Chapter 205

"Thump..."

Perhaps because Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao's bone and muscle density far exceeded that of an ordinary person, the sound of her head hitting the ground was all the more dull and heavy.

It stopped the moment it landed, not even rolling once.

The young lady was dead, killed by the hands of someone she had personally chosen.

Zhao Yi gasped; although it was normal for people to die on the River-Walking path, seeing someone from the Long Wang family die right before his eyes was still quite a shock.

However, is it considered temporarily over now?

According to the rules, since he did not call for anyone and had no opponent, it should be judged as a victory, counting as having survived this crisis.

At this moment, the woman in the black dress lowered her head, spread her left palm, and held her sword downward with her right hand.

As the sword tip swayed slowly, the piece of jade floor beneath her feet actually turned into liquid at this moment.

And the layer beneath her was Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi: "..."

Young Master Zhao was very panicked.

Although Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao had entered the battle heavily injured, she had clearly used some kind of secret technique in her final moments, exhausting all her strength, yet she still ended up like a slaughterhouse pig, carved into pieces of meat.

His own state was many times worse than Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao's; if the woman above really came down, he would certainly have no chance of survival.

The next moment, the woman's sword tip flicked lightly, picking up a pool of green liquid and landing it in her palm.

She was applying this liquid to her injured Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

The skin peeled open by the cat claws began to squirm, and soon it was completely restored.

She was restored to her original appearance, sitting on the couch on the eleventh floor, elegant and ethereal.

With a hook of her fingertip, the bell that had fallen beside Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao's corpse parts flew back into her hand, and she grabbed the string.

Zhao Yi let out a breath of relief.

Thankfully, the woman wasn't coming down to kill him; she just wanted to touch up her makeup.

Zhao Yi lowered his head and looked at the young man on the layer below him.

The young man was also looking up.

Zhao Yi touched his heart and mouthed:

"That was truly terrifying just now."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

Zhao Yi's eyes widened; he understood the meaning of this gesture—it meant he had felt relieved too early.

"Click..."

The sound of three large doors opening echoed simultaneously from the three underground floors.

"Hum!"

The bell chime rang out once more at this moment.

The tower door, which had only just opened a finger-width gap, came to a halt.

At this width, it was obviously impossible for the three of them to return inside the tower.

The Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face on the top floor of the high tower revealed a smile; although the image differed in the eyes of different people, the smile was real, no longer as silent and still as the deceased like at the beginning.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could not see his smile, because he had no Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face in the eyes of the young man.

But the emotion he wanted to express was captured by Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

What are you smiling at?

Trying to create an atmosphere where everything here is completely under your control, and our fates are all held in your hands?

When they were going downstairs earlier, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had mentioned the metaphor of flipping a coin to Zhao Yi.

In fact, many things and situations in this world, when you are forced to Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face them, can be decided by a single coin.

The formation here is the most powerful, exquisite, and perfect formation Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan has ever seen, bar none.

With his current level of formation mastery, he could only do some petty things; he never even thought about breaking it, because it was simply impossible.

The magnificent construction, the accumulation of time, and even the will of those who died here as martyrs have all been integrated into this formation, including those powerful deceased members of the Profound Heaven Sect within the tower.

The person who designed the formation here never intended to control it, and therefore, left no backdoors or flaws to be exploited.

But the one on the top floor has now caused the tower door, which should have opened, to stop.

On the two sides of the coin: heads, he is already powerful enough to easily manipulate and modify the rules here; tails, he is forcibly destroying the rules.

If it were heads, he could completely give up resistance.

Therefore, as long as he wanted to struggle and flutter a bit more, the coin could only be tails.

"Ding-a-ling..."

The bell in the woman's hand rang.

Blocked by the wall, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could not hear the sound of the bell, but because she was holding the string, he could see the bell swaying.

The young man felt that it shouldn't just be the bell in her hand that was making noise.

And indeed, that was the case; inside the high tower, from the second floor to the eleventh floor, the bells hanging in front of all the deceased were all swaying and making sounds at this moment.

It was just that this movement was all isolated by the high tower, yet it fell clearly into the ears of the person on the top floor.

That person let out a sigh, turned around, and faced the large bell.

The large bell was covered in dense, blood-colored patterns; what was condensed inside was destiny and fortune.

All of these were things that countless people, either actively or passively, had sacrificed over so many years.

Originally, there were only two strokes left to completely complete this large bell; now, only one stroke remained.

The prophecy on the mural on the ground floor could have succeeded; it was only one short. As long as it could be filled in, it would be a choice of one out of three, and the last surviving person of great fortune could ring this bell of ascension.

Now, there was a slight problem.

One out of three, two removed; yet only one had died, and one was still missing.

Then he could only take action forcibly to fill it in.

The restlessness inside the high tower continued.

When the faceless person shook the large bell again, the restlessness became even more intense.

Especially on the eleventh floor, where the old man in Daoist robes had his horsetail whisk moving without wind on his lap.

The crane-haired, youthful-looking scholar lying on the couch opposite had his fingertips trembling; his anger was certainly greater, because his book had been stolen.

"Stay calm!"

The faceless person stretched out his hands; his ten fingers were very long, and his pitch-black nails were even longer.

The restlessness inside the high tower finally gradually subsided.

The faceless person looked up through the window at the sky.

Ascension is indeed an act envied by the Heavenly Dao, but this little ripple is nothing.

This place is naturally magical and independent, capable of isolating the decay of the world.

Moreover, when his ancestors first designed this place, they had already calculated how to guard against the interference of the Heavenly Dao.

Including that sudden eruption of mountain rocks; this natural punishment was also within the ancestors' calculations, and instead, it was used to fill in the final important link for the creation of this place.

He had long known that the Heavenly Dao would throw sand into the gears at the final critical moment, but he didn't care; this variable could not affect the overall situation.

"Only one left, do it."

"Ding-a-ling..."

The bell in the woman's hand was still ringing.

Her sword tip pointed downward again, and with a light sway, the wall below began to melt. Unlike before, when she only took a scoop to restore her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, this time, the entire area beneath her feet began to dissolve.

She was coming down.

Zhao Yi felt terrible again.

At this critical moment, Young Master Zhao did not look at the wall above his head that was about to melt and fall off, but instead lowered his head again to look at the young man on the layer below him.

He really wanted to tell that woman in the black dress: after you kill me, you must continue to kill downward and take the one on the ground floor with you, otherwise, it would be too lonely to be alone on the road.

But he knew this was probably unlikely; the mural on the ground floor of the high tower depicted a choice of one out of three.

He had just made such a big gamble, yet he still couldn't escape this inevitable situation of death.

Damn it, right?

"Do you... want revenge?"

A voice appeared in the ears of A Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, who had fallen into a rage after witnessing the tragic death of the young lady.

This voice seemed to have some kind of magic, completely suppressing his negative emotions.

"Give your body to me, give it to me willingly, because I need to unleash the full potential of this body of yours.

My surname is Yu."

Actually, just saying the last three words would have been enough.

But these three words were the ones Yu Cangshuang least wanted to say.

From the bottom of his heart, he did not acknowledge that Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao was worthy of the surname Yu.

Fortunately, while the person was no good, this ape was quite decent.

Even in the Yu family of the past, demon beasts like A Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan were not non-existent, but they were extremely rare.

There are actually many loyal demon beasts, but very few that are both loyal and possess enough potential to be assigned to excellent direct descendants as companion beasts.

Because the greater the potential of a demon beast, the harder it is to guarantee its loyalty.

A Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan knelt down, spread his hands, and pressed them against the ground.

He voluntarily offered his body to this ancestor of the Yu family, who had possessed him at some unknown time, all for the sake of avenging his young lady.

The next moment, the crimson in A Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's eyes faded, replaced by a profound depth.

Yu Yu Cangsheng stood up.

A completely different aura surged forth.

This couldn't help but startle Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin and the others, who were on the same surface layer.

Everyone's first reaction was that the teacher had suddenly chosen to stop pretending at this moment.

The four of them immediately took up their stances, preparing to meet the enemy.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng in front, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin to the side, Yin Meng behind, and Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, whose body was still relatively weak, silently reached into his schoolbag and gripped his talisman needles.

Yu Yu Cangsheng glanced at them, then spread his palms and faced them downward.

The wall surface beneath him began to flow, then expanded into a large hole at an extremely fast speed.

His entire person fell through.

His speed was much faster than the woman in the black dress.

After all, he had been a teacher here for so many years; he was more familiar with the rules, especially this jade barrier, and now that the rules had loosened, he could be even more composed.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Let's go, we're going down too."

The four of them did not hesitate and jumped down from that hole.

At this time, the jade under the feet of the woman in the black dress had also melted almost completely, and her figure fell.

Zhao Yi began to retreat.

Immediately, a pit also appeared above his head, and A Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's figure appeared, blocking the space between the woman in the black dress and Zhao Yi.

Soon, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, and the other two followed by jumping into a pit, arriving at Zhao Yi's layer.

Zhao Yi looked at Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin and the others, feeling much more at ease.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin stomped his feet on the ground and spoke very politely to Yu Yu Cangsheng, who was standing in front:

"Teacher, please trouble yourself to open another layer for us."

Their own Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge was still down below.

Although they knew it was dangerous here and permeated with an irresistible eeriness everywhere, they still wanted to stay with Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge.

Yu Yu Cangsheng heard him, but did nothing.

Zhao Yi spoke up: "He is actually safest staying at the very bottom right now."

This sounded very reasonable, but in reality, it made no sense at all.

Opening another hole to let them go down or bring Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge up—no matter what, their side would gain a powerful helper. If they lost the fight here, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge being left alone below would still be the same outcome; what meaning would it have?

Yu Yu Cangsheng's refusal to open this layer could only mean one thing: it was not the case that an enemy's enemy is a friend; everyone's stance was not consistent.

Zhao Yi gave Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin a look; clearly, Zhao Yi also saw this point clearly.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin immediately feigned realization: "Right, exactly, that's true, it was my oversight."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, standing on the layer below, could not hear the conversation above, but when Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin cast his gaze down, the youth pointed in a direction.

This direction, as far as Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was concerned, pointed to Zhao Yi.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin understood: "Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, Yin Meng, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, get ready, listen to Young Master Zhao's command."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng raised his Yellow River Shovel and stood in front of Zhao Yi, while the others followed the formation used previously to protect Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, shielding Zhao Yi in the middle.

Zhao Yi shouted: "Listen to my command, be ready to enter the fray at any time!"

Listening to the command to enter the fray meant not entering yet, sitting on the mountain to watch the tigers fight.

Seeing that Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin and the others had done as he intended, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt relieved.

The youth trusted Young Master Zhao's level; this was the most appropriate method for now. His team had a characteristic: without a command center, their strength could not be fully unleashed.

Immediately, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan looked up at Yu Yu Cangsheng above.

He was deliberately not letting him out, deliberately keeping him locked in here.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not find this strange; everyone had their own interests, and these interests determined everyone's stance.

At this moment, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sensed the gaze Zhao Yi above was casting toward him.

The youth shifted his line of sight and met it.

Zhao Yi deliberately opened and closed his mouth at a high frequency, while his left hand pointed downward, making a "three" gesture.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan knew that Zhao Yi was silently cursing and venting his dissatisfaction.

Zhao Yi also saw that the woman in the black dress killing Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao and then coming down to his layer to kill him was an abnormal and rule-breaking act.

But this rule-breaking act was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

And he, Zhao Yi, had come down the stairs with the youth without calling anyone else; this certainly could not be hidden from the one on the top floor.

Yet when arranging the floors, Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao was on the first basement level, he was on the second, and the youth was on the third.

Zhao Yi felt that if Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao had been arranged on the third basement level, then the youth would have been arranged on the first; in any case, he was destined to be arranged on the second, responsible for separating the two of them, acting as the filler to make up the numbers!

If one really followed common sense, Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao had called people, so she should die; the youth had even pried a book down, which was a great act of disrespect—shouldn't the youth have been arranged on the second basement level?

Furthermore, the woman in the black dress was now being blocked; shouldn't the correct move be to continue to the next layer and try to kill the one with no protection? Why did she have no follow-up actions and only stay on his layer, insisting on killing him?

Therefore, this floor arrangement was definitely not random; it was certainly being manipulated by someone, and that person did not want the youth to die.

You Li-surnamed one, you still say you have no relatives here? Your relatives are already living on the top floor!

It was only because both of their brains were very good that they could clarify their meanings to each other through these small actions.

But the youth knew that the one here was not a relative, but an ancestor's enemy.

As for why he was arranged this way, it was also easy to understand.

In front of the descendants of an enemy, ascending to immortality should be an extremely gratifying thing.

The other party was using him as a source of pleasure.

You all held the "invitation" pushed over by Old Old Old Jiang Shui, but for him, it was a "personally delivered" invitation from the other party.

The bell in the hand of the woman in the black dress continued to make sound.

However, the woman in the black dress herself, after opposing Yu Yu Cangsheng, had no further actions.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin and Zhao Yi could not see, because they were tightly protecting Yu Yu Cangsheng in front of them.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could move freely, so he walked forward a distance, then looked up, and could see Yu Yu Cangsheng's front.

His eyes were glowing with a gray-white luster; this was the reason the woman in the black dress did not move.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan immediately looked at the woman in the black dress: Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao, not dead yet?

"Ding ding dang!!!"

The bell rang even more violently.

The body of the woman in the black dress began to tremble, and she forcibly danced a sword flower.

Like the moves when she killed Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao earlier, her figure immediately disappeared from where she stood, but Yu Yu Cangsheng did not dodge; he raised his hand.

"Pfft!"

The sword of the woman in the black dress pierced Yu Yu Cangsheng's right hand, but soon, Yu Yu Cangsheng gripped his palm and caught the blade.

His right hand emitted a harsh trembling sound; the flesh and blood had long since scattered, and the white bone quickly turned into powder.

Only A Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's physique could withstand such torment; even if it were Yu Yu Cangsheng while he was alive, he would not have dared to receive this sword in such a way.

The distance between the two sides was temporarily fixed at this moment.

The gray-white luster in Yu Yu Cangsheng's eyes instantly magnified.

The woman in the black dress opened her mouth, and a harsh scream issued from her throat.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could not hear the sound, but in the ears of Zhao Yi and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, it seemed they heard Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao's tone again.

Fresh blood flowed from Yu Yu Cangsheng's eyes, and pus flowed from the eyes of the woman in the black dress.

Finally, the woman's head lowered.

The anxious ringing of the bell also stopped at this moment.

At the top of the tower, the Faceless One let out a sigh: "It's been hard on you, hiding here for so long."

Below, the woman in the black dress slowly raised her head.

The eyes that had been closed all along also slowly opened.

Although she was an adult woman, this gaze presented a sense of a young girl.

Earlier, Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao was killed, and her essence and life-pattern were absorbed.

But Yu Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Zeng Miaomiao had two souls in one body; only one was sucked away, and another still remained in this body.

Because the woman in the black dress herself did not have much self-consciousness; she just acted according to the rules: kill one person, absorb one person, and then return to the high tower.

Yu Yu Cangsheng stared at the woman in the black dress with his bloodied eyes; he hoped that the one absorbed was the cat demon's, and the one left behind belonged to the Yu family.

"Who are you, why am I here..."

The woman in the black dress opened her mouth, emitting a delicate and fearful voice.

Yu Yu Cangsheng pressed his finger to his own throat and spoke:

"Are you a human or a cat?"

The woman in the black dress was somewhat dazed, as if she were examining herself, and said in surprise:

"That cat, why is it gone? It was always pressing down on me, making me sleep."

Yu Yu Cangsheng nodded, his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face showing gratification: "Very good."

In his heart, he said:

Acting so exaggeratedly, what a fool.

(End of chapter)