Chapter 221: The Mastermind (a)

Vincent was now extremely happy as there was not a single injury on his body. Even the curse left on his body by the crimson one's hell paradise has vanished, setting him free from all the pain!

"Thank you." As it was all thanks to the person who had already vanished, Vincent immediately expressed his gratitude. He acted as he didn't care about whether she heard him or not, but he wished that his words had reached her.

"Go, your friends are anxiously waiting for you."

Using the last bit of her powers, Iron Clad Lady made a way out of the monster tower. It was a blue portal, and stepping into it, Vincent appeared next to Leilani, John, Iris, and Nevis. Melody was also in this place.

The moment he appeared, his name appeared on the ranking board. He was above all and only below a single person. He had earned so many points that he surpassed the emperor of true might! Only the mysterious existence, Mr. Joker, was above him!

Everyone congratulated him, and Leilani even hugged him. Her actions made him so happy that he hugged her back and planted a few kisses on her forehead, cheeks, and one on the tip of her nose. The onlookers ate a lot of dog food. After a while, Fairy Melody broke them apart and showered Vincent with a few words of praise.

She abruptly stopped. Leilani felt that something was wrong, so she asked in a somewhat concerned voice, "Is there something wrong?"

"I think there is." Melody nodded and said, "Wait here, guys, I will be back soon." Her master was calling for her, but that wasn't what got her worried. It was the weakness in her master's voice, a weakness that only a dying man can emit.

"Take your time."

"We will be patiently waiting for you to return to us."

"Thanks."

Although she should be leading them to the treasure hall, seeing what was wrong with her master come first for her. She immediately dashed towards the chambers where the split soul of the Iron Cliff Lady slumbers.

Vincent looked around. They were in a beautiful place, and there was a river of stars high above their head. Out of them all, everyone except for Varth was here. He found out that no one was severely injured and showed a relieved expression. Even though there were still injuries on their bodies, he wasn't worried. A few pills and healing energy shots would quickly take care of the injuries that they had.

"Where's Varth?" Vincent asked after noticing that only Varth was missing.

"For some reason, he has gotten stuck on the 15th floor for the last fifteen minutes," John said.

"Oh, he just climbed up once again."

Vincent said, and his words caused the other to look at the holographic projection of the tower, and they noticed that Varth had just moved up to the 16th floor.

"He is definitely stronger than that. Either he is not trying his best, or something suspicious is going on." A thoughtful look flashed across Vincent's eyes as he said those words.

According to him, Varth was seriously strong. Not only was his ability out of the ordinary, but the items in his possession were also top-notch.

The battle suit was the best among them as it allowed him to use different superpowers.

With it, he could take care of all the problems far faster than the others!

He should be on the 20th or above floors.

Yet, he had just reached the 16th floor of the monster tower.

Just why?

…

The 16th floor of the monster tower was a desert with no end in sight. The trial of this place was simple. One needed to move towards the monster den present in the center of the desert. The cave harbored many living entities such as centipedes, spiders, and so on. Every ten minutes, a wave of monsters would leave the den to hunt down the contestants. As long as a person kills all the beasts or destroys the exit point of the monster den, he will be able to advance to the next level.

A handsome man with black hair dropped from the sky and landed on the sand. His hair scattered, covering the murderous look in his eyes.

"This place better has it, or else I will crush your heart after finding it."

"Try me."

After exchanging those words with the demon in him, the boy started hovering over the sand. He rushed towards the center of the desert with such speed that he looked like an arc of lightning cutting through the night sky. In mere moments, he appeared above the monster den.

"Hell's paradise: Devil's arrows piercing the Heaven and Earth!"

With those words, tens of thousands of arrows manifested all around the handsome man. The many arrows blanketed the glaring sun, causing the entire area below to darken, making it seem like night had fallen and doom was about to descend!

Swoosh! Wrath lowered his right hand, motioning the arrows to charge towards his adversaries. The arrows immediately rained down from the sky. The entire monster wave that was coming out of the monster got pierced by the arrows. The damage didn't stop there. Destruction has just begun! The arrows charged into the monster's den as if they had a will of their own and started killing all the monsters inside.

Five minutes later, Wrath descended down from the air and landed in front of the den's entrance.

"Are you sure I am going to find it here?" It appeared as if he was talking to himself since no one was near him or in his sight.

Suddenly, a mouth appeared on his cheeks.

"How many times must I tell you to believe me?"

"You said the same thing the previous four times!" Wrath lashed out at the harbinger of devastation.

"The scent is the strongest on this floor! I'm sure my heart is in this place!"