Was it the Tower Master?
Duan Chen's eyes began to look a little strange.
"You guys, choose for yourselves."
He looked at Jun Ci and the others.
"Oh..."
Qi Qing and Sheng Chen chose Yan Ming, while Jun Ci and Qin Nanyuan chose Liu Teng. The more introverted Mi Xueer chose the equally introverted Gu Hang, and Mi Le naturally followed his sister.
"What about you two?"
Liu Teng looked at the middle-aged man and Duan Chen.
The latter scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"I... can I choose the Tower Master?"
The whole place fell silent for a moment.
"Captain?!" Qin Nanyuan exclaimed in astonishment.
"Holy crap, Duan Chen, are you crazy?" Mi Le was startled.
"Yeah, I wanted to choose him too." The man took a drag from his cigarette, exhaling clouds of smoke.
"To see the Tower Master, one needs qualifications."
Xiao Yang sighed. She hadn't been this busy in a long time.
"What qualifications?"
"Defeat me."
"Wow—!" Xiao Yue, never one to miss out on a good show, even chimed in from the side.
Xiao Yang glanced at her, and the young girl immediately quieted down.
"Come one by one."
With that, Xiao Yang walked to the center of the arena and kicked away the corpse of the Locked Lion.
"I'll go first." Duan Chen stepped forward.
"Alright." The man had no objections.
The two stood opposite each other in the fighting arena.
"What is your ability?"
"Eye techniques."
"Specifically?"
"Many."
Duan Chen couldn't remember how many abilities he had copied.
"Never mind, it seems I won't be able to get anything out of you."
Xiao Yang raised her right arm and said faintly.
"Blazing Sun!"
"Buzz!"
The entire fighting arena was instantly plunged into an extremely terrifying heat. Duan Chen even felt as if he were in a furnace!
And the hard walls around them were actually beginning to melt?!
"Sigh... another repair bill."
Liu Teng lamented.
Xiao Yue waved her hand, raising a shield that shielded everyone else from the terrifying heat.
Behind Xiao Yang, a fiery red sun slowly rose!
"Come on, break it, and I'll consider you the winner. Oh, right, I forgot to mention the rules earlier: no killing techniques allowed!"
She was clearly referring to Duan Chen's Death God's Eyes.
Duan Chen was not one to hesitate, and he nodded.
"Sequence 030: [Void Domain!]"
He enveloped himself partially in the Void Domain, alleviating the intense heat from all directions.
"Huh?" Xiao Yue's eyes held a peculiar look.
"This is... the first time I've seen... a human able to... deploy the Void Domain." Gu Hang's face was filled with unease.
"Sequence 012: [Pseudo-Railgun!]"
"Sequence 035: [Raven Swarm!]"
"Sequence 016: [Fae Law!]"
"Sequence 021: [Ten Thousand Fists United!]"
"Nightfall!"
"Starlight!"
"Moonfall!"
"Sunrise!"
Duan Chen spared no effort. Although his spiritual energy was draining at a visible rate, he continued to consume it madly.
This wasn't a battle to the death; it was more of a spar. He didn't need to hold back.
"Six abilities?! How did he do that?"
Liu Teng's eyes widened in astonishment.
"Holy crap!" Yan Ming couldn't help but exclaim.
"Interesting."
Xiao Yang, with a nonchalant expression, even pulled up a chair and sat down.
"Boom!"
Under the rampage of the terrifying spiritual energy, the entire underground chamber instantly fell apart!
And on the Blazing Sun, only a few cracks appeared.
Duan Chen panted, continuing to prepare.
"Keep it up."
This detestable woman waved her hand, and the cracks on the Blazing Sun began to disappear?
This meant that Duan Chen's efforts were in vain, and he had to start all over again.
He gritted his teeth.
"Brother Duan Chen..." Mi Xueer's expression was a little worried.
Duan Chen's face remained impassive.
Jin An!
Melbourne!
Buzz!
White and blue light intertwined, and a person and a snake appeared beside Duan Chen.
"Oh—?" Xiao Yang drew out her words.
"This doesn't count as cheating, does it?"
"This also counts as your ability, so it's not cheating."
She could tell that Duan Chen definitely had more trump cards up his sleeve that he hadn't used. He wasn't incapable of using them, but he didn't want to reveal his trump cards in front of so many people, so he chose another method.
Summoning heretics.
And these two heretics were quite interesting.
"It seems you've encountered a bit of trouble." Jin An hissed, smiling sinisterly.
"If I could take this sun into my little cabin, that would feel quite good."
Melbourne, resembling a scholar, pushed up his glasses and smiled with satisfaction.
"Then let's see if you have the ability to do that."
Xiao Yang was not annoyed by his boastful words; instead, she wore a smiling expression.
Jin An opened his mouth wide.
Buzz!
A golden spiritual pressure descended forcefully!
Xiao Yang's expression changed.
"Is that spiritual pressure?" Xiao Yue exclaimed.
"This snake is quite formidable." Liu Teng rubbed his nose. He hadn't seen Xiao Yang make that kind of expression in a long time.
"Crack, crack—!"
Spiderweb-like cracks gradually spread across the Blazing Sun, but soon, under Xiao Yang's control, the cracks gradually healed again, and the two sides entered a stalemate.
Melbourne smiled faintly.
"Apologies, then allow me?"
He elegantly extended his hand, and a cerulean light bloomed in his palm!
"More spiritual pressure?"
Xiao Yue's jaw almost dropped.
"These two heretics seem to have formed a contract with Duan Chen?!"
Yan Ming was astonished.
"I didn't expect... such powerful heretics... would also... submit to a human..." Gu Hang said with a sigh.
"Quite interesting!"
Golden light and blue light intertwined, pressing down heavily on the Blazing Sun.
"Tsk..."
Xiao Yang was a woman who refused to admit defeat. She frowned, and the Blazing Sun's light shone brightly!
"So hot!"
The Void Domain could no longer protect Duan Chen. If he didn't do something, he too would gradually melt under this terrifying heat.
Xiao Yang possessed an extremely terrifying power!
Even she had to submit to the so-called Tower Master. Duan Chen became even more curious: what kind of power did the Tower Master possess?
"Duan Chen, we'll still need a while. Can you hold on?"
"Yes!"
"Don't push yourself too hard, or if you melt, we won't survive either," Melbourne reminded him with a touch of malicious humor.
Duan Chen rolled his eyes.
Chu Yue's faint pink power gradually enveloped him, emitting a cool aura.
Duan Chen hesitated for a moment.
[Does this count as cheating?]
[No, I said so.]
[...]
[Why do you seem a bit speechless? You can't beat this woman. If I don't help you, you'll really be roasted into a crisp.]
[Pfft... Thank you, my dear young lady.]
Chu Yue conveyed a sense of satisfaction.
Huh?
A flicker of confusion crossed Xiao Yang's eyes.
Just now, she seemed to have sensed an extremely powerful force?
Was it an illusion?
That power could have crushed her completely without any effort, and it had definitely emanated from Duan Chen.
What was going on?
She frowned.
This was truly strange.