"You think three isn't enough? You'll be happy if you can exchange for one skill!"
Someone sneered when he heard that.
"You're a weakling. Don't think that others can't do what you can't do!"
The player who was scolded immediately replied coldly.
"Alright, everyone, quiet down. Although this adventurer's tone isn't good, he's speaking the truth. The ability of the ability tower isn't that easy to obtain. If you don't have enough points, you won't be able to exchange for any ability.
However, your points in the ability tower can be used to exchange for some potions. If you have too many points, you can exchange for three abilities and the remaining points can be used to exchange for potions and other items. "
Shi Xiu waved his hand and stopped the quarrel.
"Alright, there's still a few minutes left. Everyone, please bring your entry pass with you. Only those with the pass can enter the ability tower. After entering the ability tower, the pass will record your points and completed missions. So, you can't lose your pass, or else you won't be able to exchange for rewards," Shi Xiu added.
At this moment, many people realized how important the pass was.
Shi Xiu mentioned the pass, but he didn't mention anything about the advanced pass.
Chen Mo had the advanced pass, and Ai Qinen only knew a little about it. Chen Mo really wanted to know what the advanced pass could be used for.
However, with so many people in front of him, Chen Mo couldn't ask Shi Xiu.
If others knew that he had an extraordinary advanced pass, who knew how many people would target him.
Although he wasn't afraid, being stared at by so many people was a troublesome matter. He didn't want to be disturbed by a swarm of flies after entering the ability tower.
So, Chen Mo could only put aside the advanced pass for now.
From Shi Xiu's words, the pass was only useful when exchanging for an ability. At other times, it was used as a recording tool. Whether or not people knew its use, it wasn't too far off.
"Alright, the ability tower is now officially open. Everyone, please line up and enter!"
A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye. At six o 'clock sharp, Shi Xiu moved and revealed the ability tower's entrance behind him.
"Let's go, let's go in!"
The players in front rushed in like a swarm of bees.
"Try not to stray too far from me after entering."
Chen Mo said to Joanna.
He originally thought that the Ability Battle Tower was a dungeon and that he wouldn't lose anything even if he died inside.
The result didn't seem to be the case. Dying in the ability tower was the same as dying outside. The punishment didn't change.
However, Joanna was an NPC. Even if she were to die in an instance dungeon, she would not be able to be resurrected.
Entering the Ability Battle Tower was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous thing for Joanna. No matter what, his relationship with Joanna wasn't ordinary. Chen Mo couldn't just watch as Joanna was in danger.
Qiao Anna just nodded silently without saying anything.
Shi Xiu's words made her feel that the Ability Battle Tower wasn't simple. She had finally arrived at the Ability Battle Tower and was about to enter it. However, whether or not she would become stronger after entering it was still unknown.
Perhaps after coming out of the Ability Battle Tower, she wasn't able to become stronger as she wished.
If that was the case, where should she go? This made Qiao Anna very confused.
The crowd flowed forward. Chen Mo and Joanna walked forward.
Under the Ability Battle Tower, there was a light blue whirlpool. Entering this whirlpool would allow one to enter the Ability Battle Tower.
Chen Mo and Joanna walked to the bottom of the Ability Battle Tower and walked into the whirlpool.
The scenery in front of him changed. Chen Mo then discovered that he had appeared in a grayish-black grassland.
Chen Mo looked around and frowned.
There was no sign of Joanna beside him.
Not only was Joanna not there, he didn't even see any other players.
From the looks of it, this grayish-black grassland was very large. After entering, everyone would be randomly teleported to different locations.
However, Chen Mo guessed that Joanna and he weren't in the same location because they couldn't form a party. If they did, they might not be separated after entering.
Without Joanna by his side, Chen Mo could only pray that nothing happened to Joanna. Otherwise, he wouldn't have any other choice.
However, thinking about it, even if players met Joanna in the Ability Battle Tower and had bad intentions, they wouldn't be able to do whatever they wanted like outside.
Capturing an NPC in the Ability Battle Tower was very likely to be punished and expelled from the Ability Battle Tower.
Everyone only had one chance to enter the Ability Battle Tower. Thinking about it, no one would risk their only chance. Moreover, they were in the Ability Battle Tower. Even if they captured Joanna, they wouldn't be able to take her out of the Ability Battle Tower. Anyone with a brain wouldn't capture Joanna here.
With Joanna's strength, she shouldn't be in too much danger in the Ability Battle Tower without the combined attacks of other players.
Thinking up to this point, Chen Mo's heart calmed down a little. He began to focus on the grayish-black grassland in front of him.
System Notification: Welcome to the first floor of the Ability Battle Tower!
Mission for this floor: Kill 100 Mutated Cockroaches. After clearing the floor, you will receive 20 points as a reward.
More than 100 Mutated Cockroaches. For every additional 10 killed, you will receive 1 point as a reward.
The system notification appeared and gave the mission for this floor. It was to kill a monster called Mutated Cockroach.
Kill 100 Mutated Cockroaches and you will pass the first floor. After that, you will be rewarded with 20 points.
The reward was very little. However, as the first floor, it wasn't strange for the reward to be so little.
However, after completing the mission, what the hell was with only 1 point for every additional 10 killed? This additional reward wasn't even as high as the mission reward. The mission reward was equivalent to 2 points for every 10 Mutated Cockroaches killed.
Forget it. Chen Mo couldn't be bothered to think about it. He should hurry up and find the Mutated Cockroaches. After killing 100 of them, he would go to the second floor. The additional points from the first floor would be left for others to earn.
Chen Mo moved his body and walked around the grayish-black grassland in search of Mutated Cockroaches.
Cockroaches were very small. Perhaps the hardest part of the first floor's mission was to find Mutated Cockroaches.
Chen Mo thought to himself. However, he quickly realized that he was wrong.
Cockroaches in the real world were very small. However, the ones in the Ability Tower were Mutated Cockroaches. Moreover, Shi Xiu had already said before entering the Ability Tower that the monsters in the Ability Tower were all dangerous monsters.
Looking at a pig-sized Mutated Cockroach in front of him, Chen Mo realized that Shi Xiu was telling the truth.
This Mutated Cockroach was several hundred times larger than the original cockroach. It looked as if it was forged from steel. Its entire body was pitch-black and shiny, emitting a golden luster. It gave off an indestructible feeling.
As soon as Chen Mo appeared, the Mutated Cockroach buzzed. It flapped its wings and pounced towards Chen Mo at an extremely fast speed.
Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry to attack. His body moved and he threw out a Scout skill.
[Mutated Cockroach, Level 55, HP 500,000]
Just looking at its stats, Mutated Cockroaches didn't seem to be dangerous at all.
No matter how he thought about it, a Level 58 player with 500,000 HP was far from enough.
However, when Chen Mo's attack landed on the Mutated Cockroach, God's Punishment Dagger pierced its black carapace. When the sound of metal colliding rang out, Chen Mo knew that the Mutated Cockroach's defense was extraordinarily strong. It wouldn't be easy for an average person to kill it.
Killing one was already difficult. Wanting to kill a hundred was even more difficult.
However, with Chen Mo's abnormal attack power, no matter how strong the Mutated Cockroach's defense was, it was still a joke.
If even his attack power couldn't kill a Mutated Cockroach, then other players wouldn't even need to pass the first floor.
Under Chen Mo's powerful attack power, the 500,000 HP Mutated Cockroach was quickly killed by Chen Mo.
System Notification: Current number of Mutated Cockroaches killed: 1!
After killing the Mutated Cockroach, the system notification appeared. It seemed that the entry pass had started recording.
Chen Mo didn't waste any time. He immediately started looking for the second Mutated Cockroach.
However, he didn't know how many Mutated Cockroaches there were on the first floor. Chen Mo discovered that there weren't many Mutated Cockroaches around. Every time he killed a Mutated Cockroach, it would take him a while to find another one. The time he spent looking for Mutated Cockroaches was almost the same as the time he spent killing them.
It took Chen Mo an hour to kill 100 Mutated Cockroaches.
This speed was still considered fast. If it weren't for the occasional few Mutated Cockroaches that appeared for Chen Mo to kill, Chen Mo estimated that it would take him at least two hours to kill 100 Mutated Cockroaches.
However, if he was lucky and encountered a large number of Mutated Cockroaches, passing this floor's test wouldn't be difficult.
System Notification: Please go to the coordinates (3358,6017) to find the first floor's manager and enter the second floor!
After Chen Mo killed 100 Mutated Cockroaches, the system notification appeared. Chen Mo glanced at it and walked towards the coordinates.
Ten minutes later, Chen Mo arrived at the coordinates given by the system.
Before he even got close to the coordinates, Chen Mo saw a tall grey-white pillar from afar.
Approaching the pillar, there was a door at the bottom of the pillar. An old man was guarding the door.
When Chen Mo walked over, there was a group of players who were holding a certificate for the old man to verify. After the old man verified the information recorded on the certificate, he let the six of them enter the door.
"Alright, there's no problem. Go in."
Chen Mo walked over. The old man took the certificate from Chen Mo and raised his head to look at Chen Mo in surprise. However, he didn't say anything. After confirming that Chen Mo's certificate was correct, he waved his hand and let Chen Mo enter the pillar.
The pillar was the passageway between the first and second floor. Inside the room, there was a tall staircase. Chen Mo walked up the staircase for quite a while before he saw the exit.
System Notification: Welcome to the second floor of the Ability Tower!
System Notification: You have cleared the first floor. As you have cleared the test alone, the points you have received have been doubled!
System Notification: You have received 40 points!
The moment Chen Mo entered the second floor, several system notifications appeared one after another.
…
The second floor was even more.