Three Towers Game

Chapter 358 Leaving a Humiliating Mark on Aquarius
This has never happened before.

But at this moment, looking at the overflowing sword light, that sharp white sword energy that seemed to cut through everything, Aquarius vaguely understood.

Originally a solo ritual, the arrival of Wen Xishu created the possibility that the ritual might be disrupted.

Furthermore, Sagittarius's arrow made the barrier of the heart within the ritual destructible. This is the primary reason.
In short, because of these two variables, the two people who entered the Corridor of Good and Evil actually came out.

It wasn't that they were consumed by evil, but rather that they broke through the barriers of their hearts through some immense obsession.

This is truly unprecedented; even Aquarius himself has never seen anything like it before.

When the two figures reappeared, Wen Xishu was covered in blood and looked quite disheveled.

Despite his head being bleeding profusely, his eyes remained unusually resolute.

"I won."

He said nothing more, just let the blood flow, and then looked at the water bottle with a fierce gaze.

Wen Xishu did indeed win.

Emerging from the Corridor of Good and Evil most likely means becoming a servant of "evil".

But clearly, Wen Xishu hadn't changed, and the man beside him, with his extremely martial arts-style appearance, flowing long robes, and snow-white attire, was also gone.

Not only was Liu Jianxin not consumed by evil, but he also saw a certain quality in Wen Xishu, which cleansed the dust from his heart.

His gaze, sharp as a sword, was fixed on Aquarius. Not only him, but Wen Xishu and Sagittarius were also staring at Aquarius.

Aquarius dislikes being stared at like that:

"Hmph... Archer, do you know what this means? Forget it, I can't explain it to you guys. I'm not playing anymore, I'm going home!"

Aquarius's two bodyguards, two monsters of Red House caliber, blocked his way, while a strange magic circle appeared beneath Aquarius's feet.

swirl.

Wen Xishu had seen many whirlpools, the whirlpool belonging to Aquarius, which led to the corridor of good and evil, so naturally no one dared to go in.

Seeing that Sagittarius hadn't made a move, Aquarius seemed somewhat smug.

Wen Xishu actually wanted Sagittarius to just kill Aquarius.

But he also knew that this would bring about huge, unknown changes.

He was somewhat unwilling. Could it be that the archer he had summoned by borrowing tower power and expending a huge amount of resources... could actually do nothing?
Yes, before Wen Xishu can summon the archer, the conditions for him to do so are not yet ripe, and the perfect ending is still a long way off.

This means that he overdraws a huge amount of his attributes to summon it.

Of course, these attributes can be restored as long as a perfect ending is achieved in the end.

In principle, he didn't lose out.

It's like getting on the train first and buying the ticket later. But if Sagittarius can only serve as a deterrent against Aquarius, Wen Xishu is still very unhappy.

Aquarius, looking smug like a little girl, made a face at Wen Xishu:
"I'll tell everyone what I know! Archer, you're a disgrace to the zodiac!"

Sagittarius's expression grew increasingly serious.

The fact that Wen Xishu possesses the Heart of Fusion must not be known to others. The fact that I helped Wen Xishu and was summoned by him suggests that it is very likely that Wen Xishu possesses the Heart of Fusion.

Sometimes, information can also be a form of deterrence.

If Aquarius leaves your attack range, then the roles of offense and defense are reversed, and it's Aquarius's turn to use this secret to blackmail you.

With that thought, the archer suddenly released the arrow.

With a loud bang, the huge, sapphire-blue crossbow launched a sharp arrow!
The water bottle's pupils contracted instantly.

She never expected that Archer would actually shoot an arrow at her.

Two bodyguards of the Red House rank would naturally not allow their master to be shot.

But how could they possibly intercept the archer's arrows?
This arrow severed Aquarius's magic circle.

Aquarius's escape route has been temporarily interrupted.

The water bottle reacted very quickly:
"Go and catch him!"

This "he" naturally refers to Wen Xishu.

In the eyes of the zodiac, Wen Xishu is a tower climber, incapable of using violence.

Wen Xishu was covered in wounds and could not display any violence.

But the two men in the red houses were instantly blocked by beams of sword light.

Liu Jianxin stood with his hands behind his back, calmly looking at the two humanoid monsters.

His enemy is naturally not Aquarius.

"Don't move. Otherwise, I'll kill you all."

He stood with his hands behind his back, and behind him, streaks of white sword energy condensed into the shape of swords.

At this moment, he truly became the Ye Jianxin he had imagined himself to be.

However, he only possessed a phantom sword formed from sword energy. He still lacked a real sword.

Liu Jianxin wasn't in a hurry; he simply waved his hand.

On the other side of Shenzhen, in that simple rented room, a wooden sword hanging on the wall began to tremble slightly.

That was a sword his father had carved for him from a piece of wood he had found when he was a child.

Having a sword like this during childhood made you the coolest kid among your friends.

Although a long time passed, and everyone started to get involved in video games and the internet in middle school...

While they might crave a certain hero's skin, Liu Jianxin believes the sword his father carved is the coolest.

The wooden sword finally sensed the call.

At this moment, it was given a great mission.

After a slight tremor, it broke free from all its restraints, flew out of the rented room, and transformed into a streak of light, soaring through the air.

When the wooden sword appeared in Liu Jianxin's hands, it became a real sword, just like the man who transformed from a school uniform into a chivalrous hero.

Ye Jianxin's sword.

The sword energy surged, even piquing the interest of Sagittarius, whose zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

"A highly promising...talented individual." This was the archer's inner assessment.

This is over seventy levels, a far cry from the first fifty levels of the Wenxi Tree where those with exceptional talent reside. Recruiting a core talent here would undoubtedly allow one to influence the Three Towers War to a certain extent.

This was also what Aquarius wanted to say at the time; she asked Sagittarius to find out what it meant. The answer was simple: those with core qualifications above the seventieth floor of the Tower of Desire, the creators of their primary obsessions... all possessed powerful qualifications.

These people are certainly not as good as those with zodiac signs, but who knows how far they will go in the future?

Some of them were even selected from the very early sequences.

Or it could be selected by rare forces outside of the sequence.

So far, no one in the bunker has recruited them. Not a single one. Neither Wenren Jing nor Evelyn…

Although they are incredibly charming and have unparalleled elegance, they have not achieved what Wen Xishu has achieved today.

Seeing Liu Jianxin's current state, Aquarius realized he had missed out on a great talent.

"I'm really starting to hate you more and more!"

She wanted to open the bottle, ready to fight Sagittarius. But the next second, the power unleashed by Sagittarius's annihilating arrow shocked Aquarius.

The Arrow of Annihilation is a method the archer uses to deal with Leon.

Sagittarius looks at Aquarius:
“Aquaria, I won’t kill you, but I absolutely cannot let you get away unscathed.”

Sword energy.

Damn it...

Aquarius glanced at Wen Xishu, then at Sagittarius Archer.

She was somewhat taken aback. Why... could this arrow possess sword energy?

Yes, the power that Sagittarius didn't have before now seems to have been awakened. That power, transformed from a chivalrous heart that cuts through everything and hates evil, has actually appeared in Sagittarius's arrows.

Has he made another breakthrough in such a short period of time?

Aquarius has always looked down on Sagittarius, believing that as long as she isn't targeted, she can toy with Sagittarius at will. But now, she dares not move.

She dared not gamble on whether she could withstand the multifaceted power of the Sagittarius's attack after opening the bottle.

The Sagittarius's talent is magnified infinitely in the eyes of Aquarius.

She had no idea why the archer could do that.

In fact, Sagittarius himself is also quite emotional... Every time he is summoned by Wen Xishu, fate grants him a kind of epiphany.

At least when Wen Xishu was still around, he was practically a combat genius.

Taking advantage of Aquarius's moment of panic, Sagittarius released an arrow.

That was not an arrow of annihilation, nor did it carry any killing intent.

Aquarius tried to dodge, trying to swallow the arrow with his bottle... but everything happened too fast, there was no time to react.

She was hit.

"Damn it! What did you do to me?!"

She glared at the archer with resentment.

The archer said:

"This is a mark, and it's very difficult to plant this mark on you. But once it's planted, I can lock onto you no matter how far away you are."

"Sister, if you want to reveal some secrets, you'd better think before you speak. Can your treasure bottle really withstand my full-force arrow?"

Shooter's Mark.

It looks somewhat similar to the Lionheart brand, and it's also something like a tattoo.

But that wasn't a gift; it was a kind of "coordinate".

Sagittarians rarely attach their marks to a zodiac sign. But today's events were so sudden, a truly unexpected turn of events for Aquarians.

First of all, the idea of ​​humans summoning constellations completely blew her mind away.

Moreover, being a Sagittarius makes their attacks even harder to dodge at close range.

Secondly, she panicked when faced with the archer's sudden realization.

For various reasons, Aquarius achieved the worst possible outcome.

"Alright, little sister, you can go now."

"Now, we both have the means to kill each other. I hope we can both choose to remain silent because we value our lives."

Aquarius left in humiliation. Sagittarius only breathed a sigh of relief after her figure had completely disappeared.

He was also tense, afraid of pushing Aquarius to the brink.

after all……

While it is true that he has gained many powers, these powers are only at the stage of being perceived and have not yet been developed to the point where they can threaten the constellations.

In other words, Aquarians don't really understand. If it were Leo, Taurus, Aries, Cancer...

They will definitely see through it.

The archer said:

“I should step down now. Without Aquaria’s threat, you should theoretically have achieved a perfect ending, but there is still something in this world that needs to be settled.”

Wen Xishu asked a question:
"Logically speaking, this is the Tower of Desire, and the Aquarius I met should be an Aquarius from before the apocalypse. But why does she know about the meeting? The feeling she gives me is that her memories and cognition are those of an Aquarius from the Three Towers War period."

The archer said:

“From the seventieth floor onwards, you have already entered the Three Towers War.”

"The Tower of Desire can alter history. Historically, Aquarius did indeed appear here, and it was here that Liu Jianxin was corrupted. As a result, Liu Jianxin became... the despicable and shameless person you see in the world of obsession, constantly betraying his friends."

Wen Xishu nodded.

Indeed, even if life had tormented him and corrupted him, Liu Jianxin wouldn't have fallen to such an extreme.

All of this is because of Aquarius.

"And now, you've changed all of that. You've stopped Aquarius. You stopped Aquarius before the Three Towers War began, before the apocalypse, but also Aquarius after the Three Towers War arrived."

Wen Xishu was puzzled. Why did this sound like the left brain attacking the right brain?
The archer said:

"Objectively speaking, Aquarius did appear here, which is why you were able to meet her here. Subjectively, once Aquarius met you, from the moment she met you, the Aquarius from the Three Towers battlefield would project her consciousness onto the Aquarius you are meeting now."

"These are the characteristics of the constellation you encounter after the seventieth floor. That's why I stopped the bunker people from going up to the seventieth floor."

"Because, from here on, you have begun to engage in the Three Towers War."

Wen Xishu understood this time.

If he hadn't encountered Aquarius, then Aquarius would have followed the same historical trajectory, corrupting Liu Jianxin.

If you encounter an Aquarius, your Aquarius consciousness will be overridden by the future Aquarius.

In other words, the reason why that Aquarius called herself "brother" and mentioned the meeting was because... she was an Aquarius during the Three Towers War.

"Is it just me? Or can every tower climber do it?" Wen Xishu asked.

The archer's figure began to fade; he was about to leave, and he had finally answered Wen Xishu's question:

"No, it is only the one who anchors the fate of the core characters on the optimal path that can trigger the future projection."

Wen Xishu understood:
"Thank you, Archer."

The archer said:

"Next time you summon me, please don't target the constellations directly... We're not really prepared to hunt each other down. Of course, that doesn't include those few defective ones."

Sagittarius has disappeared.

Liu Jianxin said:
"It seems that the future of the martial arts world... will have a great demon?"

Wen Xishu nodded; he had lost too much blood and was feeling a little dizzy.
"It seems we're still a little short of a perfect ending..."

"Liu Jianxin, the end of the world is coming soon. When that happens, monsters will fill the world. Your power may be able to change the world."

Liu Jianxin said:
"Riding the wind on a sword, vanquishing demons across the land, that's good. Now that I've become what I am, I should shoulder some responsibility. It seems you might suddenly leave?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Perhaps when we meet again... for me, it may only be a short time... but for you, it may be many years later."

Liu Jianxin said:
"Then I will definitely remember you. You are my role model."

Wen Xishu had no idea what Liu Jianxin had seen or what kind of experiences he had gone through in the Corridor of Good and Evil.

Wen Xishu always felt that his experiences, though perhaps inspiring, were absolutely not related to kindness.

Perhaps, Liu Jianxin saw a certain kind of persistence within himself?
Often, when people do reading comprehension exercises, they understand more than the author originally intended when writing those passages.

Wen Xishu's frequent, obsessive tower climbing is purely... a form of tower fetishism, a tower addiction.

But in Liu Jianxin's eyes, it could very well be a completely different story.

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu decided not to shatter Liu Jianxin's illusions about him:

"I won't forget you either. By the way, you still need to kill someone. I'm a little weak right now, could you take me with you to kill this person?"

Liu Jianxin asked:
"Who?"

Wen Xishu said:
"The Honkai One, also known as the All-Knowing Scholar of the Martial World."

Liu Jianxin understood immediately:
"So...it wasn't just my imagination, there really is such a person?"

Wen Xishu said:
"You must have been tricked by him before. Seeking revenge for wrongs and vengeance is part of being a chivalrous person, isn't it?"

Recalling everything that happened during my lowest point.

Liu Jianxin suddenly understood.

No wonder, even though I was already very vigilant, I still felt like I was being played.

It turns out that the all-knowing scholar really exists.

"Okay, I'll kill him!"

(End of this chapter)