Legend of the Heroes of Another World's Divine Tower

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A sudden, afterimage-like "black hurricane" swept across the edge of the front yard and hurtled straight into the mansion's treasure room at an astonishing speed!

"Who?! Who stepped on my butt?!"

"Ouch! What a strong wind! Why is it suddenly so cold?"

"Am I still drunk...? How come I saw a black tornado rush past?"

"Wait! There's a thief! There's a robber!"

"Alert! Alert! Robbers have broken into the treasure room!!"

In an instant, the front yard erupted in chaos! Exclamations, roars, and the clanging of gongs and drums filled the air.

A large number of bandits crawled out of the tents and onto the ground, their clothes disheveled. Some were carrying weapons, while others had only managed to pull up their trousers. They charged toward the treasure room, yelling and screaming. The scene was chaotic and comical.

The commotion in the front yard also woke Shangguan Qiluo on the second floor. She sleepily opened the window and looked down. She saw a familiar black figure moving freely through the chaotic crowd at an astonishing speed she had never seen before, heading straight for the depths of the mansion.

"So bold? Just blatantly robbing? This style... is Zhou Yanyu possessing him, or has Lin Chi gone 'bad'?" Shangguan Qiluo muttered, quickly going downstairs and running towards the treasure room. "Hopefully, the five 'level breakthrough stones' I secretly hid in the corner will be of help to you."

However, when she arrived at the entrance to the treasure room, the scene before her stunned her.

It's empty! The huge treasure room, apart from dust and a few empty shelves, had been completely cleaned up, not even the bottom of a bottle was left!

"Huh?" Shangguan Qiluo blinked, somewhat incredulous. "He can pretend like that? How does he do it?" She helplessly rubbed her forehead, both annoyed and amused. "At least leave me some money for daily expenses."

"Boss! Boss! Something terrible has happened!" A subordinate ran over, his face contorted with grief. "Our...our warehouse has been emptied by that thief! He just waved his hand, and everything inside was gone! Vanished without a trace!"

"Boss! That guy is too fast, like a ghost, we can't stop him at all! Please think of a way to ask Lord Lin Feng to take action!" another subordinate shouted anxiously.

Shangguan Qiluo followed her subordinates back to the chaotic front yard. There, she saw the black figure weaving through the furious crowd as if playing with them, sometimes rushing forward, sometimes teleporting, leaving behind a trail of triumphant afterimages and the bandits' furious curses.

"Quick! Anyone who knows wind magic, speed things up! I need to catch him!"

"Speed ​​up my ass! Use vines! Tie him up!"

"Build an earthen wall! Build an earthen wall to stop him!"

In the chaos, Lin Chi spotted Shangguan Qiluo standing at the door.

He paused, then waved vigorously at her through the crowd, making a "see you again" gesture, and even winked playfully.

Without lingering, he transformed into an even faster black gust of wind, easily breaking through the camp gate amidst the bandits' futile encirclement, and disappearing into the misty forest.

"It seems... Lin Chi did it himself." Shangguan Qiluo stared in the direction he disappeared, a complex expression on her face, a mixture of surprise, relief, and a hint of melancholy. "He really gave me a big surprise."

She muttered to herself, then shook her head, as if trying to shake off some unrealistic thought. Her eyes regained their firmness and sharpness. "Maybe you really can become someone's 'hero'... but my own path, my own grudges, I will ultimately have to settle them myself!"

So, she and he both turned and went their separate ways.

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The Divine Tower, the forty-fifth floor.

In front of the level portal, a relatively flat and open space was bustling with people and extremely noisy.

This is a unique transit station for "battle levels," serving as the final supply and gathering point for tower climbers before venturing into dangerous dungeons.

Someone was shouting, "Still haven't cleared floor 45? Need a reliable healer! Our DPS slots are full!"

A merchant set up a makeshift stall and enthusiastically shouted, "Take a look! Freshly forged blue-grade meteorite iron swords! Made from top-quality minerals, sharp and durable!"

Many more climbers, who were short of money, gathered in twos and threes, looking through the materials in each other's backpacks and bartering.

"Three 'Hardened Beast Hides' for one bottle of intermediate healing potion, anyone interested?"

"Do you have any 'Golden Thread Wolf King Fur'? I'll trade you 'Shining Dust'!"

Amidst the commotion, a figure draped in an inconspicuous black cloak and wearing a mask moved silently through the crowd, eyes beneath the cloak keenly scanning everything around them.

"These good-for-nothing bandits!" Zhou Yanyu, currently inside his storage ring, muttered to himself as he tallied his spoils, his face filled with exasperation. "They hoarded so many random, short-acting enhancement potions, why didn't they stockpile some hard currency—gold coins? Or even silver or copper coins! A whole bunch of experience bottles!"

"Aren't there a lot of people bartering here?" Lin Chi, controlling his body, glanced at several stalls where people were haggling. "Why don't we just use experience bottles to exchange for some things we need?"

"No, look closely," Zhou Yanyu shook his head inside the ring, "There are so many people here, have you seen anyone using 'experience bottles' as currency? Not a single one! This means experience bottles must be extremely precious and rare, and cannot be easily shown to others."

He paused, his voice tinged with a hint of pain: "Besides, don't be fooled by the fact that we looted over a thousand bottles, rushing from level sixteen to level thirty, plus those five level-breaking stones to break through the level twenty limit—that's more than half gone! Money's flowing like water, buddy!"

"Huh? Does that mean... we're still broke and can't afford anything?" Lin Chi looked at the dazzling array of weapons, armor, potions, and scrolls on the surrounding stalls, as well as the jingling gold coins in the merchants' money bags, and felt like a kitten was scratching at his heart.

A bold and somewhat unethical thought suddenly popped into his head: "Why not just put them all into my storage ring! We can run away fast anyway!"

"Hey!" Zhou Yanyu slapped his thigh suddenly from inside the storage ring. "You know what?! You really have to believe it! This idea has potential!"

Lin Chi was startled by Zhou Yanyu's excited voice echoing in his mind: "Huh? I was just saying it casually... Isn't this a bad idea? Robbing innocent passersby."

"Hey, we can 'rob the rich to help the poor'!" Zhou Yanyu's voice carried a sly eagerness. "Let's wander around and observe. Maybe... there are bad guys among the crowd? We can call this 'acting on behalf of Heaven'!"

He spoke with an air of righteous indignation, but the wicked smirk in his tone was impossible to hide.

Just then, a particularly loud, even exaggerated, shout came from the other end of the transfer station, instantly drowning out much of the noise.