On the wall of the side chamber, there were 3 Silencing Scepters hanging side by side, each with a line of characters separating them.
These three lines of characters were hints to the riddle’s answer. Yue Yang needed to find the correct answer, but if he answered incorrectly, the mechanism for the trap would be set off.
Seeing that the time left for the Shield of Absolute Defense was running out, he inwardly grew frantic. However, this was the law in Tong Tian Tower. Everyone was tested this way; there was no other option. Of course, they could give up on the Silencing Scepters, and return to fight the Three-Headed Chimera…but that would be looking for more trouble.
“Isn’t this just a riddle-solving game? I’ve played these things all the time. Don’t tell me that my title as ‘Riddle Solver Prince’ is just for show?” Yue Yang consoled himself.
He looked at the leftmost sentence and read: I am a flyswatter, a flyswatter. Whenever I see a buzzing fly, I smack it to death.”
Flyswatter?
Would this flyswatter be able to swat the Three-Headed Chimera to death?
Yue Yang began to sweat profusely. He felt that it was much more likely that the Three-Headed Chimera would swat him to death instead.
The middle sentence said: “I am an awe-inspiring leader. Anywhere I appear turns into a silent hall. I am the only one who speaks, no one dares to chatter on in front of me. Without my permission, no one may speak.” Seeing this, Yue Yang inwardly cursed. Would a leader even appear in this kind of place? As expected, the leader was arrogant.
The sentence on the right side was the complete opposite of the previous two. It didn’t have any hint of arrogance, rather, its tone carried hidden bitterness and sentimentality. It was like the lamentation of a woman that had been widowed for many years: “My heart wants to tell you, my eyes want to tell you, my entire body wants to tell you, but you just don’t understand.”
“Aunt Qiong Yao, I hadn’t imagined that you would even have fans in the godly programmers that designed the games in Tong Tian Tower.” Yue Yang felt great admiration.
He could only make one out of three choices. Which would should he choose?
Yue Yang knit his brows. He felt that all of them had a slight possibility of being right, but they also didn’t seem to be the exact answer either. Exactly what was he supposed to choose?
The flyswatter? The leader? Or the widow?
Time passed as seconds turned into minutes. It was not an easy choice. Even if he found the real Silencing Scepter in the end, if the time for his Shield of Absolute Defense reached its limit, he wouldn’t have its protection for defense, and the situation would most likely grow worse. Yue Yang was prepared to randomly choose one, like the extremely aggressive flyswatter. Maybe, it would turn out to be the vaunted Silencing Scepter.
Yue Yang was just about to leap forwards and grab the flyswatter.
Just then, he saw Hui Tai Lang suddenly get struck by a goat-antelope, sending it flying backwards until it heavily smashed into a wall.
Yue Yang unintentionally caught a glimpse. He suddenly discovered that there were four trap mechanism control levers surrounding the wall that had just been revealed to him.
It was strange.
He flew forwards at high speed and ran towards the control lever in the east. The word ‘Wood’ was carved on in, and the one in the south was ‘Fire’. Yue Yang wildly looked at the one in the east, which had ‘Earth’ on it. The north one had ‘Water’. Among the five elements, the only one it was lacking was ‘Metal’. This made his heart race wildly; where could the Metal lever possibly be?
There were no other long levers on the ceiling on the floor.
At that moment, Yue Yang came to a sudden realization. He had really been so stupid.
He swiftly ran to the entrance of the side chamber, and stopped in front of the two large Sheep-head Monster sculptures. There were spears in each of the guarding sculptures’ hands.
The words carved on the left spear said: “I am a mute…”
Carved on the right one was “I am Metal”.
Yue Yang reached a hand out to grab the spear on the right and cried out, “It’s you!”
At the same time, his Shield of Absolute Defense began to flicker. Ignoring everything else, Yue Yang took the completely ordinary-looking spear and ran outside. His time now was limited. He could choose two paths; one was to hurry up and leave while his Shield of Absolute Defense was still present; the other was to face the Three-Headed Chimera head on.
Yue Yang clenched his teeth and shot towards the exit. No, he couldn’t leave.
If he left, it would be the same as losing the fight, and he wouldn’t gain anything from it.
If he stayed behind to face the chimera, his Shield of Absolute Defense would run out. However, he’d finally be able to get the Silencing Scepter…In any case, he’d at least gain a treasure. How could he not try it?
The current Yue Yang was very experienced with the stress Ultraman faced. On the outside, it seemed l