Tower of Trials!The entry fee for the Tower of Trials per person was just five Galaxy Dollars, and the reward for level one was fifty Galaxy Dollars, the amount increasing as the levels became higher. On the surface, it looked like the Galaxy Aristocrats were sure to make a loss.
But in actual fact, that was not the case!
The first level was relatively simple. Hence, many people would be able to get the reward of fifty Galaxy Dollars. The later levels were much harder and many would attempt the levels tens and even hundreds of times in order to train their battle abilities! With so many people attempting the levels, the total amount of fees collected would be astronomical! In the end, there would only be tens or maybe hundreds of people who actually managed to get the higher tier rewards!
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this Tower of Trials was like a pyramid.
The people at the lower levels of the tower were the foundation. They contributed to a large amount of the income. The ones who really benefited were the few who managed to get to the top of the tower.
Another hour pa.s.sed. When the crowd which had gathered outside the tower to watch the fun saw the name list refresh and the words "Level seventeen, Pa.s.sed: Hidden" appeared, they all got excited!
"Hurry, look! Look! There is a change in the name list! Someone has pa.s.sed Level seventeen!"
"G.o.d, that person must be a genius! He got past level seventeen in such a short time! Too bad, his name…"
"Is hidden. He hid his name. G.o.d, such a good opportunity! The first person to pa.s.s level seventeen will definitely enjoy special treatment from the Galaxy Aristocrats! It"s a pity!"
"Perhaps. Maybe he doesn"t care for it."
"That"s true. There are strong fighters every year. There seems to be more this year!"
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Inside the Tower of Trials.
"The human and the environment should be as one! That"s the way!"
"There is no need to think too much, just follow your instincts and use every single Rhino"s body and even each body part.
"This feeling is simply too wonderful!
Having finally pa.s.sed level seventeen, Ye Feng was still enveloped in the wonderful feel of it.
Advancement. This was the happiness that one experienced after having advanced.
"You have completed this level of the Tower of Trials. Will you continue?" Soon, the angel, Avril appeared.
"I will stop for now. I will go back and rest, as well as summarize my experience." Trying to clear levels was a very tiring activity. Ye Feng could not continue without rest. Once the body and mind were exhausted, there would be side effects.
"Okay, you will exit the Tower of Trials automatically in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…"
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After Ye Feng pa.s.sed level seventeen, no one else pa.s.sed it for a very long period of time. Soon, however, people"s eyes were once again drawn to the screen!
It was another person whose name was hidden.
"Quick, look, it"s another strong fighter whose ident.i.ty is hidden! He pa.s.sed level seventeen too!"
"G.o.d, our Shenluo City has strong fighters like these? In the entire Galaxy Alliance, there are just over two thousand and seven hundred people who have pa.s.sed level seventeen."
But before they were finished exclaiming, they once again erupted!
"Look, level nineteen! Someone pa.s.sed level nineteen! Oh my G.o.d, what kind of unholy speed is that! He got to level nineteen in such a short time!
"G.o.d, I wonder if that person can get to level twenty! Keep trying! It"s just one more level!"
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Level twenty in the Tower of Trials.
The amazing Mister Gate looked at one hundred City-level Giant Tailed Spring Tigers and chuckled. "As expected, the stuff that the Galaxy Aristocrats come up with is sub-standard. This is like kids" play."
As he spoke, he pushed his palms forcefully toward the sky. "Sizzle!"
The air was split apart and the ground rumbled as if bulldozers had just driven past. Everything started to distort. The one hundred City-level Giant Tailed Spring Tigers started to fall over even before they reached him.
Mister Gate was indeed amazing. He was an extremely strong energy user!
It was a Soul Stone that made the ground rumble!
"Yes, just a bit more." As he spoke, he held up a two feet thick, three-meter long gigantic sword and then dashed into the group of tigers and started collecting human heads—oh, it"s tiger heads.
Every swing of the sword took out one. None were left alive.
The battle was soon over.
"Done, I can pack up now." As he spoke, he swung his huge sword up and laughed. "I"m going to look for Boss to get wine! Hahahaha!"
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Outside, the crowd was silent.
Someone had actually gotten past level twenty! And with such speed! This…
"G.o.d, am I seeing things? This person pa.s.sed level twenty in such a short period of time?"
"This is… impossible! Such speed?! It"s another warrior who chose not to make his information public? This…"
At the same time, in the office of Galaxy Aristocrats, Jiang Duxing, from the Jiang Family in Shenluo City. A guard rushed into Jiang Duxing"s library like a madman, shouting, "Master! He appeared! He appeared!"
"What made you so fl.u.s.tered?" Jiang Duxing asked. "What appeared?"
"Someone…" the guard gulped. "Someone has pa.s.sed level twenty!"
"What?!" Hearing that, Jiang Duxing stood up in surprise. "Who is it? What"s his name?!"
"He… he…" The guard"s voice became suddenly very soft. "He did not disclose his information…"
"It"s a pity, sigh." Jiang Duxing closed his eyes and pondered, then he said slowly, "Keep an eye on him. Once there"s news regarding the ident.i.ty of this person, report to me at once. Oh, right, what level did Qianxue get to?"
"Before she entered the Tower of Trials, Miss Qianxue said that she would be keeping her information private." The guard said respectfully, "I did not dare to ask much."
"This girl, she never liked to be in the limelight." Jiang Duxing waved his hand. "Okay, go. Continue keeping watch."
"Okay."
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In the Tower of Trials, inside Tang Muxin"s room.
Level fifteen.
"Yeah!" Tang Muxin looked at the City-level beasts, b.l.o.o.d.y Fog Foxes, that were frozen all over the ground. She cheered and said, "I pa.s.sed level fifteen! Haha! So much money. More than sixty thousand, and there are lots of equipment too! One set of level eight alien cores and one set of level nine cores. There"s even an Evil Moon Chaser shoulder pad that adds 5% to Strength and a pair of Evil Moon Chaser pants. I wonder what the reward for this level is."
She smilingly walked towards the reward chest. As she walked, she said in a singsong voice, "Let"s see who will say I"m a hanger-on again. Hehe. I"m spending the money I earned myself!" When she finished saying that, she pouted again. "Speaking of which, my abilities were given by Dali, anyway… Sigh, alright. I"ll admit he"s powerful!"
She got the key and opened the reward chest.
Her mouth opened in shock. "Wow! This is…"
In the reward chest was a full set of level ten embedding gems! Strength, Agility, Reflexes, ten of each!
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Inside Li Nianwei"s room, also level fifteen.
"Seems like I can be of some use here even without having to perform." Li Nianwei smiled and walked toward the huge reward chest. "I wonder what the reward for this level is. It shouldn"t be too bad. I think I can get more than one million if I sell all these things, that"s not a small amount."
When she saw the full set of level ten gems in the reward chest, Li Nianwei nodded her head in satisfaction. "That"s not bad."
After she kept the gems, Li Nianwei looked at the spiral stairs that led to level sixteen. She took a deep breath and said, "I think I"m a little tired, but for Young Master"s sake… let"s continue!"
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Inside Lucifer"s room.
Lucifer laid on the ground, he was still getting savagely eaten up by Cold Crystal Dogs…
"It seems that I am very close…" Lucifer stretched out his hand, which was only bones by now, and stroked his chin. "How come I just can"t get it? What is wrong?
"I almost got it, but why is it not powerful enough? Where did I go wrong?"
The Cold Crystal Dogs started to eat his leg…
"Control attractive forces, but that does not seem very powerful. It seems to be short of something…" The bottom half of Lucifer"s body had already been eaten up, but he continued thinking. "Something must be wrong with the way I am controlling it. By right, based on the theory that there exist attractive forces between everything in the universe, attractive forces should work…"
When the Cold Crystal Dogs started chewing on his heart, Lucifer"s eyes suddenly lit up. "Right! There are attractive forces everywhere! It does not exist only on the ground! I get it now!"
Soon, his brain had been eaten up and the Cold Crystal Dogs disappeared. When Lucifer re-sp.a.w.ned, he was once again standing in the middle of the level.
Angel Avril appeared in the air, asking, "Will you continue trying to pa.s.s this level?"
"Continue." Lucifer snapped his fingers.
"Okay. Please get ready."
Soon, one hundred Cold Crystal Dogs appeared in front of Lucifer.
This time, Lucifer chuckled and snapped his fingers again. This time, a miracle happened!
Three doorways, three packs of Cold Crystal Dogs. The Cold Crystal Dogs started getting attracted to each other! They continued being attracted to each other! They got tangled together! In a lump! In less than five seconds, one hundred Cold Crystal Dogs were clumped together by attractive forces, one attracting another. One hundred Cold Crystal Dogs compressed together like a huge meatball!
Then, Lucifer clenched his fist viciously—explode!
"Pop—!!"
All the Cold Crystal Dogs were squashed to death!
"Hahaha, this should be the way!" Lucifer laughed. Satisfied, he walked over to pick up the key and open the reward chest.
"Next level!"
Level two, thirty seconds later, pa.s.sed!
Level three, thirty seconds!
Level four, thirty seconds!
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Somewhere else, inside Levis" room.
"650%!" The muscles on Levis" body were close to exploding! Having transformed into a fighting machine, he did not have to consider if his body was able to take it while in the virtual world. At the very most, he would die and resp.a.w.n. It would cost just another five Galaxy Dollars!
Taking out one beast with every punch, Levis fought to his heart"s content.
"I will not lose again in the future!" Looking at the twenty beasts left, Levis gave another shout!
"700%!"
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Outside the Tower of Trials.
The huge screens outside the Tower of Trials would refresh the name list every minute.
At first, there was nothing much, but soon, the surrounding crowd went wild!
That was because, all along, it took a long time before there were one or two people who pa.s.sed level fifteen. This time, when the screen refreshed, there were four fighters, whose names were hidden, that pa.s.sed level fifteen!
"G.o.d, what is this?" Everyone exclaimed in surprise, "Four people pa.s.sed level fifteen in a minute? Is it possible?"
"Isn"t this too unbelievable? There are only around a hundred people in the entire Galaxy Alliance who have pa.s.sed level fifteen now. In one minute, there are suddenly another four?! Furthermore, they all have their ident.i.ties hidden?"
Soon, the screen on the Tower of Trials refreshed again, and once more, everyone was shocked!
"There are four more people who have pa.s.sed level sixteen! There are minus four people on level fifteen! One, two, three… f**k! It"s the four people who have their ident.i.ties hidden! There is no change in the positions of all the other people. The names of those four people have vanished from level fifteen!"
"This… this, this, this… what is the situation here?! Where have these four mysterious fighters come from?! Will they be able to pa.s.s level twenty?"
"Who knows, don"t think too much. Quick, let"s keep watching!"
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At this time, when a huge ruckus had already erupted in the Tower of Trials, our great prodigal Hong Dali finally woke up…