Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

The space on the tenth floor is more spacious than the previous nine floors combined.

There were no time raiders or those annoying time bats around.

The entire venue was empty except for a humanoid creature standing quietly in the very center of the hall.

It was a young man wearing black leather armor.

He held two jet-black daggers upside down in his hands, his head bowed, and strange spatial ripples occasionally flashed across his translucent gray-white body.

"A humanoid monster?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow and casually cast a scouting spell over.

Lin Ye (Silver-level BOSS)

[Identity: 74th graduate of China's Sky Dome Academy / Guardian of the 10th floor of the Tower of Babel]

[Class: Shadow Blade Assassin (Rank A Hidden Class)]

[Rank: Silver]

[Level: 25]

【Strength: 350】

[Agility: 680]

[Stamina: 200]

【Spirit: 120】

[Skills: Blade Step, Fatal Throat Slit, Evasion Body, Time-Space Body...]

……

Su Chen stared at the panel on his retina, his eyes widening involuntarily.

Holy crap?

Does the Tower of Babel have this kind of mechanism?

Why not just copy the awesome senior who cleared the game before and make him the boss?

Agility 680?

These stats on the panel would be absolutely top-tier at level 25.

Moreover, he has also retained his hidden professional skills!

The Blade Step looks similar to the Shadow Step of a regular assassin.

Assassins can step into the shadows for rapid movement.

It can appear behind the other person silently and instantly.

The fatal throat slit looks like a burst skill; if someone gets their throat slit, they'll probably die instantly.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

680 Agility, plus an evolved version of Shadow Step.

For ordinary mages, it's a nightmare.

You've barely finished loading the message when someone has already teleported behind you.

Of course, the most outrageous thing is... his status bar also shows a time-traveling body!

There is also a 50% chance of becoming completely immune to all damage.

"If the attributes and skills are perfectly replicated, this would be much more powerful than his original form."

The moment Su Chen finished speaking.

The projection of Lin Ye in the distance suddenly raised its head, its empty eyes locking onto Su Chen.

"Whoosh!"

There was no pre-shaking whatsoever.

Lin Ye's body instantly turned into a cloud of black mist and disappeared from the spot.

Su Chen felt a chill run down his spine, and an extremely dangerous coldness rushed straight to the back of his neck.

Blade Step!

Two pitch-black daggers had silently appeared at Su Chen's neck.

A cold, eerie light gleamed on the icy blade, clearly indicating that it was preparing to unleash the [Fatal Throat Slit].

If that cut is made, it will definitely cause major artery bleeding and massive damage.

For a mage with weak stamina, this attack is enough to empty their health bar.

however.

Su Chen didn't even turn his head.

He calmly and deliberately slammed the [Thunder Touch] in his hand heavily onto the ground.

"boom!"

More than a thousand corrosive snakes, dripping with a ghastly green slime, burst forth from the ground in an instant!

The densely packed snake guards centered on Su Chen, completely filling the radius of several tens of meters around him.

at the same time.

The gargoyle necklace around Su Chen's neck emitted a pale white light.

"These highly mobile assassins are the most annoying."

"You like cutting the back row, huh? Cut it, cut it hard."

next second.

"Buzz—!"

A layer of pale white rock texture instantly spread from the necklace.

In less than a fraction of a second, it covered Su Chen's entire body.

From fingertips to arms, and then to torso, even the hem of the robe turned into hard rock.

At the very moment Su Chen turned into a stone sculpture.

Lin Ye's dagger, gleaming with a scarlet light, slashed fiercely at the back of Su Chen's neck with deadly force.

"bite--!"

A metallic clanging sound rang out.

Sparks flew everywhere.

A faint white mark was left on the petrified skin on the back of Su Chen's neck.

"-24"

A two-digit number floated out.

midair.

The projection of Lin Ye, still in the backstab position, had a rare, human-like look of bewilderment flash across its empty eyes.

He looked at the dagger in his hand, then at the motionless white stone sculpture in front of him.

As a projection summoned by the Time Tower, Lin Ye doesn't seem to have a very high IQ.

however.

Su Chen didn't care whether he understood or not.

Although he couldn't move, the snake guards he summoned weren't petrified.

"Whoosh whoosh-!"

The hundred or so snake guards closest to Lin Ye all turned their pale green heads in unison, instantly locking onto their target who was within arm's reach.

There is no suspense.

More than a hundred dark green venom arrows instantly covered Lin Ye's face.

[Hint: The target has activated [Stealth] and evaded this attack!]

[Note: The target has triggered [Time-Space Body], becoming immune to this damage.]

[Note: The target is immune to this [Violent] status effect.]

【…】

[Hint: The trait "All Things Corrupt" is triggered, forcibly applying 1 layer of "Violent Poison"!]

Lin Ye is indeed very strong.

The stealth ability seemed to provide a significant amount of evasion, and coupled with the time-space body that directly grants immunity to 50% of damage, the Serpent Guards' attacks were dodged by 90%.

But the distance is too close and the number is too large.

There was always that one venomous splatter that landed squarely on his leather armor.

"boom--!"

The ghastly green poison exploded, instantly enveloping Lin Ye's translucent body.

next moment.

A huge red number floated up:

"-135206060!"

"Snap!"

A piercing cracking sound rang out.

Before Lin Ye's projection could even disappear back into the shadows, it turned into a pool of faintly glowing silver powder in the ghastly green poisonous fog.

Sold out instantly.

[Hint: Successfully defeated Level 25 Lin Ye (Time-Space Projection), gaining 5000000 experience points!]

[Note: Triggered the [Misfortune Absorption] trait, your maximum number of poison stacks permanently increased by 1. Current maximum stack: 17411!]

[Hint: Successfully cleared the tenth floor.]

More than ten seconds later.

Su Chen regained his physical body.

He stretched his stiff neck.

"What's the use of high agility?"

"As long as you can't kill me instantly, I can kill you instantly."

Su Chen pursed his lips.

It truly lives up to its reputation as an A-level hidden profession.

With that combo, an ordinary student would probably be killed before even knowing how they died; their throat would be slit and they'd be sent to see their great-grandmother.

at this time.

As the kill notification lit up, a portal leading to the eleventh floor slowly appeared in the center of the instance.

Where Lin Ye died, a crystal shimmering with seven-colored light lay quietly.

Su Chen stepped forward and picked it up.

[Core of Time and Space (Rare Material): An extremely rare space-related material, it has a very low drop rate, occurring only in the upper levels of the Tower of Babel or when defeating special projections. It can be exchanged for rare equipment and items at the Tower Auntie's shop.]

Su Chen tossed the materials into his backpack, stroked his chin, and looked thoughtfully at the empty hall.

But then again.

Since this broken tower can record the senior students from seventy years ago, can it also record the ultimate masters like Zhan Lao and Lin Xiaotian?

"interesting."

A fighting spirit surged within Su Chen.

Su Chen was getting a little bored after constantly grinding monsters and instantly defeating them.

This is a rare opportunity to spar with a master!

"etc."

Su Chen suddenly realized something.

What if he were also recorded by the Tower of Babel and became a guardian projection of a certain floor...?

hiss!

He shivered.

To the younger students who come in later, I wish you good luck.

"It's alright, trust in the wisdom of future generations."

Su Chen shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and stepped into the portal leading to the eleventh floor.