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Chapter 853 - 419 Pass the Parcel_3

Chapter 853: Chapter 419 Pass the Parcel_3

Mu You opened and glanced at it, the post only mentioned three things: first, it detailed his entire process of reaching the top, second, it revealed the abnormal difficulty of the Demon King, and third, he was amazed that he was not the first to arrive—there were two even more low-key experts!

Naturally, the comments below were full of admiration and astonishment.

Mu You carefully reviewed the climbing process of this person and understood after finishing.

Indeed, passing the first 99 levels doesn’t necessarily require an Initial Divine Artifact, especially after a large number of players entered the scene. The players’ chances of encountering each other inside the tower greatly increased, and battling players was often easier than battling monsters. Moreover, the rewards for defeating players were higher than those from the same-level monsters. With some luck, even a single player kill might yield a Divine Artifact.

Thus, the overall progress of the players climbing the tower was bound to trend upwards. The more people gathered on the same floor of the tower, the higher the probability of getting through, and with hundreds of millions of players gaming at the same time, there were always a few chosen ones favored by the Goddess of Luck, like this player whose luck burst throughout the climb and eventually led him directly to the summit.

This also gave Mu You a slight sense of urgency. As more and more people were reaching the summit, there was a chance that someone might find a special way to sneak past the Demon King just like he did, after all, besides the two free attempts per day, this tower climbing game allowed for buying extra chances with cash!

Mu You was reluctant to spend money on climbing the tower, but he knew some people would.

Thinking of this, Mu You couldn’t sit still any longer and hastily organized the Relics beside him.

These days he had borrowed a batch of Relics from Lu Yao, but they were not normal Relics. Instead, they were the kind with negative attributes, such as a Relic called ’Heavy Sturdy Armor’ which could increase defensive power by 20% but would reduce speed by 10%.

The rest also consisted of items with mixed positive and negative effects.

These Relics were naturally all prepared for the Demon King, because the Demon King had an ability to steal items and would equip them directly once stolen. So let it steal as much as it wanted. Anyway, his methods of confronting the Demon King didn’t require straight combat with it, and the positive effects of these items were entirely useless against the Demon King, while the negative effects were exactly on target, layer by layer they could weaken the Demon King significantly.

With all items ready, Mu You watched the time, and as soon as it hit 1:00, he entered the game punctually.

[Detection: You have encountered the Demon King 8 times, "Keep Up the Effort" triggered, your Power of God +8, God’s Defense +8.]

"Keep Up the Effort" eight times and with the data provided by dual faith, Mu You’s initial attributes upon entering the tower had reached Power of God 23, God’s Defense 18!

This data would make a lot of players green with envy. Even if he did nothing, he could roll through the first twenty levels unscathed.

After a quick set-up of his equipment, Mu You hit the road as usual.

This time, the first floor gave him a surprise.

[You have encountered Hero No. 69544...]

Unexpectedly encountering a player on the first floor, a glance at the attributes revealed just an average player, whose maximum clearance was just 32 levels.

Mu You didn’t care much and casually crushed him.

What truly surprised him was what burst forth from killing this player.

[You have obtained the ’Cursed Doll’.]

[Cursed Doll: A cursed toy born from a child filled with resentment. It will cling to you until it finds a new plaything. When equipped, all your attacks have a chance to fail, the probability depending on the attribute difference between you and the target. The greater the difference, the lower the probability.

Once obtained, it will be automatically equipped and cannot be taken off voluntarily. Even if you die and re-enter the tower, it will still be present in your inventory until it bursts from another hero, only then can this curse be removed.]

Mu You was stunned, it being a purely cursed item with no benefits and being unable to be voluntarily removed was bad enough, but most importantly, even if he died and re-entered, it would still initially exist in his inventory.

The only way to remove it was for it to burst from someone else... Like passing the parcel, huh?

Mu You looked puzzled. All in all, it was like a ticking time bomb. He guessed the player he had just killed was probably cheering, finally having gotten rid of this nightmare.

But for Mu You, this item’s appearance was like adding fuel to the fire.

This thing was clearly tailor-made to counter the Demon King!

Since it couldn’t be removed without death, it meant that once it was brought in front of the Demon King, and the Demon King stole it, it would permanently exist on the Demon King until someone killed it.

"So, there are items like this too!"

Mu You immediately understood. It seemed the tower’s designers had considered the high difficulty of the Demon King. Thus, they had set up some items in the tower specifically targeting the Demon King. As long as players found these items and brought them to the Demon King, it would weaken him a level, and if all such items were concentrated in the Demon King’s inventory, it would make conquering the Demon King much easier.

Of course, this process would certainly take a long time, possibly even a year or two.

Mu You could no longer wait for other cursed items to appear. Having one burst forth was already incredibly lucky, especially one that failed based on probability... Mu You had a feeling that this time he might really be able to pass the Demon King in one go!

Mu You eagerly continued on his quest.

After reaching the second floor, he anxiously fought through, afraid that Player No. 1 might not appear again, as their recent two-day confrontations had ended with him "easily winning". His high attributes had already led to a state where even standing and letting the opponent strike him wouldn’t break his defense...