Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It had to be said that Li Yi and the others were pretty lucky. Not long after they set up camp, the teleportation door appeared nearby.
Li Yi darted in and then used his Companion Summons to pull the entire party over.
The Companion Summons was a teleportation tool unique to the Tower of Remorse. It could only be used in the tower, and there was a chance of obtaining it either by looting treasure chests or killing monsters.
On the 37th floor, Li Yi and company bumped into the gear stage again, but thanks to Queen Jiao’s exceptional performance, the party managed to successfully clear that stage as well.
Having used up both of their Companion Summons, Li Yi and company arrived at the 38th stage.
The 38th stage Li Yi and the others encountered was a lava stage. As soon as they arrived, they saw waves of lava and Superior Fire Elves darting about everywhere. It was a downright mess.
Since it was all random, several tower floors would be created at the same time. While Li Yi and the others bumped into the lava stage for their 38th floor1, other players may encounter something else.
Each stage was like a world in itself. Although the floors were the same number, these worlds were not connected.
Coincidentally, while Dark God Empyrean South and God of Massacre with a Thousand Faces, Jiggly, we’re trying to avoid The Cat that Sings, the two of them were lucky enough to find the teleportation door not long after Li Yi led his team to the 38th floor. As a result, the two were lucky enough to enter the lava stage and lucky enough to see Sister Cat.
Empyrean South and Jiggly tried to run, but The Cat that Sings immediately let loose her verbal cannon.
“You two motherf*ckers, where do you think you’re going? Get your sorry *sses back here!”
Empyrean South and Jiggly let their heads sag like guilty students, walking to The Cat that Sings obediently.
“Dark Wing, add these two retards into the party. They may not be that skilled, but I’m sure we can use them as scapegoats. We’ll just send them out to die when needed.”
Li Yi was stunned. “Add them to the party?”
Jiggly was one thing, but Dark God Empyrean South had always been their enemy. They would PK almost every time they met, so why was he suddenly their ally?
“Last time, these two retards made a bet with me. If I found them within the next month, they would have to obey everything I say for a month. It’s only been five days, but I caught them already. Of course they gotta listen to me.”
Empyrean South and Jiggly raised their heads, looking at Li Yi.
“Whatchu looking at, f*ckers? If you got a f*cking problem with me, I’ll f*ck your *sses up!”
Empyrean South and Jiggly lowered their heads, too scared to raise them agaiSister Cat… was formidable indeed.
Inside the Tower of Remorse, players could disband their party or add new members at any time.
With just a few taps of his fingers, Li Yi added Empyrean South and Jiggly to the party.
Empyrean South raised his hand and spoke, “I’ll tell you in advance. I’m okay with joining your party, but if we get wiped out later, don’t blame me.”
He always spoke like that, his words as unlucky as The Cat that Sings’ were foul. They rather matched.
Jiggly shook his head and sighed. “I predicted how it would start, but I didn’t know it would end like this.”
The Cat that Sings gave him the middle finger. “Could ya stop pretending, Lil B?”
“Cough… Call me Jiggly.”
“Jiggle your *ss!”
“Watch your manners…”
“Watch your *ss!”
“You…
“You, you, f*ck your *ss!”
…
In the end, Jiggly was completely shut down by Sister Cat.
The new additions to the party meant that they were stronger now. Of course, this was not the main point. Just like Sister Cat said, the main point was that they felt completely at ease using these two as cannon fodder.
The Superior Fire Elves were everywhere. These vicious elemental creatures were born from infernos, and while their health was low, they had incredible ATK. All of them could also self-destruct, so if they were allowed to gather and self-destruct as one, their power would be enough to instantly kill any main tank.
Empyrean South and Jiggly walked at the very front. Their job was to fill in for main tanks and pull the Superior Fire Elves’ aggro while Li Yi and the others hid behind them and observed the situation. If there were fewer monsters, they would attack. If there were too many, they would simply turn tail and run.
Although Empyrean South and Jiggly were not main tanks, they were both quite skilled at pulling monsters. Empyrean South was in charge of pulling their aggro, while Jiggly killed off the monsters that came charging.
Several dozen Superior Fire Elves surrounded Empyrean South, launching countless attacks at him. As the Dark God used Shield of Darkness, however, their attacks did absolutely nothing to hurt him.
Li Yi sighed in quiet admiration as he watched the two fighting monsters together. Out of curiosity, he asked Sister Cat,
“Sister Cat, you won your bet with them, so they have to obey you for a month. But what if you lost?”
“If I’d lost, I had to stuff my mouth for a month, and for every profanity I said, that period would be extended by another month. Those f*cking retards tried that gamble with loads of times before, but they ever once won.”
“Sigh, what a shame…”
“F*ck, whatchu calling a shame?”
Li Yi rolled his eyes and did not reply, but his impression of Empyrean South and Jiggly improved a little.
Outside the Tower of Remorse, the sun was coming up, and the Divine Punishment that the gods had cast upon the continent was slowly fading.
However, contrary to Li Yi’s expectations, the Pantheon Mystery Expansion Pack did not activate ahead of schedule. After the Divine Punishment, the Pantheon fell silent and it felt as though everything had passed.
…
“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The dozen Superior Fire Elves who surrounded Empyrean South suddenly self-destructed. Both Empyrean South and Jiggly could not escape the explosion and died on the spot.
Fire Ice and Little Elf from the Magical Realm rushed forth to save them, and soon enough their sacrificial troops were right back on their feet.
Since they joined the party, the two of them had already died eleven times.
Their equipment durability ran out, so The Cat that Sings and Li Yi took turns sending their Repair Bots to repair the two men’s equipment. As for their other losses, no one was keeping count.
Empyrean South sounded like he was on the verge of tears. “Sister Cat, let the main tanks take the front. We have died… horrible deaths.”
“F*ck, are you going back on your word?”
“N-no.”
“Then go sell your *sses like good little wh*res!”
Under Sister Cat’s ferocious scrutiny, Empyrean South and Jiggly had no choice but to return to the front lines.
The 38th floor, the lava stage, had a fire-type boss. However, it had long since been killed by others, so all that remained was a tide of Superior Fire Elves that constantly stood in the players’ way.
If they did not have Empyrean South and Jiggly dying for them, Li Yi would have tanked with his pets, so that they would take the brunt of the Superior Fire Elves’ Self-destruct. With these two around, he naturally chose to spare his pets the pain.
At twelve noon, Li Yi and company successfully cleared the lava stage and were transported into the 39th floor, the wraith stage.
The party led by Brother Windcloud Nine was here as well.
Having broken through the 38th stage, Li Yi’s party rose another few places in the rankings. They were now at twentieth place.
The wraith stage was a graveyard. As players wandered within it, they would encounter countless wraiths. Wraiths could not be killed, and players could not deal any damage to them, but on the other hand, the persistent wraiths would hunt the players down like a plague, only stopping when they were dead.
The wraith stage was extraordinarily difficult. There was only one path to get to the next floor, so if anyone took one wrong step and was caught by the horde of wraiths, all they could do then was wait for death.
“Aooooo— OoooOooOooo…”
When Li Yi arrived at the wraith stage, he was just in time to see Brother Windcloud Nine giving it a try with his party. When the twenty-five members of the party stepped onto the graveyard pathway, countless wraiths appeared and attacked them wildly.
The wraiths moved very quickly, and even a Cyclone Thief with Cyclone Step could only outrun them for a little while. The other classes kept suffering their scratches every so often, resulting in the decrease in their health.
Sister Windcloud Nine was in the party too. Her expression was filled with resolvem and while she ran very clumsily, she did quite well nevertheless. For one, she knew to hide in the middle of the party to avoid the wraiths’ attacks.
However, when she accidentally turned around, seeing Jiaojiao and Li Yi, her natural airheadedness showed through again.
“Lil Jiao, Lil Qian, I’m here~”
Sister Windcloud Nine stopped where she stood and waved forcefully. The wraiths swamped her, and she was scratched to death in an instant…
“God’s Blessing!”
The one ran to the front of the party was Brother Windcloud Nine. He had high health and DEF, and his Territory Skill allowed him to recover on his own, too. He was not bothered by the eight wraiths surrounding him at all, but his party members had died too quickly, there were at least a hundred wraiths chasing him from behind.
“Good luck, darling! Good luck, everyone!”
Sister Windcloud Nine was a lousy player, but she could still cheer them on…
Surrounded as they were by the wraiths, Brother Windcloud Nine’s party had barely made it a hundred meters out before they were wiped out. He was the only one left, but when he reached 150 meters away, several hundred wraiths surrounded and ganged up on him at once, leading to his tragic death as well.
“Resurrect, puny life. Right here and now, I save your souls in the name of the Death God Osiris…”
Several rays of black light descended from the sky, and Brother Windcloud Nine’s entire party was resurrected.
Once one bribed the Death God, they could resurrect infinitely. They even returned to the same floor.
“He’s so rich…”
“Sigh, he got the cash and the chicks. I win at life.”
Dark God Empyrean South looked at Brother Windcloud Nine with blatant jealousy on his face.
Brother Windcloud Nine beamed. “You’re finally here. I’ve been waiting for you for days.”
Brother Windcloud Nine saluted the original party members. “Sorry, my party mates. My friend’s here and I wanna reorganize the party. Please quit for now, thanks.”
The players looked dejected, but none of them complained. All of them left willingly.
Brother Nine had been using money to support them with infinite resurrections over the past few days, but they had yet to pass. Brother Nine was the biggest donor, so if he agreed, what else was there to say?
“Brother Nine, call me again next time.”
“No prob, let’s be a party again someday.”
Only half of Brother Nine’s party were casuals. The rest were the Windcloud family’s elites, but since Li Yi was here, both elites and casuals had to make way for him.
Brother Windcloud Nine disbanded the party and joined Li Yi’s.
Li Yi added the elites of the Windcloud family, such as Sister Windcloud Nine and Windcloud Killer, to the party until they filled up the 25 seats.
Brother Windcloud Nine said, “This stage is too motherf*cking difficult. Wraiths can’t be killed, and the more we run, the more show up. We’ve tried everything, including attacking them from a distance, attacking it from the very front, moving left and right, back and forth. It still won’t work.”
Li Yi said with a smile, “Then let’s try something else.
He turned his gaze to Sister Windcloud Nine.
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