“Pū Chī—— Pū Chī—— Pū Chī——!”
At this moment, across the boundless desert, the sound of sharp blades piercing through bodies continuously echoed.
Fang Li’s figure seemed to have split into numerous shadows, constantly flickering in every corner of the desert. His dagger transformed into streaks of blade light, relentlessly slicing through one black scorpion after another.
“————!”
The black scorpions emitted soundless screams that faded in the wind.
Each giant scorpion, with a body the size of a calf and extremely tough scales, seemed to have turned as fragile as paper as they were effortlessly sliced open by Fang Li’s dagger. Their blood gushed out uncontrollably, splattering all around.
One by one, the black scorpions were reduced to severed limbs and torsos, falling onto the desert like trash.
Puddles of blood scattered in the desert.
At this moment, more than a dozen black scorpions had been killed.
Moreover, all the hooked tails that had emerged from the sandy ground were completely severed, wriggling for a moment like the tails of geckos before ceasing to move.
“Chirp Chirp Chirp Chirp Chirp————!”
From the sandy ground, extremely sharp sounds resounded.
It was the wailing of the black scorpions whose tails had been severed.
Countless figures that had flashed in the desert immediately converged into one, causing Fang Li’s figure to reappear. He looked towards the direction where the wailing was most intense.
“Bang————!”
The sound of a gunshot abruptly pierced the desert and a flash appeared in front of Fang Li.
Bullets that were invisible to the naked eye cut through the air, dispersing the surrounding dust as they landed in the direction of the wailing.
“BOOM————!”
In the next moment, the bullets that had landed in the desert caused a powerful explosion. It was as if an anti-tank rocket had struck that corner, generating a fierce burst of flames.
—Butei Bullets.
To be precise, they were explosive rounds.
Fang Li, who hadn’t had the chance to use them in the battle against I-U, had brought them out now.
Therefore, under the intense explosion, the black scorpions hidden in the sandy ground were all blasted out.
When those black scorpions fell to the ground, figures appeared like mirages, turning their ice-blue Mystic Eyes toward the bodies of each black scorpion, ruthlessly slashing along the cracked lines.
“Pū chī—— Pū Chī—— Pū Chī——!”
The sound of tearing flesh was incessant in the surroundings.
Slaughter was taking place unilaterally.
Fang Li was like a Berserker, completely venting the frustration he had been suppressed by Sherlock last time, going mad with the killings.
This time’s battle was completely different from the last one.
Even if black scorpions erupted from the sandy ground, Fang Li immediately detected them, swung his dagger, and killed them on the spot.
Even if the black scorpions didn’t emerge from the sandy ground but instead hid, attempting to delay time and make Fang Li lose due to the time limit, they would only force Fang Li to waste one Butei Bullet, and then they would be forced out.
In an instant, blade lights and sword shadows soared in the surroundings and the sparks made flames reach for the sky.
In a situation where tactics were ineffective, the difficulty of this level was no different from the first floor.
Compared to the time on the first floor, Fang Li had made significant progress in his strength, making his slaughter more efficient than before.
It wasn’t until the entire desert was covered in flames, and the severed limbs and torsos of black scorpions were spread out in pools of blood, the system’s notification sound finally rang once again.
“Trial Completed, Time Taken: Three Minutes and Fifty-Two Seconds, Evaluation: S-Rank.”
“Serial Number 11273, you have passed the 2nd Floor of the Tower of Trials. You can choose two rewards from the following options.”
“1: Increase STR by 2 points.”
“2: Increase VIT (Endurance) by 2 points.”
“3: Increase AGI (Agility) by 2 points.”
“4: Increase INT (Intelligence) by 2 points.”
“Please choose.”
Listening to the system’s notification sound echoing from the depths of his mind, Fang Li was momentarily surprised and intrigued.
“This time, there are no Exchange Points as rewards?”
However, in place of Exchange Points, there were Attribute enhancements.
“But, except for AGI (Agility), I don’t have much need for the other Attributes…”
Fang Li couldn’t help but scratch his head as he looked at the rewards offered.
After all, Fang Li was an extreme speed-type Divine Envoy.
With Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, as long as his speed was high enough, who couldn’t he kill?
“Although it was a bit challenging dealing with Sherlock…”
However, that wasn’t because Mystic Eyes of Death Perception was too weak; it was because Sherlock’s intellect was exceptional, allowing him to see through the secrets of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception in an instant.
No matter how powerful an Ability is, once the ability is exposed, it will naturally be targeted.
While Mystic Eyes of Death Perception was indeed powerful and could kill anything, its weaknesses were also evident. Without the ability to cut the Death Line, it was as useless as a decoration.
“Moreover, when dealing with ordinary humans, the advantage of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception isn’t that significant.”
Fang Li had said this before.
For an ordinary human, there were many vulnerabilities. Just one slash to a vital point would likely result in death, and the presence or absence of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception made little difference in such cases.
Thinking up to here, Fang Li suddenly woke up from his daze, frowned, and contemplated.
“Because of how powerful Mystic Eyes of Death Perception is, have I become overly reliant on it?”
Indeed.
If it weren’t for Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Fang Li wouldn’t have been able to thrive in the Main God’s Dimension.
For example, in the world of “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress,” without Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Fang Li couldn’t even kill a single Kabane, let alone a Fused Colony.
In the world of “God Eater,” without Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, Fang Li couldn’t even kill a small Aragami like the Ogretail, let alone a Deusphage Species Aragami like Aphrodite.
And in the world of “Aria of the Scarlet Ammo,” Sherlock had used his Cognis ability to deduce the ability of Fang Li’s Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, greatly diminishing its advantages.
“If, back then, I had not only focused on speed but also improved in other aspects, maybe I wouldn’t have been suppressed so clearly?”
In other words, Fang Li had always believed that Mystic Eyes of Death Perception had clear weaknesses, but in reality, he also had clear weaknesses.
“If I didn’t have Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, then I…”
Fang Li didn’t dare to think further.
“Hū…”
After a moment, Fang Li let out a sigh.
“I’ll choose STR and AGI (Agility).”
This step would be Fang Li’s way of starting to compensate for his weaknesses, transitioning from an extreme speed type to an all-around speed type.
“By passing the 2nd Floor’s trial, you have earned the qualification to proceed to the 3rd Floor. From now on, by entering the Tower of Trials, you will be directly teleported to the 3rd Floor.”
“Do you wish to enter the 3rd Floor?”
Fang Li immediately chose to enter and vanished on the spot.
And so, Fang Li’s journey of challenges in the Tower of Trials officially began.
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