308 – The True Intent of the Seven Kills Clan!

【Next, you all cautiously guarded against each other while moving together. After briefly sharing some information, you realized that everyone had encountered that strange painting. This meant that the painting, if not ubiquitous, was at least not classified information and was somewhat public knowledge.】

【In other words, to improve your chances of clearance, you needed to find or decode the hidden pieces of information.】

【After some discussion, you all suspiciously agreed that finding the blood-colored sabre would be key to dealing with the shadow.】

【After your discussion, the female player with the rabbit headgear took out a tool and suggested that wearing this item on the wrist could reveal the positions of other team members and share one’s perceptions with others.】

【In other words, with this item, you could move separately, increase efficiency, and monitor each other’s actions.】

【However, that was only in theory. In practice, no one would believe that this device was just a simple information-sharing tool. If it had hidden capabilities that triggered upon wearing it, it would mean handing your life over to the player with the rabbit headgear—a risk you all couldn’t tolerate.】

【Therefore, both you and the Chubby Player, the hooded female player, and the timid male player refused the suggestion of the female player with the rabbit headgear.】

【Seeing this, the female player with the headgear shook her head helplessly, lamenting the missed use of a good information-sharing tool due to trust issues.】

【You chuckled and suggested continuing to act together. If, within two hours, you couldn’t find the blood-colored sabre or weren’t attacked by shadows, then you’d split up to avoid wasting each other’s time.】

【Your suggestion was agreed upon by the other players without objection.】

【You then continued your exploration together, carefully pushing open each room door in the castle, checking for anything inside.】

【You found that the rooms had different decorations—some were like a girl’s room filled with dolls and a pink atmosphere, while others were messy or dirty, uncomfortable for anyone with a cleanliness obsession.】

【Nearly an hour passed. Though you hadn’t encountered the ghost-faced male player again, you finally found your target.】

【The blood-colored sabre was found in a room, stuck in a dried-up corpse, with the character ‘Wu’ etched onto the blade.】

【You glanced at the desiccated corpse and the blood-colored sabre, feeling heavy in your hearts.】

【Then you all hypothesized: the surname on the knife might mean that only it could slay the shadow associated with the Wu surname.】

【If this were true, there would be six other blood-colored long knives, corresponding to the six other shadows.】

【Such a scenario would make the shadows hard to kill. Additionally, the allocation of knives and the issue of potential backstabbing would become more significant.】

【While having one knife for one shadow would be manageable, any additional restraints could be very troubling.】

【Although the rules seemed far-fetched, considering this was Abyss Mode where everything was possible, it wasn’t entirely out of the question.】

【As you pondered with a heavy heart, the hooded female player frowned and glanced over everyone, lost in thought.】

【The Chubby Player licked his lips and suggested using a simple method like rock-paper-scissors or dice to decide the ownership of the blood-colored sabre, avoiding disputes.】

【Following his suggestion, the female player with the headgear agreed, stating that this would maximize the chances of avoiding bloodshed.】

【The timid boy accepted any decision as long as he could continue to team up.】

【After scanning the group, you nodded as well. Ultimately, you all chose rock-paper-scissors.】

【You emerged victorious, pulling out the blood-colored sabre. Upon doing so, the others watched you with peculiar eyes.】

【You maintained a calm expression and suggested that time was tight, and you should seek out more blood-colored long knives.】

【Just as you stepped out of the room, the door closed automatically. Then, the light bulb on the ceiling began to flicker eerily.】

【This made all your faces turn grim, tension rising. You gripped the blood-colored sabre tightly, ready to act at any moment.】

【At that instant, a black shadow writhed and appeared before you, staring with its oily green eyes.】

【You squinted and realized that this strange shadow was the monster of this Heavenly Tower game, the target you had to kill.】

【Based on the timing, this shadow appeared exactly an hour after the game started.】

【You started to speculate about the shadow’s refresh rate, suspecting one might appear every hour until all were out.】

【If your guess was correct, it meant the suit-wearing male player’s death had to be a player’s doing, not the shadow’s.】

[At the moment when each of you had your own thoughts, the shadow before you attacked, the black shadow striking at a bizarre angle towards you all.]

[Seeing this, all of your faces changed slightly, not daring to confront it directly, each displaying your Divine Abilities to respond.]

[You chose to use your powerful physical strength to burst out with astonishing speed to dodge.]

[The Chubby Player was not as agile as you, but he directly took out a strange jade bracelet. The bracelet radiated light, protecting him completely.]

[The player with the rabbit headpiece on her head summoned a strange large rabbit which carried her away in an instant, faster than even you.]

[Only the weak-looking boy showed a terrified expression, standing frozen in place, seemingly paralyzed with fear.]

[Seeing this, you all frowned, thinking this weak boy player was too peculiar. If his character and abilities were truly as weak as his appearance, it would be impossible for him to reach the third level of the Heavenly Tower, let alone dare to choose Abyss Mode.]

[Therefore, regardless of the reason, no one chose to save him.]

[Just as the weak boy player was about to be pierced through the chest by the shadow, the space around him distorted, directly twisting and swallowing the black shadow, at the same time dragging the shadow before you over as well.]

[Seeing this, you all showed surprised expressions, not expecting the weak boy to possess space-type talents or equipment.]

[Although, in the outside world, space-type talents or equipment can only be considered powerful and not the strongest compared to the concepts of ‘Space is King, Time is Supreme,’ they definitely count as very strong within the Heavenly Tower game’s limits on all players.]

[You watched the dragging shadow, squinting your eyes, and decided to act. You flashed to the shadow’s side, clutching a blood-colored long blade, and slashed at the shadow.]

[Just at the moment you slashed, a terrifying flame suddenly burst out from the shadow.]

[Caught off guard, you were directly hit, burned to ashes, and even the damage-reduction item couldn’t withstand the terrifying damage. After you were reduced to ashes, the blood-colored long blade also fell.]

[Seeing this, the Chubby Player chuckled, wanting to snatch the blood-colored long blade.]

[Not only the Chubby Player, but the player with the rabbit headpiece and the black-robed female player also made their moves.]

[The player with the rabbit headpiece controlled her rabbit mount to leap over, spewing astonishing cold air, extinguishing the flames while trying to freeze the Chubby Player.]

[Seeing this, the Chubby Player snorted coldly, his mouth becoming huge, looking rather terrifying. A terrifying devouring force erupted from his mouth, swallowing the cold air completely.]

[At this moment, the black-robed female player used some unknown method to reach the drop location of the blood-colored long blade, picking it up and slashing towards the shadow.]

[Thus, the shadow was split in two. However, the shadow twisted and was not killed by the blood-colored long blade, its split body regenerating, spraying flames at the black-robed woman.]

[In response, the black-robed woman anticipated this situation and disappeared beforehand. When she reappeared, she was already a hundred meters away, holding the blood-colored long blade.]

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“These people, as I thought, none of them are easy to deal with…”

Wang Ping sighed internally upon seeing this scene.

Nonetheless, it’s thanks to his Life Simulator’s high tolerance for error that he made it this far; otherwise, he would have died countless times on the way.

“The current situation is a bit troublesome. The blood-colored long blade can’t kill the shadow, which means different blades really correspond to different shadows. To have the ability to kill seven shadows, you must find seven blood blades and also prevent other players from stabbing you in the back.”

Wang Ping’s eyes flickered, and he frowned slightly.

The danger level of these players, for now, seems to be higher than that of the shadows.

Wang Ping was considering whether to eliminate all other players immediately after the game started.

In that case, he could deal with the shadows without worrying about getting stabbed in the back.

As Wang Ping was contemplating whether to take out these players in one go, the text simulation continued.

[Just as the other players were making their moves, you finally revived.]

[At the moment of revival, you didn’t hesitate to distance yourself from the shadow.]

[But right as you made a move, the shadow locked onto you, its shadow and flames striking towards you again.]
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You notice a slight change in your expression, realizing avoiding it is difficult… However, precisely due to this situation, the effect of the five-digit talent: Absolute Counterattack erupts fiercely.

Your attributes skyrocket at this moment, easily dodging the attack and distancing yourself from the shadow.

Seeing you revived and able to unleash such terrifying speed, the other players reveal surprised expressions…

However, they have no time to say anything as the shadow’s attack comes again. This time, its targets are the Chubby Player and the weak shota who are too close to it.

Horrifying flames and shadows strike toward the two… The weak shota remains unmoved, standing still while the space around him continues to defend against all attacks.

Meanwhile, Chubby Player relies on his energy shield and devouring ability to consume all attacks.

Then, Chubby Player seems to grow impatient, actively charging at the shadow, pushing his talent ability to the maximum, shockingly devouring the shadow outright.

Seeing this scene, your eyelids twitch slightly, thinking the Chubby Player from the Palace of the Food God is ruthless indeed…

However, you wonder if the Chubby Player can kill the shadow using methods other than the Blood Blade.

Under your watchful eyes, the Chubby Player burps after devouring the shadow, seemingly having completely killed the shadow…

But quickly, the Chubby Player’s expression changes…

Because a bizarre black shadow reappears in front of everyone, and this shadow is noticeably larger than the previous one…

Everyone present isn’t a fool and guesses the reason for this change. After the shadow is killed, it becomes stronger. Of course, by comparing the previous beheading with the Blood Blade, it can be inferred that killing the shadow with the Blood Blade, regardless of its type, doesn’t result in the shadow growing stronger…

As you make guesses in your mind, the revived shadow moves again, lunging at the Chubby Player and the weak shota… The speed and strength of its flames and shadow become even more terrifying, and its attack range also broadens vastly…

Seeing this, the Chubby Player’s expression changes for the first time. Talent abilities cannot be used indefinitely… They consume mental power, and the greater the activation, the greater the consumption… At this rate, he won’t last long…

However, his battle style in the Heavenly Tower isn’t the flexible type, and he can’t adopt a nimble style, so escaping the attack range is impossible. If he devours the shadow again, it will become even stronger, leading to certain death…

For a moment, the Chubby Player finds himself in a dilemma… Meanwhile, the weak shota remains the same, leaving others perplexed about what he’s thinking…

Suddenly, the Chubby Player looks at you with a grim face, demanding you save him, or he will continue devouring the shadow, making it too powerful to deal with, dooming everyone…

The Chubby Player’s words cause your expressions to change slightly. If he really does that, it’ll be a big problem… If the shadow continues to strengthen, no one will survive…

At the moment, whether it’s you, the player wearing a bunny headgear, or the woman in the black robe, all feel irritated, wishing to cut the Chubby Player into a thousand pieces…

Seeing no reaction from you, the Chubby Player reveals a menacing expression, takes out a tool with peculiar runes, stating that it can temporarily seal this space, threatening that if you don’t act, everyone will die together…

The Chubby Player’s words intensify your killing intent towards him… Just then, an unexpected change occurs…

The Chubby Player’s body, along with his energy shield, is suddenly torn apart, his blood splattering across the ground before being turned to ash by intertwining flames and shadows…

This sudden scene makes your pupils contract sharply, showing surprise…

You stare intently at the direction of the weak shota… At this moment, there is no weak shota anymore; instead, a burly man shrouded in a blood-red aura appears…

The twisted and warped space around him becomes even more terrifying… Clearly, it was the transformed weak shota who dealt with the Chubby Player…

For a moment, you all become extremely wary of this transformed weak shota… This player might be the most dangerous among the seven of you…

As you all become highly apprehensive, the transformed weak shota looks at you with crazed eyes, cold and indifferent without killing intent, just sheer coldness…

Then, the transformed weak shota moves… He instantly appears before the female player wearing a bunny headgear.

As soon as he arrives, her body twists and deforms, exploding into blood, splattering everywhere…

This scene makes you slightly change your expression, quickly distancing yourself from the transformed weak shota…

Likewise, the black-robed female player’s expression changes, but she takes action. A strange black creature appears at the feet of the transformed weak shota, stabbing a black dagger towards his crotch…

However, before the black dagger could strike, it and the strange black creature twist and explode…

Immediately, the transformed weak shota looks at the black-robed female player with those cold eyes…

【At the moment when the transformed shota-turned-Hulk looked at the Black-robed woman, her face turned gloomy, and she vanished into a white light.】

【Right after the Black-robed woman disappeared, the transformed shota player appeared not far from where she was, causing everything around to become distorted.】

【This scene made your pupils suddenly constrict in surprise. You couldn’t understand why the Black-robed woman disappeared. Could it be that she also has some spatial abilities?】

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“Something’s wrong, very wrong.”

Wang Ping frowned deeply as he looked at the simulated content.

The dramatic transformation of the shota player was surprising, but also somewhat expected.

Anyone daring to choose Abyss Mode on the third level of the Heavenly Tower couldn’t possibly be a simple person.

However, the disappearance of the Black-robed woman seemed extremely unusual.

According to the simulated description, her sudden disappearance didn’t seem to be noticed by the simulated Wang Ping, but Wang Ping himself saw it clearly.

The Black-robed woman vanished in a flash of white light.

In the Heavenly Tower, turning into white light usually meant being teleported to the game world or leaving after completing the main quest.

Now that the Black-robed woman vanished into white light, doesn’t it mean she quietly completed the main quest of this game world and acquired the basic evaluation, enabling her to leave at any time?

If that’s the case, by what means did she complete the main quest and kill a Shadow?

Aside from the initial separate actions, the Black-robed woman acted together with the simulated Wang Ping and others and didn’t separate.

In other words, the Black-robed woman must have killed a Shadow and completed the main quest in that brief time when the game started.

But dealing with a Shadow couldn’t have been completely silent.

Moreover, the Black-robed woman hadn’t found the Blood-colored sabre beforehand.

The Blood-colored sabre is a special item and can’t be hidden.

“Could it be… this game, named Seven Kills Clan, isn’t just about killing Shadows?”

Wang Ping’s pupils slightly contracted, considering a possibility.

Seven Kills Clan, killing not only Shadows but also players.

Seven surnames, if the player’s format is these seven surnames, killing a player with a certain surname completes the main quest and earns a basic evaluation.

This would make sense.

He, Wang Ping, represents the surname Wang.

And the Black-robed woman killed the suited man, killing a surname, allowing her to complete the main quest and leave at any time.

If the suited man’s surname was Wu, the Wu character on the Blood-colored sabre would have deeper meaning.

Perhaps it means that only after the death of the Wu-surnamed suited man, the corresponding surname’s Blood-colored sabre can refresh.

If other players are killed, the corresponding surname’s Blood-colored sabre will refresh somewhere in the castle.

“Killing other players is the shortcut to speedrun this game and achieve the highest evaluation. To get a perfect SSS rating, you also need to kill more players to deal with Shadows. If not enough are killed, the Blood-colored sabre won’t match the Shadow and it won’t be possible to kill it. There’s a lot of luck involved.”

Wang Ping silently analyzed in his heart, sighing inwardly.

Although he had long known that in the Allheavens Playground, especially in the Heavenly Tower, wisdom and luck are most important, with strength being secondary, he had never felt it so deeply before.

Now, after three Heavenly Tower games, he realized the true value of this statement.

“Haha, since I’ve deduced so much, things will be easier.”

Wang Ping’s eyes flickered, and he relaxed entirely.