Most players become truly addicted to Slay the Spire from the moment they win their first hand.

Just like Zhong Yi right now.

"【Precision】 and 【Endless Blades】 are activated together! Then cast another defensive card..."

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"What?! 【Blade Dance】 and 【Fan of Knives】 are here together?! They'll wipe us out instantly!"

"Hahaha! This is awesome...a really awesome game!"

Watching the countless flying knives engulf the monster, Zhong Yi felt it was even more exciting than killing the monster with real weapons.

Not long ago, I was beaten bloody by these four cockroaches, but this time I took them down in two rounds. It was so satisfying!

"Fellow Daoists, this hunter is too strong!?"

Zhong Yi exclaimed in surprise.

After the Ironclad Sect cultivators suffered three consecutive defeats, he didn't bury himself in the fight; instead, he continued to experience other roles.

As soon as he got the Silent Hunter, he immediately won the hand.

The game started with a gold-quality 【Fan of Knives】, and the first monster dropped a 【Precision】 card.

【Precision】 increases the damage of 【Dagger】 with 0 Spirit, 【Fan of Knives】 changes 【Dagger】 from a single target to an area-of-effect attack, and then various cards that generate 【Dagger】 are added to the deck...

The small knife style was fully formed, making Zhong Yi exclaim with delight.

Lu Ze was unsure whether the designers in his previous life had included any related mechanics in Killing Spire.

However, when designing "Slay the Immortal Tower", in addition to the easy seed in the tutorial game, he also set up a guaranteed "cool seed" that would appear after a maximum of 5 games when new players played on difficulty 0.

Because Lu Ze knew very well that once a formula was established, the thrill would drive players to keep playing.

Lu Ze was watching the overwhelming battle in Zhong Yi's live stream when he was suddenly pulled out of the live stream by a mysterious force.

"Half an hour has passed... Why has this Heavenly Dao not seen a single person yet?"

The voice of the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao was emotionless, yet Lu Ze inexplicably felt that the other party carried a hint of resentment.

The remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao looked at Lu Ze with suspicion.

It clearly sensed that cultivators were dying constantly within this illusion, yet none of them had died at its hands, which greatly displeased it.

"No rush, no rush... it will be soon."

Lu Ze happily calculated Zhong Yi's progress. With his skill in winning hands and his intelligence, passing the level shouldn't be a problem.

"Oh, and remember to gag the person who comes to see you later..."

...

...

Zhong Yi's live stream room.

The comments section was no longer as quiet as it was at the beginning of the show; it was now very lively.

【If you don't take the snake demon, what's the point of being a hunter if you don't poison it!】

【Is slowly poisoning someone half as satisfying as throwing knives all over the screen?】

【Gold Card! Gold Card!!】

【As the saying goes, don't try to have everything... sticking to one strategy is best.】

【Why are there only 18 cards? Is that enough to play?】

【You've already defeated the third level of the great demon? So fast?】

【Wow, you can only play one of the first three cards? That's insane!】

【This minion deals incredibly high damage!】

【Hiss... If I didn't have an area-of-effect damage card, wouldn't I get killed by her minions?】

...

The boss Zhong Yi encounters at the end of the third level is called the Banshee, and she has a guard with considerable damage.

The special mechanism is that players can only play one of the first three cards they draw each turn.

The difficulty of this level lies in having your hand blocked, plus the pressure of facing two monsters.

Fortunately, Zhong Yi's deck was strong enough, with a group-damage dagger and the Queen taking a beating along with her minions.

After several successive attacks, the underlings fell down, and the queen had less than 200 health points left.

Zhong Yi glanced at his hand and smiled confidently.

"Fellow Daoists!"

"Next, please enjoy—"

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to Their Origin!!!"

After saying that, he threw out a 【Blade Trap】 that he hadn't used yet. The 【Knife】 cards he had played earlier were instantly summoned from the deck to the Silent Hunter's side, and then all of them attacked the Queen!

With the addition of various special effects, the scene looked quite glamorous.

The screen was flooded with comments again.

【Holy crap!! He killed the Queen in an instant?!】

【How much? Over 200 HP lost?】

【Isn't this sword a bit too short?】

【Still a bit too little...】

【This strategy is amazing!! The author needs to release a guide soon!!!】

...

With the Queen's fall, the third-floor boss battle came to an end.

"Fellow Daoists, don't be anxious... There are too many variables in this'Slaughtering Immortal Tower,' and it's not something you can just play whenever you want. You also need to rely on luck."

Zhong Yi replied to the comments with a smile.

"I'll study it for a while longer, and then I promise to give everyone a guide!"

Having said that, he was about to extract spiritual energy from the fallen demon's corpse as usual to obtain the gold card.

But this time, no spiritual energy was generated within the queen's remains.

"Strange, why isn't it..."

Zhong Yi was puzzled when suddenly his view zoomed in.

In his spirit form, he rushed into the Silent Hunter's body and quickly merged with him.

The next moment, he stood in an unfamiliar house, like a silent hunter.

The house was filled with all sorts of treasures, scriptures, and paintings.

A huge figure holding a staff and wearing a golden robe was standing with his back to him.

Above the figure's head was a long health bar.

"Oh? I understand!"

Zhong Yi instantly understood.

"This is the highest level of the Immortal Tower... and it is the master of the Immortal Tower!"

"The final challenge requires us to transform into warriors and defeat it with our own hands!"

"I'm tired of playing cards...it's time to stretch my muscles..."

"bring it on!"

Zhong Yi laughed loudly and summoned countless flying knives from the magic array behind him, all of which stabbed towards that figure's back.

【-290】

【-360】

【-538】

...

A series of damage numbers appeared above the opponent's head.

The long health bar appeared completely unchanged.

The name above the head changed from a question mark to "【Architect】".

The architect slowly turned around, and beneath the golden mask, a purple, ghostly eye was faintly visible.

"They didn't even introduce themselves?"

The architect chuckled evilly, and with a gentle wave of his staff, a gigantic hand descended from the sky, instantly turning Zhong Yi's body into a bloody mist.

The live stream chat was immediately filled with astonishment.

【This... seems familiar?】

【The Heavenly Dao... it's the Heavenly Dao that governs illusions!!】

Holy crap! Who could possibly beat this...?

Is it possible that Old Demon Lu never intended for us to leave the Immortal Tower alive?

【Uh, maybe defeating the third level of the powerful demon is enough to clear the game.】

...

As a cultivator facing the remnants of the Heavenly Dao for the first time, Zhong Yi encountered the architect, who was the remnant of the Heavenly Dao incarnate.

That slap really gave me a sense of terror, like the feeling of struggling on the brink of death.

【victory......?】

【You have dealt 1240 damage to the architect... but that's barely a fraction of it...】

【You have dealt a total of 1240 damage to the Architect】

Even after absorbing 1240 points of damage from all the challengers combined, the architect remained standing.

"Um?"

Having just recovered from the feeling of death, Zhong Yi looked at the statistics in front of him and his lips curled up into a crazy smile.

"A total of 1240 damage... which means I was the first to clear the level?"

Zhong Yi was overjoyed and happily changed the title of his live stream to "【The Number One Little Knife Hunter in the Cultivation World】".

The joy of clearing the game for the first time made him want to share it with someone (and show off).

"Huh? Old Zhou is live streaming?"

Seeing that Zhou Yue was not only online, but also had his live stream running for the first time ever, Zhong Yi immediately perked up.

"Hahaha! I'd like to see how Old Zhou, with his lousy hands, manages to break through this illusion!"

Zhong Yi entered Zhou Yue's live stream with a cheerful smile, just in time to see Zhou Yue hesitating over three cards.

One of them was one of the core cards of the Knife Hunter I was just playing: 【Precision】.

Zhong Yi, without even having time to show off, quickly sent out comments.

【Genius Cultivator: What are you thinking? Choose Precision! Precision!】

"Old Zhong? What brings you here? Why did you choose 【Precision】?"

Despite saying this, Zhou Yue's hands were already following Zhong Yi's instructions, adding 【Precision】 to the deck.

After all, Zhong Yi's suggestions for these kinds of illusions have always been good.

【Genius Cultivator: How did you know I just cleared the Slaughter Tower with my precisely crafted Dagger Hunter build?】

Zhou Yue: "???"