Chapter 9: Died Once
Not long after, everything returned to calm.
Feng Shi looked at the vast whiteness below and slowly descended. Unfortunately, Shen Songhe was gone.
“Qingqing, has Shen Songhe left the tower?” Feng Shi asked.
【No.】
Feng Shi breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he realize that the other party might have done that just to shake him off.
“Really ruthless enough…”
Now, it would be incredibly difficult to encounter him again.
Forget it, let’s complete the other mission first. Get to the next layer and then we’ll see.
Feng Shi moved his feet, but a moment later, he stopped again.
“Junior Brother, long time no see.” The person who suddenly appeared opposite him smiled at Feng Shi.
Feng Shi froze on the spot, his whole body turning cold.
It’s over.
Met the pervert.
That person opposite him, although somewhat disheveled, looked extremely excited. Who else could it be if not that black-hearted brat Cao Ni!
Feng Shi touched his sword, already starting to think about how he would die in a moment, and how many times he would die.
Enemies really do meet on a narrow road. Feng Shi hadn’t expected that one of the two groups fighting just now would be Cao Ni’s!
The opponent held a sword in his hand. Although his clothes were a bit torn, he wasn’t injured.
The long sword that had once pointed at Feng Shi was covered in blood frost. At this moment, just like its master, it was flashing with a cold light of excitement.
The two attacked with tacit understanding.
Cao Ni was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, completely suppressing Feng Shi, a Qi Refining rookie.
Feng Shi couldn’t win and couldn’t run, so he could only bet on his luck.
He didn’t have the original host’s memories and didn’t fear the other party excessively like the original host did. After a few rounds, although it became strenuous, he faintly perceived the benefits of fighting an expert.
“Alright, Junior Brother, I don’t have time to play with you anymore.” Cao Ni smiled gently. The snow-white clothes on his body actually carried a hint of demonic energy. After speaking, he fiercely intensified his offensive.
Feng Shi’s sword hummed under the opponent’s blade, numbing his palm with the vibration.
A few breaths later, Feng Shi’s disciple sword snapped, unable to bear the burden.
Feng Shi’s pupils contracted. He leaned back in time, but still couldn’t dodge it.
The system’s warning sound hadn’t finished ringing.
Feng Shi’s windpipe was slit open by the sharp blade.
Pain and an instantaneous fear of death swept over Feng Shi overwhelmingly.
His eyes widened, eyeballs instantly becoming bloodshot. After falling to the ground, he startled a patch of snowflakes.
Feng Shi’s body twitched, blood gushing uncontrollably from his mouth, and the strength in his whole body was gradually drawn away.
During this period, he could clearly feel the scalding blood spraying from his neck, dripping onto the ground. The sound of blood melting the snow transmitted into his ears…
The large expanse of snow-white ground was stained with a large patch of blood-red.
It was too real.
So painful.
And so cold.
Feng Shi opened his eyes to look at the gray sky above. Snowflakes sprinkled down on him leisurely.
In this moment, he swore that in the future, he would definitely make Cao Ni taste this feeling too!
In a trance, Cao Ni squatted down beside him.
Feng Shi’s vision was already blurred. When looking at the other party, he could hardly focus.
Cao Ni seemed dissatisfied with his gaze and raised his hand to stab another sword into his right eye.
Feng Shi was in so much pain he couldn’t scream.
Only then was Cao Ni satisfied. He felt around Feng Shi’s waist, then took away his Qiankun bag.
Later, it seemed the people with Cao Ni rushed over.
Feng Shi heard them asking what happened. Cao Ni made an excuse, saying: “He went crazy and wanted to kill me; I was just careless…”
Everyone believed it.
Feng Shi cursed them all in his heart.
What happened after that, Feng Shi didn’t know. The world became pitch black and ice cold.
When he woke up again, the sky was already darkening. There was no one around, only his Qiankun bag, empty and deflated, thrown on the ground.
Feng Shi touched his neck.
The hideous wound on it had already healed, leaving only the clothes on his chest and the snow beneath him soaked dark red with blood water.
The disciple sword was broken. Feng Shi picked it up to continue using it and left the place on his sword.
The seasons in the Demon Slaying Tower changed every ten days. Starting from this night, the accumulated snow melted, and all living things revived at an advanced speed.
Looking again the next day, it was already spring with flowers blooming and mountains dripping with green.
And this precisely foreshadowed that the number of monsters appearing was about to increase.
With only one day left before the second layer opened, Feng Shi, having died once, went all out killing demon beasts and saved up quite a few blood crystals.
When he arrived at the entrance leading to the second layer, Feng Shi finally saw Shen Songhe again.
But Feng Shi didn’t go over to find him. Instead, he walked in front of another group of people.
Cao Ni was talking to someone with his back to him, his appearance feigning gentleness.
Feng Shi reached out and patted his shoulder: “Senior Brother.”
Cao Ni turned around. When he saw him, the expression on his face stiffened, then he said: “Junior Brother, it’s good that you’re fine. Yesterday… Senior Brother didn’t mean it.”
Feng Shi smiled superficially: “Of course I believe Senior Brother. I was too crazy; I don’t blame you.”
Cao Ni’s smile froze as he stared at Feng Shi’s face.
Feng Shi smiled, glanced at the people behind him, and continued: “Senior Brother, see you in the second layer.”
After that, he left.
The second layer was about to open immediately. Feng Shi didn’t see Zhou Ying and the others; he didn’t know if they were already out of the game.
When the array opened, array patterns covered the ground beneath everyone’s feet.
Only then did Feng Shi take out all his blood crystals from the System.
With a series of crashing sounds, the eyes of everyone around were attracted over.
Everyone was shocked.
Even Shen Songhe’s eyes revealed a trace of surprise.
A small mountain of blood crystals, mixed and miscellaneous. Although mostly of poor quality, they won in quantity.
Cao Ni looked at those spirit stones, his face sinking, and secretly said: “Impossible.”
He had clearly checked; there were only a few blood crystals in this person’s Qiankun bag! In one day’s time, how could he possibly get so many blood crystals?
Ignoring others, Feng Shi lowered his eyes and quietly watched his blood crystals turn into red light and be absorbed by the great array.
These disciples were too proud; they looked down on low-level demon beast blood crystals and fought to get good ones, only to have some snatched by others in the end. So, the ones who could enter the second layer were only these few.
After everyone’s blood crystals were absorbed, the two array patterns in the center of the great array rotated, followed by the white smoke from when they entered.
【Congratulations Host for entering the second layer. Side Mission 2: The 2nd mission point has been completed. You can claim the reward separately. Do you want to claim it?】
“Claim.”
【Okay, the System will reward the Host with one low-level talisman. Please choose independently, Host~】
This was a reward Feng Shi hadn’t expected.
Talismans didn’t seem to be common in this world.
He slid his finger across the page.
He saw a wide variety of talismans displayed on it: Blood Recovery Talisman, Earth Escape Talisman, Wind Riding Talisman… everything one could expect.
Feng Shi scrolled through a few pages, and finally, his fingertip settled on a low-level talisman called the Facial Transformation Talisman.
System Introduction: 【Changes appearance. True appearance cannot be spied by those below the Nascent Soul stage.】
Feng Shi thought of Shen Songhe.
“This is the one.”
【Okay, issued. Please check it, Host~】
Feng Shi took out the talisman and used it on the spot, urging his spiritual power to turn into the appearance of a friend from his previous world.
He didn’t believe that, with cheats on, he still couldn’t outplay Cao Ni!
White smoke wrapped his whole body. Feng Shi took the opportunity to change into clean clothes.
Not long after, Feng Shi appeared in another place.
This time, everyone was still there.
Scattered and distributed in the same space.
Feng Shi looked at Shen Songhe not far away and silently moved closer.
Except for those cultivators who entered for the first time like Feng Shi, everyone else looked very calm but ready for a formidable enemy.
Feng Shi observed the surroundings.
This was a place similar to a colosseum. On all four sides were high walls with no visible end; the square sky was unreachable.
A group of people within this large well were as tiny as ants.
On these four walls, eight iron-barred gates were embedded respectively. Gusts of cool wind blew from within the bars.
In the center of the colosseum stood many dilapidated stone pillars and small hills.
Just then, an older disciple dressed in brocade flew onto a high rock and shouted loudly: “This layer tests the physical body and endurance. The time limit is three days. Everyone might as well unite…”
Because it tested the cultivator’s endurance and physical body, the training content of the second layer was much simpler and cruder than the first layer.
Feng Shi understood it as: Infinite Monster Fighting Mode.
Those who could last without being beaten to death or exhausted to death could enter the next layer.
Hearing others say it, the sect opened three layers for the new generation of disciples every year. However, those who could enter the third layer were few and far between.
However, before Feng Shi could think more, a disciple shouted that it was starting.
The eight gates on the four sides slowly opened. Demonic energy and monster aura surged out in an instant, the roaring sounds deafening.
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