My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

"What a strange person..." the passerby muttered, turning back to the empty area, waiting for the next person to come and challenge it.

-

"How is it?" Leng Binglan asked when she saw Leng Yihan return to their corner.

"They're gambling, but they didn't challenge anyone because of their skill level. It seems we'll have to attract everyone's attention if we're going to challenge someone," Leng Yihan said with a hint of helplessness.

"Let's not go together, let's go in pairs. The time flow inside the Divine Ladder is definitely different from ours, so don't rush," Kang Meng suggested.

Yes, it really looks too spectacular if they're all together... Let's split them into three groups...

“Then I’ll go with Binglan, Feixue with Yi Tianzhai, and Xiao Yulin with Kang Meng,” Leng Yihan said.

"No problem," everyone responded.

"Then let's start with Binglan and me."

248 Climbing the Stairway to Godhood (14)

"Oh."

……

"Hey, hey, so cold?!" Leng Yihan complained. "I'm supposed to be the main character, but I'm the first one to appear. Isn't that nice to you guys?!"

"Oh." 4

"Fine, fine, do whatever you want. Binglan, put this on, let's go." Leng Yihan said, taking out a mask and handing it to Leng Binglan.

"Huh? Why do you guys have masks?!" Feixue complained.

"I don't know when I put it away. I just found it. Since I have it, I might as well use it. I don't want anyone to see my face. It feels really embarrassing." Leng Yihan said and put on the mask. They were in a corner, and not many people paid attention to this corner.

[Item: A Strange Mask]

[Effect: Blocks viewing information.]

Well, it's probably because Leng Yihan was worried that something like remote surveillance could directly see their faces, so he used this thing to block them from viewing information. (He really didn't expect to find such a thing in his bag, because it was secretly slipped into his backpack by Si Huo Tian Yue during the elevator transfer.)

The two pushed through the crowd and headed straight for the Stairway to God. Their actions were naturally seen by all the passersby, and in an instant, everyone's eyes were on them.

Leng Yihan and Leng Binglan were wearing cloaks that they had put on at some point. These cloaks were attached to their masks and covered their entire bodies.

Everyone watched in silence as the two who had suddenly appeared walked step by step toward the Stairway to Godhood, and then disappeared from their sight...

"Wait... who were those two guys just now...?"

"I do not know……"

"Are you a newcomer...?"

"A newcomer dares to challenge the Stairway to Godhood?"

As the hall grew increasingly noisy, a loud sound suddenly rang out from the corner—the location of the gambling game.

"Since someone has gone in, let's begin our betting as usual. Since both of them seem to be new faces, our betting is limited to the floors they can reach. Floors 1 to 100 have odds of 1:1.12, floors 100 to 500 have odds of 1:1.5, floors 500 to 1000 have odds of 1:1.7, floors 1000 to 1100 have odds of 1:2, and floors 1100 and above... odds of 1:5!"

Yi Tianzhai peered through the crowd at the guy running the betting operation who was surrounded in the corner. Unfortunately, because he was surrounded, Yi Tianzhai couldn't see the person's face at all, but judging from the voice... it seemed to be a girl.

Let's see when Leng Yihan comes out...

-

“…First level.” Leng Yihan muttered to herself, then instantly killed the living terracotta warrior in front of her with a single strike.

The living terracotta warrior in front of me suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a second living terracotta warrior.

“The second layer…” Leng Yihan uttered another sentence, and with another ordinary slash, it was still an instant kill.

It seems like the beginning was all very simple...

As Leng Yihan thought about it, she began an endless cycle of monsters resurrecting, being killed, resurrecting, and being killed again.

Leng Yihan didn't calculate how long this lasted. Soon, Leng Yihan's attack no longer killed the opponent instantly, but was blocked by the opponent.

Although Leng Yihan killed him instantly with the second strike.

And so it was, Leng Yihan could only continue this boring monster-slaying routine, but the system didn't intend for him to remain so bored forever.

The number of terracotta warriors gradually increases, with one added after every ten rounds of killing, until the number of terracotta warriors reaches ten.

Next, things weren't so easy for Leng Yihan. These terracotta warriors had become much tougher and their reactions were much faster, so Leng Yihan had to start dodging. He didn't want to try to withstand their damage.

"Is that all...? That's too easy..." Leng Yihan complained, but he quickly changed his mind.

When Leng Yihan killed all the terracotta warriors once again, they all suddenly disappeared and transformed into... a giant terracotta warrior.

"A giant terracotta warrior?" Leng Yihan scoffed, drawing her sword and slashing out.

Then, the terracotta warrior took the blow.

Then, Leng Yihan was thrown away by the enormous recoil force.

Leng Yihan rolled over and got up, quickly took out a red potion and drank it, then glanced at her health bar... well, she almost got killed in one hit...

"I need to get serious..." Leng Yihan stood up. The current terrain was just an ordinary arena with no cover. Leng Yihan didn't dare to delay any longer. He didn't know if this giant terracotta warrior had any buff that made it stronger the longer it was used.

Leng Yihan took a deep breath, activated Cloud Crane (I forgot to mention that Cloud Crane doesn't have the effect of removing control effects from sword intent), and rushed towards the giant terracotta warrior. The terracotta warrior slowly raised its greatsword, and Leng Yihan seized the opportunity. The giant terracotta warrior's sword swung out instantly, but it didn't see Leng Yihan.

"Bang!" Leng Yihan had switched from a katana to a greatsword, unleashing a devastating attack that cleaved the earth and slashed directly at the head of the terracotta warrior.

"Bang!" The giant terracotta warrior instantly turned into pieces. Its defensive skills and its own resources were completely useless in front of Chaos.

"It's solved... That was too easy..." Leng Yihan landed back on the ground. She originally thought that new terracotta warriors would appear, but the surrounding scenery changed.

The arena gradually became distorted, and then, if Leng Yihan's perception was correct...

"Does it even have scene changes?" Leng Yihan complained, but he knew it might not be that easy. He cautiously looked around. So far, no enemies had appeared. After hesitating for a while, Leng Yihan slowly made his way to the edge of the rainforest, wanting to see if he could explore it.

"!" The sound of something cutting through the air rang out. Leng Yihan immediately turned his head to dodge the arrow. He scanned his surroundings and immediately locked onto a black figure hopping and jumping in the tree.

"..." Without hesitation, Leng Yihan took advantage of the time Yun Zhonghe still had and rushed out to catch up with the person who had ambushed him.

In fact, it was only when Leng Yihan saw him that she realized he wasn't human at all, but a stone statue, a stone statue that looked like an elf, a humanoid elf.

As soon as the elf saw Leng Yihan appear in front of him, he hurriedly ran back, but it was too late. Leng Yihan had already switched her greatsword for a katana and cut the attacker in half with one strike.

"Is that all...?"

-

"Where am I?" Leng Binglan looked around uneasily.

She was originally fighting terracotta warriors in an arena, so why is she now... in a strange, unknown place...?

It's so dark, so dark, I can't see anything...

The next moment, everything went black before Leng Binglan's eyes, and she lost consciousness.

When she woke up, it wasn't long before she realized something.

"W-what's going on?!" Leng Binglan cried out in disbelief. At this moment, she was bound hand and foot, and no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free. Her level 90 character strength was as if she had nothing.

"Hello, Cold Blue—"

249 The Demon King's Invitation (15)

Leng Binglan was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the direction from which the voice came from. The Demon King sat high on his throne, a mocking smile on his lips.

"The Demon...King?" Leng Binglan said in disbelief. How could this person be here...?

"Welcome to my throne—" said the Demon King.

"Wait, I'm not in the Forest of the Fallen Demons..."

"I couldn't do anything to you while you were in the Forest of the Fallen Demons, but once we leave the Forest of the Fallen Demons and I'm on this throne, I'm practically invincible. Otherwise, how do you think I was able to get to your world and meet Tianyue back then?" the Demon King said, emphasizing the word "invincible."

"..." Leng Binglan gritted her teeth, but quickly relaxed. "Even so, what can you do to me? You may be invincible in this world while on this throne, but can you really cross over to Tianyue? I believe you would definitely die there. And I am not my original self now. If you capture me, it's impossible for you to turn me against me or get anything from me. At most, you can only kill me." Leng Binglan became more and more calm as she spoke. Indeed, even if the Demon King had some means, could he kill her projection in this time and then cross over to kill her original self? Leng Binglan knew that if it weren't for this throne, the Demon King wouldn't even be able to forcibly cross over to another world.

"...Heh, you're right, but I can spare your life. Tian Yue and I are on the same level. On this throne, I'm practically a god." The Demon King sneered. "Tian Yue's protection of you might not be of any use. I can also tell you that right now... you have no way to leave this world except to complete your mission. If you die... your projection will simply disappear, unless you're in the Forest of the Vanished Demons." The Demon King even revealed how to counter this, which usually meant... the Demon King was absolutely certain that Leng Binglan wouldn't escape.

"By the way, that health cap she set for you isn't convenient for me to torture you, since you'd die if you went all the way down, so I'll cancel it for you." With a wave of his hand, the Demon King discovered that Leng Binglan's health was gone.

Wait, wait... doesn't this mean...?

“You can… modify my projection…” Leng Binglan said in disbelief. Perhaps it wasn’t disbelief, but rather a chilling feeling that followed her discovery.

"I'll also eliminate all that miscellaneous stuff you've got. Your physical strength should be around level thirteen... that should be enough, you won't die so easily." With a snap of his fingers, the Demon King made the entire icy blue UI disappear.

The current situation is basically no different from reality, except that she won't die because the person here isn't her real self...

but……

Removing the health bar solved the problem of me dying instantly when I ran out of health, even if my wounds weren't particularly serious...

The skill interface has been removed... From now on, I can only rely on my instincts to use skills... In every aspect, my ability to resist will be reduced...

The backpack was removed... All I can carry are the things I'm carrying with me; I can't take anything out or put anything in...

With the removal of mana, if I don't manage my mana well and use skills when I'm low on mana, it's highly likely to cause a backlash...

Well... their ability to resist has been greatly reduced, but their ability to struggle against death has been significantly strengthened, but...

Leng Binglan's expression was not good. Even without the Demon King lifting a finger, she could imagine how he would torture her to the point of ecstasy, agony, and a living hell.

It's questionable how long I can maintain this so-called willpower...

"Well, judging from your expression, you must have thought of quite a few methods. Well then, I'll just say it directly: join me, help me get something, and I can guarantee I won't kill Leng Yihan," the Demon King invited.

“…I, I can’t possibly…give in…” Leng Binglan said, her body suddenly stiffening. If she wasn’t mistaken, those thick, purple things emerging from the ground seemed to be tentacles…

"I'll give you one more chance," the Demon King said coldly, no longer in a gentle tone.

"..." Leng Binglan gritted her teeth, watching herself get closer and closer to these filthy things... her body trembled slightly...

-

"Phew... how many more do I have to kill..." On the World Tree side, Leng Yihan was still working hard to chop down the stone statues. Now there were already ten of these elves, which was the highest difficulty level.

I wonder how much longer until the final boss appears... By the way, what floor am I on now...?

Leng Yihan frowned, dodging their attacks while approaching them one by one and killing them gradually. It has to be said that the difficulty has indeed increased a lot so far. Although Leng Yihan's fighting speed has slowed down a lot, she can still pass through easily.

Soon the elves disappeared again. This time, Leng Yihan felt that the surroundings had changed. Although she couldn't explain it, if Leng Yihan wasn't mistaken, the big boss had appeared.