325 – Wang Ping Advances to Quasi-Two Digit!

“Do you think I will become such an existence?”

In response to Wang Ping’s inquiry, the golden-haired man asked back.

“Maybe yes, maybe no. But it doesn’t matter. What I need to do now is to pass this special mode, right?”

Wang Ping calmed his emotions and spoke calmly.

If this was just an NPC in the game world, it would obviously be impossible for him to know about his choice of special mode, let alone tease him.

Therefore, there was a good chance that the golden-haired man before him was an incarnation of the Heavenly Tower’s intelligence.

Of course, it could also be that the Heavenly Tower’s intelligence told this special mode NPC about his situation.

“You are right.” The golden-haired man nodded approvingly and said, “Those indeed don’t matter, what matters is whether you can pass this game.”

“Although, you have one chance to revive, even if you fail this game, you can start over. I think this is why you dared to choose the special mode.”

The golden-haired man intertwined his fingers under his chin with a light smile.

“However, I must tell you something. Although you can revive, if you fail the game, it means you lose the chance to challenge the special mode again. Moreover, you will also lose the qualification to receive the SSS-grade evaluation for all floors. The consequences… I don’t need to say more.”

“Just tell me what the game content is. Since I voluntarily chose the special mode, I have already considered all the consequences.”

Wang Ping’s face remained calm, showing no signs of being scared.

“Heh heh.” The golden-haired man chuckled, refraining from further unnecessary words. He picked up an unopened deck of playing cards from the table and spoke, “The content of this game is very simple, you and I each draw a card, whoever has the higher card wins.”

The golden-haired man’s words made Wang Ping frown slightly.

The game content was indeed simple.

However, the simpler the game, the more it hid significant problems.

Otherwise, this special mode would simply be handing out points.

Especially since his talent ability was to foresee the future, it would be a clear path to victory.

After all, he only needed to foresee the future and look at all the cards to know where the highest card was.

Additionally, there were other maneuvers to consider.

“The Joker is the highest, followed by the joker, then the Ace of Spades in descending order, and the Three of Diamonds is the lowest.”

While Wang Ping was contemplating, the golden-haired man opened his mouth again, proficiently unwrapping the deck.

Then, he demonstrated to Wang Ping that the deck was indeed unopened.

Next, the golden-haired man closed his eyes, shuffled all the cards, and started shuffling quickly.

Once the golden-haired man finished shuffling, he indicated for Wang Ping to do it as well.

In response, Wang Ping frowned slightly and also shuffled the cards with his eyes closed.

During this process, the golden-haired man did not watch.

After shuffling, the golden-haired man closed his eyes and shuffled once more.

Thus, no one knew the positions of the Jokers anymore.

It seemed that the game would now entirely rely on luck.

“As a player, you have the privilege to draw first. Please go ahead.”

The golden-haired man looked at Wang Ping and made a gesture of invitation.

In response, Wang Ping remained contemplative, only frowning.

The current situation was very strange; it seemed that drawing cards relied entirely on luck.

However, in the Heavenly Tower Game, there couldn’t be a game that relied solely on luck.

Therefore, there must be some hidden trick.

If he made the wrong move, the result would inevitably be dire.

“What’s the matter? Are you scared? Don’t dare to draw?”

The golden-haired man gazed at Wang Ping with a smile and asked.

“No need to rush me, this game has no time limit, so I can take my time to think.”

Wang Ping’s expression remained unchanged, staying calm.

“Heh heh, then take your time.”

The golden-haired man showed no urgency and casually replied.

After the golden-haired man’s words fell, the room fell into a dead silence.

Wang Ping was expressionless, pondering various possibilities and then dismissing them one by one.

Finally, Wang Ping considered a chilling possibility.

Although it seemed far-fetched, Wang Ping’s intuition told him that there was more than a thirty percent chance of it being true.

Currently, with limited information, a probability over thirty percent was already substantial.

Although it was just Wang Ping’s own estimation, he trusted his intuition.

After all, luck is part of one’s strength, and intuition can sometimes save lives.

Then, Wang Ping suddenly struck at the blonde man, delivering a punch aimed right at his face.

This punch was fast, accurate, and ruthless.

“Bang!”

However, facing this sudden attack from Wang Ping, the blonde man firmly caught the punch without even stepping back.

“Hey, hey, hey, attacking directly is against the rules.”

The blonde man chuckled and shook off Wang Ping’s fist.

“You never mentioned this rule, it’s your problem.” Wang Ping calmly retracted his fist and spoke.

“Hehe, it’s true I forgot to mention it. So, let me add now, during the game, attacking the opponent is not allowed. If you attack me again, there might be a penalty.”

The blonde man spoke slowly.

“I understand.”

Wang Ping nodded and gave the blonde man a deep glance.

From his earlier test, Wang Ping had noticed some details.

This made Wang Ping more certain of his suspicion.

For this reason, he was willing to take a chance.

Suddenly, Wang Ping summoned the special item, the Star-Moon God, and fused with it, enhancing his power.

This made the blonde man narrow his eyes, watching Wang Ping with interest, wanting to see what Wang Ping intended to do.

At this moment, Wang Ping used his talent of simulating the future.

In the future he simulated, there were various possibilities.

Hence, he could easily see the position of every card.

When Wang Ping used this talent and made the motion to draw a card, the blonde man’s eyes flickered, as if anticipating a good show.

However, Wang Ping’s next move caught him by surprise.

Instead of drawing a card, Wang Ping changed his action, clapping the table and causing the cards to fly into the air. All the cards became visible to the naked eye.

Upon seeing this, the blonde man’s pupils contracted, thinking it was bad, and he summoned a Star-Moon God identical to Wang Ping’s, intending to seize the joker card.

However, Wang Ping had already summoned the Star-Moon God and fused first, being closer and more prepared.

Thus, Wang Ping easily grabbed the joker card first.

Then, Wang Ping looked at the blonde man and calmly said, “Checkmate.”

“Hehe, quite impressive. How did you figure me out?”

The blonde man stopped his actions and laughed.

His panel was the same as Wang Ping’s, possessing the same talents and items, but stronger.

Moreover, he had an advantage in information, knowing all of Wang Ping’s details. As soon as Wang Ping used his talent, he could interfere, causing Wang Ping to see a false future.

“Maybe it’s the game mechanics, or maybe you talk too much. You revealed too much information at the start. You know my details and my talents, which means using my talents is bound to come with issues.”

Wang Ping twirled the joker card in his hand and spoke calmly.

“Later, I attacked you. You’re stronger than me, but your control techniques are very similar to mine. This made me suspect you replicated everything about me and optimized it.”

“This means you might be able to interfere with the future I see. So, the normal gameplay wouldn’t work; it’d be a dead end. I had to make a feint and snatch the card.”

“Hehe, quite impressive. Your guess had too many assumptions; it was essentially a gamble. But you did win. In this game, having stronger talents and items puts you at a disadvantage. Only that method could let you win against me. Even then, if I weren’t so careless, your winning probability wouldn’t exceed fifty percent.”

The blonde man covered his forehead and sighed.

“However, your actions are also a violation. Therefore, you will be punished for breaking the rules, and the punishment is death. This means the one-time revival effect of your Proof of the Living is used up.”

“…”

Upon hearing that, Wang Ping was silent.

This damn game is really a trap. Normal gameplay is a dead end, and using brute force to break the game costs your life.

If anyone else were playing this game, the probability of absolute death would be ninety-nine percent.

After all, they don’t have a revival token like me.

Of course, those people don’t have talents as strong as Wang Ping’s either. In normal gameplay, the odds of clearing the game by luck might be higher.

However, Wang Ping felt this game was tailored specifically for him. If other players were playing the special mode, Wang Ping thought the game content might be very different.

“Anyway, congratulations on clearing the special mode.”

At this moment, the blonde man spoke again.

As his words fell, Wang Ping’s body was enveloped in white light.

Then, Wang Ping disappeared from the game world and returned to his blank room.

“It seems he really is the Heavenly Tower’s intelligent avatar.”

Upon returning, Wang Ping narrowed his eyes.

Generally speaking, after clearing the game, the Heavenly Tower’s intelligent voice would ask if he wanted to return immediately…

And this time, there was no sound, making it appear extremely unusual.

As Wang Ping was pondering, the intelligent voice of the Heavenly Tower finally sounded.

“Ding, it has been detected that Player Tian Yan has successfully won in a special game, achieving an SSS-grade rating. You have obtained one SSS-grade Abyss Treasure Chest.”

“Ding, Player Tian Yan, congratulations on obtaining the special reward: Pseudo Two-Digit Destiny Imprint. Furthermore, Player Tian Yan’s floor will be elevated to the eightieth floor, equivalent to clearing the first seventy-nine floors, all with SSS-grade ratings.”

“Ding, full tower announcement, Player Tian Yan has once again completed a special game world and achieved an SSS-grade rating. Player Tian Yan will be granted direct access to the eightieth floor.”

“A Pseudo Two-Digit Destiny Imprint in hand, and directly reaching the eightieth floor… My distance to that person is becoming closer,” murmured Wang Ping, with a gleam in his eyes as he listened to the voice of the Heavenly Tower’s intelligence.

At this moment, everyone in the Allheavens Playground was again shocked, even becoming somewhat numb.

It wasn’t that their dispositions were lacking; they were simply too stunned to speak.

After all, not long ago, Wang Ping had just completed a special game, ascended directly to the sixtieth floor, became a three-digit powerhouse, and destroyed the Ouroboros Alliance.

And now, in such a short time, Wang Ping had caused such a huge commotion again, which was truly terrifying.

Even three-digit powerhouses were bewildered, unable to find proper words of praise.

“Isn’t this basically using cheats? Is the Heavenly Tower giving him special treatment? No one else has ever triggered a special game. But he made several jumps and directly reached the eightieth floor.”

Even two-digit powerhouses began to doubt reality.

“Whatever his situation, no doubt he is a monster. His tower climbing record will likely be very hard to surpass.”

“Yeah, that’s just too ruthless.”

“If everything goes as expected, he should be on the verge of being promoted to a two-digit powerhouse. The reward for the eightieth floor does include a two-digit Destiny Imprint.”

With these words, silence fell among the two-digit powerhouses—a dead silence.

Their feelings were very complicated.

First, the monster from the Dust King Palace appeared. Then, another like Tian Yan breezed through the tower as easily as breathing, updating records to a despairing degree.

Even though they were all two-digit powerhouses, why were these two so extraordinary?

Most crucially, these two came from the same force, which made it even more disheartening.

“Speaking of which, that person hasn’t shown up in a long time. I suspect he is deeply trapped on the ninetieth floor and can’t get out.”

At this moment, a two-digit powerhouse suddenly spoke up.

“Hehe, what are you trying to imply by saying this?”

Another two-digit powerhouse sneered.

“This is an opportunity. Over the years, I have been investigating and discovered the secret of that person’s strength. Though we are all two-digit powerhouses, you should all know that he is the real two-digit powerhouse. According to my research, he was able to advance to a true two-digit powerhouse by refining a Pseudo Two-Digit Destiny Imprint. Additionally, the essence of that chat group played a crucial role.”

The previously speaking two-digit powerhouse continued to coerce.

“Now, that person is stuck on the ninetieth floor. If we take action against this Tian Yan, maybe we too can step into the realm of true two-digit powerhouses. By then, even if he comes out, he won’t be able to dominate us.”

“Heng Tian, if you want to die, go ahead on your own. Don’t drag us in.”

A two-digit powerhouse mocked.

“You were the mastermind behind the Ouroboros Demon King. Previously, you had already set your sights on the essence of the chat group. This is why you sent the Ouroboros Demon King to act in secret. However, you did not expect to be exposed so quickly, nor did you foresee Tian Yan’s rapid growth, along with his terrifying talent which led him to locate and annihilate the Ouroboros Alliance.”

“Now that things have been unveiled, you fear Tian Yan seeking revenge. We don’t have that worry. As for advancing to become a true two-digit powerhouse, heh, it isn’t so easy. Even if there is a means, the success rate wouldn’t exceed ten percent. If you wish to die, we certainly do not.”

After saying this, the aura of those two-digit powerhouses vanished completely.

This left Heng Tian’s face extremely grim.

“A bunch of cowards.”

Finally, Heng Tian could only inwardly curse the other two-digit powerhouses and plan to act alone.

At this point, he couldn’t afford to fear the one in the Dust King Palace anymore.

As for apologizing to Wang Ping, he never considered it.

This was not a matter of a true man being able to endure humiliation; it was a matter of one side destined to perish.

Heng Tian did not believe that Wang Ping had no desire to advance to a two-digit powerhouse.

Given that goal, it was highly likely that Wang Ping would target him, his enemy, to take away his Destiny Imprint—an essential step for Wang Ping’s breakthrough.

He himself was a Pseudo Two-Digit powerhouse, and he needed to refine another Pseudo Two-Digit Destiny Imprint.

That was precisely what the person in the past had done.

Immediately, Heng Tian began to act, preparing to send someone to the Lower Realm to deal with Alpha.

If they could capture Alpha, perhaps it would make Wang Ping hesitant.

Initially, Heng Tian didn’t want to touch Alpha.

After all, Alpha had a formidable background, and her creator was too mysterious.

Moreover, there was the connection with the person in the Dust King Palace.

Although that person had once dismantled Alpha and seized the essence of the chat group, no one knew what he really thought.

For this reason, Heng Tian targeted the root of the chat group, had his eyes on Alpha, but only dared to act in secret. He incited Dao Yi to join the small faction of Slaughter Paradise in attacking Alpha, causing Dao Yi to rebel and seize most of the remaining chat group root.

However, even so, he had no intention of targeting Alpha directly.

Whether it was the one from Dust King Palace or the creator of Alpha, they both made him extremely apprehensive, not daring to go too far.

But, reaching this point, he could not help but officially act against Alpha.

For survival and to be promoted to two-digit figures, he had to do this.

As Heng Tian, a two-digit being, took action, Wang Ping on his end had also absorbed the pseudo-two-digit Destiny Imprint, successfully advancing to the level of a pseudo-two-digit.

If Wang Ping came to the outside world, he would definitely be regarded as the thirty-seventh two-digit.

However, Wang Ping didn’t think about those matters for now. He looked at his SSS-grade Abyss Treasure Chest and chose to open it.

“Ding, congratulations on opening the SSS-grade Abyss Treasure Chest. You have received the following rewards:

①. All attributes +50000.

②. Two-digit low-level special item: Eternal Frost.

③. Two-digit low-level item: Mitter’s Blessing.

④. Top three-digit special item: Proof of Life.

⑤. Incomplete two-digit Stone of Rules…

⑥. Multiple three-digit special items.”

Two-digit special item: Eternal Frost: One-time special item. By using this item, you can permanently freeze a pseudo-two-digit strong person.

PS: This item, as a special item, will undergo certain adjustments in the Heavenly Tower Game.

Two-digit special item: Mitter’s Blessing: Holding this item will eradicate and nullify any curses and negative effects targeting the holder.

Even when facing curse capabilities above the level of this item, it will still have a corresponding eradicating effect.

PS: This item, being a special item, will undergo certain adjustments in the Heavenly Tower Game.

Top three-digit special item: Proof of Life:
Incomplete two-digit Stone of Rules: A broken Stone of Rules. If it can be repaired, it can allow the talent to upgrade.

“These rewards are really abundant.”

Wang Ping looked at the reward list with great delight.

Using up one Proof of Life and now being rewarded with another, it was indeed a cause for happiness.

Now, having reached the level of a pseudo-two-digit, he no longer needed this item but could consider using it to revive the Reincarnation Immortal Emperor’s youngest daughter.

“Two two-digit special items, these are the most precious rewards.”

Wang Ping looked at the two two-digit special items with a spark in his eyes.

Eternal Frost could permanently freeze a two-digit, which was undoubtedly a strong effect.

Although Wang Ping thought that the two-digit mentioned here was likely a pseudo-two-digit rather than a true two-digit, the effect was still strong enough.

As for the two-digit special item, Mitter’s Blessing, it was similarly powerful, providing immunity to curses and negative effects.

With this item in hand, even if Wang Ping was a newly promoted pseudo-two-digit, he wouldn’t need to worry about being tricked by those veteran two-digit strong entities.

Subsequently, Wang Ping glanced at the other unspecified rewards, finding that there were indeed many valuable items, even several top three-digit special items.

It’s just that these special items couldn’t compare to the Proof of Life, so they weren’t singled out.

“However, with my current status, I seem to be still short of breaking free from that one’s control. I need even stronger cards.”

Wang Ping’s gaze deepened and he calmed down again.

Yet, Wang Ping temporarily had no intention of continuing the Tower challenge.

What he planned next was to advance to a true two-digit, then find a way to complete the two-digit Stone of Rules, and finally upgrade his talent.

Once he truly became a two-digit strong entity, combined with upgrading his talent to the two-digit level, he would have the confidence to challenge the one from the first-generation chat group.

Then, Wang Ping collected his emotions and chose to leave the Heavenly Tower space.

When Wang Ping left the Heavenly Tower space, astonishing phenomena spread throughout the Allheavens Playground.

Ordinary people didn’t know what happened, but those powerful beings living for countless ages understood that a new two-digit had been born.

At the same time, they could guess that it was Wang Ping who had advanced to two-digit.

For this, many strong entities were very envious and full of reverence.

However, Wang Ping was not even slightly proud but had a grim expression.

After leaving the Heavenly Tower space, his talent ability restored as before, plus he had now become a pseudo-two-digit strong.

He saw the future where Alpha and its third-generation chat group members were targeted.

If he were to return a bit late, even though Alpha had the numerous cards he provided, being targeted by a two-digit faction, it still wouldn’t stand a chance.

The result would be Alpha being captured alive, and those old friends from the third-generation chat group also being captured alive to threaten him.

“Heng Tian, you’re looking for death!”

Wang Ping roared, his voice resonating throughout the Allheavens Playground…