“I was just considering the possibility,” Jiang Ke’er said in a calm tone.
“I thought that this tower might contain various magical treasures capable of eavesdropping on our conversations or causing our team to fall apart… Nothing in this tower is impossible.”
“So…” Xiao Ri looked at Jiang Ke’er expectantly.
“You’ve prepared other measures to deal with Senior Brother Xuan Yang leaving the team?”
“No, I haven’t prepared anything.” Jiang Ke’er answered decisively.
“Xiao Ming is out, Senior Brother Xuan Yang left, and our combat power has been drastically reduced. That’s an undeniable fact. From now on, we can’t encounter any Elite Monsters. If we do, it will be total annihilation.”
Xiao Ri broke down again… So the situation hadn’t changed at all!
“The reason I didn’t reveal the plan is because it only requires me to complete it myself,” Jiang Ke’er explained.
“Under that premise, there’s no need to share it with you all; that would only increase the chance of the enemy discovering it… and if overheard, the plan would be completely ruined.”
Xiao Ri was going crazy.
“If you still trust me, then come help me find something—look for magical tools that can directly leap between floors, or those capable of summoning powerful monsters,” Jiang Ke’er said.
“I’m on it.” Xiao Ri climbed over to the stall and hurriedly began browsing.
Suddenly, he shouted excitedly, “Soul of Infernal Fire! There’s a Soul of Infernal Fire for sale here! Isn’t this the double attack buff from the Blazing Flame Team? Buy it quickly! It costs five Tokens, and we just happen to have five!”
Yet, in his despairing gaze, Jiang Ke’er gently picked up a Strong One’s Egg and bought it.
Now only four Tokens remained, and the Soul of Infernal Fire was out of their reach.
“Here, here! There’s also an Acceleration Tool! Four Tokens…”
“Ding-ling-ling~”
Jiang Ke’er bought another Strong One’s Egg.
Xiao Ri felt like Jiang Ke’er was messing with his mind—she was the one who had completely given up resisting.
The five Tokens they had just gotten hadn’t even warmed in their hands before Jiang Ke’er exchanged them all for Strong One’s Eggs.
At the same time, the temporary teleportation effect of the Grotesque Incident ended, and they were summoned back to the previous Bizarre Room.
“Just as I expected,” Jiang Ke’er stroked her chin, “The effect of the Bizarre Room has two types: either directly triggering a Grotesque Incident or temporarily sending you to another room before being summoned back…”
Now that the first Grotesque Incident in this room had ended, it was time for the second event.
“It’s battle time~ Good luck~”
The Strange Elder raised his hand again, and before Jiang Ke’er and the others, coffins were once more laid out. They were sent to the Battle Room.
In haste, Jiang Ke’er took out the Compass and glanced at it—tenth floor, You position.
She withdrew the Compass with disappointment.
At this moment, Skeletons crawled out of the coffins.
“I really miss Senior Brother Xuan Yang’s fists!” Xiao Ri wailed as Skeletons chased him around the room.
With two key fighters missing, what should have been a simple Skeleton room became extremely tricky.
“If we had bought the Soul of Infernal Fire earlier, this wouldn’t have happened!” Xiao Ri shouted in complaint.
Jiang Ke’er thought for a moment and said, “Just press the Button!”
Since it was confirmed that the second Grotesque Incident in this room was a fight, there was no reason to dawdle here any longer.
Everyone pressed their Buttons.
“Moving on, next Bizarre Room.”
There was one more Bizarre Room on the eighth floor that hadn’t been chosen yet. Jiang Ke’er and the others could enter.
Even the Strange Elder was momentarily stunned upon seeing them.
“How is it you again? Have you given up completely? Getting happy now?” The Strange Elder chuckled.
“Then, first Grotesque Incident—Super Strong Elite Battle!”
Jiang Ke’er glanced at the Compass: thirteenth floor, Shen position.
And it was a super difficult elite battle like the White Bone Sand Whale.
Beep beep beep—
Jiang Ke’er told Xiao Ri and Qian Yue to press their Buttons, and she pressed hers immediately after.
When they returned to the Bizarre Room again, they found there was no need to challenge the Elite Monster and could directly enter the next Grotesque Incident, which made Jiang Ke’er breathe a sigh of relief.
What Senior Brother Xuan Yang hadn’t anticipated was that by using the Regret Button, it was actually possible to avoid all trap rooms, maze rooms, and battle rooms within the Bizarre Rooms.
Applying this now greatly increased the speed at which they could clear Grotesque Incidents.
“Now, the second event—” The Strange Elder suddenly gave a sly smile and pulled a Button from his chest pocket, “This one’s interesting… the Death Button!”
The Elder pressed the Button.
After a whirlwind, Jiang Ke’er found herself in an immense, utterly empty room.
In the center stood a giant beast bound in rune-covered chains.
As Jiang Ke’er and the others arrived, the beast slowly opened its eyes, and the chains and runes rapidly shattered.
Those eyes were filled with murderous intent—nothing but slaughter existed within them. It would tear apart everything it saw.
“Eighth rank, eighth rank Ruins Realm Behemoth,” Xiao Ri swallowed hard, feeling weak in the knees, “A Gongshan Beast with Venerable Realm strength.”
Its steel-like tough skin easily broke the chains binding it.
Its sharp claws dug deep into the floor of the tower, causing even the tower’s sealing formations to tremble precariously.
“Press the Button! What are you waiting for!” Xiao Ri urged frantically.
“If it breaks free, we won’t be able to escape!”
But Jiang Ke’er was still scanning the surroundings.
She glanced again at the Compass in her hand. After confirming the numbers, her whole body trembled.
14/15, no position.
The old man on the first floor had said that the penultimate floor of the Trial Tower had only one public room—the final battle room.
All teams had to pass through here and face the most difficult and painful battle in the tower.
Once they had defeated it, the door to the fifteenth floor would open to receive the reward.
That’s right… this was it… finally, they had arrived here!
Jiang Ke’er suppressed the excitement in her heart, handed the Button to Xiao Ri, and said, “Press it. Retreat.”
With the Taiming Sect’s strength, trying to defeat this eighth rank Gongshan Beast was pure folly.
Even if they stayed and joined forces with other teams, it would be useless.
Because the moment the Gongshan Beast died, the Taiming Sect’s team would be pulled back to the Bizarre Room… after all, they came through the Grotesque Incident.
So…
At this moment, Xiao Ri had already pressed the Button and left.
Qian Yue also prepared to press the Button, but when she looked up at Jiang Ke’er, she saw Jiang Ke’er had shifted into her fox form, running around and looking everywhere anxiously.
Unable to guess Jiang Ke’er’s thoughts, Qian Yue could only smile faintly and pressed the Button—though deep down, a quiet hope arose.
Just by Jiang Ke’er’s expression, she knew this girl was up to something again.
After a while, Jiang Ke’er also returned, reuniting safely with them in the Trial Tower’s initial room.
Only now, Jiang Ke’er looked bruised and battered but was still grinning foolishly.
“Hey! Have you been beaten silly?” Xiao Ri waved his hand in front of Jiang Ke’er.
“I’m now fifty percent confident,” Jiang Ke’er wiped the blood from her face and smiled.
Xiao Ri: “???”
Then Jiang Ke’er turned to look at Xiao Ri. “If you follow my instructions from here on, Senior Brother, then it’s one hundred percent.”