Once a Spirit Beast had been refined into a Spirit Servitor, the body it left behind after death had no value whatsoever. The crystal inside it had long since been removed, or simply refined into the Spirit Servitor's body.
In short, this corpse was worthless. While studying Spirit Formations, Huo Hai had also learned a little about Spirit Servitors. Ignoring the dead Spirit Servitor on the ground, he reached out and took the key. When the silvery-white crystal settled into his hand, he suddenly gave a bitter smile. This key actually had such a major drawback.
The key itself carried spatial power and formed an integrated whole with the entire Maze Spirit Formation. It could not be placed inside a spatial storage item. If he forced it inside, the key would cease to function the instant its connection to the maze was severed.
That meant he could only carry the key on his person. But once he did, he would end up just as he was now, with a faint silvery-white glow radiating around him because of the key. As long as he remained in the maze, that glow would never fade.
Walking around like this, he would be like a giant light bulb. Anyone who saw him would know he was carrying a key. Huo Hai smiled bitterly. It seemed the maze's designer had no intention of leaving him even the slightest loophole.
Moreover, crushing the key would not activate it immediately. From the moment it was crushed until he was teleported out, the entire process would take roughly half a minute. That meant the key could only be used somewhere safe. Anyone hoping to use it to escape during a fight or at the brink of death would find that utterly impossible.
This maze truly did not leave