Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

As for the "Catastrophe War Horn: Goblin Soul", although it is stored in the soul, Jiang Ran's strength attribute is still 326 points short, so there is no equipment effect.

After adding these equipment and the rewards from two trials, Jiang Ran's final panel data is as follows.

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Vitality: 6740

Stamina: 4506

Mana: 11480

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Just looking at the numbers doesn't seem very intuitive, and after seeing this, everyone may have forgotten what the cute little skeleton man looks like. So Jiang Ran turned on the "computing power improvement" again and formed a numerical comparison chart in his mind. Now it is very clear.

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[The above picture is a comparison of Jiang Ran's VS Skeleton Man's panel values]

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Yes, as everyone can see, in front of Jiang Ran, a level one monster, the cute skeleton man is basically the size of a dot.

However, for safety reasons, Jiang Ran did not go up directly. Instead, he used the skill "Shadow Behind" and sent a black shadow clone over. It picked up a piece of broken brick on the ground and dismantled the skeleton man.

——『Successfully killed "Skeleton Man - Lv10", combat class experience +1000, current experience value 1000 / 400』

——『Upgrade conditions met. [Shadow Trickster - Lv1] automatically upgraded to [Shadow Trickster - Lv4]. Current experience value: 0 / 800』

——[Received upgrade attribute bonus, Dexterity +15]

In this way, the cute skeleton man turned into a pile of broken bones. Then, while the black shadow clone still had time left, Jiang Ran continued to explore forward for a while, and then eliminated four more skeleton men who were about level 10, raising his level to level 7.

In addition, Jiang Ran also used the Shadow Stealing Technique to steal a skill from a skeleton man. The skill he obtained was "Bone Body". The approximate effect was that as long as the remaining vitality was greater than zero, the magic power could be converted into vitality at a one-to-one ratio, and the damaged bones could be repaired with magic power.

The skill itself is a good skill, but it seems to pose no threat when used on these miscellaneous skeletons.

After confirming that the skeleton man had no hidden killer weapons, Jiang Ran drove his invincible skills all the way through, until he finally arrived at the stairs leading to the next floor.

In this key area, the maze was deliberately fenced off to form a large room that was ten meters long and wide. A second-level, level 50 skeleton sword and shield warrior, along with six first-level, level 20 skeletons, was guarding here. A magic barrier was also set up at the entrance of the stairs, and it seemed that one could not reach the next floor without defeating them.

In addition, Jiang Ran tried to destroy the maze ceiling, floor and walls on the way here, but failed.

In general, in this "tower", one can only act according to the rules, and Jiang Ran has not yet found any way to take shortcuts.

(Then come and fight, skeleton monsters.)

Jiang Ran thought so in his heart, but actually he slipped in by following the shadow of the wall.

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Due to the effects of the curse "Hermit's Crown of Thorns", it is not cost-effective for Jiang Ran to fight head-on now. Once his body is discovered by the enemy, the damage caused will be reduced by 50%.

Therefore, he now fully utilizes the effect of "Black Jade Ring: Resident in the Shadow". As long as he lurks in the shadows and does not make any sound, he will not be discovered by those who are "his level + 1" or lower.

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Then, on this basis, he summoned shadow clones to sneak attack the skeleton monsters, and in turn he could enjoy the 50% damage bonus of the "Hermit's Crown of Thorns", and gradually began to feel like an assassin.

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The Skeleton Sword and Shield Warrior commanded the skeletons to fight Jiang Ran's shadow clones in an orderly manner. Both their formation and response strategy showed a good level, but in the end they could not withstand the huge gap in numbers and were completely dismantled by a shadow clone.

After this battle, Jiang Ran's level soared from level 9 to level 21, which also verified his previous guess. Before reaching the level bottleneck of level 90 of the third level, he no longer needed to repeatedly challenge the trials of the first and second levels. In other words, even if he wanted to challenge, he had no way to do so.

Then, Jiang Ran put down the brick and picked up the sword and shield of the skeleton sword and shield warrior. Finally, he had two decent pieces of equipment that he could hold in his hands.

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After safely dealing with the stair guard on the first floor, Jiang Ran struck while the iron was hot and moved to the second floor.

The situation on the second floor is similar to that on the first floor. It is also a large maze. The only difference is that the monsters here have changed from first-order skeletons of around level 10 to second-order skeleton sword and shield warriors, skeleton axe soldiers, and skeleton archers of around level 30.

In this way, Jiang Ran preliminarily deduced the rules of this "tower", which is that the level of monsters on each floor corresponds to the number of floors, and the level of the monster leader guarding the stairs will be one level higher.

If so, Jiang Ran can at least easily take the second level and then face the challenge from the third level.

But, can we really continue to explore and fight without thinking?

(Something’s not right… I feel like something’s wrong…)

Jiang Ran paused for a moment, not being carried away by the crushing victory just now.

He raised his head and looked at the countdown in the center of the tower. The time was still 239 hours, 2 minutes and 16 seconds.

He recalled the reason he entered the tower, it was because the "Pope" fulfilled Kenroshi Okami's wish;

If he continued at the current pace, Jiang Ran wouldn't have to worry about Adela Okami at all, and he could have escaped on his own, but...

Can it really be so smooth?

8.96 - Insight into the Crux (Part )

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October 187, 7

〖1:03 am〗

"Death Future Remaining: 8 Hours"

"Tower countdown remaining: 239 hours, 02 minutes, 1 seconds"

[Confession death countdown remaining: 12 days]

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Jiang Ran has some paranoia, but this has allowed him to survive in this Prison Star world until now.

To put it simply, Jiang Ran is:

The more favorable the situation is, the more he acts like a dog.

The more adverse the situation, the more reckless he becomes.

When the situation has developed to the point where death is inevitable, he will show his true colors as a gambler, grabbing the one in ten thousand hope in the dead end and gambling for a new way out of the desperate situation.

Now that the situation is going so smoothly, he naturally starts to become suspicious. After all, this is an "impossible level" prison star world.

Jiang Ran believed that since the "Pope" had helped Kenroshi Okami realize his wish, two things would definitely happen next that would cause him difficulties:

The first is that Jiang Ran will encounter a situation where he must get Adela Okami out of the "Tower";

Secondly, Jiang Ran will encounter a situation where he will have to risk his life to save Adela Okami;

According to the information Jiang Ran knew so far, both of these situations seemed impossible to happen - as long as he continued to kill his way forward, the White Wolf Girl would not be in any danger of her life.

At this time, Jiang Ran remembered the famous quote from "The Analects of Confucius: Duke Ling of Wei": "If a man does not plan for the future, he will surely have immediate worries." As long as he extrapolated his predictions about the future far enough, he would be able to discover the possible invisible traps in this "tower" in advance.

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Jiang Ran first examined his own situation. He thought that his biggest problem now was the lack of attack methods, especially area attacks.

His former good partner, the Yama Knight Sword, is now far away in another space, so Jiang Ran must find a way to get a new weapon. Otherwise, as long as he reaches the third floor, when he has to face the third-level enemies of levels 60 or 70, Jiang Ran will appear very weak... not to mention the fourth-level enemies and the fifth-level bosses on the fourth floor.

The second issue is the level cap. It is impossible to conduct "advanced trials" in this "tower". This means that Jiang Ran's level can only reach level 90 at most.

Therefore, if Jiang Ran cultivates all aspects to the "strongest he can achieve" and still encounters an opponent he cannot defeat, then he can only wait for death in this "tower".

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran realized a new problem, that is, will the monsters in this "tower" be infinitely refreshed like in the game?

So, he immediately returned to the first floor and looked around. He found that the corpses of the previous skeleton monsters were still there, and no new monsters had appeared...

Then, Jiang Ran went up to the second floor, killed a skeleton axe soldier and immediately moved away. He waited quietly for an hour before going back to check. He found that the situation was the same as on the first floor.

(Damn it... even monsters are limited...)

Jiang Ran immediately understood that conquering this "tower" was not just a matter of training and fighting, but also required considering how to allocate the "limited experience resources" to maximize the strength of the entire "team".

If there is a problem with the allocation strategy, it is very likely to lead to irreversible consequences.

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When he was in Sunny Town, Jiang Ran noticed that the experience points gained from killing monsters were not constant.

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[The screenshot above is from the chapter "6.22 - The Second Fight"]

After many battles, Jiang Ran summed up certain rules, specifically:

Killing an enemy of the same or higher level will grant the killer full experience points.

Killing an enemy one tier lower than yourself will only give you half the experience points.

However, if you kill an enemy that is two levels lower than you or even weaker, the killer will not gain any experience points.

Such rules effectively limit the problem of the strong gaining experience by trampling on the weak, while also allowing combat professionals of all classes to perform their duties and deal with monsters of corresponding levels.

However, in this "tower" where the total number of monsters is limited, Jiang Ran must be careful.

For example, if all the first-level skeleton monsters on the first floor were killed by the third-level white wolf girl, then all the experience points would be wasted.

The consequence of wasting experience is that the upper limit of the strength that the entire team can ultimately reach will be weakened.

In addition, Jiang Ran also has to consider the cost-effectiveness of upgrading himself and the White Wolf Girl. Assuming that the total experience points cannot allow both of them to reach the "maximum level", how should the experience points be distributed so that the team can finally have the strength to pass the level?

In order to make the right judgment, Jiang Ran needs to continue to learn more about this "tower" and Adela Okami.

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After some thought, Jiang Ran decided to use up some of his magic power and then go back to the stairs connecting the first and second floors to sleep.

Brushing up skills is his second important growth path.

Before going to sleep, Jiang Ran asked the stupid loli to help keep an eye on him, and then he fell into a deep sleep very boldly.

At the same time, in another place in the tower, the white wolf girl Adela Okami was also tired, and she fell asleep earlier than Jiang Ran.

In terms of being able to sleep, these two people are quite similar.

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However, on the hill near the town of Driss in the Prison Star World, another group of people were not so "happy". They were still on their way in the dark night.

This group of people is Teacher Misasa and her "new fun guys".

As to why things developed like this, we have to go back a little bit and start from the beginning.

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At that time, under Mishasha's deception, Wei'er, Emilia, Heloise and Pride gradually accepted her statement, believing that "Banning/Fike" would be able to return to the Prison Star World after completing the training in the "Tower" and would be directly teleported to Mishasha's vicinity.

The reason why this happened was because Kenroshi Okami made a vow to the Pope to rescue his sister, and then the Pope chose Banning/Fike, who was most likely to accomplish this task.

Wei'er and the others didn't know that "Banning/Fike" had returned to level one. In addition, Mishasha made up two new rules, saying that "Skill Releaser" Mishasha herself and "Wisher" Kenroshi Okami could not be selected, so they agreed with Mishasha's statement.

After agreeing with Mishasha's statement, no one wanted to leave. They all wanted to see Banning/Fike as soon as he returned to the Prison Star World to make sure he was safe.

Mishasha was naturally happy to see such a development. What she wanted to see most now was that Wei'er, the fox girl and the white-haired one-eyed girl discovered the true face of the bad boy's fickleness and then started a Shura battle!

So, Mishasha suggested that everyone go with her to the nearby town of Dris to spend the night, and deal with the rest of the matters tomorrow.

"Don't worry~ The trial in the Tower will take at least eight or nine days, let's wait together~"

Misasa looked at the three girls with a smile, thinking to herself, even if the boy had the ability to come out of the "tower" alive, he would not be able to "survive" the upcoming Shura field?

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8.97 - Under the Moonlight (Part )

The bright moonlight illuminated the path through the forest, but it could not illuminate the doubts in the girls' hearts.

On the road leading to the town of Driss, two girls were thinking about the same question:

"What's the relationship between these two girls and Banning/Fickle?"

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The person who is in the most dire situation right now is Wei'er, because Sister Ai'er has been bombarding her mind for a while.

——(Vir! This guy Banning is definitely cheating!)