75: Continue climbing the tower

Upon hearing this, the three immediately put aside their joking mindset. With a roar, Jian Wuxie launched a Mountain Collapse Strike directly at the little girl.

The Mountain Collapse Strike slammed heavily into the ground, and the Shockwave knocked the little girl down. Jian Wuxie immediately followed up with a Cross Slash.

As the Sword Qi swept past, the girl let out a 'waa' and began to enter a bleeding state.

"Stay right there!" Jian Wuxie roared. His ghost claw instantly extended, and he activated Soul Devouring Hand, grabbing the little girl to drain her blood.

Just as the little girl was choked by Jian Wuxie, there was a 'bang' and white smoke erupted. The next moment, the girl appeared in the distance, waving her wand at Jian Wuxie and sending two star-shaped magic missiles flying toward him.

When the smoke cleared, Jian Wuxie looked at the straw doll clutched in his left hand, looking completely bewildered. He couldn't understand how a living person had turned into a straw doll.

Caught off guard, he had no time to dodge, and the two magic missiles struck him directly.

Jian Wuxie screamed as he was sent flying backward, his HP dropping by half, which activated the Berserker passive skill: the lower the HP, the higher the strength and attack speed.

Wisps of blood qi surged from his body, spreading all over, and his eyes turned as red as if they were dripping blood.

The space inside the tower was not large. Just as Jian Wuxie was knocked back, Xiao Hongyuan used Five-Stage Slash to rapidly approach Meng Ye. As soon as she got close, she used Ghost Sword Technique with her light sword to begin a rapid flurry of attacks on the girl.

Unable to evade, Meng Ye could only let Xiao Hongyuan launch her into the air with an Uppercut, leaving her helpless against Xiao Hongyuan, who was rapidly shredding her with dual swords.

After some time, the battered Meng Ye activated her substitute skill again, leaving only a straw doll beneath Xiao Hongyuan's blades.

Just as Meng Ye landed, she didn't notice that A Fei was already prepared on the side.

He unleashed a fully charged Spirit Devouring Ghost Slash. The ghost god phantom that appeared this time was Erosion Purimon. The green phantom swept across Meng Ye, and she let out a painful scream before collapsing to the ground and disappearing into specks of light.

The Reaper appeared with a cackle, replenished the group's status, and said, "Not bad. I wonder how much further you can go."

The four had already grown accustomed to the appearance of this skeleton called the Reaper and completely treated him like air.

They continued upward. Fortunately, the monsters on the sixth floor were old acquaintances: Lightning Keno and a few Goblins.

The group was very familiar with Lightning Keno's combat style and finished the battle in short order.

Ignoring the nagging Reaper, the four arrived at the seventh floor.

The seventh floor contained warrior statues. Jian Wuxie stepped forward and slashed at one, seeing the statues begin to tremble slightly; they were clearly coming to life, just like the stone statues in the Puppet Hall.

These statues had a very simple combat style, only knowing how to swing the battle axes or longswords in their hands. Aside from having slightly higher defense, they posed no difficulty.

Under the erosion of A Fei's ghost god Purimon, they were all promptly dealt with by the four.

Upon reaching the eighth floor, another humanoid enemy appeared: a large man with green hair, wearing giant green Prayer Beads around his neck and back, with skin of a dull purple color.

Floating above his head was his name: Blood Hand, Deus.

Seeing the four, the large man immediately charged up. He held his forehead with one hand and muttered an unknown incantation. Suddenly, a purple-black light gate appeared in front of him, and a giant purple-black hand filled with an evil aura burst out from the gate, reaching directly for Quan Wudi, who was in the front.

Quan Wudi was shocked and immediately tried to retreat to dodge, but there was a wall behind him, leaving nowhere to hide.

The giant hand suddenly grabbed Quan Wudi and squeezed hard. A tremendous crushing sensation washed over him, causing Quan Wudi to scream in pain.

Xiao Hongyuan was quick-witted and immediately used an Uppercut to knock the large man back, asking Quan Wudi, "Are you okay?"

Quan Wudi groaned in pain twice, discovering that several rings of light had appeared around his body, binding him in place and making it impossible to move.

He replied helplessly, "I'm in a bound state and can't move for now. That giant hand is too terrifying."

At this moment, the large man, who had just landed, was immediately besieged by Jian Wuxie and A Fei.

Under the two's attacks, the large man actually held out for a long time, demonstrating the sturdiness of his HP.

But in the end, he was no match for their coordination, and with a scream, he fell to the ground and vanished.

After waiting for the Reaper to appear and replenish their status, the group continued forward.

The ninth floor contained two people: a Fighter wielding an Oriental Stick and a Cleric carrying a Cross on their back.

Like the Ghost Swordsman from the second floor, these two only knew how to use basic skills, but they were able to combine those basic skills into extremely smooth combos.

Especially the Cleric; when swinging the Cross, a circle of light seemed to appear around their body, granting immunity to crowd control skills and rendering Jian Wuxie's Uppercut useless.

Instead, he was struck in the face by the heavy, powerful Cross and sent flying.

Seeing this, the Cleric immediately stepped forward and delivered an Uppercut to Jian Wuxie, who was in mid-air, sending him even higher. Then, timing it perfectly, the Cleric grabbed the falling Jian Wuxie, dashed forward, and slammed him directly into the wall.

'Oww!' Jian Wuxie screamed in pain, falling from the wall and landing flat on the ground.

Xiao Hongyuan abandoned her struggle with the Fighter, immediately leapt up, and used a Silver Light Falling Blade to knock the Cleric away.

She stood in front of Jian Wuxie, preparing to coordinate with A Fei to take out this Cleric first.

Seeing Xiao Hongyuan leave and being left alone to face the Fighter, Quan Wudi immediately pulled out a handful of sand and tossed it at the Fighter in front of him.

Blinded by the Sand Throw skill, the Fighter could only stumble around blindly, unable to find Quan Wudi's location for a moment.

Quan Wudi immediately jumped over with a Vajra Shatter, knocking the Fighter down. Then, he grabbed her and used a Back Throw to lift her up and slam her onto the ground.

Jian Wuxie had already climbed back up. With a roar, he slammed a Mountain Collapse Strike directly onto the Cleric and activated Soul Devouring Hand. The giant ghost claw grabbed the Cleric's neck, then erupted violently, spraying a massive amount of blood from the back of the Cleric's head, instantly killing the Cleric, who was already battered from the joint attacks of Xiao Hongyuan and A Fei.

Although the Fighter recovered from the blind state, she couldn't withstand the siege of the four and let out a reluctant scream before falling to the ground and disappearing.

The group caught their breath and continued upward. The 10th floor only contained a few zombies and two blood-red Karlzacks.

The three who had already completed their Class Advancement didn't even need Quan Wudi to help; they stepped forward and finished them off in a few hits.

The four continued upward to the 11th floor. In the corner of the 11th floor, they saw a few corals and several fish that were nothing but skeletons flying in mid-air, swimming as if they were in water, emitting a clattering sound of bones colliding.

The group stepped forward to test their attacks, only to find that their strikes on the fish skeletons didn't leave even a single scratch.

Instead, after Xiao Hongyuan attacked with her light sword, she wasn't paying attention and was pricked by a bone spur on the back of a fish skeleton. Her whole body turned light purple, and her HP began to slowly drain away.

"These fish skeletons are poisonous!" Xiao Hongyuan warned after glancing at her status.