336: Passing the level easily

"Huh? The southeast direction?"

Huang Chen raised an eyebrow, a trace of confusion flashing in his eyes. The Mirror Shadow Tower was located exactly in the southeast of Jinling City.

"Our people were all teleported here. Except for the core personnel, no one knows the location of the Mirror Shadow Tower, so it couldn't have been an internal leak."

"I suspect the enemy possesses something capable of accurately locating us," Tie Shengnan said seriously.

Huang Chen pondered for a moment, then nodded. He completely agreed with Tie Shengnan's assessment.

His core Harem members would have to be insane to betray him, and he also had Affinity notifications, so the leak couldn't have come from this side.

"But..." Tie Shengnan said doubtfully, "Your Halo is no longer a secret. Even if they had a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare engage us in a frontal conflict!"

As Huang Chen thought, the scene fell silent.

The enemy clearly knew that simple human wave tactics were completely ineffective against him.

However, the enemy still mobilized tens of millions of troops and was aggressively rushing towards them.

This indicated that the enemy held a trump card specifically for dealing with him!

Should they give up on raiding the Mirror Shadow Tower?

No!!

He couldn't tuck his tail and run just because of an unconfirmed risk.

However, the enemy's actions themselves carried an air of strangeness.

After a moment, Huang Chen slowly exhaled, and his gaze sharpened once more.

"I don't care."

"If soldiers come, generals will block; if water comes, earth will cover."

"The challenge of the Mirror Shadow Tower is much easier than expected. Maybe we will have secured this place before they arrive."

Having finished speaking, Huang Chen was the first to walk toward the Light Lift.

"Let's go, speed up. I'll head to the third floor first! You guys come down after 10 seconds."

A flash of white light passed, and the scene before their eyes suddenly changed.

Before them was an incredibly magnificent, giant Arena!

The Arena was circular, over a thousand meters in diameter. The ground was paved with massive dark-green stone slabs, and faint traces of dried dark-red blood were visible in the cracks between the slabs.

In the exact center of the Arena, a figure stood silently.

It was a humanoid creature over three meters tall, clad in a full suit of blood-red heavy armor, leaning on a gigantic battle-ax taller than a human.

[Ding! Welcome to the third floor of the Mirror Shadow Tower, the Bloody Duel Arena!]

[Challenge Mode for this floor: Duel!]

[Challenge Objective: Kill the Guardian!]

[Challenge Time: One hour]

[The Guardian's strength will be matched based on the highest level player in the challenging team!]

[Matching...]

[Matching complete, challenge begins!]

The instant the system prompt finished, the heavy-armored figure in the center of the Arena slowly raised its head.

Beneath the helmet, two points of crimson light suddenly ignited, instantly locking onto Huang Chen!

Huang Chen immediately cast his Investigation skill.

[Guardian Lv70 Rank: Special Monster Boss]

After two floors of challenges, Huang Chen had roughly estimated the strength of the monsters in the Mirror Shadow Tower. At the same level, the monsters' strength was comparable to those in the Asura Field.

Huang Chen had killed countless Level 80 Special Monster Bosses; a Level 70 Special Monster Boss posed no threat to him.

Furthermore, don't forget that in the Asura Battlefield, bone structure and level were restricted, whereas here, Huang Chen's strength was hundreds of times greater.

Without the slightest hesitation, Huang Chen charged forward, holding the demon slayer and activating Soul Severing Stab.

Boom!

A deafening metallic clash echoed throughout the entire Arena, stirring up a visible shockwave.

The tip of the demon slaying spear in Huang Chen's hand accurately struck the blade of the ax swung by the Guardian. The Guardian's giant ax was forcefully blocked by the demon slayer.

"Is that all the strength you have?" Huang Chen curled his lip, his arm muscles suddenly exerting force.

Clang!

The Guardian, along with its ax, was sent stumbling backward by an irresistible massive force, its enormous feet pounding out dull "thudding" sounds on the dark-green stone slabs.

Huang Chen gave it no chance to recover.

"Blood Battle in Eight Directions!"

His figure was like lightning, his spear striking like a dragon.

Eight extreme spear shadows instantly erupted, attacking the Guardian's left knee joint from various tricky angles.

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!

A series of jarring metallic tearing sounds rang out.

The Guardian's heavy, Dark-Gold Heavy Armor was as fragile as paper under the sharp tip of the demon slaying spear, punctured with every thrust.

"Roar!"

The Guardian let out a hoarse roar and swung its giant ax, aiming to cleave Huang Chen at the waist.

Huang Chen pressed the demon slayer against the ground and used the rebound force to leap into the air.

"Ice Roar! xN"

Massive Ice Crystal Tornadoes appeared out of thin air, completely engulfing the Guardian's huge body.

The biting cold wind and sharp ice spikes frantically sliced at its body, instantly slowing its movements.

-8,541,235!

-8,632,145!

...A string of massive damage numbers frantically popped up above the Guardian's head.

Just then, Tie Shengnan and the others also stepped into the Arena.

They happened to see Huang Chen leisurely floating in mid-air, while the Guardian's HP had dropped below 30% under the assault of countless Ice Roars.

"It's... almost over already?" Xie Chunyan blinked, looking at the 0/1 number in the upper left corner, finding it hard to believe.

"Bang!"

The moment her voice fell, the Guardian's massive body exploded with a roar, dissolving into scattered motes of light.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the third floor challenge of the Mirror Shadow Tower!]

In the center of the Arena, the Light Lift leading to the fourth floor slowly materialized.

"Let's go, don't waste time." Huang Chen called out, stepping onto the Light Lift first.

A flash of white light passed, and the scene before everyone's eyes changed again.

This was a dim underground cave, with countless massive stalactites hanging from the ceiling. The ground was rugged, and the air was filled with a damp, chilly atmosphere.

[Ding! Welcome to the fourth floor of the Mirror Shadow Tower, the Shadow Grotto!]

[Challenge Objective for this floor: Kill 2,000 Shadow Lurkers within one hour!]

[Kills: 0/2000]

"Shadow Lurkers?" Tie Shengnan immediately became alert. "From the name, you know they specialize in sneak attacks. Everyone watch the shadows beneath your feet and above your heads!"

Before she finished speaking, a dark shadow shot out without warning from the shadows beside Elise, its dagger stabbing straight toward her waist and ribs.

Clang!

Elise reacted extremely quickly, holding her dagger horizontally to precisely block the sneak attack.

Failing to land the blow, the dark shadow immediately tried to retreat back into the shadows.

"Trying to run?"

As a top-tier Assassin, Elise's reaction was incredibly fast.

She pushed off with her foot, instantly leaping behind the dark shadow and using a Gouge to stun it. Then, her dagger flashed, executing a Combo that took down the dark shadow before it could recover.

At the same time, a dark shadow suddenly materialized in front of Liu Ruyan, brandishing a dagger straight for her throat.

Liu Ruyan snorted coldly and hurled a Purgatory Lava directly at it.

Boom!

The flames exploded, illuminating the area brightly and forcing the monster's form out of concealment.

It was a hunched, gray-skinned humanoid creature, its eyes flickering with a faint green light.

Taking advantage of the moment the monster appeared, Tie Shengnan immediately cast her Investigation Skill.

[Shadow Lurker Lv75 Rank: Special Monster]