The corners of the man’s mouth lifted slightly, as if in mockery.
But in the next moment, his voice sounded, “Within the ruins, there is everything you desire.”
“Weapons, techniques, pills, spirit beasts, everything you could wish for,” the man’s hoarse voice softened, as if imbued with a certain temptation. “As long as you can reach me, you can obtain anything you want.”
Those with greedy hearts, lured by his words, had their eyes light up immediately, wishing they could rush to him right away.
The man’s voice carried an incredibly powerful allure, affecting the majority of the people present.
What surprised Huang Quan was that Jing Chen and Feng Jiuyuan beside her were not enticed, and Nangong Qingle was not easily swayed either due to her family’s bloodline and greater knowledge. The High Priest was a given. Among their group, only Lin Xu seemed to be struggling…
Huang Quan glanced around; many people’s eyes were glowing with greed, almost drooling…
Tsk.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, can’t they think a bit?
Huang Quan looked at the man on the screen, with a faint smile, and said, “We can get those things if we reach you, but you didn’t say if we can leave after we get them.”
“And you didn’t mention what happens if we can’t reach you.”
While most people were enticed by the man, a few weren’t, but those few were wary of the man’s power and didn’t dare to confront him. When they heard Huang Quan’s question, they looked over, full of surprise. Clearly, they hadn’t expected her to dare speak to him.
They didn’t know where the man was, but he could lure them through the screen, showing his strength. Wasn’t Huang Quan afraid of angering him by speaking out?
Contrary to their expectations, the man on the screen didn’t get angry at her words. In fact, those deep, inscrutable eyes even showed a faint, genuine smile when he looked at her, unlike the previous mocking smile.
The man looked at Huang Quan and replied, “If you reach me, you will get what you want. After obtaining it, if you can last a round with me, you can leave.”
“If you can’t reach me, it means you’ve died here.” The man said softly, “And if you’re dead, naturally, you cannot leave.”
After hearing his words, the crowd grew chaotic again.
“As long as they don’t die from the dangers and reach the man, they can leave after a bout with him. Could there really be such a good deal?”
They could see that the man was very strong. They couldn’t defeat him, but they could evade him!
Just a bout, it didn’t say they had to defeat him. They could dodge his attacks. If they couldn’t win, they could at least avoid being hit, right?
With this thought, the already excited crowd became even more thrilled!
“What do we need to do to reach you?” someone asked impatiently.
Huang Quan heard this and smiled slightly, saying nothing.
Greedy people saw the treasures as easy to obtain, thinking that one more step would make them theirs effortlessly. They didn’t realize that step could lead to the abyss.
This is a ruin. They didn’t know how long this place had existed, nor how powerful the man was, yet they believed they could spar with him…
Where did they get such confidence?
The man scanned the crowd, a smile on his lips, and his hoarse voice sounded again: “It’s very simple. You just have to pass through the dangerous realms set up by the tower and survive until the end. Then you’ll be able to reach me.”
The man didn’t give them much time to think and continued, “The first level of the tower realm is about to open. Everyone who entered the ruins, except those who came here from the tower, must participate in the first level of the tower realm.”
After hearing the man’s words, the people present started discussing.
According to the man, those who came here from the tower could skip the first level of the tower realm. But… who exactly came from the tower?
They were all in different places before coming here, and none of them saw any tower.
“Those who came from the tower do not need to participate in the first level of the tower realm. At the same time, they can observe the situation of others entering the tower from above,” the man said as beams of light fell on Huang Quan, the High Priest, Jing Chen, Feng Jiuyuan, Nangong Qingyue, and Lin Xu.
Upon seeing the light fall on them, the others suddenly understood—they were the ones who came here from the tower.
They hadn’t seen any tower at all, yet the High Priest and the others had come from the tower. The High Priest clearly knew something about the ruins but chose not to tell them!
Frustrated at not getting any clues about the tower, the crowd displayed their dissatisfaction on their faces but dared not direct their anger towards the High Priest, especially after seeing how intimidating Buddha’s previous visit had been.
“The first level of the tower realm is now open.”
With the man’s hoarse voice, a white light appeared on everyone present, and just like that, they disappeared from where they stood.
In the blink of an eye, the once crowded place was left with only Huang Quan and the others. Everyone else had vanished.
“So fast…” Lin Xu murmured anxiously as he watched the others disappear.
“Now, you may freely observe,” the man in the painting said before vanishing himself.
Even though the man had disappeared, the painting did not vanish. Instead, it displayed a new scene.
It was a small city. The people in the painting were divided into different areas but all entered the city.
The city seemed lively and bustling, showing no signs of danger. However, shortly after, the entire cityscape changed, and a massacre began.
The longsword pierced into one person’s body and then withdrew to stab another. One by one, people fell, creating a stark contrast to the previously lively and bustling city.
This was the first level of the tower realm.
If the first level of the tower realm was this dangerous, what would the second level be like?
Jing Chen unconsciously glanced at Huang Quan, who was watching the painting with an unchanged expression, showing no ripple of emotion.
Jing Chen furrowed his brow and looked away.
He couldn’t understand.
Huang Quan had been pampered since birth in Tianfeng Country, always having someone to care for her. Even after her parents and older brother disappeared, she still had Nangong Qingyue by her side. How could she be so indifferent?
What baffled him even more was where Huang Quan had seen a dragon, having lived her whole life in Tianfeng Country.
There were too many questions in his mind, but none of them could be voiced.
…
Inside the tower realm, the situation grew increasingly brutal as they progressed. Most of those whose cultivation wasn’t sufficient had fallen.
Most of the people who came this time were brought by a certain force. As a result, some died, some persevered, and some seemed completely unaffected, like Buddha’s Heart…
Within the tower realm, Buddha’s Heart stood tall amidst a field of corpses.
Those people were creations of the tower realm, attackers meant to confront Buddha’s Heart. However, they often fell before even reaching him.
