Chapter 976: Definitely fulfill one’s mission (2/2)

She should have come back ages ago!

Now there wasn’t even enough time to find an exit themselves. They could only wait to die! As the water continued to rise without stop, their space began to shrink. Long Feiye took out the Tears of Holding. Shaped like a teardrop, it was used to summon the mermaid soldiers. However, it failed! Though they were stuck in an illusion, Baili Mingxiang was too. It was impossible for her to miss Long Feiye’s summons!

“Did something happen to her?” Long Feiye asked in alarm. Baili Mingxiang was their sole hope. If she was in trouble, then they were all doomed.

Gu Qishao immediately went underwater with Xu Donglin behind him. Gu Beiyue wanted to go as well, but his body wasn’t strong enough yet. Soaking in it for so long was already harmful to his qi, much less holding his breath beneath it. He could only watch and wait.

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi remained above the water as well. Both of them looked towards Gu Beiyue with complicated expressions. Baili Mingxiang really was like a fish to water when she went under. Unless she was exhausted or met with some unseen power, nothing should have happened to her. In the past, many mermaid soldiers had died when the Sandy River flooded, but that had been due to exhaustion and the giant boulders washed down by the rain. The waters around them now were calm, so what could attack her there?

Very soon, Gu Qishao and Xu Donglin resurfaced. By now, their heads were touching the ceiling of the maze with the water levels at their chins. It was impossible not to panic at a time like this. Long Feiye, Han Yunxi, and Gu Beiyue all had ghastly expressions.

“It’s very deep down there, I can’t reach the bottom. We split up left and right to search, but couldn’t find the limits. The mirror maze is too big! Even using tortoise breath techniques to hold one’s breath won’t do!” Gu Qishao said loudly.

Judging from what he and Xu Donglin discovered, it was possible this maze was located right in the middle of the ocean. By now, the water had reached their mouths. Everyone had to raise their heads to keep talking.

Baili Mingxiang had wasted everyone’s escape time!

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi fell silent at Gu Qishao’s words, while Gu Beiyue continued to look thoughtful. But the water waited for no one and kept rising.

Losing his patience, Gu Qishao finally raged, “Long Feiye, is Baili Mingxiang fooling us? It’s a perfectly calm sea, so what could happen to her? Don’t tell me your mermaid soldiers are this weak!”

He’d hardly finished when he was forced to spit out a mouthful of water. By now, the water was covering half their faces. There was no place to retreat!

“Break the mirrors above us!” Long Feiye ordered.

He had been waiting this entire time for Baili Mingxiang to show up. He didn’t trust her as much as he did the Mermaid Clan. But now he could only give up. It was very risky to break the mirror ceiling, or else he would have suggested it long ago.

What if...what if there was nothing but water above them too?

They had seen nothing but water when they opened the stone door, so the maze might be located underwater. If that was the case, then there was no point in struggling further before they drowned. This was their last resort.

Long Feiye was going to take a gamble!

Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue had considered the same thing. When Baili Mingxiang failed to be their last hope, they could only rely on the mirrors now.

“Hit it!” Han Yunxi cried.

Gu Qishao was the first to punch the ceiling while everyone got out of the way. Yet they hadn’t followed suit before more water poured in from the hole made by his fist. At the same time, the mirror maze split in all directions as if it’d collapse.

They were done for!

Long Feiye grabbed Han Yunxi’s hand as they held their breath seconds before the water submerged them both. As they sank into the sea, Xu Donglin shielded Gu Beiyue to go underwater as well. Gu Qishao didn’t move, but held his breath with a gloomy look as he waited for the rising swells to bury him. As soon as it did, the roof of the mirror maze caved in along with its walls, breaking apart into soundless fragments. Their pieces floated in the water like so many snowflakes, a beautiful, yet cruel sight.

Han Yunxi’s group was left suspended in the water with no end. They couldn’t see anything besides water and more water. In fact, this entire world seemed to be made of water with no shore in sight. But they were neither fish nor mermaids, so they couldn’t last long. They would die! Time would be their killer…

Long Feiye pointed to a place ahead of him and gestured for everyone to follow along. Yet they’d hardly assembled the mirror fragments were propelled by an invisible force to attack them from all sides.