Surviving the Maze of National Destiny: Hints from the Chinese Characters I Understand

The white tiger had turned into a blood tiger; its once snow-white fur was now stained crimson. Its eyes widened in horror: "No, please, brother, let me do it one more time! No!"

The Azure Dragon had lost most of its scales, and more than a dozen End Creatures were tearing at it, but it couldn't care less about the excruciating pain at the moment. Instead, it roared desperately, "Go, let me hold them off!"

The Black Tortoise's shell had shattered into four pieces, yet it stubbornly withstood the outer attacks, shouting, "I...I can still hold on!"

Before the other mythical beasts of the mountains and seas could say anything more, Zhulong had already moved.

"This is an order!" Zhulong took a deep breath, seemingly making a decision, then pulled hard with its claws, taking Zhulong's Heart with it, and threw it towards Taotie.

The gluttonous beast was trembling; it was extremely greedy, even insatiable...

But today, the dragon heart in its mouth, still warm and beating, is so hard to swallow.

It roared in anguish, swallowing the Heart of the Candle Dragon whole. The first tear of its long lifespan welled in its beastly eyes, and it charged headlong into the Sea of ​​Endless Beasts. "Damn it..."

In the distance, the heartless Zhulong collapsed with a thud, its corpse lying across the void like a sculpture.

Taotie's aura surged, and it fought alone against hundreds of thousands of creatures of the end. Its body was destroyed time and time again, and then it was regenerated again and again by devouring flesh and blood.

All the mythical beasts of the mountains and seas were enraged and charged towards the horde of beasts without regard for the consequences, even though they all knew it was a dead end.

Whether it was because they had been fighting for too long, or because they were exhausted, or perhaps because the mysterious woman was too powerful, no one noticed her arrival.

Until the mysterious woman stood on the corpse of the Candle Dragon, stroking its scales and murmuring, "He also carries the scent of your bloodline."

Lin Mo possesses the bloodline of the Candle Dragon, which is why the woman sensed the relationship between the Candle Dragon and Lin Mo.

Since their parting at Blackwater Lake, the woman has awakened a talent called "the strongest love brain".

She was the only explorer in their world to awaken a talent. What she didn't know was that even Lin Mo didn't possess talent; Lin Mo had risen to prominence through hard work, relying on clues from Chinese characters.

The effect of this ultimate love-struck brain is also incredibly powerful.

The most romantically inclined person possesses the following characteristics.

【Characteristic 1: Unwavering Devotion (Your partner is not dead, and neither are you. You share a bond that transcends life and death. To kill you, one would have to step over Lin Mo's corpse.)】

【Characteristic 2: Unrequited Love (While you haven't won him over, you can't have his body, but you can replicate 50% of his abilities. You have to choose between love and career, right?)】

【Characteristic 3: Couple's resemblance (Your body will subtly change, becoming the most beautiful image in his heart)】

【Trait 4: Together Forever (When you find him and are 100% devoted to him, you will possess 99% of his strength and the unrequited love effect will be removed)】

At first, she didn't know how strong the effect would be, and even the villagers didn't think highly of her or approve of her going to find Lin Mo.

Then she beat all the explorers up, and everyone agreed with her decision without a single objection.

Once inside the maze, she found herself to be very lucky. Although she couldn't understand the hints, she could easily pass through any passage, whether she went forward, backward, left, or right.

Later, she realized that it wasn't just good luck, but also good physical condition. Monsters couldn't beat her, and her strength soared all the way to level 500.

"Since these guardian beasts are related to him, let's help them out." The woman drew her personal sacred-grade weapon: the Sacred Seven-Colored Flowing Cloud Blade.

With a gentle swipe of his hand across the void, his swordsmanship, reaching nearly 40 levels, dominated a large area of ​​the battlefield, where sword light flashed everywhere.

That's right, her swordsmanship level is half that of Lin Mo's, and the effect is exactly the same. This is what it means to be a couple with the same looks.

Only then did the mythical beasts of the mountains and seas notice the mysterious woman, and their eyes widened in surprise.

Azure Dragon: "This cheat looks so familiar... no, it's swordsmanship."

White Tiger: "She's not our descendant, so why do I still feel a sense of familiarity with her?"

Suzaku: "She seems to have a deep connection with that boy."

Huo Dou: "That's love!"

The arrival of the mysterious woman gave the mythical beasts of the mountains and seas a chance to catch their breath, and their severely injured health bars gained precious time to recover.

However, the mysterious woman was still at a disadvantage when facing the massive horde of beasts that surged like a tsunami. After all, she only had 50% of Lin Mo's strength. Although her swordsmanship was at the hundreds of thousands level, she did not have Lin Mo's swordsmanship techniques, such as the incomparably powerful "Souls Under the Blade". Therefore, the battle in the endless void became intense for a time.

Both sides unleashed their ultimate techniques, activating all the bonds between mountains and seas, causing the entire void to tremble.

…………

In the endless void, the nation's beloved sister-in-law and the mythical beasts of mountains and seas are fighting together.

Lin Mo was also struggling in the maze-like terrain.

The most anxious are our compatriots in the Dragon Kingdom, who can now watch the endless void battle live stream provided by the appraiser's exclusive light screen.

You can also watch Lin Mo's live stream battle with 200 million End Creatures, which is incredibly frustrating.

[Chinese netizens: Holy crap, holy crap, how much longer will it be for Brother Lin Mo? The Endless Void creatures are pressing in again.]

[Chinese netizens: Don't worry, don't worry! Brother Lin Mo is facing 200 million Endless Creatures and 1 Fantasy-level Creatures. He's a bit anxious.]

[Chinese netizen: Huh? What about the "Souls Under the Blade" event? Didn't it trigger?]

[A netizen from China: It won't trigger! Those 1 fantasy-level creatures used some kind of weird combined attack. It seems really powerful, able to suppress the souls that died under Brother Lin's blade.]

[Chinese netizens: Damn, that's so shameless.]

In the live stream, two million End creatures surged out of the vortex, like a flood bursting its banks, covering the entire void in a dark mass.

Ten thousand fantastical creatures hovered above the horde, each with a different form, but their movements were remarkably synchronized—they simultaneously raised their arms, closed their eyes, and uttered the same word: "Fantasy Judgment."

Golden chains of law shot out from them, intertwining, coiling, and converging, condensing into a massive, opaque golden cage in the void.

A cage enveloped the entire battlefield, imprisoning Lin Mo, Kabu, Kali, and the two million End creatures within. Inside the cage, the dead returned to dust and did not become spirits.

The souls that perished under the blade were suppressed.

Lin Mo unleashed his first strike. A level 760,000 sword technique, 150,000 sword beams, each stretching for hundreds of kilometers, a silvery-white pillar of light sweeping across the void.

Two thousand final beings were reduced to blood mist within the blade's edge—but the blood mist did not condense, nor did it transform into silvery-white spirits; it simply dissipated into the void. Lin Mo's brows furrowed slightly.

The second strike. Another 2 heads. Blood mist filled the air, but the spirits still did not appear.

The faces of those fantasy-level creatures paled slightly, and their health bars dropped a little, but the cages remained.

They suppress the souls of those who perish with their illusionary judgments, at the cost of burning their own life force.

The stronger the suppression effect, the faster the burning speed.

Kali activated its strongest form. It didn't transform or expand; its eyes simply turned gold—pure gold, like two blazing suns.

It charged into the horde of End Beasts, its fists raining down like a storm, each punch shattering the skull of an End Beast and each kick crushing its spine.

It was surrounded by corpses, but none of them stood up.

Kabu raised his paw.

"I need to verify the license plate."