Silence Scepter

On the walls of the side hall, between the three Silence Scepters, there was a line of text each.

These three lines were clues to the answer. Yue Yang had to find the correct one. If he got it wrong, the mechanism traps would likely activate immediately.

Seeing that the defensive shield had little time left, Yue Yang was going crazy inside. But those were the rules of the Heaven-Piercing Tower. Everyone was tested this way, and he had no alternative. Of course, he could give up on the Silence Scepter and go back to face the Three-Headed Chimera alone... but that would be asking for a beating!

Isn't this just a puzzle game? I've played tons of these. Was my title of 'Little Puzzle Prince' given to me for nothing? Yue Yang comforted himself.

He looked at the sentence on the far left. It read: "I am a fly swatter. Whenever I see a buzzing fly, I swat it to death!"

A fly swatter?

Could this fly swatter kill the Three-Headed Chimera?

Yue Yang broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that the Three-Headed Chimera was far more likely to swat him to death!

The middle sentence read: "I am a majestic leader. Wherever I appear becomes a solemn hall. I am always the only one making speeches. No one dares chatter endlessly before me. Without my permission, no one may speak." Yue Yang took one look and cursed inwardly. Damn, there are even leaders in a place like this? Leaders really are arrogant!

The one on the right was completely unlike the first two. There was not the slightest hint of arrogance, only a resentful yet affectionate tone, like a widow who had been lonely for many years: "My heart wants to tell you, my eyes want to tell you, my whole body wants to tell you, but you simply do not understand."

"Auntie Qiong Yao, I never expected even the divine programmer designers at the Heaven-Piercing Tower game company to have your fans!" Yue Yang could not help but admire it.

One out of three—which one should he choose?

Yue Yang frowned. Each one seemed possible, yet none of them quite fit. What exactly should he choose?

The fly swatter? The leader? Or the resentful widow?

Time passed second by second, leaving him no room to think. Even if he found the real Silence Scepter later, once the defensive shield's time limit ran out, things would probably get worse without its protection. Yue Yang prepared to grab one at random—perhaps that extremely arrogant fly swatter. Maybe it was the badass Silence Scepter.

Yue Yang had just been about to leap up and take down the fly swatter.

Then he suddenly saw Grey Wolf get violently rammed away by a twisted-horn antelope, crashing heavily into the wall.

That casual glance made Yue Yang notice that there were four mechanism trap control levers on the east, south, west, and north walls. His eyes immediately lit up.

Something was off!

He sprinted over to the eastern control lever and saw the character "Wood" carved on it. The southern one read "Fire." Yue Yang then rushed to the west and found "Earth," while the northern one read "Water." Of the Five Elements, only "Metal" was missing. His heart began pounding wildly. Where was the control lever for Metal?

There were no such long-handled mechanism levers on the ceiling or the floor.

At that moment, Yue Yang suddenly understood. He really was a complete idiot!

He dashed to the entrance of the side hall and stopped before the two gigantic goat-headed statue guards. Both statue guards held long spears.

There were words on the spear shafts. The left spear was inscribed: "I am mute..."

The right one was inscribed: "I am gold!"

Yue Yang reached out and grabbed the spear on the right, shouting, "It's you!"

At that moment, the shield around him began to flicker. Yue Yang had no time to care about anything else. He grabbed the unremarkable spear and ran outside. With little time left, Yue Yang had two choices: one, leave immediately while the shield still remained; two, fight the Three-Headed Chimera head-on!

Yue Yang gritted his teeth and shot straight toward the passage exit. No, he could not leave!

Leaving meant failing the challenge and gaining nothing.

If he stayed and fought, the shield had little time left. But at least he had obtained the Silence Scepter... He had a treasure in hand, so how could he not give it a try?

At that moment, Yue Yang could truly understand Tu Aoman's pressure. On the surface, Tu Aoman lived a carefree life every day, flirting with girls, romancing them, and beating up little monsters. But his body could only last three minutes before going limp, making Tu Aoman deeply insecure. He usually hid away and did not dare face anyone. Endurance, endurance—if Tu Aoman could last three hours, would he still fear little monsters? He would have long since blown out every little monster's chrysanthemum in bed—no, on the battlefield—before unleashing his ultimate death ray!

Likewise, if this absolute-defense golden shield could last ten hours instead of ten minutes, Yue Yang could leisurely gather the Silence Scepter and the Blindness Rune, drink a cup of tea, eat a bun, take another nap, and only then fight the Three-Headed Chimera.

The problem was that the defensive shield only had one minute left.

Yue Yang was going crazy inside and desperately wanted to yank out his own hair.

Why could he still not join the battle after the shield disappeared? By the time he rushed out of the passage and before he entered the side hall on the right, the shield had already vanished. At first, Yue Yang was secretly delighted. It was fine if that glowing eggshell was gone, as long as he could fight! But when he raised his hand, he discovered that his body still felt sealed by an invisible force... His strength was undiminished, but he could not release it from his body or attack. Yue Yang tried to throw a punch at the front, only to find his fist completely motionless, as though an invisible giant hand were gripping his arm tightly!

Under the restrictions of the rules, within the Star Domain and this Aries Palace, even warriors who had lost their defensive shields could only use their strength to protect themselves and could not attack.

Only battle beasts could attack and participate in combat...

"To hell with it!" Yue Yang could no longer spare time to look for the Blindness Rune, because he discovered that this spear-like "Silence Scepter" in his hand also had a time limit.

Yue Yang leaped high into the air and planted the spear at the edge of the arena.

Immediately, a streak of white light flashed across the spear. In an instant, it burst into brilliance, illuminating the entire arena as brightly as day.

Then it spread outward in all directions, forming a circular shockwave.

The dragon head on the left of the Three-Headed Chimera opened its mouth, but it could no longer spray green acid. Countless drops of acid overflowed from its mouth and dripped onto the ground, yet it could no longer spray them toward Yue Yang. The dragon head kept swaying, as though something had bound its mouth shut. It struggled in extreme frustration, but its struggles were completely useless.

Yue Yang was overjoyed. This spear truly was the real Silence Scepter!

White halos circled around the Silence Scepter, spreading outward wave after wave... Yue Yang sensed that its maximum duration was only ten minutes. In other words, if he could not take down the Three-Headed Chimera within ten minutes, he would be in danger. Grey Wolf had already come out, but it did not dare charge the Three-Headed Chimera. It merely hid in the distance and kept growling softly at it.

Bull Shadow, however, charged forward fearlessly.

The enormous flaming lion head in the middle of the Three-Headed Chimera let out a whoosh and spewed a blast of scorching fire at Bull Shadow. But Bull Shadow did not know how to dodge at all. She barged straight through it, leaped high into the air, clenched both hands into fists, and smashed them hard into the flaming lion head's face and nose.

The flaming lion head roared toward the sky in pain.

The Giant Shadow's hundredfold strength enhancement had already vanished due to its time limit. Otherwise, the flaming lion head would have suffered far worse injuries from Bull Shadow's blow!

The dragon head could no longer spray acid. It immediately turned to help attack, biting viciously at Bull Shadow. But it did not know that this was exactly what Yue Yang had been waiting for—the instant it switched targets.

Little Wenli understood his intentions perfectly. Amid radiance and fragrance, she transformed into a drifting rainbow and flew forth.

With two of her little hands, she raised the Frost Twin Blades and slashed at the dragon head's long neck. The wound was not deep, but frigid energy erupted from the twin blades, turning the entire arena into a world of ice and snow. The savage dragon head, completely sealed by frost, first slowed down. Its biting motion gradually became slower and slower, and before it could bite Bull Shadow, its entire head was frozen solid, becoming a dragon-head ice sculpture.

The terrifying freezing power of the Frost Twin Blades was such that even if it were not merely a Gold Level 6 Three-Headed Chimera, but a powerful existence like the Hell Demon King Hashin, one slash would freeze his arm until it moved as slowly as a snail.

Seeing Little Wenli's strike, Yue Yang was immensely excited.

As expected of a Diamond-ranked little loli—she was amazing. Though she was still in her juvenile form and only Level 1, she had sealed the dragon head with a single strike against a Gold Level 6 Three-Headed Chimera. She was even more useful than the Silence Scepter! Had he known this earlier, he would not have gone to the trouble of finding the Silence Scepter. At a time like this, it would have been better to search the right side for the Blindness Rune.

Yue Yang glanced at the ram head on the right. Although that ram head had not launched an attack.

Still, Yue Yang faintly felt that this ram head, which showed no intention of attacking whatsoever, was the truly powerful and terrifying existence... Without the Blindness Rune to restrain it, what would the final outcome of this battle be?