163: Chapter 163 Panlong Tower

Tang Yuyan slowly unfurled the scroll, revealing the eerie, blood-red patterns inside.

Tang Yuyan placed both her hands on it and began to pour in her mental energy.

The Lord of the Bone Mound simply pressed its entire body against the scroll.

In an instant, the scroll erupted with brilliant light, and the blood-red patterns seemed to come alive, tightly binding the souls of Tang Yuyan and the Lord of the Bone Mound together.

After parting ways with Tang Yuyan, Tang Mo arrived at the Coiling Dragon Pagoda at Xiafu University.

Even before enrolling, Tang Mo had already researched it online.

Every freshman could challenge the Coiling Dragon Pagoda once for free.

The Coiling Dragon Pagoda had a total of 100 floors.

The more floors cleared, the higher the rewards.

The difficulty of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda would adjust based on the challenger's level; the higher the level, the greater the difficulty.

Accordingly, the greater the difficulty, the higher the rewards would be.

Tang Mo had originally planned to come after upgrading all his skills to their maximum level.

However, he was currently short on skill points, and if he wanted to obtain more, he would have to wait until after the Professional Management Association's auction.

Since that was the case, Tang Mo decided to come and test the waters first.

Tang Mo tilted his head back and carefully examined the Coiling Dragon Pagoda before him.

It looked ferocious and ancient, yet it didn't have the shape of a traditional pagoda, and it was far from modern architecture.

Various grotesque beasts and unknown plants were carved all around the tower, making it look strangely eerie.

Compared to the surrounding buildings, everything about the Coiling Dragon Pagoda seemed out of place, as if it didn't belong to this space at all.

After walking closer, Tang Mo was surprised to see many people gathered in front of the tower.

Among the crowd, Zhu You, with his fiery red hair, was particularly eye-catching.

"Junior is truly amazing! To think you reached the 70th floor on your first attempt at the Coiling Dragon Pagoda!"

"Yeah! Back when I first came to the academy, I only managed to clear the 50th floor."

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Beside them, Yi Mengrui gave them an annoyed glance before turning to speak softly to another girl next to her, "Xiangwei, don't be discouraged. Clearing fifty floors is already very good. Those seniors only cleared fifty floors when they first arrived, too."

Han Shunci also hurriedly added, "That's right, Xiangwei. If it didn't work this time, there's always next time. Once we've improved our equipment and skills, you'll definitely be able to surpass him."

"Junior Wen Xuefeng's strength is also unfathomable. She was just a bit short of catching up to Zhu You."

"Yeah, work hard next time, and you'll definitely achieve better results."

"Junior Wu Ying, there's no need to be discouraged. Victory and defeat are common in battle. Just try harder next time."

As it turned out, today was the day Zhu You and the others had enrolled and entered the tower.

That was why the seniors from their respective academies had come to cheer them on.

Normally, everyone would either be completing school assessments or entering various dungeons and secret realms; they wouldn't come to the Coiling Dragon Pagoda so easily.

After all, as their level increased, the tower's difficulty would also rise, and they didn't want to waste their time and credits for nothing.

The first entry to the Coiling Dragon Pagoda was free, but for any subsequent entries, it would cost 1,000 credits per time, which was not cheap.

As students, they could earn 500 credits by completing school assessments each year. Other than that, if they wanted more credits, they had to sell materials and equipment from dungeons.

In dungeons, the drop rates for both materials and equipment were quite pathetic.

Materials were worth about 1 to 2 credits each, and a piece of diamond-grade equipment was only worth 10 credits—and even those weren't obtained often.

Therefore, every student valued their credits highly.

Especially since two days ago, when many pieces of supreme-grade equipment suddenly appeared in the school's warehouse.

This made the students even more determined to save up credits to exchange for a handy piece of supreme-grade equipment.

A piece of supreme-grade equipment from the school warehouse required 8,000 credits to exchange.

It was possible to save up that much if they worked at it.

That was supreme-grade equipment, after all!

Tang Mo bypassed them and went straight to the front of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda.

On a black stone pillar beside the Coiling Dragon Pagoda, the highest record for clearing the tower was prominently recorded: 90 floors.

And the person who achieved this result was the Dean of the War God Academy, Zhan Wuji.

However, at that time, Zhan Wuji's level was only 200; it must have been a record from several years ago.

As for why it hadn't been updated...

...it was because the Coiling Dragon Pagoda's difficulty increased as the challenger's level rose.

"I wonder which floor I can reach."

Tang Mo was a bit uncertain; after all, his level was already 420, so the difficulty of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda was easy to imagine.

Then, Tang Mo placed his student badge on the stone pillar in front of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda's gate.

A beam of light swept over it, and the gate of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda immediately swung open.

Tang Mo strolled inside.

Over here, the sound of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda's gate opening drew the attention of Zhu You and the others, who just happened to see Tang Mo's figure entering the tower.

"Eh? Is someone besides the freshmen challenging the Coiling Dragon Pagoda today?"

"Maybe someone wants to test their strength."

Yi Mengrui recognized the person as Tang Mo at a glance. "Could it be that he hasn't challenged the Coiling Dragon Pagoda yet?"

Bai Xiangwei asked curiously, "Who is he? Does Senior know him?"

"He is the top scorer of your year, Tang Mo."

"What, you don't recognize him?"

Yi Mengrui's voice wasn't loud, but everyone around still heard her.

Bai Xiangwei was stunned upon hearing this; so he was actually Tang Mo.

She then shook her head. "He disappeared right after the exam; we haven't seen him."

Meanwhile, the expressions of the students from the Zhenshan Academy, where Zhu You was, instantly turned sour.

Tang Mo had given the upperclassmen of the Zhenshan Academy a harsh lesson, which was no longer news in the school.

Because of this, the students of the entire Zhenshan Academy had become a laughingstock in the school.

"So he's Tang Mo. I didn't expect to meet him here. Come on! Let me see if you're truly stronger than me."

Battle intent burned in Zhu You's eyes. He was clearly dissatisfied with the result of the Unified Examination and had been thinking about finding an opportunity to compete with Tang Mo again.

And now, the opportunity had arrived.

A score of seventy floors was enough for Zhu You to surpass many senior students.

He wanted to see how many floors Tang Mo, the top scorer of the Unified Examination, could clear.

"Exactly. I also want to see what's so great about the freshman who could defeat Xing Shan."

Zhou Qingyu, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, looked coldly at the entrance of the Coiling Dragon Pagoda.

Students from other academies shared the same sentiment, wanting to see what kind of heights this freshman, who had set a record for the highest admission score in Xiafu University's history, could reach.

Students who were originally about to leave also stopped in their tracks, preparing to watch the show.

As for Zhu You, Wen Xuefeng, and the other freshmen who had been admitted to Xiafu University along with Tang Mo, they were even more reluctant to leave.

They all wanted to see which floor this top scorer, who had left them far behind, could reach.

Unlike Zhu You, Wen Xuefeng, Wu Ying, and Bai Xiangwei were looking forward to seeing if Tang Mo could continue to create miracles.