176: Chapter 176 The Ninety-Eighth Floor of the Black Stone Tower

"Looking for a Priest, high-quality team, nine waiting for one."

"Wuu... I'm only level 43, is that okay? I was level 60 before, but I got ganged up on by monsters."

"Damn, what are you waiting for? Get over here quickly."

"Five-star difficulty dungeon, seven waiting for three, preferably two Warriors and one Knight."

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Nowadays, in Storm City, there are no more of the old conflicts.

Everyone is focused on leveling up and increasing their combat power.

Many players who were killed back to the Novice Village in the past have returned.

Before they could even enter the city.

They were surrounded by a large crowd of people.

"Have you participated in the Beast Tide?" someone asked.

The people who had just returned saw the fierce and menacing looks of the players in front of them, and their legs went weak with fear.

Stuttering, they replied, "Se-several big brothers, I was also from our Storm City before. I got killed back to the Novice Village, and I just returned today."

Beep—

The next second, a party invite flashed.

"Huh? Par-party? What do you mean?"

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up. The City Lord ordered that anyone who participated in the Beast Tide and returned must be personally power-leveled by our Hunting Squad."

The original five-thousand-person Hunting Squad was divided by Xie Yunzhou into five hundred teams.

Each group of ten was responsible for taking the newly returned players to level up.

Although the experience points were shared, fortunately, challenging higher-level monsters meant the experience was still very generous for level 20 players.

In less than a day.

Many level 20 players who had just returned broke through to level 30.

This speed was simply faster than riding a rocket.

For a time, in the entire city, no one dared to call Xie Yunzhou "Old Dog Xie" anymore.

Everyone called him City Lord Xie.

And since that day, everyone had hardly seen Xie Yunzhou's figure again.

Including the few friends by his side, who had also never appeared again.

Bang—

"Old Dog Xie, are you f***ing sick? I already told you to go up and kill it, why did you have to show off?" Lu Li shouted.

"Damn it, don't f***ing call me by my nickname. I'm the City Lord now."

"City Lord my ass." Jiang He went up and kicked him.

Jiang He was furious.

They had already been in Blackrock Tower for a whole half month.

They had finally managed to climb to the 97th floor.

Yet they were almost wiped out because of this kid.

Just now, everyone was fighting dozens of level 100 BOSSes.

Originally, the monsters had been controlled by Jiang He using Dark Injury Poison.

At that moment, the BOSS only had one last drop of health left.

Xie Yunzhou just happened to be right beside it.

Everyone hurried to tell him to go up and deliver the finishing blow.

But Xie Yunzhou, like someone slicing a butt with a small knife, intended to torture the BOSS to death.

However, perhaps the humiliation it suffered was simply too great.

The BOSS flew into a rage on the spot.

It broke free from Jiang He's control, and immediately unleashed a powerful area-of-effect attack.

Fortunately, Jiang He was quick-witted and had the cheat system keep a constant eye on everyone's health.

Only then, by topping up, was he able to revive everyone.

If it had been a second later, they would probably already be at the Storm City respawn point, beating Xie Yunzhou up.

Swish—

Jiang He flashed forward rapidly and finally killed the BOSS under his blade.

Everyone stared at Xie Yunzhou with faces full of anger.

He was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly, "Hey, hey, hey... brothers, we've fought together, what are you doing?"

"Damn, I can't f***ing take it anymore." Shi Gandang charged over first.

North Wind and the others followed closely behind.

"Ouch, f***, don't hit my face."

"Damn, who the f*** poked my butt?"

"Damn, can't you hit anywhere else? Ah—"

The group beating lasted for ten minutes.

Everyone dispersed their anger.

Xie Yunzhou sat on the ground, disheveled and looking aggrieved.

"Wuu... tell me, who the f*** poked my butt just now?"

Everyone looked at each other, then all turned around with innocent expressions.

Fire Phoenix laughed until her shoulders shook rapidly.

She tugged at Zhou Rui, who was beside her.

"Xiao Rui, you're so bad. I saw it just now, it was you who poked him with your staff."

"Ah? You... you saw it."

Zhou Rui's cheeks flushed red.

She didn't expect that her little action would actually be discovered.

At this time, everyone noticed that Jiang He had been standing at the entrance to the next floor in a daze.

Yunque walked over and asked, "Brother Jiang, did you discover something?"

Jiang He nodded.

He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt an inexplicable panic.

It seemed like there was an extremely terrifying monster inside this 98th floor.

Everyone looked at Jiang He's nervous expression and also fell silent.

An existence that could make even him feel fear.

Meant that the level of danger inside had already far exceeded their understanding.

"Then what should we do? Are we still going in?" Xie Yunzhou asked, walking over while clutching his butt.

Now, the levels of these few people had undergone huge changes.

Jiang He was level 99.

The others were on average level 97.

The peak of level 100 was just around the corner.

If they encountered misfortune at this critical moment and lost levels.

It would be a huge loss for them.

Jiang He's brows were tightly locked.

After deep thought for a moment, he still shouted, "Enter. I want to see what exactly is inside."

Everyone nodded and followed Jiang He as they stepped into the 98th floor.

It was pitch black here, you couldn't even see your own fingers.

"Everyone pay attention, do not separate." Jiang He shouted in a low voice.

It was simply too dark here; if they weren't walking together.

They wouldn't be able to see the direction of their teammates at all.

Everyone walked forward a few steps.

But it was like there was no end here, and there was absolutely no sense of direction.

Even Yunque and Zhou Rui's Fireball Technique lost its effect here.

"Oh no, the Fireball Technique won't ignite." Zhou Rui shouted in a panic.

Suddenly, Jiang He stopped his footsteps.

Thump thump—

His heart skipped two beats.

"Not good, retreat quickly."

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly retreated.

Just a moment ago, Jiang He noticed that the further he walked, the more familiar it felt.

Isn't this f***ing the Path of Death?

He never dreamed that the 98th floor of Blackrock Tower would turn into the Path of Death.

No one was more familiar with this place than him.

Back then, he didn't know how many times he had been dismembered here before he managed to walk out.

Although his level wasn't high back then, even now, it wasn't an existence he dared to challenge easily.

Thump thump thump—

Everyone ran wildly behind them.

But after running for a distance.

They were all dumbfounded.

The entrance they came from had actually disappeared.

In the darkness, it was as if they were walking in place.

They couldn't find the starting point, and there was no end point.

"Wuu... what should we do, Brother Jiang?" Zhou Rui cried out.

Although she knew her teammates were right beside her.

That feeling of not being able to see anything made her, a naturally timid girl, even more afraid.

Jiang He gritted his teeth, trying to find a glimmer of light in the darkness.

But after trying for a good while, there was still no hope.

At this moment, he completely collapsed.

Did they really have to brave that Path of Death?

He had the cheat system himself, perhaps he could avoid this disaster.

But what about the others?

Were they going to suffer death over and over again, eventually being killed back to level zero?

Then what would his efforts over the past half year count for?

Just when Jiang He was stuck in a desperate situation and stopped moving forward.

He suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Mas-Master, is that you?"