Chapter 58 Some More Words to Fill Up the Space, Hope Everyone Enjoys Reading

"Quick! To the left!" Hou Mingming commanded.

The more ghost-faced monks there were, the denser they were, the more beneficial it was for the trio to find the correct path, because that correct path had been cleared by the participating students.

With Hou Mingming's permission, Zhao Wenlong directly ascended to the sixth floor of the ancient tower. However, the expressions of the others stiffened. Five forked roads? Five alleys? Which way to go?

Hou Mingming shot a fire arrow down each road, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Second from the left, let's go."

The trio sped along, seeing corpse after corpse along the way. This improved Hou Mingming's mood a bit. Many corpses meant that the route was likely correct.

Who would have thought that after running and fighting for two minutes, they would see a tall figure approaching them, with handsome features and a ponytail tied behind his head?

The problem was that his hair wasn't pure black. He seemed to have a very serious case of "premature graying," resulting in a black-and-white mixture that appeared gray overall...

Tied behind his head was a blue and white headband that fluttered with his ponytail as he ran.

The tall, handsome youth saw the slender and aloof Hou Mingming, and his eyes lit up. He shouted, "Hey beautiful, turn back, you're going the wrong way~"

In such a critical moment, still being glib. This person's personality was rather clear...

The next moment, four ghost-faced monks rushed out from the corner behind him, two silver and two gold, like a hunting squad.

Hou Mingming's expression was terrible. She raised her hand and fired a series of arrows.

The youth's expression changed. He quickly ducked, his bent legs pushing off forcefully as he leaped out, his whole body flying almost parallel to the ground.

And not far behind him, a series of explosions rang out incessantly.

Jiang Xiao recognized this distinctive guy. Wen Ren. It wasn't a common surname, but Jiang Xiao had encountered it twice now.

The first time was at the National Competition, the support-type Wen Ren Mu with space-based star techniques. And now, this tall, handsome youth with a ponytail was named Wen Ren Tie.

He was a celebrity student. His strength was certainly a factor, but mainly it was because he was handsome and rich, changing girlfriends like he changed clothes. So he was famous, and his reputation wasn't exactly good.

The trio didn't have time to think about it. They hurriedly turned around and fled. Even Zhao Wenlong, as steady as he was, was a little anxious at this point. Was it all going to be for naught?

Six or seven minutes. Even if they found the upper level entrance, wouldn't someone be guarding it?

Suddenly, Hou Mingming stopped in her tracks and said, "Do you smell it?"

Zhao Wenlong: "What?"

Hou Mingming: "The scent of trees."

Jiang Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that tree goddess came up!?"

"Enemy attack." Hou Mingming suddenly drew her bow and aimed at a corner in the far distance.

Following her gaze, the others saw two thick tree branches spreading over, like poisonous snakes, climbing on the wall and growing continuously at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, they had already passed the trio.

Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up and he said, "Exploration-type star technique! We'll follow the branches back. These spreading branches should be able to provide her with a lot of information."

Hou Mingming nodded repeatedly, saying, "This star technique consumes a lot of star power. She wouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary. Let's go."

Zhao Wenlong took the lead, searching in the direction the branches came from. In less than 20 seconds, the rapidly running trio saw an amazing scene.

The tree goddess from earlier was now closing her eyes, enveloped within a giant tree, only her expressionless face showing.

The giant tree was lush and leafy, with dense branches extending in all directions, covering the ground, walls, and ceiling.

Sensing that someone had arrived, the tree goddess suddenly opened her eyes. The branches that had been spreading stopped growing and began to retract gradually?

The fine branches also directly wrapped around her body, appearing to be a defensive stance.

Was she giving up on finding a path?

Jiang Xiao tugged on Hou Mingming's arm, preventing her from saying something inappropriate.

He stood in front of Hou Mingming and hurriedly said to the giant tree, "Our goals are the same. We'll protect you! Feel free to find a path, the faster the better!

I know this star technique of yours consumes a lot of star power. Even if you find a path, you probably won't be able to recover in a short time. Let's make a deal. If you find the upper level entrance within three minutes, I guarantee you'll enter the top 32!"

The fine branches wrapped tighter and tighter, and she didn't reveal her delicate face.

"Xin Ai'an! Right? I'm Jiang Xiaopi!" Jiang Xiao said solemnly, "Capital Star Martial student, wasteland apprentice, I guarantee with my identity and honor that I will do what I say."

The tightly wrapped branches paused slightly, and then slowly loosened, revealing Xin Ai'an's expressionless face. Her voice was ethereal, "Wasteland Army."

Damn it, I'm not just a wasteland apprentice, I'm a night watch apprentice too!

Jiang Xiao nodded hurriedly, "I'll do what I say! Guaranteed!"

Xin Ai'an was silent for a long time, then closed her eyes, and the dense branches spread out again, covering the sky and earth.

The trio protected Xin Ai'an, clearing away the ghost-faced monks rushing from all directions, and waited patiently.

Not far behind the trio, Wen Ren Tie was also anxious, but didn't dare leave to search for a path. If there was enough time, he could completely follow the previous pattern, finding the route with the fewest ghost-faced monks and trying to find the upper level entrance. Undeniably, such a choice was likely correct.

But now there was clearly no time. No one was willing to gamble, even if the success rate was high, but they might encounter the situation of taking the wrong path as before.

Everyone wanted to enter the top 32, everyone wanted a 100% correct path!

Time passed by minute by minute, but Jiang Xiao was very patient.

Entice them with benefits, each getting what they need. Everyone's current goal was to enter the top 32. Under special circumstances, opponents could become allies. Jiang Xiao thought that Xin Ai'an had no reason to deceive him.

One Xin Ai'an not entering the top 32, in exchange for the Capital Star Martial trio not entering the top 32?

Of course, this was worth it for others, but it wasn't worth it for Xin Ai'an herself. Her goal wasn't to help others drag down Capital Star Martial. Her goal was to enter the top 32, and ultimately enter the top ten nationally.

The two sides had no grievances or hatred. The only possible conflict was that Hou Mingming's attitude towards Xin Ai'an wasn't good just now.

Words could be flowery and extravagant, but actions wouldn't lie.

Judging from Xin Ai'an's behavior of assessing the situation and being able to bend and stretch, Jiang Xiao believed that she wouldn't do anything unexpected under the trend of such common interests.

Sure enough, after 1 minute and 47 seconds, the spreading branches rapidly contracted, and Xin Ai'an also opened her eyes.

Jiang Xiao hurried over, his face expectant.

Xin Ai'an struggled slightly and walked out of the giant tree. Her face was pale, her condition wasn't good, and she even walked unsteadily, indicating that she had consumed a lot of star power.

Xin Ai'an extended her slender jade finger and pointed to the right: "That way."

"No problem!" Jiang Xiao waved his hand, and a ray of blessing fell.

Xin Ai'an immediately made a nasal sound: "Mmm~"

Jiang Xiao squatted down, not caring whether Xin Ai'an had recovered. He directly carried her body on his shoulders, like carrying a pig, and called out to the others, "Hurry! We don't have time!"

Such actions didn't cause any complaints from the others. Because of the urgency of time, the students couldn't care about anything else.

Rapidly speeding along the right-side passage, before long, Xin Ai'an, carried on his shoulders, also came back to her senses. A blush appeared on her fair face. Star power flowed in her hand, and the branches covering the ground slowly lifted up.

The others weren't quite sure what this meant. After a hundred steps, they discovered a fork in the road.

The branches on the right side of the road were still obediently sticking to the ground, while the branches on the left side of the road were wave-shaped.

Xin Ai'an's ethereal voice appeared again: "Go left."

Understood!

Now, there was no need for Xin Ai'an's words to guide them anymore. Zhao Wenlong directly surpassed Jiang Xiao, all the way selecting the wave-shaped, undulating branches. After running for no more than 2 and a half minutes, Hou Mingming's voice came: "Almost there!"

Almost there?

The others didn't stop their steps, and after another turn, they heard faint explosion sounds!

Zhao Wenlong kicked away a ghost-faced monk who was hindering him. Looking over, he saw several figures surrounding the stone steps in the distance.

And in that stone stair passage, lightning, ice, fire, gravel, wind blades... all kinds of star techniques emerged one after another, surging out, blocking the path of those participating students going up.

The students surrounding the entrance to the upper level were disheveled, anxious, and angry, stomping their feet and cursing, but verbal attacks couldn't stop the upper level from intercepting them.

Among the members trying to climb the tower, there were obviously two fire mages. They weren't convinced and used their fire pillar star techniques together, working together to bombard the upper level!

Facts prove a truth: your position determines your perspective.

Standing in a certain position will cause you to do certain things.

Back then, Xing Yan, the single-combat king of Southwest Star Martial University, as a warrior, cursed at the interceptors of the upper level, then fought bravely, using his axe to forcefully chop out a path, and then rushed up to kill the Demon King.

But now, that former warrior has transformed into the Demon King, standing on the seventh floor, intercepting the newly arrived warriors below...

The attacks of the two fire mages were obviously quite strong, and Xing Yan on the seventh floor finally came out!

Xing Yan pulled away the gatekeeper mage, letting his body be bathed in flames, and viciously chopped down with an axe, a move called "Five Ding Opening the Mountain". Two black-cyan wind blades attacked, domineering and fierce!

The black-cyan wind blades directly scattered the fire pillars that rushed up, and even chopped the two fire mages so that they spat blood and flew backwards...

A group of people were disheveled, their faces extremely ugly, and cursing could be heard incessantly, but all kinds of efforts and attempts were all in vain. Seeing that the countdown was about to come to an end.

Twenty meters, such a short distance, but it seemed as if there was a chasm in the middle, preventing them from entering the top 32 nationally.

"Damn it, there are only 16 people on your seventh floor! There are so many more spots! Why are you blocking us!?"

"What to do? What to do?"

"What can we do? We can't get up at all. With their defense strength, who can kill their way up?"

"What star techniques do you guys have left? Try them quickly... more people are coming!"

"What can people do? Damn, it's the same as wasting your effort."

"People from Capital Star Martial! Hou Mingming! Zhao Wenlong!"

With those words, the students' movements stopped one after another, and a light of hope suddenly lit up in their eyes, as if they had seen a savior!

Hou Mingming? Zhao Wenlong?

These weren't ordinary participating students!

Rumble... A giant rock rolled down, and the entire passage trembled.

Under the gaze of everyone's expectant eyes, Zhao Wenlong ran directly to the entrance of the stone steps. First, he dodged the giant rock, and then looked up at the upper-level passage, only to have another giant rock roll down.

"Ha!" Zhao Wenlong directly darted up, star light splattering from his fist, and punched out!

The golden tiger roared, directly shattering the giant rock. Following the upper level entrance, a golden tiger darted up!

At the same time, a faint shadow concealed within, darted up.

"Heh heh." Xing Yan sneered, forcefully withstanding the illusory golden tiger's impact. The black-cyan giant axe in his hand chopped down again, and the next moment, it was no longer one or two black-cyan wind blades, it was simply a wind blade storm!

Zhao Wenlong's body, which darted up, was instantly cut by countless wind blades. Blood spurted out as he was torn apart by the sharp wind blades, like a ball, colliding back and forth in the passage, and heavily falling back to the sixth floor!

Along with it, the faint shadow that had darted up with the tiger also disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Wenlong was covered in blood, dragging long bloodstains on the ground, and finally crashed into the wall.

In an instant, the sixth floor was silent.

On the seventh floor, Xing Yan carried the giant axe and looked down.

Zhao Wenlong took the lead, preparing to open the way, but the effect was obviously not good. Hou Mingming arrived soon after, and the bow and arrow in her hand quickly gathered.

Above the seventh floor, Xing Yan faintly heard the sounds from below. He couldn't help but grip the giant axe tightly, and star power condensed on the axe, viciously chopping down again!

The cyan-black axe blade storm swept the stair passage, and even rushed into the corridor of the sixth floor.

Hou Mingming's expression changed and she hurriedly dodged.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't block the way!" A voice came, and the others looked over, only to see a little Jiu Xing Du Nai, carrying a girl on his shoulder...

Ring ring ring~

The bell sound shuttled back and forth between Zhao Wenlong and Jiang Xiao, and in the blink of an eye, Jiang Xiao had already arrived in front of the stair passage!

Facing the stair passage where the axe blade storm was gradually subsiding, Jiang Xiao grabbed Hou Mingming's body: "Exploding arrow!"

Hou Mingming was a little stunned: "You want to... ah!!!"

Qing Mang emerged in Jiang Xiao's hand. He grabbed Hou Mingming's arm with one hand and pushed her viciously upward.

Swish~

The students guarding the tower on the upper level didn't even react!

Uh... just now... what thing flew past?

Hou Mingming, who was directly "taking off," was like a human-shaped cannonball, rapidly flying over everyone's heads, and her momentum didn't decrease. She flew obliquely into the high sky of the seventh floor...

What is this?

Hou Mingming was also a little dazed. What is this?

But she reacted quickly and remembered Jiang Xiao's instructions. Flying in the air, she hurriedly adjusted her body, drew her bow and shot an arrow. A series of exploding arrows shot towards the tower guarding students at the entrance of the 7th floor, exploding instantly!

"Zhao Wenlong!" Jiang Xiao shouted loudly.

"Here!" Zhao Wenlong's clothes were ragged and covered in blood, but his wounds had already healed completely.

Compared to Hou Mingming, Zhao Wenlong obviously knew what Jiang Xiao was about to do. He leaped up and stepped on Jiang Xiao's shoulder.

Qing Mang emerged on Jiang Xiao's shoulder. He sent him upwards with a fierce push: "Open the way!"

Zhao Wenlong bounced up, spun into the air, flew obliquely upwards, and kicked out a golden dragon!

The five-clawed golden dragon roared out of the stair passage, directly into the range of Hou Mingming's exploding arrows.

The huge thing wagged its head and tail, not only sweeping away the black fog of the explosion, but even washing away the tower guarding students who were struggling to resist the bombing.

If it weren't for the girl on his shoulder, Jiang Xiao would have teleported up long ago. But since there was an agreement, he had to keep his promise.

Jiang Xiao carried Xin Ai'an and rushed upwards with his head down.

Today I will climb this tower!

I not only want to climb it myself,

I also want to climb it carrying a person!

Little brothers, step aside for me!