Su Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, feeling that familiar, heart-pounding sensation once again...
Although there was no sharp pain in the palm of his left hand, Su Yuan knew he had died once more.
He instinctively glanced toward Aether, only to find him sweating heavily and looking tense.
Su Yuan immediately knew this time was secure...
Thankfully, Aether had always been by his side, providing support.
Otherwise, Su Yuan’s death-rewind ability would have truly been useless.
At this moment, the group was at the entrance to the fourth floor of the Spiral Abyss’s third layer, looking at the signboard marked with Aji’s handwriting, discussing heatedly...
"That scoundrel Aji, talking about the path of life and the path of death, he’s definitely lying!!!" Paimon said seriously.
"Believing the enemy’s words would just be sending ourselves to our doom, right?"
"Yeah, yeah! Mama always said unity is strength. Aji must want to split us up and pick us off one by one!" Klee nodded repeatedly, adding her thoughts.
"In that case, everyone’s opinion is still not to split up and continue moving together," Jean said, turning to Su Yuan.
"Su Yuan, you decide. Should we take the left path or the right path? We all trust your choice!"
Su Yuan didn’t immediately respond.
Instead, he looked toward Aether, hoping for some reaction or hint...
But Aether seemed unaware of Su Yuan’s gaze, lost in his own thoughts...
Everything from last time was vivid in their minds...
The entire group had taken the left path, which had undoubtedly been a dead-end...
The endlessly multiplying Ruin Serpents and Setekh Wenut had made it impossible to advance...
Now, however, there was a pressing question that had to be considered...
Was Aji telling the truth?
Was it really true that if everyone took the same path, it would inevitably be a dead-end?
Could the Spiral Abyss’s difficulty dynamically adjust and change?
If not, then since the left path had been proven a dead-end last time, this time taking the right path should be the path of life, right?
Finally, after deep deliberation, Aether decided that the entire group would take the right path together—a completely new path they hadn’t yet explored...
After all, if the group were to split up, the number of uncertainties would only increase, becoming harder and harder to control.
It was still better to stay united...
"Everyone, I think we should take the right path," Aether said, looking at the group.
"Same here!" Seeing Aether finally speak, Su Yuan quickly chimed in, "Just like the Traveler, I also think the right path is better!"
"Then it’s settled. Everyone, prepare for battle. Let’s advance along the right path!" Jean nodded and said.
With hearts full of anxiety and tension, Su Yuan, Aether, and the others cautiously stepped onto the right path...
Upon reaching the fourth-floor battle area, the group was surprised to find it completely empty—there wasn’t a single monster in sight.
"Impressive! The Traveler and Su Yuan immediately chose the correct path!" Eula couldn’t help but praise.
"There isn’t a single monster here, so this must be the so-called path of life. That means we can probably reach the fifth floor even faster!"
"Yay! Su Yuan and the Honor Knight are amazing!" Klee exclaimed excitedly.
But unlike the others’ joy, Aether still furrowed his brows, tense and alert, as if facing a great enemy...
He clearly remembered that when they had taken the left path last time, the opening scene looked exactly like this.
"Everyone, stay vigilant! Keep your focus!" Aether shouted.
"Nothing is ever this easy—enemies might suddenly appear at any moment!"
Although the others didn’t fully understand why Aether said this, they still raised their guard...
Sure enough, shortly after, the ground began to tremble violently.
With dirt and gravel flying, two massive creatures appeared before the group!
They were—the Ruin Serpent and the Setekh Wenut!
Aether’s expression at this moment was like someone constipated: a mix of inexplicable despair and discomfort...
Even though they had chosen a different path, they were still facing the same monsters as last time?
Yet Aether still clung to a final thread of hope—that this time, after defeating the Ruin Serpent and Setekh Wenut, they wouldn’t double in number.
"Everyone, let’s begin the battle!" Jean immediately took command, directing the fight.
"Let these Spiral Abyss monsters witness our strength!"
After a coordinated battle, the group had managed to defeat the Ruin Serpent and the Setekh Wenut without paying much of a price...
But then, what filled Aether with despair was that the door to the next chamber, the next floor, remained firmly shut, showing no sign of opening...
Soon after, the ground began to shake even more violently, and the exact same scene as before unfolded: the number of monsters doubled, with two Ruin Serpents and two Setekh Wenut appearing!
Aether knew that this time, his guess had failed...
Ajji’s hints had all been true...
The two paths really were one of life and one of death...
If the group acted together, they were inevitably heading straight into the path of death...
Having thought everything through, Aether didn’t hesitate.
He charged directly at the Ruin Serpents and Setekh Wenut, launching a death rush!
The outcome could no longer be changed.
He had to die in front of Su Yuan so that Su Yuan could activate his death-rewind ability and rewrite everything!
Seeing Aether rush to certain death, Su Yuan seemed to realize something and immediately followed, shouting, "Aether!!! Are you trying to be a hero alone? No way! Take me with you!!!"
Seeing Aether and Su Yuan suddenly charging as if they had gone mad, the others were left dumbfounded, unable to react...
Had the situation not yet reached a point of no return?
What were they thinking? What was the point of this suicidal action???
Because the attack was sudden, there was no time for anyone to stop Aether and Su Yuan...
All they could do was watch as Aether and Su Yuan were brutally killed by the monsters...
Aether was pierced from top to bottom by the sharp horn on the Setekh Wenut’s head...
While Su Yuan was impaled from bottom to top by the spiral tail spike of the Ruin Serpent...
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