The familiar tower appeared before Yue Chen once more, its ghostly gray radiance giving off a chilling aura.
Yet to Yue Chen, this seemingly sinister tower felt especially welcoming. He raised his hand, opened the doors with the Eternal Melody mark, and all but sprinted inside.
But the instant Yue Chen rushed into the tower, another flash of white light lit up the spot where he had been standing, revealing Long Haochen.
"Don't tell me the kid changed his mind and came to trip me up again." Feeling the warmth spreading through his right forearm, Yue Chen curled his lip. Still, Long Haochen would have to clear the first five trials on the Eternal Tower's first floor before he could do that.
Since Yue Chen had already triggered the final trial of the first floor, the Skeleton Knights and Undead Assassins he had previously steamrolled did not reappear. Only his footsteps echoed through the vast hall.
Before Yue Chen reached the place where he had encountered the red skeleton fused with a powerful warrior's soul, hurried footsteps sounded behind him.
Then, as though welcoming Long Haochen, two head-sized balls of white light emerged from the hall's walls and sank into the floor, transforming into two enormous Skeleton Knights.
Since he had already passed the first five trials, Yue Chen did not use Necromancy to strengthen these two Skeleton Knights and make things harder for Long Haochen this time.
After all, in his view, Long Haochen, who had yet to reach the sixth tier, stood no chance of passing the first five trials, even with Haoyue's help.
You're on your own. Yue Chen glanced at Long Haochen, then walked straight up to his opponent in the sixth trial of the Eternal Tower's first floor: the giant red skeleton.
As though sensing