal, and it will loosen."

Saying this, he sprinkled the potion on the seal.

After a hissing sound, a crack indeed appeared on the surface of the seal.

"We did it!" Zhang Cheng felt a surge of joy; it seems this old guy wasn't completely unreliable.

"However..." The Ancient Spirit Wizard spoke again, his tone carrying a hint of cunning, "The effect of this Seal Dissolver is limited and can only last for a short while. You must break the seal during this time, otherwise..." He looked meaningfully at the mechanical puppets, "You'll bear the consequences."

"Damn, this old guy is playing tricks again!" The Interstellar Knight couldn't help but complain.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!" Zhang Cheng shouted in a low voice, charging toward the seal first.

"Wait," the Ancient Spirit Wizard suddenly called him, "This old man has one small hint..." He pointed to the chest of the mechanical puppets, where a red-glowing gem flickered, "Their weakness is right there..." He revealed a mysterious smile, "Good luck..." Zhang Cheng understood, shouting: "Brothers, focus fire on that red gem on their chests!" The Interstellar Knight couldn't wait any longer, swinging his battle axe and charging up, muttering: "Letting you fire lasers! See if I don't smoke your CPU today!"

The Light Messenger didn't want to be outdone, waving her staff, and a holy light precisely hit the red gem on a mechanical puppet's chest.

"Beep beep beep~" She playfully imitated the sound of a laser firing, and the puppet instantly stiffened as if hit by a stasis technique, then collapsed with a crash.

The Nebula Sage was even calmer, analyzing the movement trajectories of the mechanical puppets and directing everyone to attack.

"The one on the left, its attack frequency has decreased; it's a good opportunity!"

For a time, the sounds of battle in the labyrinth were deafening, the sounds of metal clashing, lasers firing, and the Interstellar Knight's "hehehe" weird laughter intertwined, forming a strange battle symphony.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the mechanical puppets were destroyed one by one, the parts scattered on the ground flashing with cold light.

The cracks on the seal grew larger, and finally, with a "crack," it shattered completely.

A burst of dazzling light erupted from the seal, illuminating the entire labyrinth.

After the light faded, a golden treasure chest was revealed.

"Damn! I'm rich!" The Interstellar Knight's eyes lit up, and he pounced directly, opening the treasure chest.

The treasure chest was filled with all sorts of rare treasures, emitting a dazzling light.

Everyone cheered, immersed in the joy of the harvest.

"This wave isn't a loss; this wave is a huge profit!" The Interstellar Knight grabbed a handful of gems and stuffed them into his pocket.

Just then, the entire labyrinth suddenly shook violently, and stones from the ceiling fell one after another...

"What's going on?!" Zhang Cheng's expression changed drastically, "This... could this be..."

The Ancient Spirit Wizard smiled sinisterly, whispering: "It's starting..."