161: Level 400 Mythical Simple Weapon, Sasaki Ryoma's Confidence

“I’m really impressed. Who designed this? Is this a challenge a human could come up with?”

Niu Potian continuously swung his fists, grumbling all the while.

In front of him, there were no monsters.

Only a giant stone pillar.

Niu Potian’s first trial was to shatter this stone pillar.

A stone pillar with 300 million HP.

If it were anyone else, they would have been ecstatic.

There was no danger to his life at all; he could just keep using skills and clear it in a short while.

Niu Potian was different.

His hands were almost ruined, and the stone pillar’s HP hadn’t even dropped by a tenth.

“Once I pass the first stage, I’m out. This grandpa isn’t playing anymore.”

Niu Potian grumbled and continued to attack the stone pillar.

Outside the ancient tower.

A large number of Sakura Country players gathered once again.

“Did Qin Tian go in?”

“Of course, I saw it with my own eyes. How could it be fake?”

“It’s over, it’s over. That kid went in. With his terrifying strength, won’t he clear it immediately?”

“Not necessarily. Inside, it’s not just about combat power. Some stages also have mechanics that require intelligence.”

…

After seeing Qin Tian enter the ancient tower, all these Sakura Country players rushed back.

They looked at the ancient tower with curiosity.

The first to seventh floors of the ancient tower were constantly flickering with light.

Indicating that players were challenging from the first to seventh floors.

“I wonder if anyone will succeed in the challenge today.”

“Who do you think has a higher chance of winning if Qin Tian encounters Sasaki Ryoma?”

“Definitely Sasaki Ryoma. His weapon is a Level 400 Mythical equipment; his damage is definitely higher than Qin Tian’s, and a swordsman strikes extremely fast. He could probably instantly kill Qin Tian in one exchange.”

“Look, someone reached the eighth floor.”

Suddenly, a shout rang out.

The Sakura Country players quickly looked over.

Indeed, the previously dim eighth floor of the ancient tower began to flicker with light.

Except for the highest ninth floor, the entire ancient tower lit up.

“It’s Lord Sasaki Ryoma; he reached the eighth floor.”

A Sakura Country player shouted excitedly.

He belonged to the same guild as Sasaki Ryoma and could clearly see Sasaki Ryoma’s location.

It showed that Sasaki Ryoma’s current location had changed to the eighth floor of the Ancient Tower of Annihilation.

“Lord Sasaki Ryoma is truly worthy of his reputation. He’ll probably reach the top today.”

“We are about to witness a miracle.”

“Yes, the forbidden holy item equipment that belongs to our Sakura Country.”

The Sakura Country players’ expressions all became incredibly excited.

Ancient Tower of Annihilation.

Eighth floor.

Sasaki Ryoma, dressed in a samurai robe, sat cross-legged.

On his lap, lay a long blade.

The Level 400 Mythical weapon, ghost severing dark shadow.

Purple, ghost-like phantoms continuously floated out from it, showcasing the extraordinary nature of this long blade.

“The challenge on this floor is to kill the next player who enters. Interesting. Too bad I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait.”

Sasaki Ryoma recalled the previous prompt, a thoughtful expression on his face.

From the first to the seventh stage, even he spent a lot of time and barely managed to pass successfully.

Especially the recent seventh stage, which required him to kill a Lord monster with 1 billion HP.

If he didn’t have this Level 400 Mythical weapon in his hand, there would have been no possibility of clearing it.

There was even a significant element of luck involved; if his last strike hadn’t been a critical hit, Sasaki Ryoma would have died instantly.

Even if Sasaki Ryoma were to challenge it again, he wasn’t confident he could clear it.

“I was a bit careless. I shouldn’t have gotten hot-headed and continued the challenge.”

Sasaki Ryoma felt a bit regretful that he didn’t quit while he was ahead.

He had already chosen to challenge the eighth floor and was teleported here. Unless he died or cleared it, he couldn’t leave.

A white light suddenly flickered.

That was the light that teleported players here.

“Someone actually came.”

“Looks like my luck is good today.”

Sasaki Ryoma’s face lit up with joy when he saw the teleportation light.

He had thought he’d have to wait an unknown, almost indefinite amount of time, but he didn’t expect a player to be teleported over so soon.

“You are Qin Tian?”

Sasaki Ryoma was stunned when he saw the figure that suddenly appeared.

The Demon Subduing Order notification had already sounded, showing that the player in front of him was Qin Tian.

Qin Tian looked at Sasaki Ryoma, his brows slightly furrowed.

He had one-shotted his way here, instantly killing everything.

He didn't expect this time it would be a battle against a player.

Luckily, it wasn’t Niu Potian, otherwise, the situation would have become troublesome.

But if it was just a Sakura Country player.

There was no difference from a monster.

He could instantly kill them with ease.

“It seems the Goddess of Luck is really looking out for me today.”

Sasaki Ryoma looked at Qin Tian, his eyes gleaming.

Wielding a Level 400 Mythical weapon, he wasn’t afraid of Qin Tian.

On the contrary, he looked forward to clashing with Qin Tian.

Holding a weapon that surpassed this area, Sasaki Ryoma was very confident in his damage.

It might not be enough in the next area.

But here, he was absolutely invincible.

“You Chinese have an ancient saying, ‘If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you catch the tiger cub?’ That’s the best description of the current situation. Haha, tell me, do you have any last words before you die?”

Sasaki Ryoma smiled as he looked at Qin Tian, slowly standing up from the ground.

With ghost severing dark shadow in his hand, his aura suddenly became incredibly sharp.

“I can only give your idiom a 0 score.”

Qin Tian was speechless at Sasaki Ryoma’s clumsy idiom.

“It doesn’t matter. When the world barrier breaks and we occupy Huaxia, there will be plenty of people to teach me.”

Sasaki Ryoma’s laughter grew more rampant, and he swung the long blade in his hand, slashing towards Qin Tian.

“Ghost Horse Gallop!”

Sasaki Ryoma roared, and the purple soul on the long blade he struck out instantly transformed into a massive horse head, fiercely crashing towards Qin Tian.

Qin Tian didn’t dodge but summoned his Death Warhorse.

He wanted to test how much damage he could deal with the exaggerated speed boost after using dwarf rocket boots under the Straw God Statue’s blessing.

The horse head smashed onto Qin Tian’s body, and damage numbers floated up accordingly.

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Seeing this damage number, Sasaki Ryoma instantly froze.

Although he had been very boastful, he had never underestimated Qin Tian.

He had used his strongest attack skill from the start.

He had easily wiped out a super guild with this move back then.

But what was happening now?

No defense penetration?

Using the top-tier weapon that surpassed this area, he still couldn’t break through Qin Tian’s defense?

Sasaki Ryoma was a bit bewildered.

What surprised him even more was yet to come.

The horse head that had originally disappeared quickly reformed.

Then it flew towards him.

“It bounced back?”

“Run!”

Qin Tian instantly reacted when he saw the horse head.

It was Sasaki Ryoma’s attack, which triggered the Dragon Scale Jade Wall’s reflection effect.

Reflecting the attack back to Sasaki Ryoma.

“He told me to run? Is he not Qin Tian? Is it all an illusion trick of the ancient tower?”

Sasaki Ryoma’s face also showed confusion when he heard Qin Tian tell him to dodge the horse head attack.