Riddle?

If he wanted to defeat this Three-Headed Chimera, a head-on clash was definitely out of the question.

Looking at its mountain-like body, forget poison or fire breath—even one move like a "Mount Tai Crushing Down" would be unbearable!

According to the beautiful woman in brocade, the Lord of Falling Flower City, he first had to retrieve the Silence Scepter from the left side hall, then the Blindness Rune from the right side hall. That would restrain the dragon head on the left and the goat head on the right, leaving him to fight the "red-braised" lion head in the middle head-on! It seemed that the largest middle head, though covered in blazing flames and looking terrifying, was actually the weakest. It might even be the Three-Headed Chimera's greatest weakness.

Under Yue Yang's mental command, the Bull Shadow quickly shook off the goat-headed monster that had been relentlessly pestering it.

Sure enough, as soon as the Bull Shadow rushed into the entrance, the goat-headed monsters stopped.

They growled softly and crowded within the passage, yet they did not dare charge in. Clearly, they possessed an innate fear of the Three-Headed Chimera.

Yue Yang felt that time was running out. He hurried around the edge of the arena and sprinted toward the left, intending to find the entrance to the side hall. Who would have thought that the instant he moved, the Three-Headed Chimera woke up? All six huge eyes flew open. Upon discovering Yue Yang, the intruder, it let out an earth-shaking roar that nearly burst his eardrums. The goat-headed monsters in the passage scattered in panic...

The Three-Headed Chimera rose to its feet, its enormous body resembling a massive moving mountain of flesh.

The dragon head dripping venom opened its jaws. After a horrifying howl, liquid sprayed from its enormous mouth, raining down everywhere.

Yue Yang kicked Grey Wolf more than ten meters away and simultaneously ordered the Bull Shadow to retreat at once. The sky seemed to darken, followed by a downpour of countless green droplets... Luckily, he had the absolute-defense barrier. Otherwise, he would have been soaked like a drowned rat.

The green liquid splashed onto the stone floor, sending up clouds of bluish smoke.

Beneath that smoke, the hard black stone sizzled as it was corroded by the green acid, melting like white sugar in hot water.

"My kidneys!" Yue Yang jumped in fright.

No wonder ordinary battle beasts were said to be instantly killed when facing a Golden King Beast. Now that he saw it, it was not an exaggeration at all! This Three-Headed Chimera's acid venom was a hundred times stronger than that of a Saliva-Spitting Thorn Flower. Could this Three-Headed Chimera be related to an Alien? But an Alien's blood was corrosive; its saliva was nowhere near this outrageous! As expected of a Level Six Golden King Beast—it was truly terrifying... If it had been an ordinary battle beast, even the previously overbearing Bronze Bull would likely have been dead or crippled after taking a mouthful of that acid venom.

At Grey Wolf's current level, charging up to challenge the Three-Headed Chimera alone would be nothing but delivering himself on a platter!

If he had not learned that information from the beautiful woman in brocade before entering, and had tried to directly withstand this acid venom without first obtaining the Silence Scepter, then force a battle against the Three-Headed Chimera, he would simply have been courting death!

That skinny Ye Kong had probably met his tragic end beneath the Three-Headed Chimera's saliva back then.

Boom!

The flaming lion head in the middle spat out a fireball, which exploded at Yue Yang's feet. Without the defensive barrier, Yue Yang's little body would probably have been blasted away. Yue Yang broke out in a cold sweat. Is this even letting people live? Not only can it spit saliva, it can shoot fireballs too. This freak is unbearable.

Fortunately, the goat head on the far right remained quiet and showed no reaction.

As he sprinted along, Yue Yang maliciously thought that if he captured the Three-Headed Chimera and sent it to a circus for a touring show, the ticket revenue would surely be impressive.

In truth, the Three-Headed Chimera did not care much about Yue Yang, the shameless little deserter. As a king among beasts, all it cared about was that its territory remained unviolated. As for whether little bugs were flying around nearby, it could not be bothered. In its eyes, all challengers were little bugs, always performing pointless acts—wielding toothpick-like swords and summoning mouse-like battle beasts to attack it despite their utter lack of self-awareness... Seeing that Yue Yang had vanished, it gave a huge yawn, lay down comfortably again, and continued its sweet dream.

The left passage was about a hundred meters long and pitch-black. If Yue Yang had not entered the black hole dimension earlier and signed a "Soul Blood Pact" with Her Majesty Fei Wenli, thereby sharing Fei Wenli's ability to see in the dark, he would have been blind despite having his eyes open.

The side hall was as large as a basketball court, and dozens of goat-headed men stood within it.

These goat-headed men were completely different from the ones outside. The moment they saw Yue Yang rushing in, they transformed at once. Amid eerie chants, the goat-headed men turned into enormous twisted-horn antelopes. Their sharp, crooked horns were even more terrifying than human cavalry lances. Lowering their heads, they charged forward with a thunderous rumble.

"Grey Wolf, expose your chrysanthemum so they can aim at it..."

Yue Yang did not care how Grey Wolf felt upon hearing that. He had no time to care.

The instant the twisted-horn antelopes charged close, he sent another mental command to the Bull Shadow, ordering her to leap as high as possible, use all her strength to unleash Trample, then attack every twisted-horn antelope chasing after Grey Wolf. In nearly an instant, he formulated the most effective tactic. Only now did Yue Yang realize that he had quite the talent for battle. His only regret was that he could not personally participate, or he might have devised an even better plan!

When Grey Wolf saw every twisted-horn antelope raise its forest of spiraling horns and charge toward him like the wind, he was so frightened that his heart nearly exploded. He did not dare expose his chrysanthemum to these twisted-horn antelopes—that would be suicidal. He tucked his tail and fled, wishing he could grow four more legs.

The Bull Shadow leaped high into the air, her massive figure descending like a mountain.

Her enormous hoof crashed down upon the ground with unstoppable force. Empowered by the Giant Shadow's hundredfold strength, she unleashed the special skill, Trample.

Boom!

The black stone beneath her hoof shattered, cracks spreading outward like a spiderweb. The earth shook repeatedly, and the entire side hall trembled.

The shockwave spread outward, its power leaving Yue Yang, who stood to one side, dumbfounded.

What terrifying power!

The twisted-horn antelopes directly beneath the Bull Shadow's hoof were crushed flat.

The corpses of the trampled twisted-horn antelopes were mangled beyond recognition. Some had become pools of minced flesh; those nearby were flung several meters away by the shockwave and collapsed to the ground, unable to rise; the more distant ones were stopped by the impact and left continuously stunned. Following Yue Yang's orders exactly, the Bull Shadow did not continue the slaughter. Instead, she strode off to rescue Grey Wolf, who was fleeing for his life... Though both were Level Three Bronze, the Bull Shadow and Grey Wolf were simply not on the same level. Grey Wolf had even been rated as a top-grade six-star battle beast. If it had been an ordinary Level Three Bronze battle beast, it probably would not even have been qualified to carry the Bull Shadow's shoes.

Several twisted-horn antelopes chasing closely after Grey Wolf's rear were nearly able to burst his chrysanthemum, but the Bull Shadow caught up and knocked them to the ground one by one.

Once the chrysanthemum crisis was resolved, Grey Wolf became cocky again.

He pounced on the nearest twisted-horn antelope and clamped down hard on its throat, his bloodthirsty gaze seeming to say: This wolf bites not throats, but loneliness!

Another twisted-horn antelope climbed up, lowered its head, and charged at him. Grey Wolf nimbly sprang into the air and slashed with his claws.

He first destroyed one of the enemy's eyes with his claws, then used the force of his dive to knock down the larger twisted-horn antelope. His wolf jaws opened, exposing grim fangs, and he delivered a fatal bite to the enemy's throat... He naturally could not fight dozens of twisted-horn antelopes transformed from goat-headed priests by himself, but taking on two or three was more than manageable. After all, he was an Iron-Spine Demon Wolf mutated after absorbing the evil demonic energy of the Hell Demon King Hashin. He was unlike an ordinary Level Three Bronze battle beast.

Yue Yang had no time to watch the battle. His mind was entirely focused on finding the Silence Scepter.

He had originally assumed that the Silence Scepter would be placed in the center of the side hall, or inside a treasure chest, where he could see it the moment he opened it...

That was not the case at all!

The Silence Scepters hung high upon the smooth front wall of the side hall. There was not just one, but three. Of course, among these three identical-looking Silence Scepters, only one was real. If he chose the wrong one, he would trigger a mechanism trap, and his life might become colder than boiled water!

How was he supposed to tell them apart?

Beside each Silence Scepter was a line of obscure writing, serving as a hint for challengers.

The moment Yue Yang saw them, he nearly collapsed to the floor... Do they have to mess with people like this? Isn't this just a game dungeon? They even have to make us play these life-threatening little riddle games? I strongly protest against the Heaven-Piercing Tower, this Heavenly God Game Company, for being so damned unscrupulous!