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Chapter 104 Hidden Passage

"I've already sent out a distress signal, but it'll probably take a while before the rescue team arrives. Now, it's up to us to work together, otherwise..." The third-level wizard apprentice from Gurus Academy looked around before fixing his gaze on the other five third-level wizard apprentices.

"Damn!" Richard was shocked upon hearing this. No wonder it had such power. It turned out that this was an ancient dark fishman whose combat power was equivalent to that of a formal wizard!

He instantly recalled that his mentor, Seras, had mentioned that he had acquired a rare dark murloc eyeball, which could be considered as completing the ingredients for an ancient potion.

However, he was seriously injured that time. Although he didn't know whether the injury was from the night elf or from killing the dark murloc, it showed that the ancient dark murloc in front of them was definitely not something Richard and his companions could match.

Richard judged that the only ones who could hold their own against him were the five level-three wizard apprentices.

Oh, and we should also add the third-level wizard apprentice from our own school who just rushed over, making a total of six.

However, Richard glanced at the face of his own school's level three wizard apprentice, whose expression was unusually grim. Indeed, after rushing so quickly, only to find themselves in such a disheartening situation, anyone would feel uncomfortable!

"Ophelia, Andrea, run! This is a battle we can't get involved in!" Richard told his two teammates behind him.

The two immediately nodded in agreement and began to cast protective spells on themselves. At the same time, Ophelia took out the Elegance of the Wind potion and began to drink it.

In this situation, any one of the three who didn't run away would be a complete idiot!

Clearly, what Richard had thought of was also what many second-level wizard apprentices and even first-level wizard apprentices present had thought of. So, while putting on shields, they all fled backwards. But how could the old fishman not have made arrangements?

In an instant, an enormous magic circle appeared faintly beneath Richard's feet. This magic circle covered an area of ​​several thousand square meters and encompassed more than 90% of the wizard apprentices present.

Fortunately, Ophelia and Andrea were just one step away from being included. The two of them turned around and sped away without looking back!

This relieved Richard.

"not good!"

The next second, all the wizard apprentices within the range of this huge magic circle felt a dizzying sensation. Instantly, everyone was teleported to the center of the magic circle, only tens of meters away from the dark merman.

Immediately, the group of wizard apprentices were terrified.

The ancient dark fishmen seemed to have also seen these "food" that had come to their doorstep!

Looking up, many first-level wizard apprentices were so frightened by the ancient dark fishman's scarlet dead fish eyes that their legs trembled uncontrollably, and they could no longer take a step. This was due to the absolute suppression of strength.

Only the third-level wizard apprentices, though their expressions were grim, were not too panicked.

Suddenly, the ancient dark merman swung his two-meter-long sword, and a stream of dark blue energy swept through. More than ten first and second-level wizard apprentices who couldn't dodge in time screamed in agony. Many of the wizard apprentices were cut in half at the waist on the spot, and their intestines and other internal organs mixed with pools of blood flowed all over the ground.

Richard's pupils contracted. Even with his master archery skills and dynamic vision, he could barely see how the ancient dark fishman had unleashed that attack, demonstrating just how fast the opponent was.

I never imagined that the ancient dark fishmen, with their enormous size, could attack so fast!

"Hurry up and do it!" a third-level wizard apprentice said angrily, while holding his injured arm.

The ancient dark murloc's attack, though only grazed him by the edge of the blade, instantly shattered his shield, nearly severing one of his arms.

If he hadn't reacted quickly, he probably would have ended up like those dozen or so first and second-level wizard apprentices, lying on the ground groaning in pain.

Instantly, various types of sorcery, primarily dark with other colors as secondary elements, bombarded the surface of the dark fishman's body like a torrent.

However, its surface seemed to have a black protective force field, which blocked more than 90% of the witchcraft attacks outside its body. The only ones that could damage some of its fish scales were the attacks from those few third-level wizard apprentices.

One of the third-level wizard apprentices was right in front of Richard, unleashing his full power in a magical attack.

Richard, seeing this, tried to get away from the level three wizard while inwardly cursing, "Dude, how can you be so naive! Aren't you afraid the ancient dark merfolk will target you? Didn't you see everyone else is holding back?"

Sure enough, it seemed that the third-level wizard apprentice's magic was indeed quite powerful, immediately attracting the attention of the ancient dark fishmen.

The next second, the ancient dark merman aimed at the level three wizard apprentice in front of Richard, charged in an instant, and slashed down heavily with his sword.

The third-level wizard apprentice reacted exceptionally quickly. In an instant, two shields of different colors lit up on his body, and a rather robust stitched monster stood in front of him.

Although Richard was a few meters behind, he still felt the strong wind rushing towards him.

Boom! The ancient dark merman's attack instantly cleaved the stitched monster in two, turning some of its internal organs and flesh into a bloody mist in mid-air. It also shattered the two shields of the level three wizard apprentice, and even sent four or five wizard apprentices around it flying more than ten meters away by the powerful impact.

Richard was also blasted into the underground river at the nine o'clock position by the aftershock of this earth-shattering attack!

"Thump!"

Fortunately, Richard took a deep breath in mid-air, and the icy water rushing into his ears and nose did not cause him too much trouble.

Just as Richard instinctively began to swim to the surface, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a small hole at the nine o'clock position underwater out of the corner of his eye.

In the murky, dark water, it would have been impossible for an ordinary person to spot him without Richard's superb eyesight as a master archer.

Huh! Richard took out the mysterious statue from his pocket, and at this moment, the statue was actually faintly hot!

Could it be that...

Driven by curiosity, Richard decided to go and check it out first.

If he were to return to the surface at this moment, his life would be in danger, so it would be better to go in and explore.

Richard immediately swam toward the small hole. After reaching the entrance, he discovered that the small hole seemed to be the entrance to a hidden passage. The entrance was narrow, allowing only one or two people to pass through.

Moreover, he also felt the mysterious statue in his hand getting hotter and hotter, indicating that he was on the right track and that something must be hidden here.

This gave Richard a boost of spirits, and he continued swimming forward quickly.

Before long, he discovered that this hidden passage resembled a U-shaped tube, connecting an underground river to another mysterious cave.

(End of this chapter)