Chapter 1793: Working Together!
Chapter 1793: Working Together!
The labyrinth continued shifting.
Platforms moved. Bridges twisted. Cubes opened and closed like mechanical beasts. Attacks came from above, below, behind, and even from angles that should not have existed. Yet with Max standing at the center of the formation, no attack truly came as a surprise. His Dimensional Sovereign Body gave him a complete view of the battlefield, and he guided the group through the shifting maze with calm precision.
"Ervin, forward."
Ervin moved.
His spear thrust out once.
The motion was simple.
Too simple.
But the result was terrifying.
A line of black-silver spear light pierced through seven floating cubes in a row. Each cube had been moving at a different speed and angle, yet his spear strike passed through all of them perfectly, as if he had seen the exact point where their paths would align before they aligned.
The cubes split open silently, and the broken mechanisms inside them fell into the void. His spearmanship was monstrous, not because it was flashy, but because it was absurdly accurate. Every thrust carried depth. Every sweep contained hidden force. Every step placed him at the perfect range to attack again.
Tamara saw it and smiled coldly. "Not bad."
Ervin smiled back. "You are not bad either."
The next wave came stronger.
A massive cube wall rose before them, blocking the route, while dozens of smaller cubes around it opened and released chains of light toward the group. At the same time, the platforms behind them began collapsing one after another, forcing them to move forward or fall.
Max immediately understood the problem.
"If that wall stays, the Labyrinth Core will lose stability," he said. "We break it together."
Tamara’s war intent erupted first.
"Then move."
She rushed forward, spear raised, and the war runes on her weapon blazed. Her spear struck the cube wall with enough force to make the entire structure tremble. Varkhon arrived beside her in the next instant, his fist smashing into the same point with raw demonic strength. The combined impact cracked the outer layer of the wall, but the wall immediately began repairing itself.
Revona’s Void Origin Eyes flashed.
The repairing energy flowing through the cracks vanished.
Ervin’s spear then thrust into the weakened center, and a black-silver line pierced deep into the wall.
Max followed last.
He raised his hand, and instead of using overwhelming force, he struck the exact cubic node that his Dimensional Sovereign Body had identified as the wall’s control point. The moment his attack landed, the entire wall stopped repairing itself.
Tamara shouted and thrust her spear again.
Varkhon roared and punched with both fists.
Ervin’s spear flashed three times in a row.
Revona erased the final layer of defensive energy.
The cube wall exploded.
Fragments flew in every direction, but Max had already seen the path of the debris and guided everyone through the safe gap before the broken cubes transformed into another attack sequence.
Their cooperation was not perfect because none of them truly trusted one another yet, but all five of them were too strong and too experienced to miss the rhythm of battle once it appeared. Max perceived. Tamara suppressed. Varkhon destroyed. Revona erased. Ervin pierced.
Together, they advanced.
The system’s cubic stars above them glowed brighter.
[Team Coordination Increased.]
[Labyrinth Core Stability: 87%]
[Individual Performance Assessment Ongoing.]
More attacks came after that.
A rain of golden cubes turned into falling blades.
Tamara met them head-on, spinning her spear so violently that a storm of war intent formed above the group.
A black cube released a wave of devouring darkness.
Varkhon stepped forward and tore through it with both hands, roaring as his raw strength ripped the darkness apart.
A silver cube created false platforms to mislead them.
Revona looked once, and the illusions were reduced to nothing under her Void Origin Eyes.
A rotating prism cube released attacks from blind angles.
Max saw them all before they arrived, moved through the group like a commander on a battlefield, and redirected everyone with short, precise instructions.
A line of indigo cubes formed a killing corridor.
Ervin stepped forward alone, his spear moving so quickly that it became a black-silver rain. Every thrust struck the core of a cube, and every pierced cube shut down instantly.
His spearmanship made even Max feel that this young man was far more dangerous than his calm appearance suggested. It was not only skill. It was depth. His spear carried something abyssal, something that seemed to fall endlessly even after reaching the target.
The closer they came to the Genesis Gate, the more dangerous the labyrinth became.
The final stretch consisted of nine floating platforms arranged in a broken spiral, and each platform could only hold one person at a time.
Above them, a massive cube constellation formed, preparing to release a combined attack. Below them, the void began rising like dark water, devouring the platforms behind them. At the center, the white cube gate rotated slowly, only a short distance away.
Max’s Dimensional Sovereign Body spread to its limit.
He saw the sequence.
The trial wanted to separate them, test them individually, and then force them to reconnect at the gate.
"Each of us takes one path," Max said quickly. "Do not slow down. The attacks will target your weakness."
Tamara grinned. "Good."
Varkhon laughed. "Finally."
Revona remained calm. "Understood."
Ervin looked at Max. "And the gate?"
Max’s eyes locked onto the core mechanism behind the Genesis Gate. "I will open it when all of you reach the final platform."
The five moved at once.
Tamara’s path was filled with heavy cube soldiers wielding square shields and spears. She charged through them like a war lord leading an invisible army, her spear breaking shields, crushing formation lines, and forcing open a route with overwhelming battle intent.
Varkhon’s path was a collapsing series of platforms struck by crushing cubes from above. He used no elegance at all. He grabbed the falling cubes, smashed them aside, punched through obstacles, and forced his way forward with brutal demonic strength.
Revona’s path was covered in invisible attacks, false exits, and void traps. Her Void Origin Eyes glowed continuously, and every attack that approached her faded into nothingness. She walked through the path as if the trial itself could not decide whether she truly existed within its rules.
Ervin’s path was the narrowest, filled with moving cube needles and spinning spear shadows. His black spear danced in silence, each strike landing with frightening perfection. Not a single movement was wasted, and not a single attack came close enough to touch his robe.
Max’s own path had no obvious enemies.
That made it the most dangerous.
The trial attacked him with blind spots, spatial distortions, hidden cube shifts, reversed directions, and invisible walls meant to confuse perception. But before his Dimensional Sovereign Body, there were no blind spots.
He saw through the false spaces, stepped only on real platforms, avoided the invisible walls, and reached the core node of the Genesis Gate just as the others arrived at their final platforms.
The cube constellation above them fired.
A combined beam descended toward all five at once.
Max raised his hand and struck the core node.
"Now."
Tamara thrust her spear upward.
Varkhon punched into the sky.
Revona erased the beam line targeting her and weakened the connection between the remaining beams.
Ervin pierced the central point of the descending attack with one perfect spear strike.
Max activated the gate mechanism and used his Dimensional Sovereign Body to redirect the remaining spatial pressure away from the group.
The combined beam shattered.
The Genesis Gate opened.
White light flooded the labyrinth.
[Trial One Completed.]
[Labyrinth Core Stability: 79%]
[Teamwork Assessment: Excellent.]
[Individual Performance Assessment Completed.]
[Genesis Marks Distribution In Progress...]
The five figures appeared before the white cube gate as the shattered labyrinth froze behind them. For a moment, none of them spoke. They had not trusted one another completely, but they had still worked together well enough to clear the first trial without losing anyone.
More importantly, every one of them had shown why they were qualified to stand inside the Genesis Trial.
Max looked at the system prompt calmly.
The first trial had only been the beginning.
And there were still seventy Genesis Marks left to fight for.