Old faces were something Wen Xishu found rather frightening.
There was a saying in this world: babies all looked alike, and old people all looked alike too.
When Wen Xishu saw that face, his first reaction was surprise and familiarity. But in the end, it resolved into someone he knew far better.
Luo Feng, one of the Five Elders.
To be fair, Wen Xishu was certain of one thing: whether he could surpass Albert someday remained to be seen, but he would absolutely surpass the Five Elders.
But that would take time. Right now, inside the Tower of Deception Academy, Wen Xishu had mutated into a mass of something like aquatic weeds or bandages. And when he dragged the assassin in front of him-
The assassin no longer looked like Na Gu, a third-year upperclassman from the Tower of Slaughter Academy.
Instead, he looked like a powerhouse whose name stayed hidden on the Slaughter Tower Ladder Ranking-Luo Feng, one of the Five Elders.
One of Mr. Jin's earliest household servants had now become Wen Xishu's assailant. In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Wen Xishu's mind.
Mr. Jin was away. Liu Zizai was away. The William Family probably couldn't make a move against him lately. If he had to pick two of the Five Elders who might try to kill him...
Perhaps Matthew Jones and Luo Feng really were possibilities.
But why?
Weren't they afraid of Albert taking his anger out on them?
Or did the Old Principal and Mr. Jin entering Slaughter Tower have some other significance?
Slaughter Tower was one vast world, fundamentally different from Strange Tower. In Strange Tower, different floors and different missions could all take place at different points in time.
But Slaughter Tower wasn't like that.
An Elder had tried to assassinate him the