Lifesteal

Before the five people, the red Giant had just turned into specks of light and vanished.

The Machine Fortress was wreathed in lingering blue arcs of electricity, and the joints of its metal body crackled and hissed from the overload.

He turned around, his anger evident, and stared intently at the leisurely figure at the back of the line.

"If you're not doing anything here, then what are you even doing here?"

"I'll climb the tower," Su Luo said calmly.

"You're climbing the tower! You're climbing the tower, why aren't you playing any cards!" The Machine Fortress was so anxious that its head was tilted to the side, feeling that Su Luo was just a burden.

Iron Guard and Jingjing also had strange looks in their eyes.

The fact that five people were climbing the tower would have doubled the monsters' health, and the Scholar also had the Desolation Plague, so the monsters' health increased by a full 7.5 times and their attack power doubled.

If it weren't for the Observer entering Godhead and tripling his damage, instantly wiping out the monsters in one go, the Machine Fortress, as the fourth strongest among the permanent tower climbers, would have had to rely on its agile mobility to climb the tower again.

"Playing cards will reduce my health, and if I lose too much health, I'll die. I won't play cards." Su Luo shook her head, and Machine Fortress was so angry he was practically fuming.

"You... what kind of twisted logic is this!" The camera on the Machine Fortress was almost pressed against Su Luo's face. "This is Tower! Battles involve attrition! We all lose health, so why are you an exception?"

"Stop, stop, stop! Get away from me! How can a bot have such a rich emotional life?" Su Luo unscrewed the Machine Fortress's screw.

This is the middle section of the tower's base; Su Luo has already participated in three battles without lifting a finger.

Upon entering the Tower, the Relic [Heartfire] gained an additional status attribute, as if it had been forcibly imposed upon it by the Tower:

[Outsider: Enters [Fire Domain Isolation] state after each battle]

[Fire Domain Isolation]: Monsters cannot affect you in any way; play a card to exit this state.

This suited him perfectly.

The last exploration involved using the power of the user's own body, resulting in the user being exiled by the Tower to the edge of the Desolation Plague.

Su Luo's goal this time was clear: to explore the entire hierarchical structure of the Tower as deeply as possible without triggering the Tower's "expulsion mechanism".

Why not just Lifesteal on the four-color group and get White Cards?

In short, this time, he won't casually kill monsters instantly, lest the Tower find an excuse to throw him out.

"You! Why didn't you play your cards? You didn't even participate in the battle. How dare you pick up the spoils?"

Machine Fortress was somewhat annoyed to see Su Luo picking up the gold coins and cards.

Su Luo printed the cards directly, with most of them being the same as in the previous round, still following the path of doubling damage.

"Don't panic, wait for my hand to form."

As he leaped and bounded about in the Machine Fortress, a voice rang out, stopping him from continuing.

"Machine Fortress."

The Observer floats in mid-air, their blind eyes seemingly piercing through layers of buildings, gazing into the unknowable Void.

She was dressed in elaborate purple robes, surrounded by a faint halo, which seemed out of place in the dilapidated and distorted surroundings. Her voice was flat, yet it instantly silenced the Machine Fortress: "Keep going."

At the end of the street, a familiar blue light appeared.

We've arrived at the store.

The Smurf merchant, wearing a Smile mask, remained seated cross-legged on the blue blanket.

Iron Guard, Jingjing, Machine Fortress, and Observer filed into the shop area and began to browse. Iron Guard stopped in front of several attack cards, while Jingjing picked up a bottle of potion and examined it.

Su Luo stepped forward, took out some gold coins, and demanded that the cards be deleted.

The Smurf took the money but made no move, staring intently at Su Luo, his eyes behind the mask seeming to Burn with two clusters of eerie light.

Instead of immediately serving her as before, he extended a withered, blue-skinned finger, pointed at Su Luo, then at the money pouch at Su Luo's waist, and finally pointed to himself.

"Delete the cards for me." Su Luo's gaze swept over the Relic and potions on the blanket.

On the blanket were three Relics, three bottles of potion, and some cards.

"There's a problem with the money."

"You took two potions from me earlier, worth a total of 105 gold coins. Adding the 75 gold coins for deleting cards (you just gave me 75 gold coins), you now need to give me 105 gold coins."

Unexpectedly, the businessman spoke up and said a long speech.

Three of the Four-Colored Puppets cast surprised glances at Su Luo, while the Observer, being blind, remained unmoved.

"So... it's possible to buy on credit?" Jingjing, somewhat surprised.

Su Luo silently paid 105 gold coins.

"Money is no problem, I'll remove the cards from your deck."

The merchant raised his hand and waved, an invisible force of rules sweeping across Su Luo's deck, erasing the most redundant [Defense] card.

After deleting the cards, Su Luo did not leave immediately. His gaze swept over the three Relics and three bottles of potion on the carpet, and then he naturally bent down and took all three Relics and three bottles of potion away.

Each person only has two potion slots, Su Luo had an extra one, which she immediately gave to the Machine Fortress.

"Uh... thank you?" Machine Fortress, holding the potion, was a little confused and touched by Su Luo's actions.

"Don't die, you absolutely mustn't die." Su Luo patted the Machine Fortress's shoulder, speaking earnestly.

If the Machine Fortress dies, Su Luo won't be able to happily hitch a ride with the four-color group to the higher levels.

"You..." Machine Fortress felt like he was being looked down upon.

"What do you mean, 'you'? You're the weakest one here."

Su Luo patted it again, then walked directly to higher ground, looking at the three Relics in her hands.

[Li Family Waffles ]

[When picked up, increases your maximum Health Points by 7 and restores all health.]

[Strike Puppet]

Cards with "Strike" in their name deal 3 additional damage.

[Question Mark Card]

[When selecting a reward card, one more card is available. (Reward cards in the same window are not affected when picked up.)]

"With more choices, one is less likely to be confused."

This third Relic is quite useful; it makes it easy for Su Luo print cards and quickly create them.

As he walked, he kept a close eye on the condition of the four people behind him. Through observing these battles, he had basically figured out the trump cards of these four colors.

The Iron Guard's buff is to permanently Burn and Sacrifice a card, restoring his status and permanently increasing his Strength and Agility by one point.

The Jingjing Hanging buff is a system where, after each battle, several positive buffs are randomly and permanently retained, snowballing and becoming stronger with each encounter.

The Machine Fortress... Su Luo hasn't discovered his cheat yet.

He's too weak, and his mechanics aren't obvious. He can only barely keep up. I don't know how he ever cleared the first level before...

But since he is one of the only four remaining climbers, he must have something unique about him, he just hasn't started using it yet.

Su Luo hadn't discovered all the details of the Observer's hanging ornaments; she only knew that Su Luo possessed one card.

Blasphemy (without consequences)

[Innate][Reserved]

[After use, enter the [Godhead] state, consuming one point of energy.]

[Godhead]: Gain 3 energy points, draw 5 cards, and triple all damage.

This card itself is a "hanging" (or "hanging").

Consuming one energy point grants a terrifying card draw of two energy points and five cards, coupled with tripled damage, allowing her to single-handedly become the main damage dealer.

Furthermore, since the Observer's deck contains no more than fifteen cards, they are very easy to draw, making it basically a rampage and ridiculously strong.

This is also why Su Luo felt relieved enough to lie down and suck Lifesteal; Observer to the other three colors, she was still far too overpowered.

"By the way, if you're so strong, why can't you get to the top of the tower?" Su Luo turned to look at the Observer.

The Observer paused slightly, his blind eyes still gazing into the Void, his voice ethereal and distant:

Those with powerful destinies... are constantly Desolation Plague... and as a result, even the Gods have fallen...

Although the Observer's words were abstract, Su Luo still understood them.

Observer are often prevented from reaching the top of the tower due to Tower Desolation Plague.