Chapter 329: 329
Su Gao looked disheveled, but she didn’t have any injuries on her body.
The fact that she was standing here without any look of shock on her face was enough to show that her resolve was steady.
It seemed that the recent illusion hadn’t had much effect on her.
As such, the reason she seemed to be on the verge of collapse must have been that she was too close when the roar occurred.
However, there was no helping it; this wasn’t a game where you could turn off friendly fire.
Besides her, the situation for Non-human Brother in the distance didn’t look optimistic either.
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Three out of his four limbs were covered in injuries, and even the spiral One-Eyed on his head was oozing blood.
At the moment, he was holed up in a corner looking quite dispirited.
Now that the illusion had been shattered, the surroundings had reverted to how the interior of the tower looked before, leaving him no way to escape.
“Who in the world are you?”
Badly wounded, he finally stopped pretending to be a mute expert.
Surprisingly, compared to his appearance, his voice sounded perfectly normal, like that of an average middle-aged man.
Who am I?
Why do villains always like to ask this kind of question?
Fu Qian snorted coldly and gave Su Gao a look.
“Tell him who I am.”
…
It took a moment for Su Gao to catch on.
“Mr. Fu is a Night Watchman Special Operations Consultant.”
After trying hard to recall, she finally spoke up, her tone resembling that of reciting a textbook.
“At the expert level.”Very good, very comprehensive; she had touched on all the key points.
Fu Qian looked at her approvingly, as if he were looking at the perpetual honor student who always had the right answers in class.
“Got it?”
He turned back to Non-human Brother, who seemed a bit stunned.
Unfortunately, this answer seemed to be a bit too advanced for Non-human Brother, who just stood there silently.
Smack!
Fu Qian flicked his finger, sending another claw flying.
Non-human Brother let out another pained groan.
“Playing dumb suits you quite well, but unfortunately, you don’t understand the significance of the words ‘expert level.'”
Fu Qian watched as Non-human Brother’s last limb didn’t escape injury either; this sneak attack had come from above.
This guy was still quite cunning, pretending to be dumb on the surface while actually looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
Moreover, after seeing his technique earlier, it would have been easy for people to misunderstand and think that the bloody hands and wall-piercing claws depended on the illusions to be deployed.
And now that the illusion was broken, it would be easy to let one’s guard down in this regard.
That was undoubtedly a psychological trap, and he had exploited it well.
In reality, his integration with the tower was much closer than imagined; even now, he could launch sneak attacks through the walls at any time.
“Who in the world are you!”
This time, the voice of Non-human Brother was no longer calm.
“We’ve already been over this question, next one.”
Fu Qian didn’t bother to trouble Student Su Gao again.
“All of you… go to hell!”
Non-human Brother, having failed in his sneak attack, let out a roar of rage, seemingly having made some kind of decision.
Hmm—
As he roared, Fu Qian nodded thoughtfully.
According to his experience, this was usually when they started the Second Phase.
Sure enough, accompanied by a roar like venting rage, Non-human Brother’s already hunched body collapsed completely to the ground, his body and joints twisting wildly.
At the same time, a figure flashed through midair, a blade aimed straight for his head.
Sensing the danger and driven by her combat instincts, Su Gao immediately took action.
However, her blade only made it halfway before a series of whooshing sounds erupted, as multiple gray shadows stabbed towards her from all directions.
Clang, clang, clang!
The clashing sounds of metal rang out continuously, as Su Gao narrowly deflected the wave of sudden attacks and was forced back.
This…
When she looked again, the figure of Non-human Brother in the corner had completely transformed.
His form was barely recognizable as human; his withered body had sprouted a dense forest of sharp claws.
And on that sweet potato-shaped head, the strips of cloth had fallen away to reveal a face with no features, save for more than a dozen spiral-shaped eyes.
At a glance, he resembled a gigantic spider.
Crack!
In the next instant, the spider’s long claws suddenly shot out, stabbing towards Su Gao as fast as lightning.
At the same time, two long claws silently emerged from the wall, striking from front and back in a pincer attack.
Clearly, he knew who was stronger and who was weaker among his opponents and sought to ambush and kill one first to avoid facing two at once.
Unfortunately, Su Gao was extremely quick to react, her body moving as swiftly as the wind, dodging and weaving with agility.
After evading the flurry of deadly strikes, she didn’t hesitate to leap behind Fu Qian.
That’s more like it, a teachable child!
Leave professional matters to the pros.
Fu Qian took a step forward, looking up at the giant spider that had climbed up to the ceiling and the countless claws spread menacingly in the air, and shook his arms out.
The next moment, countless black and red tentacles erupted from his body, blanketing the sky.
“Trying to outdo me with more arms?”
Tendril Barrage Devastator.
He hadn’t used this move in a long time.
The instant Fu Qian unleashed his attack, Non-human Brother seemed to sense the danger and started frantically leaping back and forth.
After transforming, his agility appeared to have greatly increased.
Yet, faced with such an all-encompassing assault, he quickly realized the only thing to do was to confront it bravely.
Eventually, he halted his movement, his claws firing in unison to meet the tide of tentacles.
The scene was as tragic as a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
And indeed, it was just like the mantis blocking the chariot.
Even though his mutated claws were as hard as metal, the pleasing sound of snapping echoed without end under the relentless barrages of the tentacles.
In less than a second, the spidery brother was completely overwhelmed, his body shattered and smeared across the wall.
“Is it dead?”
Witnessing the scene, Su Gao let out a sigh of relief and prepared to go in for a final blow.
“Wait.”
But Fu Qian held her back, frowning at the wreckage on the wall.
The next moment, pieces of flesh and oozing blood slowly seeped into the wall, leaving not a trace behind.
Was it all an illusion?
Suddenly inspired, Fu Qian turned to look outside the tower.
The moonlight was still shining like water, reflecting off the boundless lake surface.
But then the reflection of the moon in the water started to move, rising slowly from the lake.
And as it rose, the smooth, mirror-like surface of the lake began to turn as well.
Until the lake’s surface and the tower formed an exaggerated angle, all in complete silence.
The spectacle gave the impression that it wasn’t the lake that was moving, but the tower itself was turning over.
When everything had settled down again, the moon, which had been above, was now below their feet.
To be more precise, the endless night sky was now all beneath their feet.
And the smooth, waveless surface of the lake now hung quietly overhead, the moon’s reflection included.
“Such a rare sight to behold!”
Fu Qian marveled at the boundless night sky under his feet, feeling an odd sense of wonder, like being in a dream.
But the next moment, he sensed something odd; Su Gao beside him seemed to be behaving strangely.
Turning to look, he saw her staring intently outside, at the topsy-turvy world.
Frightened? She shouldn’t be that faint-hearted.
Just as he was about to say something, he saw Su Gao stiffly take out an object, clutching it tightly in her hand.
Upon a glance, Fu Qian could see it clearly.
It was a six-faced die, made of white bone and faintly stained with blood.