Chapter 1826 - 1426: The Fury of the Crowd, the Battle Over the Cleaver!

Gu Changsheng looked at the bodies lying in pools of blood...

Sympathy?

No!

People die for money, birds perish for food. They willingly risk their lives for power, status, and Gold, Silver and Silk. Such people do not earn Gu Changsheng’s sympathy!

It’s just that, regarding Ta You, who set up the trap, there is some resentment!

Although I’ve only heard the name and never seen the person, Gu Changsheng could glimpse from the First Layer of the Star Innate Tower that Ta You is truly a master of bloodless murder!

Suddenly, Gu Changsheng thought of what Landuoer said: Ta You is not someone easy to associate with!

It’s undeniable that Landuoer was quite subtle in her warning. Where is he not easy to associate with? This is simply a killing demon fooling with human lives!

Gu Changsheng and the others stayed at the wall, not engaging in the fight to compete for ascension up the tower, so naturally, no one attacked them!

What a joke, everyone was busy squeezing up the stairs, there’s no time for them to retreat!

Since they weren’t disrupting her, Gu Changsheng enjoyed the leisure. Occasionally, a blood-crazed fighter, lost in direction, would approach them, only to be mercilessly eliminated by the Slaughtering Knife in Gu Changsheng’s hands!

A Slaughtering Knife is still a knife, and in front of a bunch of people who lost their Internal Force Weapon, it holds a substantial advantage!

Because they were huddled by the wall, Gu Changsheng could take in the whole scene of the First Layer of the Star Innate Tower!

Like a stranger, she coldly observed the massacre. Quickly, Gu Changsheng’s eyes clenched and she walked to the corpse of the person she had just killed!

She saw a speck of shining firefly light slowly rise from the corpse’s brows, though inconspicuous in the bloodstained purgatory, Gu Changsheng’s fingers precisely touched that firefly glow!

With Phoenix Eyes filled with confusion, Gu Changsheng spoke, "What is this?"

She wasn’t seeing this firefly glow for the first time; since she began observing, this glow occasionally floated out from the corpses’ brows. Initially, Gu Changsheng thought she was hallucinating, but as it happened repeatedly, convincing herself it was a mere illusion became too difficult!

Self-deception isn’t easy!

At the moment Gu Changsheng spoke, the firefly light at her fingertips leaped up and slowly floated upwards...

Gu Changsheng’s gaze followed that glow, rising slowly...

Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue, hearing Gu Changsheng’s words, also looked at her fingertips and then followed the rising glow...

Until the glow reached the top of this tower layer, merging with the starlight, moonlight, and everyone’s faces showed traces of uncertain amazement...

"Damn it! Don’t tell me these stars are formed this way!" Gu Changsheng’s eyes widened, truly stunned.

Godfather, what did she just witness?

She clearly saw the firefly light blend into those stars, and the starlight grew brighter, didn’t it?

This strange phenomenon made Gu Changsheng suspect the reasons behind these mysterious star formations!

What kind of dark magic is this?

Not just Gu Changsheng was shocked, even Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue were visibly surprised.

"Kiddo, tell me, is your master cultivating some Evil Cultivation? A cultivation needing lives as a catalyst?" Gu Changsheng turned, looking at the Holy Envoy Child.

Of those familiar with Ta You, aside from this child, there’s no one else!

The firefly glow from the corpse’s brows only slightly brightened those stars, so how much firefly light is needed to form these stars? How many sacrifices are required?

Gu Changsheng realized her math skills weren’t great; figuring this number seemed impossible!

Because deep down, she resisted!

It’s not her past life’s experience with cliché stories, but the real possibility that someone might use innocence to seek immortality, and others use lives for hidden motives!

In Gu Changsheng’s heart, Ta You had already become a monstrous existence!

"Do not defame the Holy Master! The Holy Master exhausts himself for the good of all the world!" The originally expressionless Holy Envoy Child, unperturbed, seldom showed a trace of emotion on his face, irritating Gu Changsheng!

"Haha... What a noble cause for the world! Sending so many people here to die in endless waves for the good of the world? This Star Innate Tower has been established for fifteen years, hasn’t it? Fifteen years, how many people have died here? Calling it ’for the world’s good’, as if these people aren’t part of the living? As if they aren’t living beings?" Gu Changsheng snorted coldly upon hearing this.

The Holy Envoy Child was not eloquent by nature, how could he compete with Gu Changsheng’s sharp tongue?

Upon hearing this, anger flickered faintly in his eyes, but he didn’t know how to explain, so he could only anxiously say, "It’s not like that! It’s not like that! The Holy Master is the best person in the world! Everything he does has a reason. You can’t judge him easily!"

Gu Changsheng shook his head upon hearing this, looking at the Holy Envoy Child with compassion, "In your eyes, your master is omnipotent, but in mine, he is overly murderous."

If possible, Gu Changsheng hoped the Star Innate Tower trial would cease to exist in this world!

It’s nothing short of slaughter!

The first layer of Star Innate Tower is truly brutal; there is no sun within the Star Innate Tower, no way to tell time until Gu Changsheng felt hungry twice, ate some dry rations to fill his stomach, and then people in the first layer began to dwindle!

To be precise, the living people began to dwindle!

Because there were many dead bodies on the ground, so many they were almost piled up!

Apart from those who fought their way to the second layer, there were only a few people shrinking against the walls left!

Gu Changsheng and his group were among those people!

And at this moment, the final living person was climbing the stairs, which was the time for these clever people left to begin enjoying the spoils!

Having not partaken in the battle at all, Gu Changsheng patted down his clothes, stretched his muscles, and stood up, "It’s about time. We should see what awaits us on the second layer of the tower too!"

With Gu Changsheng’s movement, Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue also stood up, while Yuan Bao had already packed up everything, ready to move at any moment.

However, what Gu Changsheng didn’t expect was that when she stood up, the others huddled against the walls exchanged looks and immediately stood up too, staring at Gu Changsheng’s group...

Even if their gazes were too obvious for Gu Changsheng to ignore, feeling the stares from all around, Gu Changsheng blinked and stared back...

Well, now on the first layer of the Star Innate Tower, there were only about fifty people left alive, and Gu Changsheng’s group made up four of them!

"Why are you staring at me like that? How about, we make a deal? There are just a few dozens of us left, and although the staircase is narrow, allowing only one at a time, climbing the tower individually wouldn’t take long, would it? Why not coexist peacefully? We’ve already waited so long, haven’t we?" Gu Changsheng thought it over and started to speak.

Those who, like them, chose to watch the tigers fight from the mountain and reap the benefits were all somewhat clever people, and such people fighting would be troublesome!

"We would like to coexist peacefully, but this is the kind of situation where only one person can survive in the end. Can we really coexist peacefully?" Diluo Han smirked sarcastically upon hearing this.

"Exactly, even if there’s no killing now, it can’t be avoided later! It’s a life-or-death situation, and who can dodge it in the end?" A man in his thirties next to Diluo Han chimed in, looking at Gu Changsheng with eyes burning like fire, his face sinister, "Especially with someone like you who still possesses a weapon, while we all have nothing left. Only you have a Slaughtering Knife in hand, who knows if the knife will become a killing knife later on, will it become a Life-Saving Charm?"

This man’s name was Diluo Rong, and he hailed from the same tribe as Diluo Han, always a lackey!

Although Diluo Han had no memory of the previous trials, he had reached the third layer. How could Diluo Rong not look up to him?

Once Diluo Rong finished speaking, Diluo Han turned around and gave him a look of appreciation.

But Gu Changsheng’s brows knitted instantly, looking at Diluo Rong with an extremely cold gaze!

This person was quite capable, with just a few words, he had made her the public enemy!

While everyone’s weapons were gone, only Gu Changsheng still had a Slaughtering Knife in hand. Although mundane, normally these prideful people wouldn’t even deign to look at it, but isn’t the situation different now?

With Diluo Rong’s comment about the killing knife suggesting that Gu Changsheng’s Slaughtering Knife was a potential threat, and mentioning it as a Life-Saving Charm, it enticed everyone present immeasurably!

In the face of threat and temptation, how will the crowd choose?

Gu Changsheng didn’t even need to think, she could already guess what they were thinking!

"What? Do you think that those before us haven’t killed enough? That not enough people have died here? So you’re planning to make a move against us?" Gu Changsheng tossed the Slaughtering Knife in her hand before catching it again, speaking lightly.

"We don’t have any weapons, but you do. It’s inherently unfair, don’t you think?" Diluo Rong, under Diluo Han’s gaze, incited those around again, saying, "How do we know whether your knife won’t be at our throats the next second, threatening our lives?"

"Threaten your life? It seems you lack confidence in yourself! If you’re so afraid to die and lack confidence, I advise you to quickly give up and leave the tower! Otherwise, this knife in my hand might really find its way to your throat!"