How Many Stars Were There in the Primordial Sky? Rules

A scorching wind, thick with the smell of sulfur, whipped up billowing dust across the dry earth, causing Ronan and Moriel's robes to flutter.

Ronan tilted his head back, staring intently at the enormous minotaur-like monster before him, and then heard Moriel's murmured voice.

"The Abyss... Bull Demon."

Inside the Minotaur's Labyrinth, there was even a minotaur from the abyss imprisoned! Ronan took a deep breath and subconsciously took two steps back to avoid the Abyss Bull Demon's wildly spraying lava spittle.

He looked around, trying to find clues or things that could help him with his current situation.

Suddenly, Ronan's gaze fixed on a certain spot, and his eyes flickered slightly.

He saw behind the massive body of the Abyss Bull Demon that there was a black rock cliff that jutted outwards, roughly up to the Bull Demon's waist.

At the top of the cliff, a small blue portal of light stands.

The maze exit?! Ronan subconsciously turned his head and met Moriel's gaze. Moriel had obviously also noticed the Blue Small Door and was constantly winking at Ronan.

Answer me!

"Boom!"

The thunderous, booming sound exploded again above their heads. The Abyss Bull Demon violently swung its massive body, causing the chains covering its body to rattle loudly.

Are you ready to answer Babu Li's question?

"It's so noisy!"

Moriel covered her ears with her hands, complained, and quickly walked over to Ronan.

"That looks like the exit from the maze."

Ronan glanced at the Blue Small Door in the distance.

After thinking for a moment, he released his mental energy, and his body began to levitate, eventually slowly taking flight.

"Really."

Ronan's eyes flickered slightly. In this space where the sun still hung in the sky, the anti-flying rule was much weaker than that of the maze corridor outside. Level Four Wizard could barely take off.

The concentration of free energy particles in the air is also slightly higher than in the maze corridor.

Perhaps because very few wizards have been able to find this place, they have been able to enter this room.

Ronan raised himself to about chest level with the Abyss Bull Demon, tilting his head back to look at its fiery eyes.

"Babu Li!"

Ronan spoke, his calm and clear voice amplified by the fluctuations of the spell, spreading clearly outwards.

"Is it enough to just answer your question?"

Ronan pointed to the blue portal on the distant cliff and said, "Can we go out through that portal and leave this place?"

"Certainly."

The Abyss Bull Demon shook its massive head, which was as large as a small mountain, and replied in a gruff voice, "As long as you can give the correct answer, you can leave Babu Li's clutches safely."

Large clumps of magma sprayed from the mouth of the Bull Demon Babu Li, landing on Ronan's Spiritual Force Field and making a hissing sound.

Ronan didn't seem to care. He nodded, turned around, and waved to Moriel below. Moriel seemed reluctant to fly up.

"Go ahead and ask."

When Moriel arrived, Ronan looked at the Abyss Bull Demon in front of him and spoke calmly.

"Then—I—ask—you—"

Seeing that Ronan and the other man were ready, Bull Demon Babu Li drew out his voice again, shaking his head and giving off an impression of not being very smart.

How many stars were there in the ancient sky?

The Bull Demon's question reverberated through the void, and Ronan was taken aback upon hearing it.

Before he could react, Moriel beside him blurted out, "Countless!"

"Wrong!"

"Boom--"

A huge bull's head suddenly rushed up to the two of them, opened its mouth wide, and roared out the word "wrong".

A rolling sound wave was emitted, accompanied by countless splashes of lava foam. Moriel screamed, feeling as if she had been bathed in lava saliva.

Although blocked by the force field around them, they were still so frightened that they quickly retreated.

"Now you."

The Abyss Bull Demon shouted Moriel away, then turned to stare at Ronan and said in a gruff voice, "Give me your answer."

Its hideous and terrifying face was very close to Ronan's, but Ronan's face remained expressionless.

"Etc."

Ronan shook his head calmly. "Let me think about it some more. I'll tell you the answer later."

After saying that, he turned and fell down.

"Then you'd better hurry... Lord Babu Li doesn't have much patience to wait."

The Bull Demon shrank back and returned to its original standing posture.

Ronan landed lightly on the ground, while Moriel was slapping herself all over with her flaming Short Staff, looking disgusted and repulsed, as if she had just been doused with the stinky saliva of Bull Demon.

"Enter the room and answer the questions posed by the Bull Demon correctly, and you can leave through the blue light gate. If you answer incorrectly, you will most likely be driven away by the Bull Demon immediately. This should be the labyrinth rule set up by the Minotaur."

Ronan spoke.

Moriel's fair and smooth skin was almost red from rubbing, but she still couldn't shake off the feeling of nausea. Frustrated, she asked, "So, do you know the answer now?"

"No."

Ronan shook his head.

How many stars were there in the ancient sky? It's like trying to count the hairs on the head of that stupid ox in front of you. It's an unsolvable problem.

At least, Ronan couldn't think of any absolutely correct answer.

"So what do we do now?"

Ronan glanced at the blue portal on the distant black cliff and said in a low voice, "It won't do anything to us until I give my answer."

Perhaps"

Ronan flipped his hand, revealing an exquisite key with a silvery sheen, and said with a slight glint in his eyes, "We can try another method."

Moriel paused, looked up at the colossal Bull Demon that stood like a mountain, then at Ronan, and said with a slightly complicated expression, "Are you sure?"

"I have a way to teleport short distances. Maybe I can find a chance to avoid it, get to the portal, and open the exit. I'll pretend to answer its question first, then you..."

Ronan put away the keys in his hand and looked calmly at Moriel. "Ready?"

Surprisingly, Moriel was initially hesitant, but once Ronan's crazy plan was finalized, she showed an excited and eager expression. Perhaps some people are born with a gene for madness and adventure.

"Hurry up."

Moriel tapped her palm lightly with her Short Staff like a baseball bat, her eyes fixed on the head of the Abyss Bull Demon in front of her, as if she were ready to take revenge for being sprayed with spittle.

Ronan didn't waste any words. He took off and flew to a position very close to the Abyss Bull Demon in one breath. The black rock cliff behind it was almost within reach, just one step away.

Have you thought about how to answer Babu Li?

The Bull Demon scratched his ear, stood up from the ground like a mountain, and approached Ronan again.

The scorching wind blowing in his face ruffled Ronan's long hair at his temples. Ronan squinted and said, "It's ready."

"Tell me your answer!"

The Bull Demon urged loudly.

Ronan took a deep breath and said, word by word, "The total number of stars in the primordial sky is..."

Bull Demon instinctively widened his eyes, moved closer to Ronan, and waited for him to give the answer.

Just then, "Boom!"

A dazzling crimson-gold flame dyed the sky of the secret realm red, instantly condensing into an enormous phantom of a staff.

Moriel, engulfed in flames, with golden-red eyes, resembled a bewitching Witch emerging from ashes. A wicked smile graced her exquisite face as she wielded a beautiful Ladies Cane, appearing abruptly above the Bull Demon's head.

Then, aiming at the slightly lowered head of the Bull Demon, he used both hands to strike it hard with his staff!

"Bang!"

The bright sun overhead seemed to intensify instantly, and a furious roar echoed through the sky.

Amidst the raging, [Rage] eruption-like power, Ronan's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he stared intently at the blue light gate not far away.

"Now!"

Itai, like mercury, quickly adhered to Ronan's entire body. Immediately afterward, Ronan exploded with a "bang," splitting into seven or eight silver-light-flowing figures that rushed in all directions.

He himself mingled among the scattered figures, vanishing into thin air as if in a flash, heading towards the small door. A moment later.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Two heavy, muffled thuds followed, and two large craters appeared in the dry, solid ground.

"Ptooey—"

Moriel suddenly jumped up from the pit, spitting out the sand she had swallowed.

"Near the small door, the effects of isolation spells are present, even Space Magic!"

Ronan climbed out of the pit, his face looking rather pale.

"Roar--"

A deafening roar interrupted their conversation, accompanied by the clanging of chains, heavy footsteps, and the shaking of the ground.

"Foolish, cunning, and despicable insects! You have successfully angered Lord Babu Li! Roar!"

The Abyss Bull Demon, [Rage], had bloodshot eyes, with blazing flames spewing from its eye sockets and smoke billowing from its nostrils, as it strode toward the two.

"Level 6?!"

As if a massive mountain were crashing down, Ronan felt the suffocating pressure and spoke in a low voice.

"More than."

Moriel shook her head, seemingly quite certain, her pretty face unusually serious.

A giant bull hoof burning with raging flames shattered the void and descended like a dark cloud. Ronan and Moriel's pupils contracted, and without time to think, they quickly retreated.

"Boom!"

The two narrowly avoided the terrifying bull hoof attack. When the burning hoof lifted, all that remained of their previous location was a bottomless lava crater.

"Under the rules, it dares not actually kill us who are answering questions, it can only drive us away, otherwise we would have died long ago."

Ronan's eyes flickered slightly, and he spoke in a low voice.

"Where's the door?!"

Moriel called out from the side, sounding somewhat agitated and flustered, as she looked around for the portal they had entered through.

At that moment, the terrifying bull's hooves roared and kicked towards the two of them again.

Ronan remained calm, picked up the Space Key in his hand, and slammed it into the air with a backhand motion.

"Buzz—"

A strange fluctuation emanated, and the exquisite Space Key suddenly dimmed slightly. Then, countless light patterns appeared in the void, outlining the shape of a small door.

The Space Key was inserted precisely in the keyhole.

Ronan gently twisted the knob, opened the portal, and slipped inside with Moriel.