Chapter 178: Reward Is Me

Chapter 178 The Reward Is Me

Meng Shu tilted his head up and returned the kiss.

He wrapped his arms around Ling Qingjue's waist, showing a rare hint of longing. "Don't leave so soon... Stay with me one more day. Leave tomorrow, okay? I have so much I want to say to you. You just got your memory back, and you're already in such a hurry to leave?"

This plea pleased Ling Qingjue, who nodded with a dignified demeanor. "I have to leave before midnight."

"Then let me give Jia Zhao some medicine first, and we'll head home!" Meng Shu grabbed his wrist again and led him into the Adventurers' Guild.

He still had plenty of healing potions in his Inventory and handed ten bottles directly to Jia Zhao. "Kitty says drinking this can heal your eyes. Drink up."

Jia Zhao clutched the healing potions, but only one thought occupied his mind: Jackpot!

As soon as Meng Shu left, he planned to sell all these potions.

Meng Shu saw straight through him. "Let me tell you, Cat is opening the second floor of the Demon King Tower tomorrow. If you want to protect Moon Bay, don't stay blind."

Jia Zhao immediately tucked the potions away. "Opening the second floor tomorrow?"

"Yeah, we plan to end this cycle and enter the second day."

Jia Zhao thought it over. "Where did you set up the second floor of the Demon King Tower?"

Ling Qingjue said, "Also in Moon Bay, inside the Magic Forest. You can enter through a teleportation array."

"You're specifically targeting Moon Bay?" Jia Zhao's face fell. "Can't you go wreak havoc elsewhere?"

Ling Qingjue sneered, "If I chose another place, who would guard Moon Bay? You?"

Jia Zhao awkwardly scratched his head. "Better leave it to you, sir."

"First, drink some potion and see if it works." Meng Shu was worried about his eyes. "If it doesn't work, while Cat is still here, I'll beg him to treat you."

Jia Zhao muttered, "Have to beg him, huh?"

He took the potion. The wound healed quickly, but no new eyes grew in.

Jia Zhao sighed. "It really only stops the pain. This is the law's backlash; potions have no effect."

Meng Shu looked at Ling Qingjue with pleading eyes, like a puppy, full of expectation.

Please save Jia Zhao!

Ling Qingjue felt awkward under his gaze. He had intended to stay out of it, but now he gave in. "I can heal him. Stop looking at me like that."

He raised his hand and cast a spell, green light merging into Jia Zhao's eye sockets.

In moments, Jia Zhao joyfully removed the white cloth. Having not seen the sun for a long time, the light stung a bit.

He tentatively opened his eyes—they were clear and moist, fully restored.

"Healed..." Jia Zhao couldn't hide his smile. "Such incredible magic."

Meng Shu puffed out his chest with pride. "Of course! Our Cat is the best healer!"

Jia Zhao said dryly, "He's the one who's amazing. What does that have to do with you?"

"He's my cat, so of course I'm proud." Meng Shu made a face, completely oblivious that the stronger Ling Qingjue was, the harder it would be to clear the Demon King Tower.

Jia Zhao felt his own eyes. "Your healing magic is so strong. When we attack the Demon King Tower, are you going to keep healing yourself and regenerating HP?"

Ling Qingjue's expression changed. "Possibly."

"You'll heal yourself too?" Meng Shu suddenly realized. "You already have crazy high defense, tougher than a turtle shell, and you'll heal yourself too?"

Ling Qingjue rubbed his temple. "Once inside the Demon King Tower, I'll act purely on instinct. When you attack me, I'll fight back. Since I know healing magic, why wouldn't I use it on myself?"

"Then you also know space magic?"

"Yes."

"Isn't that cheating?" Meng Shu's face darkened. "I demand that you get nerfed."

Ling Qingjue said, "Who are you gonna ask to nerf me?"

"..."

"I've already smashed the laws."

Meng Shu racked his brain but couldn't come up with a way to weaken Ling Qingjue.

Ling Qingjue himself also wanted to be weaker. Having too much power was also a problem.

Jia Zhao thought for a moment. "If we face you at full strength, we don't stand a chance. But if you split your abilities and let us overcome them one by one, we might stand a chance."

Normally, the Demon King Tower is divided into five floors.

The first floor, based on the Demon King's abilities, is divided into combat-type and puzzle-type instances.

Ling Qingjue controls the power of time, so his first floor is a puzzle-type instance.

The second, third, and fourth floors each require completing a small challenge.

These challenges are also set by the Demon King.

Only the final floor involves fighting the Demon King.

Jia Zhao said, "Split your healing, defense, attack, and space abilities across the remaining four floors. Then we might stand a chance against you."

Ling Qingjue thought for a moment and quickly had an idea. "Alright. I'll use clones that will inherit my abilities and guard the tower."

Jia Zhao asked, "How will you distribute your abilities?"

"Second floor: space. Third: healing. Fourth: attack. Fifth: defense."

Jia Zhao frowned. "Defense is the least useful. Why not put it on the second floor? Let the crowd break through your defense together and share the rewards."

According to the rules, only very few can enter the fifth floor of the Demon King Tower, meaning you can't overwhelm with numbers. Tower difficulty increases progressively—the later floors are more dangerous. But Ling Qingjue placed the least dangerous infinite defense on the fifth floor, meaning he'd be easiest to beat there.

Ling Qingjue shot Jia Zhao a sharp look. "You think just anyone can fight me? You idiot."

He only wanted to be defeated by Meng Shu.

His other abilities were too ridiculous—Meng Shu would never pull it off.

But with just defense, Ling Qingjue would be a punching bag, only able to take hits. Even if he lost all reason, Meng Shu wouldn't get one-shotted.

He has already given Meng Shu a whole Pacific Ocean's worth of leeway.

Jia Zhao quickly caught on and said knowingly, "You don't mean to let him take all the rewards from the fifth floor for yourself, do you?"

Ling Qingjue said, "The fifth-floor rewards of the Demon King Tower have always been hogged by one person."

Every previous Demon King got screwed by the rules; when designing the levels, they all arranged for someone close to them to challenge the fifth floor.

The fifth floor offers generous rewards; if you succeed in the challenge, you could become rich overnight.

Meng Shu became somewhat interested. "What kind of reward will I get?"

Ling Qingjue glanced at him and raised his chin slightly with pride. "You can take me home."

Meng Shu lowered his eyes in disappointment.

He had been hoping for a lot of treasure!

Ling Qingjue grabbed his cheek and asked darkly, "What? The reward is me—you're not happy?"