The volume of Slay the Spire 2 is not particularly large.

Even for slay the immortal spire, which had been highly optimized in terms of graphics, if Lu Ze worked at full capacity, he could finish it in just a day's time.

Lu Ze deliberately slowed down his production pace, spending an extra two days polishing the details.

It was mainly because he wanted to help Zhong Yi accumulate some experience and confidence.

Otherwise, if they were released around the same time, Zhong Yi might not even get a scrap of the leftovers...

"Junior Brother Lu, hasn't your Illusion Realm been released yet?"

Zhong Yi refreshed the Illusion Realm several times, and seeing that Lu Ze's new Illusion Realm had not appeared, he asked anxiously.

"No rush... It's likely in 'review'."

Lu Ze opened one eye and replied unhurriedly.

In slay the immortal spire, he had reserved a spot for the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao.

Usually, he would go to the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao's Illusion Realm world to give notice, but since he was currently using the Illusion Alliance's illusion tower, he did not want to expose too much information about the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao, so he did not inform it proactively.

Presumably, at this moment, the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao was examining its position in the Illusion Realm, considering whether to take on a role.

"Junior Brother Lu, don't underestimate Han Xian either; his wonderland of the exquisite tower..."

Zhong Yi was interrupted by Lu Ze halfway through his sentence.

"Rest assured, that Illusion Realm is inferior to yours... It's nothing more than a crude patchwork."

Lu Ze said with a smile.

In just the short while ago, he had already roughly analyzed the wonderland of the exquisite tower.

The conclusion was: It was an ordinary action game stuffed with too much material.

It relied on long-winded plots and continuous levels to stretch out the players' online duration.

He could already guess that the Late Stage would be full of boring repetition.

Behind these 100,000 players, there was a high probability of significant padding.

"Junior Brother Lu, your Illusion Realm has gone online!"

Zhong Yi exclaimed in surprise and impatiently sank into the Illusion Realm.

"I'm going to experience it!"

Having said that, Zhong Yi immediately entered slay the immortal spire, while also starting a live stream.

"...There's such a maneuver?"

Lu Ze blinked.

The Illusion Alliance's regulations prohibited self-promotion, but it didn't say one couldn't promote for others, right?

After thinking about it, he also happily started a live stream.

The content of the live stream was Brave the Demon-Locking Tower, produced by Zhong Yi.

...

...

Zhong Yi's live stream room.

"Let me see how to use card games to climb the tower..."

Zhong Yi entered slay the immortal spire with great enthusiasm.

A gloomy, eerie tall tower appeared in front of him.

"Single-player mode, multiplayer mode?"

Zhong Yi looked at the two options in front of him and was stunned for a moment.

Combining card games and tower climbing was one thing, but could multiple people climb the tower while playing cards together?

No matter how he imagined it, Zhong Yi couldn't picture such a scene, and his anticipation grew even stronger.

"I'll wait until I'm familiar with it before calling Old Zhou and Junior Brother Mu to climb the tower together!"

After thinking about it, Zhong Yi selected 【Single-player Mode】 to enter the Illusion Realm.

As the screen flashed, five character options appeared before him.

On the far left was a white-haired Cultivator holding a blade, wearing a golden mask, with blood-red eyes.

【Iron Armor Sect Cultivator】

【HP: 80 / 80】

【Spirit Stone: 99】

【The last Disciple of the ancient Sect, the Iron Armor Sect】

【Appearing here was not of his own volition; proficient in the Dao of blades and fire techniques】

【Divine Ability: Golden Crow Bloodline (At the end of combat, recover 6 HP)】

The connection between choosing a character and playing cards was easy to understand; Zhong Yi was a veteran of Legends of the Three Kingdoms.

Except for the Iron Armor Sect Cultivator, the other four characters were blacked out and not yet unlocked.

"Legends of the Three Kingdoms is about multiple people playing cards together, so how is this designed here? I'm really looking forward to it!"

After carefully reading through the description of the 【Iron Armor Sect Cultivator】, Zhong Yi's anticipation grew even stronger.

After selecting the character, a sheepskin scroll appeared in his hand.

Strictly speaking, it was a map.

A long map of the tower with three paths.

【Hint: Select the room to head towards】

【After completing the challenge in a room, you can proceed to the adjacent room above to continue climbing!】

"Oh? What kind of design is this?"

Zhong Yi was immediately interested.

Lu Ze's Illusion Realm was truly extraordinary; he threw out a brand-new map concept right from the start—

A tall tower with multiple independent routes to reach the top.

On each route, there were different intersecting paths to choose from.

The paths were divided into 【Minion Room】, 【Elite Monster Room】, 【Shop Room】, 【Treasure Room】, 【Bonfire】, and 【Random Room】. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"What are the uses of this bonfire and random room?"

Zhong Yi's interest grew even stronger.

Unlike other players, he keenly sensed that every route had great significance, and choosing a path was also a science!

After thinking this, he carefully examined the map.

"I must fight more elite monsters... Can I really not beat an elite monster?"

"What can a bonfire do? Roast meat? Skip it!"

"Random... I'll go try my luck there? Anyway, I'm not Old Zhou, hahahaha!"

"Just decide on this middle route!"