Stepping through the door felt like entering another world.
A world where Jiang Yuan was alone.
Jiang Yuan took a deep breath as he stared at the empty white room.
Memories of his first venture here a few months ago surfaced.
Soon, he knew how to start the challenge.
Since he hadn't passed even the first level last time, he had to start from level one again.
As peace settled in Jiang Yuan's heart, pressing a red button on the desk in front of him triggered transformations in the white space.
In no time, Jiang Yuan found himself in a forest, having left the pure white space behind.
This was the first level of the Dream Tower, Forest Wolf!
It's said that everyone's Dream Tower is different, but Jiang Yuan hadn't explored that.
All he knew was that the forest wolf in front of him could tear him apart in ten seconds.
"Nezha!"
Without any hesitation, as the scene changed, Nezha's card was materialized.
With the infusion of Star Power, the Nezha card burst into light.
The next second, Nezha appeared in front of Jiang Yuan.
"Yuan, I'm here!"
Excitement rang in Nezha's voice as he began looking around.
"Tell me, who should I fight!"
"Roar!"
As Nezha's words dropped, a roar erupted from the forest.
"It looks like my opponent has arrived!"
Nezha didn't even give Jiang Yuan a chance to speak; with the echo of his voice, he dashed toward the source of the roar.
"Wait for me!"
Jiang Yuan hastily prepared to follow.
But soon, he realized it wasn't necessary.
Nezha charged into the forest, and before Jiang Yuan could even catch up, Nezha dragged out a forest wolf, standing upright, taller than him.
"So weak."
Nezha looked disdainfully at the forest wolf in his hand and flung it before Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan looked at the wolf in front of him, somewhat helplessly.
A forest wolf that could shred him in ten seconds held out for five seconds in Nezha's grasp?
That included the time it took for Nezha to charge.
According to relativity, how long would it take for Nezha to defeat him?
Jiang Yuan didn't know, but after the forest wolf was dealt with, the space turned back into the initial white room.
"Having no weapon is a bit awkward; it's been a long time since I've fought barehanded... er, brawled."
As he spoke, Nezha scratched his head awkwardly, "So, when are you going to make a weapon for me?"
"Soon, I'll craft a weapon for you after making some money."
"Great!"
Nezha nodded, excited like a five-and-a-half-foot child.
Jiang Yuan stared at the three items in front of him, feeling conflicted.
Not that the items were too good, but that these three rewards were not very useful.
Three white cards.
Material Card: [Wild Wolf Tooth]
Skill Card: [Copper Head] (1/1)
Material Card: [Wild Wolf Fur]
Basically, the three cards weren't very useful, worth around five hundred to a thousand outside.
The Skill Card was more valuable, but the two Material Cards not so much.
But the Skill Card wouldn't fetch much either, as it could only be used once.
With resignation, Jiang Yuan finally chose the Skill Card.
Three hundred more is still three hundred, five hundred more is still five hundred.
After picking up the Skill Card, Jiang Yuan pressed the red button again.
Compared to just now, there is an additional blue button.
The blue button is for exiting the challenge.
Jiang Yuan would not choose to exit now.
Not to mention Nezha is still excited, exiting now would be meaningless.
"Shall we continue?"
"Of course."
Watching the scene of the white space change again, Nezha also excitedly asked.
Jiang Yuan nodded confidently, although he didn't know what he would face on the second level.
But he believed in Nezha.
And he believed in his own realm strength!
Soon, the scene changed completely, turning from the previous forest into a desert scene now.
"Be careful, there might be monsters hiding in the sand to ambush us."
Jiang Yuan said, and again materialized a card.
The Star Power consumed after using the [Nezha] card was restored after clearing the level.
It seems like a bug of the Dream Tower.
After all, once Nezha was materialized, it hardly consumed any Star Power.
And after each level challenge was cleared, one's own Star Power would be restored.
This is something the Beast Taming Card couldn't compare with.
Using a Beast Taming Card consumes very little Star Power.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan felt a bit happy.
If it's like this, would his Star Power also be restored to full on the next level after he materializes the Linglong Tower?
Though restoring Star Power isn't useful right now.
But later when he has more cards, it will be very useful.
Jiang Yuan infused Star Power into the card; the card disappeared, and a golden seven-story pagoda appeared in his hand.
"I always feel that the thing in your hand is not very friendly towards me," Nezha looked at the small tower in Jiang Yuan's hand and frowned slightly.
Jiang Yuan chuckled, isn't it unfriendly indeed, this thing was specifically made to target you.
"Don't worry, it's just your misunderstanding."
But thoughts aside, he definitely couldn't say that directly.
"From here on, I leave it to you. You know my body can't handle much, if I get ambushed, we fail."
"Leave it to me!"
With a hearty pat on his chest, Jiang Yuan then directly activated the Linglong Tower.
The Linglong Tower floated from Jiang Yuan's hand to above his head.
Then a misty golden halo formed in the shape of the Linglong Tower, enveloping Jiang Yuan.
Under the cover of the Linglong Tower, although Jiang Yuan could see outside, he could not move or attack.
(If attacked inside, the tower would directly hit the Linglong Tower.)
Nezha looked curiously at Jiang Yuan, who was covered in the golden hazy pagoda, and was about to ask when he suddenly jumped as if bitten by a mosquito.
"Something bit me!"
Nezha gritted his teeth, a red dot conspicuously appeared on his pale, bare foot.
"Sand Scorpion!"
Jiang Yuan looked at where Nezha was standing earlier and just saw the scorpion tail retracting.
Nezha, infuriated, stomped heavily.
The formidable power released into the sand.
Although because of the sandy terrain the spread wasn't too far, sand scorpions within the vicinity were shaken out.
Two were shaken out initially, and then three more crawled out from the sand, totaling five sand scorpions.
Although they were all just starting level mutant beasts, Jiang Yuan was still worried for Nezha.
After all, it could be considered Nezha's first battle.
The wolves in the forest he didn't get to see, so they don't count.
"Is it you creatures?"
Nezha, infuriated yet mockingly smiling, looked at the sand scorpions arching their tails and approaching him, yelled at them, and then spat out flames from his mouth.
[Samadhi True Fire]!