Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

The seventh floor of the ancient pagoda!

Gou An remained firmly bound by iron chains, unable to move.

Originally, the scene on this floor was no different from the six floors below, but in the blink of an eye, the surrounding scenery changed.

Gou An was suspended by iron chains above a deep blue lake, which was surprisingly large and calm.

However, beneath the surface, Gou An could vaguely see countless enormous water pythons swimming around.

They were all attracted by Gou An!

Seeing this, Gou An couldn't help but shout to the remaining soul beside him, "Hey, hey, hey, stop messing around! Didn't I say there was no danger to your life?"

"Scared already?" The remnant soul chuckled softly, seemingly enjoying seeing Gou An's panicked state.

"Hurry up and tell me the rules for this floor!" Gou An was naturally afraid; just one glance at these water pythons wriggling on the surface of the water triggered his trypophobia.

One upon another, darting and surging wildly, densely packed!

"In that case, I will now announce the rules for the seventh level trial!" The remnant soul calmly stated, "The rules are simple: you need to tell me within one hour how many water pythons are beneath the surface!"

Upon hearing this, Gou An was shocked and couldn't help but shout, "Are you crazy or am I? Who can count them all?"

Despite the criticism, the remnant soul ignored it and continued, "You have three chances. If you answer incorrectly all three times, you will be eliminated!"

"And the chains binding you will slowly sink over time, eventually reaching the surface of the water!"

"Of course, we will still spare your life as agreed, but whether you lose a leg or an arm is up to fate!"

After hearing this, Gou An felt a headache coming on.

Why are the punishments getting heavier and heavier as we go on?

If that's the case, it would be better to have one's cultivation drained and sent out of the tower sooner, at least then one could save one's life and remain healthy.

Now, even if it's not just a fixed-term imprisonment, but the loss of hands and feet, I really don't want to think about what the punishment would be if it continued to go up.

"The timer starts now!"

Before Gou An could react, the remnant soul had already started the timer.

Another hourglass floated out, with sand slowly flowing through the air.

Gou An looked at the swarm of pythons writhing wildly beneath the surface of the water and felt dazzled.

He couldn't help but question, "Are you really sure you're not mistaken? So many water pythons, still wriggling underwater, and they all look exactly the same, their cultivation levels are suppressed—how can you possibly count them all?"

Faced with the questioning, the remnant soul simply replied, "Didn't I give you three chances?"

"You son of a bitch..." Gou An suppressed the urge to swear, took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and continued to observe the water.

He knew that saying anything more to the remnant soul would be useless, so he could only place his hopes on himself.

There were at least tens of thousands of anacondas beneath the surface, piled up in layers, intertwined, and still thrashing about wildly.

Who could possibly count them all? Gou An simply didn't believe it.

Gou An even thought that even if all these water pythons were neatly arranged in front of him, it would probably take an hour to count them all.

But the timer continued, and the remnant soul had already closed its eyes to recuperate, clearly not prepared to answer any of Gou An's questions.

Helpless, Gou An could only stare intently at the water's surface and try to count.

But after counting for a long time, Gou An's eyes were blurry and he still had no clue.

After trying several times, Gou An only felt dizzy and lightheaded.

Meanwhile, its height gradually decreased over time, and it became closer and closer to the surface of the water.

Under such immense pressure, Gou An could only continue trying again and again.

As time passed and Gou An still couldn't count them, he also noticed that there were faintly visible water pythons moving in the depths of the lake as he got closer to the water's surface.

With their layers stacked and moving around, they are simply impossible to count.

So Gou An shouted at the remaining souls beside him, "If you don't want me to continue upstairs, just say so! There's no need to create this deadly trap for me!"

"Damn it, are you kidding me?"

Despite the collapse of Gou An, the remnant soul remained with its eyes closed, offering only one reply: "Half an hour left!"

"You..." Gou An was completely helpless, staring blankly at the water, having given up on counting and thinking.

So he randomly threw out a number: "I guess there are ten thousand anacondas underwater!"

But the remnant soul simply replied, "You guessed too many!"

"Too many?" Gou An suddenly paused, staring at the water's surface carefully. There were far more than ten thousand underwater.

Or is it that I simply have no concept of ten thousand?

A vast lake whose shore is nowhere in sight, and whose bottom is unfathomable!

The water pythons were piled up in layers, there must have been more than 100,000, let alone 10,000!

How come there are too many?

Gou An immediately perked up and continued to observe the water surface carefully.

Time continued to pass, and Gou An drew ever closer to the water's surface.

Suddenly, Gou An's pupils contracted sharply, as if he had discovered the key.

With so many anacondas writhing frantically beneath the lake's surface, why is the water still so calm?

Moreover, after observing for so long, Gou An discovered an important problem: although these water pythons appeared to be moving around randomly, they were actually repeating the same route and the same movements.

Gou An stared intently at one of the water pythons, observing it for a long time.

His movements were like swimming continuously and without pause, following a certain pattern, like an emotionless machine.

And the other anacondas are the same, all repeating the same movement patterns.

Then Gou An suddenly spoke up: "I guess two!"

The remnant soul opened its eyes upon hearing the voice: "So many water pythons, and you're only guessing two? Are you sure?"

"Absolutely certain!" Gou An nodded emphatically.

The remnant soul couldn't help but chuckle twice, then replied, "I guessed too much!"

Upon receiving this answer, Gou An was suddenly startled!

Are two too many?

That confirmed his guess: the dense swarm of water pythons beneath the surface was all an illusion.

In reality, there might only be one, or even none at all!

Therefore, Gou An only has two choices: one, or none!

At this point, the hourglass showed that less than a quarter of an hour remained.

Gou An needs to find the only real python among all these illusions of water pythons!

If you can't find it, then there aren't any.

One in two probability!

Gou An held his breath and focused intently on the water's surface, searching diligently.

at last!

Gou An's eyes narrowed as he spotted the only water python beneath the surface that wasn't following the same pattern!

As Gou An drew closer to the water's surface, the water python swam up from the depths of the ocean, hiding among the many other water python illusions, poised to attack Gou An at any moment.

"One!"

Gou An immediately shouted!

"I bet there's only one!"

As the three chances were used up, a ripple suddenly appeared on the water's surface.

The illusion of countless water pythons suddenly vanished, leaving only one water python bursting out of the water, its mouth agape as it lunged at Gou An.

But the next second, the water python was suddenly frozen in mid-air by an invisible force, and remained motionless.