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Chapter 1064 - Chapter 1064 Chapter 1066 Entering_1

Chapter 1064: Chapter 1066: Entering_1 Chapter 1064: Chapter 1066: Entering_1 Tugu Man disregarded the Count’s phantom’s warning and killed Xi Lin outright, extracting his soul. At the same time, the last piece of Xi Lin’s defensive equipment was marked with a tracking mark by Tugu Man, which was the final measure of the Count’s mansion. In the future, they could use this tracking mark to avenge Xi Lin.

Anyone who killed the son of the Count would be subjected to endless pursuits, but Tugu Man was beyond caring at this point. Even if he had spared Xi Lin, knowing that he used Xi Lin like this, the Count’s mansion would not let him go.

A dozen or so fist-sized Soul Light Spheres floated up from the dead adventurers, hovering around Tugu Man. Originally, he had wanted to use another type of Spiritual Incantation Skill that would make everyone fight to the death among themselves, but seeing Song Jian’s frenzied attack power, Tugu Man abandoned that idea. He feared that once the slaughter began, the last person standing might not be him but Song Jian. If this situation arose, it would be quite embarrassing for him, as he would have wed for someone else’s benefit.

Looking at the surrounding Soul Light Spheres, there were only sixteen, which instantly turned Tugu Man’s face sour. Initially, fifty adventurers had been recruited, but along the way, more than a dozen had died, and the rest were relatively strong. Generally speaking, the stronger the individual, the keener their sense of perception.

He had been able to kill these dozen or so adventurers partly because they did not have their guard up against him. Even if they sensed danger, they merely thought it came from the monsters around them. Under normal circumstances, when danger appeared, people would not flee but would gather together to face the enemy.

But they never imagined that the threat came from within their ranks. If Song Jian hadn’t taken the lead to distance himself, probably more would have been killed by Tugu Man’s nefarious means.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

The sixteen Soul Light Spheres automatically flew into the crimson pillar reaching the sky. The numbers displayed on the surface of the light pillar in Tugu Man’s eyes rapidly changed. With only fourteen more souls to go, he was already ahead of most.

“Kill him, he’s pledged allegiance to Abyssal Hell, he’s no longer human,” an adventurer shouted in anger. If it weren’t for some twist of fate that made him follow Song Jian’s lead to rush out, he himself would likely have become a sacrifice.

“Damn it, let’s all attack together. He’s cast forbidden magic, he doesn’t have much strength left…”

A group of people, weapons in hand, charged toward Tugu Man. Although Spiritual Incantation Masters were powerful, their skills took longer to activate compared to ordinary magic users. Only Legendary Level Spiritual Incantation Masters could instantly manifest their spells. Given Tugu Man’s strength, he could not possibly achieve that level.

Seeing the crowd rushing toward him, a sinister expression surfaced on Tugu Man’s face. Right now, he was no match for a dozen or so second-tier adventurers.

He took a velvet pouch from his waist, and upon opening it, several Soul Light Spheres slowly floated out from within.

Tugu Man felt his heart bleeding at the sight of these Soul Light Spheres; they were painstakingly condensed from spells. You should know that only by killing creatures near the Tower of Slaughter could you obtain complete Soul Light Spheres. In the outside world, killing a creature would scatter the soul, yielding just a small amount of spiritual essence. It took a large amount of spiritual essence to condense a single person’s share of Soul Light Spheres.

In the outside world, Tugu Man had to kill around a hundred people to condense a single person’s share of Soul Light Spheres. Using them here felt like a complete waste.

But he had no other choice. The reason he did this was to be prepared for the worst. If he failed to secure enough souls for the sacrifice at the Tower of Slaughter, he would have to rely on his reserves. You should know that these Soul Light Spheres were still very useful after his transformation into an Abyss creature. They could be devoured or even used as a currency for transactions.

Once he completed his transformation into an Abyss creature, he could no longer collect human souls as recklessly as he had when he was human. The moment he appeared, he would be surrounded and ambushed by adventurers.

“Damn it, this is equivalent to losing fourteen hundred human souls…” Tugu Man watched the Soul Light Spheres floating out from the soul bag, his heart bleeding, but he had no choice. Only this way could he quickly enter the Tower of Slaughter; otherwise, he would have been torn to pieces by the onrushing adventurers.

Drip, drip, drip~

In Tugu Man’s eyes, the numbers on the Tower of Slaughter kept jumping, soon reaching thirty, and the originally crimson color suddenly turned green. Tugu Man was sucked into the beam by a great force. Although the Tower of Slaughter had not yet formed, he had already met the conditions for entry and could enter the beam.

The flow of time inside the beam was different from that of the outside world. Entering now, as opposed to after the Tower of Slaughter had formed, made no difference in time; whether entering early or later, one would only feel the passage of an instant, without experiencing a long pause.

Seeing Tugu Man turn into a beam of light and enter the pillar, the remaining adventurers immediately halted in their steps. At the moment, the number of souls on the Tower of Slaughter still read zero, which meant that each one of them, to enter the Tower of Slaughter and leave this place, had to kill thirty more creatures to obtain their soul power.

At this time, former comrades could also become prey. Every adventurer clenched their weapons, becoming more vigilant, and the distance between them started to grow. Everyone was on guard against anyone who might strike.

“Brothers, we don’t need to be so wary of each other. It’s just thirty souls; we can easily acquire them. This is the Scorching Gorge…” Duo Tuo Luo stood out and shouted loudly, waving his arms.

What place was Scorching Gorge? It was one of the world’s largest monster spawning areas. Although the environment was harsh, the number of monsters was incredibly high. Even under the influence of the Slaughter Light Curtain where the monsters were killing each other, collecting thirty souls was still easy…

“Damn it, the monsters here are all BOSSes, with at least second-tier peak Combat Power, level eighty BOSSes. Do you think we have the strength to continuously kill hundreds of BOSSes?” one of the adventurers yelled desperately.

Duo Tuo Luo was at a loss for words. They were all fairly strong and could easily hunt a few or even a dozen BOSSes if they worked together. But if they had to kill thirty BOSSes per head, that would require hunting over three hundred BOSSes–a task that was simply impossible!

“Heh, it’s not just us adventurers and the monsters here. There are thousands of people who come to the Scorching Gorge every year. We don’t need to target those BOSSes; by focusing on the other adventurers, things will become much easier…” Stan Lee, dressed in black, stepped forward with a faint smile on his face, glancing at Song Jian as he spoke.

“Stan Lee is right; there must be other adventurers here, and when the time comes…”

Another adventurer’s words were cut short as they saw a dense crowd of at least five hundred people approaching from a distance!

“When the time comes, when the time comes…” The adventurer broke out in cold sweat, his voice growing weaker and weaker. He took two steps backward as he looked at the dense crowd and clamped his mouth shut.

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