Chapter 985: Chapter 985: Sphinx 5
The sunlight was blinding, and he almost shot it with his eyes closed!
The prop slingshot had a limited number of uses within one day; the first use felt like being shot by a gun, causing unbearable pain without leaving any wounds. The second ti, the pain halved, the third ti, it halved again, and the fourth, fifth, sixth tis… it kept halving until the pain completely disappeared and the slingshot beca useless.
Pan Xiaoxin was up high, unable to avoid it, and didn’t know how many hits he took before Daniel finally got his wish!
His small body fell from a height, crashed heavily onto the stone steps, and continued to tumble weightlessly!
Pan Xiaoxin’s head was spinning, he waved his arms trying to grab the edge of the stone steps, but before his body could stabilize, his hands were already weak and he fell again!
He had been climbing up with all his strength to avoid being caught, without a mont’s rest, and his physical exhaustion was trendous. Now, with both arms sore and weak, it was almost impossible to save himself during the rapid fall!
“Ah ah ah ah!!! ——”
Below, Mute scread in agony, as he had fallen behind due to lack of strength. Seeing Pan Xiaoxin fall, he hurriedly tried to dodge but panicked and lost his balance, rolling down together!
Bruce was imdiately shocked and angry, glaring at Daniel: “What have you done?!!”
“What did I do? Of course I did it so we could win!” Daniel replied unapologetically, “Didn’t you see just now?! If we were any later, he would have guessed the riddle first!”
“You killed Mute!” Bruce yelled.
Daniel was unrepentant: “He fell because he was too weak! Even if I hadn’t acted, he would have died here sooner or later!”
Bruce: “You’re really an asshole!”
Daniel: “You should thank this asshole here! If it wasn’t for , we would have already lost! Hurry up and climb, you dark-skinned man!”
Bruce glared fiercely at him, knew it was pointless to argue more, and could only silently continue climbing.
Daniel looked down and noticed that Pan Xiaoxin hadn’t died from the fall but had squarely landed on a tree canopy in the middle section of the Pyramid.
He couldn’t help but curl his lips, “Tch, this kid is lucky not to be dead… But that’s as far as he goes, as long as we solve the riddle in a mont, we should get the sword.”
Now, with no more obstacles ahead and their only competitor far below, they were getting closer and closer to victory.
Bruce was the first to reach the summit.
The top was peppered with countless stone swords, like a scattered fence surrounding the flat top, and in the center stood a huge Sphinx statue.
Bruce saw the words engraved on the topmost stone step:
“[Choose a stone sword, answer the question correctly, and you will get what you want.]”
Bruce frowned, looked around, and picked a stone sword.
As soon as he pulled out the stone sword, the huge statue imdiately ca to life!
The majestic Sphinx stood up, walked in front of him, and in a stern, ancient voice like an elder’s—
“An animal, walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening.”
Even though Daniel hadn’t yet reached the top, he already heard the Sphinx’s voice and was overjoyed: “This riddle is too easy! The King’s Sword is ours!”
Bruce was slightly puzzled, could such a trial have such a simple riddle?
Even elentary students would surely know, walking on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, the answer is of course Human!
“Hey! What are you spacing out for?!” Daniel climbed up another two levels, urging Bruce, “Hurry up and answer! We’re about to win!”
Bruce hesitated for a mont, looked up at the Sphinx, and answered, “The answer is human, humans.”
The Sphinx stayed silent for a few seconds, then raised a paw, hovering above Bruce—
And crashed down mightily!
Bruce didn’t even have ti to shout before he was crushed into a pool of blood!
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