This Summoner Is Too Powerful

Li Pu reached out to swipe the sensory area of the stone door, allowing it to open automatically.

Then the stone door slowly opened, and they saw the plaster head of the little elf boy placed beside the door.

The innocent smile on his face remained, indicating that the "ball" just now was actually this thing.

Li Pu: "..."

Fu Fu:[...]

The man and the spirit exchanged glances and quickly retreated, staying far from the stone door.

However, after a while, the sound of fighting came from the now shut stone door again.

"What’s going on, wasn’t the owner of room 2 defeated?"

Li Pu expressed his confusion.

[Stay quiet!]

Fu Fu: Master, isn’t the stone man supposed to be indestructible?

"You don’t say, that’s actually possible."

"How about... taking another peek?"

Li Pu thought that its suggestion made a lot of sense.

So the two of them crouched by the door and let the stone door open again.

This time, they saw an unimaginable scene.

A headless plaster statue was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the owner of room 3.

The two were of similar size, and on the surface, the fight seemed balanced.

Excluding size, purely judging by other aspects, it looked like the little elf boy, or rather, a headless elf boy.

Who knows what methods it used, its bulk now matched that of the owner of room 3.

However, judging by the condition of both sides, room 2’s owner was clearly at a disadvantage.

It kept trying to use a spout of water to attack the burning firewood in the hands of room 3’s owner, but the latter’s movements were more agile and never allowed it to succeed.

On the contrary, it occasionally struck or kicked the opponent with a snake head.

As for room 2’s owner, it had so many cracks it looked like it wouldn’t last much longer.

"The plan worked, but not completely."

Li Pu looked at Fu Fu: "How about we make a charge?"

With the battle between two monster statues, they, with their mortal bodies, couldn’t even reap the benefits easily.

If they wait any longer until room 2’s owner is finished, they’d be out of luck. They might as well take advantage of room 3’s owner being occupied and try to see if they can open the stone door quickly.

[Quiet!]

Fu Fu agreed.

Thus, man and spirit counted down from three and charged in simultaneously.

However, plans are good, but reality doesn’t always follow the plan.

Just as they stepped into room 3, the owner of room 3 abandoned its opponent and pounced directly at them, ignoring all of room 2’s attacks.

[Die!]

A gray mist spewed from the snake’s mouth, enveloping them without suspense.

[You died from petrification]

[Judgement: Restart]

Sitting in the starting room, Li Pu felt numb.

Why was the owner of room 3 so fixated on them, making it personal?

"Why wasn’t room 2’s owner petrified by it?"

However, Li Pu’s main focus was here.

[Quiet, quiet!]

Fu Fu: Because stone is originally stone!

Fu Fu raised its little wing, answering quickly.

"That could be true, or it might not be."

Li Pu thought that these plaster statues were monsters and couldn’t be considered 100% stone.

What kind of stone can run, jump, laugh, and even urinate?

And even if it were stone, who said stone can’t be petrified?

"Room 2’s owner wasn’t petrified probably because there’s a difference between it and us."

"And this difference might just be the rule of room 3."

"It’s also the key for us to pass through."

His intuition told him that this was the case.

[Quiet!]

Fu Fu: Stones don’t poop!

Fu Fu answered quickly again.

"This..."

Li Pu couldn’t agree.

[Quiet!]

Fu Fu: Stones don’t have brains!

Fu Fu continued to try.

"That seems true, but it probably isn’t the rule."

After all, the existence of rules is for people to pass through, not to get infinitely stuck.

You can’t really expect them to dig their brains out, it’s not like they’re scarecrows.

Scarecrow: Even I get dragged into this, darn!

"It should be something that a plaster statue possesses, but which we might not have, yet could control through actions."

"This would make for a reasonable rule."

Saying this, Li Pu felt he was getting close to the answer.

What could they have that the plaster statues don’t, or vice versa?

Inadvertently, his gaze drifted to those nonsensical and disjointed texts.

[Heroes dislike movement, manuals thus heavy]

[Dare to guard the fire ring, find death in seeking tilt]

[Name is the direct fare, hold and listen to pant]

[Double-end point and count, extinguish elation wave spirit]

Snap!

Suddenly, he snapped his fingers.

His eyes lingered on the word "pant."

"I got it! Could it be breathing?"

He felt he had found the direction.

[Quiet! Quiet quiet!]

Fu Fu: For real, Master!

Fu Fu followed his gaze and found more loopholes.

The "No" from the first line, the "Want" from the second, the "Pant" from the third, the "Breath" from the fourth.

Put together, doesn’t it say "Don’t Pant"?

"It’s worth a try."

"Logically, these lines of text couldn’t have been carved on the wall without any meaning."

Determined to act, Li Pu led Fu Fu back to room 3’s stone door.

Soon, the stone door opened.

Through the passageway, the pair of white plaster feet came into view.

In between them was room 4’s stone door, and the automatic sensory area wasn’t blocked.

Man and spirit exchanged a look, then each covered their mouth and nose.

Stepping softly, they quietly tip-toed into room 3’s domain.

Quiet, extremely quiet.

From toe to foot, still silent.

Looking up, the owner of room 3 just stood there obediently.

Like a plaster statue, and indeed it was a plaster statue.

(It worked!)

(Quiet!)

Man and spirit exchanged looks again, full of joy.

Next, they just needed to walk to room 4’s stone door and see if they could open it directly.

However, when they were about 10 meters from room 3’s owner, something happened.

Li Pu’s face was already visibly flushed red.

Fu Fu too, though its face was covered by feathers.

They ran out of breath.

Their previous caution had wasted too much time holding their breath.

At this moment, they glanced at each other, both understanding one thought.

That was... run!

Without bothering to maintain silence, man and spirit started running in room 3.

As imagined, even such a big commotion didn’t activate room 3’s owner.

Soon, at the brink of their breath-holding limit, they finally reached room 3’s stone door.

At that moment, they couldn’t deny they were a bit excited.

After all, room 3’s owner was so formidable, yet they had grasped the rule.

But 99% of that excitement was actually due to the suffocation feeling.

You darn stone door, hurry up and open!

Li Pu’s face was already liver-colored. If his original strength was still there, he’d definitely kick this darn door open.

Usually, it seemed sluggish, but now it felt even slower waiting.

He really didn’t want to hold his breath for another second.

[Puh!]

Unexpectedly, the next second, Fu Fu was the first to cave.

[Quiet, quiet, quiet!]

Fu Fu: Can’t hold it anymore, Master!

It clutched its heaving chest with its little wings.

"Puh! Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Seeing this, Li Pu also exhaled a turbid breath and began gasping for air.

[Die!]

The plaster statue’s big foot beside them slowly moved.

"Tired, let it end."

He casually patted his chest.

Bam!

[You died from petrification]

[Judgement: Restart]

Seconds later, they were back in the starting room.

"Seems our guess was right."

Despite failing, Li Pu wasn’t the least bit frustrated.

At least, they finally found the correct method.

His gaze returned to the text hints, and by selecting one word from each line, he immediately extracted two rules.

Room 2: [Extinguish Fire as Priority]

Room 3: [Don’t Pant]

It felt like 9 rooms each had a four-word hint.

The remaining 7 hints were still unclear, but he believed that as they discovered more room rules, they would eventually unlock all the hints.

His confidence suddenly surged.

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