# 1321
Chapter 1321: Rescue Jinian
Under this tactics, the number of Norse Gods flooding into the maze rapidly decreased.
The Queen Mother of the West narrowed her eyes slightly, her fingertips hooking upward, and the Holy Rainbow Sword embedded in the ground flew automatically into her grasp.
The foundation of this maze's existence was Guan Zai's spiritual power. Even as the current strongest apex, he couldn't sustain the maze indefinitely. But now that they had seized the Holy Rainbow Sword capable of opening Bifröst to leave Asgard, the people of Great Xia had an escape route.
Advance to attack, retreat to defend—everything was proceeding perfectly according to Zuo Qing's plan.
Outside the red brick maze, Lin Qiye stood beside Guan Zai, overlooking the entire scene within the maze. His expression was somewhat complicated.
"What's wrong? Feeling a bit cruel?" Guan Zai tilted his cap brim up slightly, revealing half his face, half-jokingly said.
"How could I be." Lin Qiye shook his head.
"They are Norse Gods, our stances differ. Even if we don't kill them, one day they will march toward Great Xia... Besides, over all these years, they haven't spared Great Xia either.
Even if some of them are benevolent gods who only want to protect their homes, there is no time on the battlefield to distinguish one by one, and we absolutely cannot show weakness. Just like when two nations go to war, bullets don't circle around good people... Stance is stance, unrelated to good or evil.
I'm just worried about a friend. She's still locked in the Dungeon... I don't know how she's doing now."
Guan Zai raised an eyebrow. "If that's the case, you'd better take the opportunity while we can still hold off these Norse Gods to go rescue her...
The Queen Mother has obtained the Holy Rainbow Sword. Once the maze's duration ends and the Norse Gods surge forward, we may have no choice but to retreat."
"Holy Rainbow Sword? What's that?" Lin Qiye asked, confused.
Guan Zai: ...???
The duration of [Star Coins] had ended, and the Holy Rainbow Sword Lin Qiye had materialized from memory vanished accordingly. Consequently, he had also forgotten about the Holy Rainbow Sword itself.
"Never mind... I'll go save her first." Lin Qiye shook his head, his form shifting into an ordinary-looking Western man. He returned to Asgard's streets and sprinted toward the Dungeon.
Myles' identity had been exposed, and Lin Qiye couldn't possibly ride the Somersault Cloud through Asgard openly to rescue someone from the Dungeon. After all, although most of the Norse Gods were attracted to the red brick maze, some gods were still scattered about watching暗中. So he could only randomly select an appearance and approach the Dungeon from memory.
"Right... what about Number 22?"
Lin Qiye glanced toward Bifröst but didn't see any trace of Number 22.
After he opened Bifröst, Great Xia's numerous apex beings came to reinforce them, the battle of the gods turned into chaos, and Number 22 had vanished somewhere in the confusion... He was probably either swatted dead by some Norse God or had slipped through Bifröst back to the real world through the chaos. Based on Lin Qiye's understanding of Number 22, the latter was more likely.
But now wasn't the time to worry about the life or death of a single agent. No one knew what changes might have occurred in the Dungeon during Asgard's chaos.
Most importantly, was the demonic wolf Fenrir still stationed there?
Lin Qiye summoned Mu Mu to take a look. After the Bifröst battle, the offerings inside the [Holy Grail] were basically exhausted, leaving only a thin layer of liquid floating at the bottom of the cup. He wasn't sure if it would be enough to support him rescuing Jinian.
Unfortunately, even though so many gods had died inside the red brick maze, the liquid inside the [Holy Grail] still hadn't increased. It seemed only creatures killed personally by the [Holy Grail]'s master could become offerings dissolved into the cup.
As Lin Qiye continued advancing, from the direction of the Dungeon, a startling roar suddenly erupted!
A sturdy pillar of malevolent aura and flames shot straight into the clouds!
"Hm?" Lin Qiye paused, then his eyes gradually brightened.
"It's them?!"
...
Five minutes earlier.
A dozen or so figures ghosted through the streets. Under the cover of the deafening explosions from distant Bifröst, they silently arrived near the Dungeon.
"Is it here?" The Knight glanced at the heavily guarded Dungeon entrance in the distance, asking in a low voice.
"Yes." An Qingyu's gray eyes radiated a faint pressure. "No mistake. She's right down there."
"Good." The Knight took a deep breath, his gaze falling on those still stationed at the entrance—the Norse forces. His eyes flickered with unprecedented fighting spirit.
Although the divine battle had erupted at Bifröst, the Norse forces guarding the entrance hadn't been redeployed. On one hand, the Dungeon housed numerous dangerous beings, and no mishaps could be allowed. On the other hand, these ordinary soldiers hadn't entered the divine realm; participating in divine battles would only mean death.
The few Norse force leaders who had entered the divine realm were already trapped deep within the red brick maze.
"All Oath Society members, hear my command." The Knight lowered his voice, his eyes filled with resolve. "Rescue the President at all costs!"
The Dungeon's location was special. To storm the deepest levels and rescue Jinian, the Oath Society members could only use brute force. Fortunately, those participating in this operation were basically the Oath Society's top combat power. With the Norse Gods not interfering, head-on confrontation wasn't without chances of victory.
The Oath Society members nodded emphatically. On the Knight's command, their figures simultaneously launched like arrows, darting toward the Dungeon entrance!
The Norse forces stationed before the Dungeon had their attention basically on the distant Bifröst divine battle. Who could have imagined that at such a time, an enemy force from who-knows-where would emerge in Asgard.
This sudden attack momentarily caused them some panic, but they were well-trained soldiers. They quickly stabilized their formation and met the Oath Society members head-on!
The four envoys had been injured in the battle against Loki, but at this moment they were still like they'd been given adrenaline, charging at the front of the Oath Society. Four masks tore a ferocious gap in the Norse forces' formation, continuously pressing toward the Dungeon entrance.
"Should we help?"
Not far away, Cao Yuan watched the chaotic battlefield and turned to ask An Qingyu.
They, after all, weren't members of the Oath Society. So before the Knight attacked the Dungeon, he hadn't proactively asked for their help. After all,归根结底, Jinian was the Oath Society's President.
Whether to help still depended on An Qingyu, the Vice Captain, how she would decide.
An Qingyu contemplated briefly and nodded. "Let's help. Qiye should have rendezvoused with the Great Xia gods by now, out of danger, no need for us to rescue him.
Instead, here—if we stand by and do nothing, and the delay gets too long, I'm afraid the situation at Bifröst might encounter some changes..."
Baili Pangpang rolled his shoulders, grinning. "Copy that!"
In the chaos at the Dungeon entrance, three figures suddenly burst from the flank of the battle!