Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1157 - 1076: Entering the Tower to Explore

"Originally, all of you had a share in this, but since the guild has run into trouble, I can only contribute everything to the guild."

Su Ran was quick to respond, "This is all I have; you can’t strip me clean, can you?! Next time I get a chance, I’ll head to the Ghost Clan and bring back more specialties."

"Hmph, forgetful of friends at the sight of gain, you’re not being generous!"

Youtong said huffily, turning her head away to show how angry she was.

"Youtong, Overturning Water has done so much for the guild, and he’s already made a promise. If you keep this up, you’ll be the one in the wrong."

Gu Yue laughed as he spoke up for Su Ran, giving Youtong a way out, and she dropped the subject.

"Overturning Water, thank you."

The Creamy Young Miss sincerely thanked him, relieved by the appearance of these props which eased her urgent need.

"It’s fine, this is what I should do. Just don’t forget I’m also a member of the Singing Song guild."

Su Ran grinned, pointing towards the Sand Tower not far ahead, "That’s the tower there. I’ll go in first to scout; if there’s no danger, you all can come in after."

"You remember you’re a part of the guild? You don’t take part in guild activities or contribute to the guild construction. You’re a total hands-off manager!"

The Creamy Young Miss muttered under her breath, audible only to herself, knowing full well that the rapid development of the Singing Song guild was closely linked to Su Ran’s fame. Most players joined the guild because of Su Ran’s reputation, yet it was rare to see him in person, which could not help but frustrate her.

However, this was not the time to dwell on these matters; their current objective was to conquer the Sand Tower.

"Overturning Water, you must be careful. If it’s not going well, just come back, don’t overexert yourself."

In response to Creamy Young Miss’s concern, Su Ran nodded, then summoned his excellent scouting pet companion, the Dark Bone Lion, and led the way into the Sand Tower.

"This is really strange."

Through shared vision, Su Ran noticed something unusual inside the Sand Tower; he had expected the floor to be covered in sand, but instead, nearly two-thirds of the area was made of pools of water transformed by giant pythons, and even the staircase leading to the second floor was constructed of flowing water, which looked very special.

"Let’s go over and test it out!"

With his mind made up, Su Ran didn’t rush to enter the Sand Tower himself but continued to control the Dark Bone Lion to advance.

However.

Just as the Dark Bone Lion was halfway across, disaster finally struck.

"Splash, splash."

The surface of the water rippled, transforming into slender water snakes that shot towards the direction of the Dark Bone Lion.

"Roar!"

Seeing the bad turn of events, the Dark Bone Lion immediately activated its crowd-control skill, Lion’s Roar. However, to Su Ran’s dismay, this AOE (area of effect) skill was wasted—the water snakes were not affected at all. They wrapped around the avatar’s skeleton and kept biting relentlessly.

"Mistake. These water snakes have no sense of hearing; I used Lion’s Roar on the wrong target..."

Su Ran thought bitterly. But with the advantage lost, he could only endure the assault from dozens of water snakes, unleashing the Charge Skill. By a stroke of luck, he managed to fling all the water snakes away, escaping with his life.

"That was close. If the avatar had perished, the trouble would have been massive."

Not daring to be careless, Su Ran let his true self enter the space of the Sand Tower, floating in mid-air. He immediately summoned ten skeletal mages and began bombarding the group of water snakes with spells.

"Swoosh!"

Meanwhile, Xue Wuqing also entered the Sand Tower and happened upon this scene of carnage. She instantly became indignant.

"Hey Overturning Water, you’ve actually started to level up here all by yourself? Couldn’t you have called me to join in on this good deal?"

No sooner had the words left her mouth than Xue Wuqing scooped up her Frost Spear and joined the battlefield, slaughtering the group of water snakes with ferocious attacks.

With Xue Wuqing’s participation, the water snakes immediately suffered a crushing defeat, either being cleanly sliced in half or frozen into blocks of ice. In no time at all, a good number had already been cleared away, making Su Ran’s skeletal mages seem quite lackluster in comparison.

"Damn, this woman doesn’t even care about snakes—she’s truly fierce!"

Su Ran began to suspect that Xue Wuqing might possess a violent streak, probably of the same variety as Youtong’s.

Since the situation was well in hand, Su Ran didn’t delay any further and sent a message to the Buttercream Youngster, instructing her to lead a hundred players into the Sand Tower space. As for the other players, they could only enter in turn; there was no helping it—the space within the tower was too small to accommodate so many players at once.

"Wow, wow, wow, you guys are being so unfair, feasting here all alone! Save me a few, don’t kill them all!"

The moment Youtong appeared inside the Sand Tower and saw the group of brutally beaten water snakes, she couldn’t help but yell out and immediately charged forward with her shield, the epitome of a tomboy.

Buttercream Youngster first cautiously surveyed the surroundings and, after noticing no other dangers, commanded everyone to rush in and engage in a fierce battle with the group of water snakes.

"Everyone, be careful, the water is poisonous!"

A player who accidentally got pushed into the water area instantly cried out, "I’ve got a debuff that’s reducing my health by 100 points per second, my life is on the line here!"

"Eh? Why am I just slowed down by 30% for five minutes? It’s not as exaggerated as you say."

Another player had also succumbed to a trap but didn’t seem as dramatic about it.

"It seems we’re dealing with random debuffs here, which is fairly reasonable."

Seeing this, Buttercream Youngster finally put her mind at ease.

Before long,

The illusionary water snakes were wiped out, revealing the passage to the second floor. It wasn’t difficult to guess that the first floor of the Sand Tower had been cleared.

"I didn’t expect these water snakes to be weak but provide so much experience!"

Big Smoke looked at his experience bar with a surprised expression, "Just in this short amount of time, my experience has increased by 2%! If only they respawned indefinitely, that would be great; what a pity!"

"If they could respawn indefinitely, do you really think you’d still get a turn? Dream on!"

Youtong rebuked without mincing words, giving no face to Big Smoke.

Arguing with women wasn’t Big Smoke’s strong suit, so he wisely shut his mouth.

"Let’s go to the second floor; maybe there are even more water snakes there."

Buttercream Youngster didn’t want to linger any longer and reminded everyone, "Also, watch out for the running water underfoot, don’t step on it, or you might get a negative status."

Everyone reached the second floor without mishap, only to find that the terrain there had flipped, with two-thirds of the space covered in yellow sand, which surprised them greatly.

"Same old rules, I’ll let my pets scout ahead."

Su Ran was the first to speak up, sending the Dark Bone Lion charging straight ahead.

However,

What happened next was unexpected for everyone: as soon as the Dark Bone Lion stepped onto the desert, the ground collapsed, and the poor Dark Bone Lion, having no time to react, was trapped inside. No matter how much it struggled, it was to no avail, and it soon disappeared from everyone’s sight.

"Hiss..."

"Quicksand trap!"