The deafening sound came from next door. The stone slab that separated everyone actually began to shake violently.
Zhang Tianyuan looked in that direction uneasily. Although he knew he couldn't see anything, there was an inexplicable sense of panic in his heart.
"Kong Shishuang, Se Se, you two spread out."
"A Shui, A Yue, you hide behind the pillars. Don't show your heads easily. When Zhu Yan attacks us, you attract its attention from behind the pillars."
"Shuang Er, you hide well. Check if there are any hemostatic herbs among the remaining ones."
It was hard to say whether they could get out of this great battle alive.
Zhu Yan lunged at Su Nian, flailing its claws.
Su Nian quickly stretched out her arms to block in front of her. When Zhu Yan's claws touched her arms, long and sharp nails suddenly grew out from under its paw pads. The nails were extremely sharp. Even through Su Nian's clothes, they left long bloody scratches on her arms.
Su Nian staggered back, barely supporting her tottering body with her arms.
Zhu Yan was really too powerful.
She had used all her spiritual power to form a protective shield around her arms, but it could easily penetrate the shield and cause such a serious wound.
"Teacher Su!"
Several people exclaimed in horror.
"It's okay. Follow our previous plan."
Su Nian struggled to stand up. Through the stone slab, she roared at Huang Sheng inside.
"Huang Sheng, all you want to deal with is me. Let these students in. I'll hold off the monster. You guys hurry up and leave."
If they waited for Zhu Yan to finish off them, Huang Sheng and his group would probably suffer a disastrous fate. Su Nian didn't care about Huang Sheng's despicable life, but the students behind him were innocent and shouldn't be dragged into this.
But the only response she got was a sneer.
"Su Nian, mind your own business. Stop being such a good Samaritan now. I came here for the monster's core. Don't think I'll give up so easily and let you have it all to yourself."
Su Nian narrowly dodged an attack from Zhu Yan. By now, her body was covered in wounds.
Zhu Yan's attacking ability was simply too powerful.
"Huang Sheng, you're crazy. Let me tell you, this monster is no ordinary one. It is—"
Before Su Nian could finish her words, another exclamation came.
This time, it was Kong Shishuang's voice.
Zhu Yan changed its direction and attacked Kong Shishuang, who had been constantly disturbing its offensive.
Kong Shishuang's ability was naturally not as agile as Su Nian's. She had no way to dodge this attack from Zhu Yan. The five of them, including Su Nian, were too late to stop Zhu Yan's offensive.
All they could see was that Zhu Yan's claws deeply penetrated Kong Shishuang's right shoulder.
Kong Shishuang's body was like a fluttering butterfly, quickly falling from mid - air. Her body hit the stone floor heavily with a loud noise and she couldn't move anymore. Only her unyielding and rolling eyes could prove that she was still alive and taking her last breath.
"I'll attract Zhu Yan. Shuang Er, go check on Kong Shishuang's injury immediately."
Su Nian's body could hardly hold on anymore, but she was a teacher and had the responsibility to protect these students. She couldn't back down.
Se Se quickly flew to Su Nian's side.
"Teacher, I'll help you."
"Se Se, go back. You can't withstand Zhu Yan's attack."
"So what? I don't care."
In this cave maze, since they were doomed to die, Se Se didn't want to die cowardly like before.
Kong Shishuang's hands and feet were twitching. Her eyes were also starting to dim.
"Teacher, teacher, what should I do? I can't stop her bleeding."
Shuang Er's hands were trembling all the time. Kong Shishuang's condition was getting worse and worse.
"Teacher Su, you go and help. I'll deal with Zhu Yan first."
Su Nian didn't have time to think. After warning Se Se to be more careful, she quickly rushed to Kong Shishuang's side. By now, the blood on her right shoulder had soaked most of her clothes. Her pupils were also starting to dilate.
"Shuang Er, help her up."
The two of them helped Kong Shishuang up.
Su Nian then began to pour all her continuous spiritual power into Kong Shishuang's body.
This was a last - ditch effort, but there was no other way now. Even though her current action might be in vain in the end and they might all die in the center of this maze, as a teacher, she couldn't just watch her students die in front of her.
Se Se was cooperating with A Shui and A Yue over there. Although they had grown together for more than a year and had enough understanding, they still couldn't withstand Zhu Yan's speed.
In just a moment, in mid - air, Se Se, A Shui, and A Yue's bodies fell to the ground one after another.
All of them felt a dull pain in their chests. There was a sweet and fishy taste in their throats, and then, they all spat out a mouthful of fresh blood involuntarily.
"It's too powerful!"
The ancient monster Zhu Yan's ability was so powerful that no one could match it.
In a short period of time, all of them were defeated.
Su Nian slowly opened her eyes at this time. Although Kong Shishuang's breathing was weak, it was starting to become steady. Her body was also slowly regaining its warmth.
Her life was temporarily saved, but it was unknown how long she could live.
Looking at these students in such a state, there was a heavy stone pressing on Su Nian's heart.
"Don't be afraid. Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I'll send you out."
Su Nian could create a teleportation array. In such an urgent situation, she could only use the forbidden technique.
In the maze, forging a teleportation array was simply a pipe dream. But if she used life as the origin for absorbing spiritual power, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
However, no matter whether it succeeded or not in the end, there was only one result.
That was that Su Nian was doomed to die.
Su Nian's hands were stained with blood. She was struggling to change the magic seals. Using her own spiritual power as a carrier and fresh blood to sacrifice the array, maybe there was a hope of success.
"All of you come here."
Hearing this, Se Se propped up her body with difficulty and slowly crawled towards Su Nian's location with A Shui and A Yue. At this time, they couldn't even exert any strength on their feet. Being able to crawl on the ground was already using all their strength.
"Kids, I'll send you out."
Su Nian suddenly leaned forward, and her limbs were suddenly tilted backward due to the external force.
"Teacher Su!"
"Don't be afraid. Close your eyes."
But how could Zhu Yan give them a chance? It had already gone mad with killing. Seeing that Su Nian still wanted to form the magic array, it immediately rushed over wildly.
"Time waits for no one. Fate is not in my control!"
It seemed that all six of their lives would end here today.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
But the expected pain didn't come.