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[February 11, 2020] ... Yifu wanted to retreat even further but she couldn"t because those behind her were even more junior than she was. She remained in the first row with tears in her eyes. She was afraid the Blackwater python would come her way.
"Magicians, attack!" Magicians had to step up their attack once the sword masters retreated. They were going resume close combat soon. But the python wasn"t going to give them the chance. Its entire body suddenly burst out of the water and attacked the magicians with a strong torrent of water.
Magicians were weak physically. Some in the front row hit by the water coughed up blood and turned as pale as paper. Others died on impact. Those in the back rows immediately ran away.
The situation was too dangerous to spend time counting the dead. The most important thing was to defeat the python, survive and go to the next floor.
Yifu thought she was dead. She only had the chance to let out a single scream before she found herself flung into the air. Worry not, she wasn"t actually killed. Feng Wu saved her by flinging her out of the way.
Elena wanted to save them but the python was too fast for her. By the time she reacted it was too late and she needed to move out of danger herself.
Yifu was annoying but she was a female junior; Elena didn"t want to watch her die, so she breathed a sigh of relief knowing Yifu was safe.
Yifu was rescued. She regained her senses once she returned to solid ground. She sat down, her skirt damp from a yellow stain. The smell of urine wafted from her body; she had been so scared that she peed herself.
Feng Wu wrinkled her nose. How could someone so big pee on themselves? She remembered smelling the same thing when she went down the mountain with her master.
Her master had said it was because people were old and sick and couldn"t control their bodies.
Yifu was still so young; was she sick? Feng Wu crooked her head wondering.
Yifu"s face turned red. Luckily everyone was too busy with the python to notice her situation, otherwise she would never have been able to live it down.
A cleaning spell was attached to all magician clothing and Yifu"s were no exception. Her clothes were soon clean of urine.
By the time Elena came over to help, Yifu"s clothes were cleaned, however the smell of urine still lingered in the air. Elena made a face when she detected it, but she didn"t say anything. Instead she made sure to keep Drew away to save Yifu some face.
Once Yifu was properly cleaned up, Elena went back to helping the others with the attack.
"Don"t worry. Just take medicine if you"re sick and you"ll be fine soon." Feng Wu thought that was why Yifu couldn"t control her bodily functions. She never imagined people peed on themselves out of fright.
This made Yifu turn red and purple. She couldn"t wait to kill the girl in front of her. She hated Feng Wu with a vengeance. Not for a second did she think Feng Wu was trying to comfort her. In fact, to her eyes it seemed like Feng Wu was mocking her.
Yifu wondered how Elena could think Feng Wu was a kind and pure hearted girl. No one like that would speak the way she did to someone already embarra.s.sed. Sure enough, Zi Cheng was the only good person in the world. Everyone else were hypocrites.
Hatred blinded her to everything and she forgot Feng Wu saved her life. The only thing on her mind was: Feng Wu had to die. She was so scared earlier, she peed herself. She had to make sure no one else learned of it, otherwise she would be the laughingstock of the entire school.
"You hypocritical woman! Don"t think you can threaten me with this!" Yifu yelled at Feng Wu just before running away to the other magicians.
Feng Wu blinked. What just happened?
Meanwhile the battle continued with many more people dying. The pond developed a faint red tint from the bloodshed. Throughout the battle the Blackwater python had skillfully avoided getting any kind of injury. If this continued the adventurers might never be able to leave. They didn"t want to stay there forever!
The black water came again; this time the it had a wider range. Men, women, it didn"t matter their gender, everyone retreated.
Feng Wu stood to the side watching the fight. She didn"t have a grudge against the python so had no reason to attack it. The python had a good opinion of Feng Wu, so it didn"t attack her either. It completely avoided her in its second attack.
The python left the water for a land attack. While most were trying to avoid the attack, some clever adventurers rushed to the pond trying to use the opportunity to swim to the exit.
The first group that rushed in was Ando"s Wolf mercenary team of five. There were originally many more in the Wolf group, but they had split up at the entrance and entered different worlds. No one knew which gate the inheritance lay behind, so splitting up increased their odds of finding it.
Ando never expected the entrance doors would lead to such harsh floor tribulations. It was just the first round of eliminations, not the highest floor treasure dudgeon!
The other adventurers reacted after Ando"s group disappeared under the water.
"a.s.sholes! Those guys from the Wolf mercenary group are really not good guys! They used us to draw the python"s attention while they escaped by themselves!" A sword master who had just dodged an attack by the python yelled out.