Chen Tian listened as Sen Sha explained the approximate mission objective and location. The two walked in the same direction. Behind them, a pair of eyes stared intently from space. More accurately, the eyes were fixed on Sen Sha. Chen Tian, who was chatting with Sen Sha, suddenly sensed something was wrong. His body flickered, and energy subtly enveloped them. In the darkness, the pair of eyes instantly exploded, turning into black mist. Chen Tian sensed the aura, and it seemed Sen Sha had secrets he hadn't revealed.
Chen Tian didn't ask; everything would be explained when the time was right. Chen Tian withdrew his energy. The person monitoring Sen Sha was from the Evil Spirit race. This meant Sen Sha possessed something the Evil Spirit race cared about. Chen Tian didn't know what it was, but he hadn't killed the monitor. He wanted to play with the Evil Spirit race, so it couldn't end so quickly. Chen Tian and Sen Sha headed towards their destination. In the darkness, a figure with tightly closed eyes hurriedly flew north.
The situation had changed. He needed to report this to the superior. Chen Tian's energy had temporarily blinded him. Such power was definitely not from an ordinary person. A variable, a definite variable, he had to inform the superior. That item absolutely could not fall into human hands. The figure transformed into a beam of black light. Chen Tian and Sen Sha arrived at a plain covered in desert. On this desert plain, vibrant trees, lakes, and oceans grew, which was inherently strange. After all, there was no water source in a desert.
So where did all this water and these trees come from? Sen Sha took out a scroll. This was the mission scroll. The moment it was taken out, the lake and trees before Chen Tian transformed into light and drilled into the scroll. The entire desert plain shook, and a swirling vortex of quicksand appeared, sucking Chen Tian and Sen Sha into it. Sen Sha looked at the unexpected outcome and said blankly, "This is completely different from when I came before. Chen Tian, help!"
Before he could finish, Chen Tian's expression remained calm. Both of them were sucked into the desert's depths. Beneath the desert was a massive cave. As the two figures fell rapidly from above, they would be severely injured, if not killed, upon impact. Chen Tian's wings unfurled behind him. He grabbed Sen Sha by the legs and slowly descended, flapping his wings. Chen Tian placed Sen Sha on the ground. Sen Sha looked at the unfamiliar surroundings. It wasn't like this before, what was happening?
"Chen Tian, this might be different this time!"
Sen Sha's voice was a little timid because everything that had happened was completely different from the description. He didn't know what Chen Tian would think. Chen Tian remained silent, sensing his surroundings, and a smile touched his lips. Chen Tian said indifferently, "It's fine, this mission is quite interesting. So many layers. It looks like we'll have to climb them one by one."
"Chen Tian, what do you know?"
Chen Tian told Sen Sha what he knew. Sen Sha's expression turned to shock. He looked at the scroll in his hand, then at Chen Tian, looking a bit dazed. Then he spoke, "How many layers are there here?"
"Ninety-nine layers. Only after climbing to the ninety-ninth layer does the mission truly begin."
Chen Tian could only think this way. The mission in this scroll was merely a prelude, a phased quest. This explained why Sen Sha couldn't complete it alone. Such missions were extremely difficult and required teaming up or playing together.
"Tian, ninety-nine layers? The first layer here is already unbelievably difficult. It's going to get harder as we go further. What exactly is this mission?"
Sen Sha looked utterly dejected. He had barely passed the first layer's trial. Who knew what layer they were on now? Following the game's design, higher layers meant higher difficulty. Could he and Chen Tian really reach the ninety-ninth layer? To be honest, he doubted it. It was just too difficult!
Where did the game design team get their brains? Sen Sha really wanted to complain, "When you design games, can't you make them reasonable?"
If someone above could hear him, they would surely taunt, "Reasonable? Are you sure? If it were reasonable, Chen Tian's level would have already skyrocketed. Chen Tian would be like he's cheating."
Besides, this mission wasn't prepared for you. It was for Chen Tian. You were just lucky to encounter it, which was outside the game developers' expectations. They never imagined a player with luck close to 30 could find this mission scroll.
Rumble!
The cave began to shake. Chen Tian's eyes widened, and he said, "Stop spacing out, get ready to fight."
As Chen Tian's voice fell, Sen Sha knew they had no choice but to charge forward. The only way to leave was to reach a specific layer. Sen Sha had gotten out of the first layer before because he died there. It might not sound good, but Sen Sha was admitting he was weak. If it weren't for teaming up, he might not even pass the first layer. They didn't know what layer they were on now, and even Chen Tian didn't know. Chen Tian only knew this trial was about climbing layers, and the real mission would only begin at the summit of the ninety-ninth layer.
The ground shook, and a colossal creature appeared before Chen Tian and Sen Sha. It was a scorpion covered in brown, with a massive body and huge pincers. Its mouth revealed crescent-shaped teeth. It clearly didn't resemble an ordinary scorpion. Its tail was a long, sharp stinger, and its entire body was covered in a brown exoskeleton. Sen Sha immediately opened its attribute panel. He was shocked by what he saw. This creature was more than thirty levels higher than him.
There was no hope. He might as well accept his fate. Sen Sha could be said to be waiting for death, not wanting to resist.
Chen Tian's eyes blazed with light, and his figure turned into a streak of light. His speed was so fast that Sen Sha couldn't even perceive his movements. When Sen Sha looked back, a sound echoed. Sen Sha looked closely and saw Chen Tian, who was already fighting the boss.
He couldn't comprehend Chen Tian's strength. Chen Tian was exchanging blows with the boss bare-handed and seemed to have the upper hand.
Tian, Chen Tian's level was clearly lower than his, even separated by two major realms from this boss. What player could achieve what Chen Tian was doing?
Chen Tian's fists flew out continuously. The scorpion's pincers attacked from both sides, but Chen Tian's fists, with explosive power, repelled them. Chen Tian was still using game mechanics, but his previous battles had significantly improved his experience. Combined with rewards from killing players, Chen Tian had poured all his stat points into Strength. Now, Chen Tian's strength was not inferior to this boss, even with the two major realm differences. Chen Tian was directly overpowering it with stats.
The most terrifying thing in games was stat disparity. The opponent might be lower level, but their stats were a hundred times yours. Your battle with them was destined to be a crushing defeat. It was like you were level one, and they were level ten, but you had the strength of a level thirty player. A level ten player couldn't resist. In the face of such stats, levels were a joke. The stat points Chen Tian had accumulated numbered in the hundreds of millions, and all of them could be currently applied to Strength.
With Strength stats higher than the boss, what was Chen Tian afraid of? He would just rush in. Moreover, killing such a boss would yield generous rewards. With a total of ninety-nine layers, this was Chen Tian's leveling ground.
If you asked Chen Tian to leave, he wouldn't want to.