"I have to choose a new route again..."

Zhong Yi reluctantly picked up the map and examined it again.

Although the map is completely different, the experience from the previous game can still be useful.

For example, the monsters in a normal battle room are very weak and barely take any damage, making it essentially a bonus room.

The random room events are terrible; they can even delete cards! Try to avoid them.

The elite monsters in the elite rooms are stronger than you can imagine; avoid fighting them if possible.

He quickly planned out his route for the second tower climb.

"This is the path to ascension!"

Zhong Yi drew a crooked route on the paper and said confidently.

In the early stages, there are three regular combat rooms plus one random room. Then you fight elite monsters, and then regular monsters...

"That's absolutely fine!"

Zhong Yi walked out of the room of the resurrected mother with full confidence.

His confidence was not unfounded.

In the previous game, the first three battle rooms only cost him 2 points of health.

This was his first time doing it, and he had absolutely no experience.

Now, he's confident he won't fall into the elite tier with a single drop of health at the start!

"Come on, you little weakling! This time I'll show you how to get away without getting hurt!"

After saying that, Zhong Yi raised his head and pushed open the door of the first combat room.

"Ocean scoundrel? A mere 11 attack... Damn, I can only give you 6 points of damage. With 【Golden Crow Bloodline】, it's practically nothing!"

"Hahaha! As expected, you got weaker in the second round, didn't you?"

"Dare not attack in the third round? You'll get a free kill!"

"??? Why is the attack power getting higher and higher???"

...

"Cough cough, I lost a little 5 points of health, but I'll definitely be unharmed this time!"

"Toad tadpoles? These two have very low health bars, easy win!"

"I have experience with these groups of monsters. Let's focus on killing the weakest one first!"

"??? You triggered a counter-damage attack? Didn't I waste my attack last round???"

...

"Shouldn't those two corpse-eating slugs be alright now..."

"Damn it!! How come I didn't draw a single defensive card at the start?!"

...

What Zhong Yi didn't notice was that in the previous game his first-level map was "Dense Forest", while in this game his first-level map was "Dark Harbor".

Compared to the weak monsters in the "Dense Forest", the monsters in the "Dark Harbor" are significantly more gloomy.

Despite the passive ability of 【Golden Crow Bloodline】 which restores 6 HP per turn, Zhong Yi still lost 14 HP.

"Damn it, did Junior Brother Lu set it up like this on purpose? I have a feeling it was just a hair's breadth away from stopping the health loss..."

Zhong Yi recounted the events in his mind for a while with some resentment, but then quickly came to terms with it.

"Fine! 66 HP is still better than the last game!"

Having learned from the experience of the previous game, this time he focused specifically on drawing attack cards.

Although the health is a bit low, it's still better than the last game.

After thinking it over, he looked at the next room.

A room with random question marks.

"Is this going to be another ridiculous and bizarre encounter...?"

Zhong Yi nervously pushed open the door to the question mark room, where there was a pond inside.

A dilapidated ancient statue stands in the center of the pond. Its face is long since broken, but the stone sword in its hand is intact and faintly shimmers with runes.

At the bottom of the pond, one can see some spirit stones that shimmer with a pale blue glow.

【Adventure Event: The Sunken Statue】

【Option 1: Pick up the Stone Sword (Obtain the Stone Sword. Stone Sword: After defeating 5 elite monsters, the seal will be broken, transforming it into a superior-grade magic weapon.)】

【Option 2: Dive (Gain 107 Spirit Stones, but lose 7 Health Points)】

"Uh...it's surprisingly not bad??"

Zhong Yi blinked, then grinned.

Both options are very tempting!

One gives away a powerful magic weapon, while the other, although it reduces your health, gives you spirit stones—a whopping 107 of them!

You should know that he only gets a dozen or so spirit stones after working hard to kill a small monster.

"Forget it! Let's just use the magic weapon!"

After much deliberation, Zhong Yi finally chose to pick up the sword in the stone from the statue's hand.

After all, spirit stones can be earned slowly, but magic weapons, especially high-grade magic weapons, are something that can only be encountered by chance.

"Then I'll have to adjust my route!"

Zhong Yi opened the map and began to replan the route.

He originally chose to avoid fighting elite opponents.

Now that killing 5 elites can unlock a superior magic weapon, he immediately decided to challenge himself.

He immediately changed the original plan of fighting only one elite to fighting three!

Behind this random room is the first elite room.

"Come on! Let's take on the elites! I'm on fire right now!"

Zhong Yi's confidence was rekindled.

Because in the three small monster rooms just now, the cards he drew were all related to "vulnerability".

This made him realize one of the key charms of "Slaying Tower"—

Deck building.

This is similar to "Plant vs. Zombies," where you choose which cards to bring to the field.

Different card combinations will produce different effects.

The difference is that there is no limit to the number of cards in "Slay the Immortal Tower", and there are many different combinations of cards.

Zhong Yi drew three cards with the "vulnerability" attribute in a row, showing great confidence in his combat power.

"This time, we'll definitely take it down within 20 health points!"

After saying that, he pushed open the door to the elite room.

Four wriggling eels, their tiny, sesame-seed-sized eyes fixed on him menacingly.

"Huh? A little eel dares to call itself an elite?"

Zhong Yi was immediately delighted.

Eels have two types of health points, 26 and 27, and their attack power is only average.

It looks like it's an enhanced version of the two monsters we just encountered.

Looking at his hand again, Zhong Yi burst into laughter and loudly announced:

"Not difficult at all? Hahahaha!"

Seeing that many new viewers were confused and didn't understand, Zhong Yi picked up his cards and started his old commentary habit again.

"Fighting a group of monsters is like fighting a group battle... Focus on one and keep attacking! Don't lose momentum!"

"Look, the ghost eel in the middle has 27 HP and the highest attack... Let's take it out first!"

"The 【Vulnerability】 card I just grabbed will come in handy now..."

"First, play a 【Pain Strike】 that costs 2 spirit points, dealing 8 damage and applying the Vulnerable status to him!"

"Play another 【Dismantle】 card with 1 Spirit Energy. With the Vulnerability bonus, it will strike an extra time, dealing 24 damage!"

"32 HP combined, just enough to kill him instantly!"

As Zhong Yi spoke, he threw out 【Strike】 and 【Disassemble】 in succession.

The moment it was hit, the ghost eel instantly shrank into the ground, gaining 6 points of armor out of thin air.

27 health plus 6 armor equals 33 health.

Zhong Yi unleashed a round of damage, just one drop short.

"Damn it!!!"

...

...

At the same time.

Lu Ze played a game of "Brave the Demon-Locking Tower" during his live stream.

Having played it before, he was very familiar with the game and completed it in 20 minutes.

During a break, Lu Ze secretly entered Zhong Yi's live stream and happened to see Zhong Yi's entire gameplay.

The various choices can be described as...

Completely wrong.

Thinking about the future, Zhong Yi realized that he would want to slap himself for not using the sword hilt to strike, and Lu Ze couldn't help but laugh.

However, the charm of "Slay the Immortal Tower" lies in the fact that you can win even if you are wrong.

Every strategy has its own solution; as long as you get lucky, you can have a lot of fun.

But when Lu Ze saw Zhong Yi enter the elite monster room of the Ghost Eel, he almost lost his composure, thinking that this guy was Zhou Yue logging in.

Because this thing, like the 【Old Statue】, is definitely a killer for newbies.

One wrong move and you'll suffer heavy losses.

Lu Ze couldn't help but sigh, "The 'crow's mouth' spiritual root is really something else..."