The egg cracked, and the large circular stone slab seemed to be infused with new power, instantly shining brightly.
At this moment, Su Nian and her group finally noticed Huang Sheng and his companions.
"Huang Sheng, are you crazy? Do you know what consequences will follow from smashing the egg without permission?"
Huang Sheng no longer hid behind the pillar but stepped out openly.
"Huang Sheng, if we wait for the spirit beast to attack, none of us will be able to get out of this maze. Are you out of your mind? There are still so many students. Do you want to sacrifice their lives for your own selfish desires?"
"Su Nian, don't act like a goody - two - shoes. This egg is useless to me. The demon beast's core is what I need."
Demon beast?
Did Huang Sheng know that there was a demon beast hidden beneath the stone slab?
Even so, he damaged the demon beast's egg so thoroughly. Didn't he know that this would completely enrage the sleeping demon beast? Or did he have a plan?
Sure enough, in an instant, Huang Sheng placed his hand on the stone pillar and gently pressed it. In front of Su Nian, an airtight stone slab appeared, completely separating the place where Huang Sheng was from her group.
Seeing this, the six of them quickly stood back - to - back, forming a circle.
No matter how naive they were, they knew that they had fallen into Huang Sheng's trap.
It seemed that they had been waiting here for a long time, waiting for Kong Shishuang and her group to walk into the trap.
Now it seemed that the previous smoke - like obstacles were also their doing.
"Teacher Su, what should we do?"
"Huang Sheng, that despicable villain!"
Previously, Su Nian only knew that Huang Sheng was unscrupulous in his actions and thought that he was only targeting her. After all, back then, her talent at the Misty Rain Tower was extremely powerful, stealing the limelight from him many times.
Su Nian thought that Huang Sheng was just a bit vengeful and wouldn't go so far as to take people's lives, especially since there were still students from the Misty Rain Tower with her.
Su Nian underestimated Huang Sheng's insidiousness.
What scared her even more was the guy named Zhang Tianyuan beside Huang Sheng.
Although he was just a third - level student, the look in his eyes just now was even more venomous than Huang Sheng's back then.
"Shuang'er, how are the medicinal materials you brought? Are there enough to sustain us for a while?"
Shuang'er shook her head.
"Teacher Su, there aren't enough. When we came in earlier, we gave most of the herbs to Du She and his group. Han Xing's injuries require those anti - venom and hemostatic medicines."
Su Nian felt disheartened.
She had been too careless this time when entering the maze.
"Kids, are you scared?"
Scared? Of course they were scared, but fear was useless now. They all knew exactly what they were facing.
It was a demon beast. If Xiaoli were here, there might still be a glimmer of hope, but now, Xiaoli was still at the Misty Rain Tower, guarding the members of the Shuiyun Sheng.
"Teacher Su, don't blame yourself. Even if we die here, it's not your fault. It's that supervisor Huang."
Kong Shishuang comforted her.
Not long after she finished speaking, sounds began to come from beneath the stone slab.
The sounds were full of anger and were accompanied by shrill hisses.
Just listening to them made people tremble. The intimidation of a demon beast was far greater than that of a fourth - stage spirit herbalist, because one could still communicate with a human, but not with a demon beast.
"Huang Sheng, that villain! When I get out, I'll definitely ask Uncle Chen to remove him from his position as supervisor and lock him in the confinement room forever!"
At this moment, Huang Sheng was in the next room, showing a meaningful smile.
Zhang Tianyuan said, "Teacher, aren't you afraid that Kong Shishuang will come after you when she gets out?"
"Come after me? Impossible. Classmate Zhang Tianyuan, you may not know how powerful a demon beast is. Kong Shishuang and her group aren't even enough to fill its belly. Moreover, the demon beast must be in a fit of rage now."
"Teacher, aren't you afraid that the demon beast will destroy the maze?"
"What's there to worry about? Although I don't want to admit it, that woman Su Nian does have some special talent in dealing with demon beasts. As long as she's here, the demon beast won't gain much of an advantage."
A third - stage spirit herbalist trying to challenge a demon beast?
Seeing the confused looks on the students' faces, Huang Sheng sneered, "She hasn't made any progress in her spiritual power, so over the years, she's focused all her energy on researching demon beasts."
"Teacher, when will we go out?"
Huang Sheng smiled and said, "We'll go over there when it gets quiet."
"Teacher, but some of those people are our classmates."
As soon as a student timidly finished speaking, he noticed Zhang Tianyuan looking at him with a terrifying gaze, so he slowly lowered his head.
"Student was being presumptuous."
"Don't worry. If any of you students who entered the maze can get out, I'll give you some of the spirit beast cores."
Hearing this, several of them were overjoyed and were easily tempted by the immediate benefits.
Spirit beast cores were a treasure that was hard to come by for third - level students like them.
Su Nian's side was far from as peaceful as Huang Sheng's.
They were now standing in a row, all facing the constantly vibrating stone slab. Green light flashed through the cracks in the stone slab. Finally, when the roars reached a certain level, the stone slab shattered into countless pieces, and the demon beast inside began to show its head.
The demon beast had a pure - white head and a body like a monkey. It placed its feet on the stone slab, and its feet were a fiery red.
A white - headed and red - footed creature. What kind of monster was this?
"Teacher Su, what is this?"
"Zhu Yan. When this kind of demon beast appears, there will be a great war in the world."
The legendary Zhu Yan. Even Su Nian had only seen it a few times in books. She never thought that she would be able to see such a real ancient demon beast now.
"The ancient demon beast Zhu Yan?"
These words hit everyone like a huge boulder in their hearts.
"We're doomed! I can't even deal with a spirit beast. How could the ancient demon beast Zhu Yan appear in this place?"
Kong Shishuang anxiously said to Su Nian. She saw that Su Nian was already in a defensive position.
Huang Sheng probably didn't expect that the demon beast at the center of the maze would be Zhu Yan. If he had known, he would surely regret provoking such a powerful being.
"I'm going to lose my life, and Huang Sheng won't be any better off."
"Get down!"
The demon beast locked its eyes on them at once, roared, grabbed the iron chain, and pounced fiercely in their direction.