[Stepping through the blood-stained steps, you arrive at the second floor of the Tower of Brave. 】
[Three roads appear in front of you. There is a black shadow floating on the road on the left, maybe another monster is blocking the road; on the road in the middle, there is a shiny treasure box; on the right, the road is empty, with nothing, leading straight to the next intersection. your choice……】
【You choose to go to the treasure chest in the middle. 】
[You quickly walked to the treasure chest and opened it with excitement. 】
[Unfortunately, the box is empty, and the treasures inside have long been taken away by other brave men. You triggered the mechanism on the treasure chest and was stabbed in the palm by a poisonous needle. Your health value was -15...】
[Time passes and you return to the entrance on the second floor. 】
[This time, you choose to go to the left. 】
【You have met a brave man! 】
[Your Omniscient Crystal automatically feeds back the opponent’s detailed information: Number 7, Disciple of Fire, 2 points of divine power, 3 points of divine defense, and 54/54 health points. The highest number of floors passed: 29, progress ranking: 1st. 】
[This is your first encounter with other brave men, but it makes you extremely wary. Although you are both brave men who defeat the Demon King, you are not comrades-in-arms, but a rivalry. 】
[So, when we meet on a narrow road, what choice will you make? 】
【1. Attack. When we meet on a narrow road, seizing the opportunity is the most important thing. 】
[2. Try to communicate with the other person. Maybe the other person is also a friendly person. 】
[3. Stand still and wait for the opponent's choice. 】
"Huh?"
Mu You was startled. Unexpectedly, I met a player as soon as I arrived on the second floor, and he was also the player who currently ranked first in climbing the tower!
No. 7, as can be seen from the number, is one of the first players to start this mission. If he can stand out among thousands of players and rank first, his actual combat ability will definitely not be weak.
However, even the first player has only cleared level 29?
Mu You felt a little relieved. He was originally worried that someone else would clear the mission first. Now it seems that the difficulty of the subsequent levels in this tower should be quite high, leaving him with many opportunities.
As for the options in front of you, there is no need to think about it. The opponent will definitely take action. When the number one player meets a newbie who has just entered the game, it is like a person walking on the road and encountering an ant blocking the way. There is no other way except to crush him to death. Something else is possible.
[Brave No. 7 looks at you like a beast looking at a sheep that has no power to resist. 】
[Before you made a choice, the opponent had already made a choice first and confidently launched an attack on you. 】
[After a thrilling battle, you killed the brave No. 7, with -20 health and 1/51 remaining health. 】
[Warrior's Blood is activated, your health has been restored by 7 points, current health: 8/51. 】
"Oh?" Mu You was slightly surprised.
He thought that with the restraint of the shadow pom-pom, he should be able to kill the opponent without any damage, but in the end, his health was still deducted, and a lot of it was taken. If he was hit one more time, he would be killed by the opponent.
All I can say is that he is worthy of being the number one player, and he really has two skills.
Moreover, Mu You has discovered that the shadow pom-pom is far less useful in this tower than outside. Shadow Binding can directly block a person's movement in the outside world, but in this tower, I don't know if the creatures here have a divine relationship, so it can only slow down the movement, but cannot completely restrain it.
After coming back to his senses, Mu You continued to look down.
[Brave No. 7 died tragically in front of you. Now, you can choose one of the following three items as your trophy! 】
[1. Obtain all the unused divinity of the opponent. 】
【2. Randomly obtain a prop that the other party has equipped. 】
[3. Steal one-tenth of the opponent's faith value. 】
Choose one of three trophies, eliminate the third one first.
We have just entered the second floor of the tower. Basically, there are only single-digit beliefs, and one-tenth is negligible.
The same is true for the first divinity. There is generally not much divinity left at the current stage.
Mu You directly chose 2.
[You have obtained the prop 'Fire Scythe': Whenever you ignite the opponent, burn a little of the opponent's defense. 】
This is a specialized fire prop. It should be specially used to cooperate with the opponent's fire hero's magical skills, but it is basically useless against Mu You.
Mu You retraced his steps and looked at the other props.
The believer stage can be equipped with three props, and the remaining two are the 'Fire Shield' and the 'Fire Windbreaker', which are also specialized props of the fire system.
Mu You immediately understood why this person ranked first. These three props are most likely relics brought in by the opponent. They are very suitable for the fire-type hero and greatly enhance his initial combat effectiveness in the tower. Only then can he stand out among thousands of players!
It's a pity that these three props are useless to him. Even if he takes one here, he will only get a temporary copy. It will disappear after leaving the tower. Even if he changes his career to a fire hero, he will not be able to use it at all.
Mu You shook his head, looked back again, and chose the first option.
[You have obtained divinity points*100. 】
"100 points?"
Mu You was shocked.
You must know that it is only the second level now. The other party has only experienced three events like him before. How can he have so much divinity?
Mu You had just encountered a special incident before. He sold his blood to the limit and only obtained 19 points of divinity in one go. Even if the other party encountered three similar incidents in a row, it couldn't exceed 100, right?
Mu You frowned and couldn't think clearly for the moment, so he had to let it go.
No matter what, it's always a good thing to get so much divinity at once.
[You continue to set off, and a businessman with a crow face appears in front of you. 】
[Crow Face warmly greets you to browse its products. It is a divine merchant. You can buy various products such as magical spells, props, potions, etc. from him. In addition, you can also sell props you don’t need. However, All transactions need to be paid for with divinity. 】
When the text previously suggested that divinity equals currency, Mu You guessed that there would be something like a store in the future, and now he actually encountered it.
Muyou click to view.
[You walk towards Crow Face, who shows you its wares. 】
[Potion of divine power, potion of divine defense, divine spell 'Raging Waves' (only available for purchase by water heroes), divine spell 'Bone Erosion' (only available for purchase by dark warriors), divine spell 'Falling Stone' (only available for earth warriors) Brave purchase)...Armband of God of War, Shoes of Fengxing, Freezing Pipe...】
There are more than 20 products listed in the store, including one for each of the nine categories of magic. In addition, there are two potions. After taking them, they will increase one point of divine power and one point of divine defense. The prices are the same. It's 50 divinity, but it's limited to purchase. Each person can only purchase it once, unless he meets another merchant later.
The rest are all props, which are also from various categories. The first thing Mu You noticed was the 'God of War Armband'.
[Armband of the God of War: An artifact once used by the God of War, which adds 100 points of divine defense. When used actively, it enters a state of immunity to divine spells and lasts for ten seconds. (Only available for purchase by Earth Heroes) Price: 5,000 divinity points. 】
Artifact! 5000 divinity points!
This was clearly something he couldn't afford.
The reason why Mu You noticed this was because he also had a prop with the same name: the armband previously seized from Z Realm Walker, but that one was obviously just a replica of the artifact. It could be seen from the effect that it increased It is a normal defense, only useful in the star spirit world, so it has not appeared in the available props on the panel before.
But seeing this artifact, Mu You remembered another artifact he owned: the Moon Scepter.
In the description of the Moon Scepter, it was clearly written that it was an artifact, and it was supposed to belong to the category of 'real' artifacts. However, it did not appear in the item bar on his panel before.
Now that he saw the description of this armband, he understood. It seemed that the Moon Scepter could only be used when he came in as the Moon Hero.
After coming back to his senses, Mu You took a look at the effects of all the props, but found nothing eye-catching. They were either too expensive for him to afford, or the effects were average and he didn't like them.
As for the magical arts, the magical arts here should be magical arts that cannot appear during normal promotion, so there is no need to worry about repeating them. However, the effect of the earth element's 'falling stone' is average and not as useful as the Hammer of the God of War.
In the end, Mu You only bought one bottle each of two potions, improved his attack and defense, and left the store to continue exploring.
…
And just when Mu You had a smooth journey.
On the other side, in the Indonesian area, in a brightly lit villa.
A young black man with curly hair looked at the message 'You are dead' on his mobile phone and could not recover for a long time.
His name is Manohar, he is the No. 7 brave man in the game just now, and he is currently the first person to climb the tower.
Hal is the leader of a top-notch local force in Indonesia, and one of the first people to discover this tower-climbing mission. On the day the mission was triggered, he immediately organized his men to conduct a concentrated exploration of the Tower of Brave, and also teamed up with two other local forces. Cooperation was reached, and with the collection of a large amount of intelligence from the three parties, they quickly figured out the mechanism of this mission, and also figured out many rules. For example, a businessman would be spawned on the second level.
It is precisely because he knows this rule that Hal has prepared a large amount of divinity in advance and is ready to come here for a wave of shopping. Based on previous experience, as long as the products here are refreshed well, this place is enough to greatly improve his early combat effectiveness, so as to have more High chance of impacting levels 30 and above.
He has followed this process for climbing the tower in the past two days, and today is no exception. The only exception is that he met a player before arriving at the store today.
[You encountered brave man No. 2459, the believer of the earth, health value: 21/51. 】
"Rookie?"
This was Hal's first thought when he saw the other party's number. As a 'veteran player' of the Tower of Brave, he has a good idea of how many people have started the mission. A number like 2459 must be the newcomers who have just started the mission today.
Then he looked at the opponent's life information again, which further confirmed his idea: He could lose thirty points of blood even if he passed the simplest first level. What was he if he wasn't a rookie?
So Hal didn't hesitate at all and chose to attack casually. He encountered this kind of cute newcomer a lot when climbing the tower. Facing a well-equipped veteran like him, he had no power to resist at all.
It was the same at this time. After Hal finished his selection, he was already waiting to get the loot and go to the store behind. As a result...
[After a hard fight, you gradually lost ground and were killed by the ultimate warrior No. 2459! 】
[You have died, and all the promotions obtained in the tower have been recycled...]
"???"
Hal almost thought he had read it wrong. He read these two sentences over a dozen times and still couldn't believe it: His majestic first-level master was actually killed by a rookie with half of his health?
This must be a bug!
…
[...After a chaotic battle, with the help of the shadow pom-pom, you killed the mechanical monster (2 stars) and gained 5 points of divinity. 】
[You found the 'Energy Box' where the mechanical monster died: before each battle begins, three points of energy are restored. 】
[You have arrived at the exit of the ninth floor. A bright red staircase appears in front of you. Do you want to step in? 】
After passing the store on the second floor, Mu You then passed through all the obstacles and successfully passed the ninth floor.
Starting from the sixth level, there are two-star monsters among the monsters encountered. Their strength is much stronger than the one-star monsters, but the rewards given are also much richer. Killing one will give you five points of divinity.
After fighting all the way, Mu You's divinity stock has now reached 112 points. In addition, his faith has also been increased to 30. He has been promoted to the 'Priest of the Earth'. His divine attack and defense have been increased by one point. His real life has increased by 20 points. He has learned new things. The divine spell 'earthquake' also gained a prop slot.
As for the next level promotion to 'The Secret Cult of Earth', the demand has increased five times, and the faith value must reach 180 to advance.
"Yes." Mu You continued the game.
[You step onto the steps stained red with blood and reach the tenth floor. 】
[Congratulations, your Tower of Brave's maximum progress has been increased to level 10! 】
[All braves can choose a permanent reward when they set foot on each tenth floor of the tower for the first time (this reward will not disappear when leaving the Tower of Braves). 】
[Please choose among the following four rewards. 】
[1, gain 1 point of divine power. 】
[2. Get 1 point of divine defense. 】
[3. Gain 1 point of real life. 】
【4. Gain 50 points of divinity. 】
"Rewards that can be brought out of the tower..."
Mu You was stunned.
Seeing this prompt, he finally knew where the divine point of No. 7 came from. A reward is obtained every ten floors. The opponent has already passed the 29th floor and obtained two rewards. Obviously, the opponent chose 4 both times, bringing 100 divinity points back to reality.
As long as he does not use this 100 divinity outside, it will become his initial capital every time he enters the Tower of Brave!
Although it is only a hundred, the effect of the initial 100 and the later 100 is very different. This initial resource can easily form a snowball effect. One step first, one step at a time. If it is just to climb the tower, this idea is indeed correct. of.
But here’s the problem: this tower climbing mission is time-limited after all. Choosing divinity here is the best way to complete the mission, but once the mission is over, the value of divinity will quickly depreciate. After all, this thing can be repeated by spawning monsters. obtain something.
In comparison, the first three items are truly limited. For example, the power of God can only be redeemed once in a lifetime with each god, but how many gods do ordinary people have the opportunity to see in a lifetime? What's more, one exchange requires 1,000 lifespans.
Therefore, for the sake of long-term value, the first three items should still be exchanged here.
Among God's power, God's defense and real life, real life is first excluded. Although this thing is worth 10,000 points of life in the star spirit world, once it leaves the star spirit world, it will be knocked back to its original shape and beaten by the power of god. It will disappear, and its value will be completely destroyed by God's defense.
The remaining divine power and divine defense were left. Mu You thought about it and chose divine power, because all the damaging divine spells he knew so far were directly linked to the divine power value. In other words, a god's god The strength of the god directly determines the overall offensive ability of the god. On the contrary, it is the god's defense. No similar correlation has been found so far. Even if there is, Mu You firmly believes that 'offense is the best defense'.
[Congratulations, you made a wise choice. Your divine power is +1. Current divine power: 8 points. 】
[You continue forward and enter the central area of the tenth floor. 】
[A three-headed hell dog (3 stars) intercepts you! It is the general sent by the Demon King to guard the first ten floors, a nightmare that all brave men cannot get around. 】
[After a fierce battle, you were bitten to death by the three-headed hell dog! 】
[You have died, and all the improvements obtained in the tower have been recycled...]
"?"
Mu You was stunned when a three-star monster suddenly appeared. Judging from the description, it seemed to be the bottom boss on floors 1-10.
But even for the boss, Mu You didn't expect such a sudden death.
Mu You hurriedly went back according to the table and fought again.
However, it is still the same. No matter how many times we go back, the result is death. The only difference is the way of death. Being bitten to death by a three-headed dog, scratched to death, trampled to death... Various fancy death methods and variations appear, but there is no When you can win the first fight.
After going back dozens of times, Mu You understood. It seemed that the absolute gap in hard power could not be made up by randomness and luck.
[You wake up outside the Tower of Braves, with all your organs intact as before. 】
[Everything in the tower just now is swirling in your mind like a nightmare, but you know it is not a dream. You have just experienced a failure in the Tower of Brave. You were defeated by the monster without even seeing the devil. , which makes you feel extremely ashamed and unwilling. 】
[You remember that there is another opportunity to enter the tower trial today. Do you want to enter immediately? 】
"no."
Mu You was not in a hurry to enter again, because he found that he still underestimated the difficulty of this tower.
Although it cannot be said that he was lucky that time just now, at least the overall situation was smooth. Moreover, he had more shadow pom-poms and titles than others. Even so, he still failed to pass the first level boss. This shows that There is something wrong with his way of passing the level.
That No. 7 was not as good as him in terms of combat power, but he was able to clear the 29th floor, not because the other party was lucky, but because the other party's props and magical skills formed a system. The other party had a complete set of ideas for building combat power. On the other hand, he was They are improving along the way, and there is no linkage between various methods, and no coordination can be formed. In this way, the gap will naturally become larger as time goes by.
Thinking of this, Mu You controlled the character to find the badge merchant he met at the door before.
[The merchant was startled when he saw you approaching, then greeted you in surprise and asked if you had figured it out and decided to redeem other brave badges? The businessman said that his previous promise is still valid, and you can replace any of his badges for free! 】
[You agreed to the merchant's invitation, and then under the merchant's strange gaze, you took out an unloved 'Moon Badge' from his container. 】
[Are you sure to give up your identity as the 'Hero of the Earth' and change it to the 'Hero of the Moon'? 】
(End of chapter)
