Legend of the Heroes of Another World's Divine Tower

Chapter 29 Evil Begets Evil

"Suppressive firepower, huh?!" Zhou Yanyu, who had been scrambling for cover after being hit, was also enraged. "As if nobody doesn't have that! Watch me—the Ancient One's magic scroll!"

While dodging the rain of stones, he quickly pulled out a rather intimidating-looking scroll he had just swiped from his storage ring, tore open the seal, and hurled it with all his might towards the densest cluster of monkeys on the branches!

"Blow it up, you bastard!"

The scroll drew an arc in the air, then made a soft "poof" sound in mid-air.

A small, almost invisible wisp of white smoke appeared, like a silent fart, and then it drifted away without anything happening.

Zhou Yanyu: "...?"

He refused to believe it and pulled out two more, three more... until he threw away all nine rolls he had swiped from the street stall.

Puff~ Puff puff~ Puff~~~

For a moment, it seemed as if a series of muffled farts with an uneven rhythm rang out in the air, which only slightly attracted the monkey's attention and had no real effect.

The monkey was also confused, thinking, "What kind of game is this?"

"You swindler! I knew it!" Although Zhou Yanyu was being chased and looked disheveled, a sinister smile of "I knew it" appeared on his face. Everything was under control! "The real treasure is right here!"

He reached for the scroll that he had scavenged from Sbulski's backpack; it looked the oldest and best-preserved.

This is the real deal!

"Show yourself, little darling!" Zhou Yanyu panted, and in a relatively safe moment, with a ritualistic motion, slowly unrolled the scroll.

The familiar phenomenon reappeared! A faint light flowed, and mysterious patterns flashed across the surface of the scroll, seemingly bringing with them an indescribable "aura".

Zhou Yanyu was instantly filled with confidence. He held the scroll high with one hand and pointed the other at the squeaking monkeys in the tree who were still throwing stones. His eyes were filled with three parts contempt and seven parts disdain, as if to say:

"Mischievous monkey, feel the power of legend!"

Then, with style and force, he tore open the scroll seal and hurled it toward the very center of the monkey troop!

The scroll tumbled in the air, attracting the attention of all the monkeys.

The next second—

"Bang!!!"

A loud bang, much louder than any of the previous muffled farts!

However, what exploded was not a devastating magical storm, nor a shield or summoned creature, but a huge mass...

Colorful and sparkling fireworks!

The fireworks burst brilliantly in the sky for a few seconds, outlining a few meaningless, distorted streaks of light that might have read "Wishing you prosperity" or something similar, before turning into specks of light that drifted slowly down.

The monkeys: "...?"

They paused for a moment as they threw stones, tilting their heads to watch this "performance" they had never seen before.

A few seconds later, the monkeys seemed to find it very interesting and started clapping their hands, as if applauding and cheering for this sudden "fireworks show".

The sneer and contempt on Zhou Yanyu's face froze instantly, then crumbled little by little.

"...Holy crap?" he muttered, finally realizing the seriousness of the problem.

He frantically began rummaging through the storage ring, searching for the unscrupulous merchant's backpack and emptying its contents.

slam-la-

Dozens of similar "silent fart" and "fireworks" reels were piled up like a small mountain. In addition, there was a neatly folded, rough-textured, patched item...

Beggar's clothes?

"This clothing..." Zhou Yanyu stared at the familiar tattered clothes, his mind racing to recall the memory.

"It's Liang Zhuo!" Lin Chi shouted from his storage ring. He remembered the young beggar on the forty-fourth floor during his last mission, the one who was all smiles and fawning, dressed in rags.

"Liang Zhuo... Sbulleski... the reseller... Holy crap!!!"

As Zhou Yanyu pieced together all the clues, he felt as if a thunderbolt had struck him on the top of his head, leaving him completely numb.

Zhou Yanyu felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the monkeys around him, who were now staring intently at him again after the fireworks went out, ready to "test the waters." He frantically began to dodge again while calling out to Lin Chi.

"Lin boy! Hurry! Change back! This is a test for you! This is all part of my plan, parkour training officially begins!"

"I'm not stupid!" Lin Chi laughed so hard he rolled around in his storage ring, refusing without any politeness. "This is a 'good opponent' you chose yourself, a 'good deal' you made yourself! Uncle Yu, just enjoy this belated 'blessing'! Hahaha!"

This one-sided "escape from Monkey Mountain" unfolded amidst Zhou Yanyu's wails and Lin Chi's suppressed laughter.

A whole year has passed...

The Divine Tower, the forty-eighth floor.

After a long and arduous struggle, Lin Chi and Zhou Yanyu, these two unfortunate brothers, finally stumbled and fell to the top of Huaguo Mountain.

That year, they relied on sheer tenacity, countless escapes, and agile movements to escape again and again.

And Zhou Yanyu's "game thinking," honed by various high-difficulty games from the 21st century, includes techniques such as pulling monsters, grouping monsters, using terrain to exploit camera angles, and using broken tree branches picked up from the roadside as makeshift weapons to whittle down enemy health.

Finally, I made it through, conquering each of the monkey-themed levels.

This hellish training also yielded remarkable results.

Through countless brushes with death, Lin Chi truly integrated parkour skills with the professional abilities of the "Windwalker," reaching a new level in his perception and application of "wind."

Although he appears somewhat unassuming compared to Zhou Yanyu's seemingly innate "flamboyance," he is already solid and reliable enough.

More importantly, we've shared joys and sorrows over the past year, though the main focus has been on the hardships.

Their experience of fighting side by side several times has fostered a high level of teamwork between Lin Chi and Zhou Yanyu.

Currently, Lin Chi usually controls the body, while Zhou Yanyu acts like a keen battlefield observer, his soul floating aside, constantly predicting the enemy's attack patterns based on experience, reminding Lin Chi to be aware of blind spots, and planning the best movement route.

This "dual-core" mode allows them to find a glimmer of hope, or even win, when facing monsters that are more than ten levels higher than them.

Finally, they successfully reached the forty-eighth floor—the end of the Flower and Fruit Mountain series of levels, in front of the entrance to the legendary "Water Curtain Cave".

"Finally...we've arrived." Lin Chi reached out and touched the naturally formed boulder at the entrance of the cave, which seemed to have been sculpted by water to form the three large characters "Water Curtain Cave".

He let out a long sigh, his face showing undisguised exhaustion and weariness. "Hurry up and set up a transit station... we're almost out of resources."

He focused his thoughts on checking the storage ring.

The various recovery and status potions that were originally piled up like a small mountain have long been used up, and even the last bottle of "immortality potion" that was kept at the bottom of the box is now just a lonely bottle.

The space was almost empty, except for a large number of experience bottles that were not needed for the time being.

Aside from dropping experience potions, monsters produce almost no other supplies.

The treasure chests you occasionally find in the corners of levels only contain a small amount of potions, which is far from enough to keep up with the consumption of potions during high-intensity battles.

So they got a green-grade sword, which barely improved their combat power.

"Who knows why these monkeys are so stingy!" Zhou Yanyu complained in the ring space.

"Not a single 'Level Breakthrough Stone' has dropped! We're stuck at level 30, and we need a whopping ten to break through to the next stage! If our levels could keep up, we would have flattened this monkey mountain by now!"

Despite his complaints, Zhou Yanyu's tone didn't reveal much frustration, but rather a sense of "being used to it" and a defiant spirit.

"Don't panic, kid!" he encouraged Lin Chi. "With me as your 'human cheat code,' providing real-time updates, this little Water Curtain Cave BOSS will be a piece of cake, right? And if all else fails, there's still that 'immortality potion' as a backup plan! Just consider it tuition, and start over!"

"You make it sound so easy..." Lin Chi rubbed his sore arms. Although his body was more agile than a year ago, the mental fatigue was real.

"Those elite monkeys almost wore me out, this final boss... I have no idea how tough it will be."

The thought of facing an opponent whose level would inevitably crush him cast a shadow over his heart.

"What are you afraid of! It's just Senior Brother! Just do it! You're the main character!" Zhou Yanyu's encouragement was always so simple, direct, and full of blind optimism. "Hurry up, let's go in and take a look! I can't wait to see what Monkey King looks like!"

Lin Chi, unable to resist his urging, could only shake his head, force himself to concentrate, take a deep breath, and step into the deep and unfathomable cave behind the water curtain.