Paradise: Ready Player One

"Phew, it's really tiring to say"

Afterwards, Chen Ming sat down on the ground directly, and let out a long breath, tiredness was visible on his face.

This kind of fatigue is not only physical, but also mental.

The "breathing of heaven and man" created by combining "breathing method" and "harmony of man and nature" has an unexpected heavy burden on the user's spirit and body.

With Chen Ming's current attributes, it can only be maintained within 3 minutes.

But at the same time, the combination of this skill and talent, the improvement in strength brought about is also surprising.

Betty ran over the moment the battle between the two ended, looked at the sword wound on Chen Ming's forehead with distress, and quickly released the healing magic.

"Don't worry, it's just a small injury."

Chen Ming forced a smile.

The wound that Red left was not deep, but it was not an easy task to get rid of the sword energy attached to the wound.

It took Betty a lot of effort to heal the wound.

But in the end, there was still a shallow mark left, but if you don't look carefully, you may not be able to find it.

"This bastard must have done it on purpose. There are so many places to cut, but he just aimed at my face. He is obviously jealous that I am more handsome than him!"

Chen Ming raised his hand to touch it, and then cursed unhappily.

With such a scar on the forehead, it will definitely not be disfigured. On the contrary, it also makes my face look better. Even if I really don't like it, I can go back to the paradise and erase it.

In terms of beauty, plastic surgery, and sex change, Paradise is well-known for its professionalism.

At most, it is a matter of a little Paradise Coin,

After resting on the spot for a while, Chen Ming's body has almost recovered. Although he still looks a little depressed, the impact is no longer a big deal.

Chen Ming led the way up to the first floor of the Tower of the Sages.

The first floor is the top of the Tower of the Sage.

There are neither walls nor ceilings, and the edge of the tower does not even have a handrail or a partition, and there is a vast blue sky above.

The entire circular platform is surrounded by six huge stone pillars.

In the center of the platform, there is also a stone pillar that goes straight into the sky, and a platform supported by the central stone pillar can be vaguely glimpsed between the clouds.

And the divine dragon Polkenika, who was in charge of this level of testing, was leaning against this stone pillar, prostrated on the ground, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

It seems that Chen Ming's bloodletting therapy was still very effective. Look at the current Polkenika, how soundly he is sleeping.

However, even if it is the sleeping dragon, the aura exuded is still extremely terrifying.

Let Betty and Elsa raise their hearts involuntarily.

"Hey! It's time to wake up, the creditors are coming to the door, how can you, an old dragon, sleep so peacefully?"

However, Chen Ming turned a blind eye to this dragon prestige, stepped forward casually, raised his foot and kicked Polkenika's tail.

"..."

Still no response.

For more than 400 years, Polkenika has been guarding the first floor of the tower of the sages, waiting for the arrival of the testers, until the spirit is almost exhausted.

This time of deep sleep, it has long-lost nourishment to its exhausted soul.

If no one came to disturb her, she would probably have been sleeping like this for a long time, and she didn't know how long it would take to wake up again.

Chen Ming realized that there was no way to wake up the other party by conventional means, so he walked along Polkenica's tail and onto its back with a displeased face, completing the feat of riding a dragon by the way.

Of course, his purpose was not to ride a dragon, but to touch the white area of ​​Polkenika's jaw.

It wasn't the so-called "Ni Lin" there, but a wound on Shenlong's body that hadn't healed yet.

I don't know if it was caused by the Envious Witch, or the "evil dragon" opposing the Shenlong, or the Lazy Witch.

As soon as Chen Ming's hand touched this area, Polkenika suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of vertical pupils that hit the soul directly.

The air became heavy at this moment.

"Finally woke up"

Chen Ming jumped off Polkenika's neck and fell into its sight.

Polkenika, who was still disturbed because of his deep sleep, was a little annoyed after seeing Chen Ming with his own eyes, as if he had been poured a basin of cold water, his brain calmed down like never before.

The chest began to ache.

"You...why are you here?"

"Do you still need to ask such obvious things? If you are too old, you should go out for more activities and breathe fresh air, otherwise you will easily get dementia."

Chen Ming didn't regard Polkenika as the dragon who saved the world at all, but rather as an old man who didn't make people feel at ease.

Polkenika didn't care about Chen Ming's attitude, on the contrary.It also likes to have someone who can communicate with itself on an equal footing.

After pondering for a while, Shenlong finally came to his senses,

"Are you here to pass my test?"

"As far as the relationship between the two of us is concerned, there is still a need for testing. The last Juggernaut who wanted to test me has already been sent away by me."

Chen Ming hugged Polkenica's dragon claw affectionately, patted its stomach, and showed a friendly expression.

"...I once made a covenant with the sage, and I want to ask the will of the Supreme One"

Polkenika politely refused.

Even if he and Chen Ming were contracted, this could not be a reason for him to violate the covenant.

"The sage tests wisdom, the sword master tests strength, and the dragon asks willpower. The three of you all test are quite old-fashioned. Okay, if you have any questions, you can start quickly."

Seeing that he couldn't get through the back door, Chen Ming walked away from Polkenika in disgust, and urged him.

No way, it's just so realistic.

Polkenika didn't care about Chen Ming's offense, after all, he had the strength, straightened his body, and moved his huge dragon's jaw in a big way.

"——You, the one who reached the top of the tower. Stepping on the first floor, the almighty ****"

"——I, Polkenika. According to the ancient covenant, ask the ambition of the top"

After speaking these two lines that have been waiting for more than 400 years, it is obvious that Polkenika's simple face showed a trace of relaxation and satisfaction.

It seems that even for Shenlong, more than 400 years can be called a long and lonely time.

"I want it to be very simple. If I can sum it up in one sentence, everything should be according to my wishes!"

Chen Ming's voice was not loud, but he could tell that he was serious.

There was no point in trying to fool Polkenika with nice words, because there was no way to fool the guy.

"You are really greedy and domineering..."

Polkenika stood up, and his thick voice was wrapped in the breath of the dragon, and no emotion could be heard from it.

Anyone with a slightly weaker will will have a mental breakdown under Long Yan.

However, Chen Ming just raised his hand and slapped his mouth and nose a few times.

Fortunately, Polkenika is a holy creature, and has no impurity such as breath.

Polkenika stared deeply at Chen Ming, and finally crawled back to the ground again.

Chen Ming's greed and dominance are within its acceptable range.

Who is not greedy, who is not overbearing?

It's just that most mediocre people don't have the ability to nourish greed and domineering. With such power, Chen Ming, in Polkenika's view, behaves in a very restrained manner.

In particular, there are witches in this world that can be used as a comparison.

Moreover, Polkenika had already recognized him when he signed the contract with Chen Ming.

To put it bluntly, this questioning is just a formality.

"Go up, there is what you want on the stone pillar"

Polkenika lowered his eyelids slightly and whispered to Chen Ming.

"Aren't you going to send me off?"

"..."

Polkenika pretended not to hear and turned his head away. How could it agree to be ridden by someone, let alone a man.

Chen Ming glanced at the platform in the clouds, and finally had no choice but to choose another dragon to ride on.

……

The tower of the sage is located on the sixth floor underground, which is connected to the underground labyrinth full of monsters.

Like the oiran bear group on the fifth floor, this underground labyrinth is also used to stop outsiders who try to enter the tower of the sage through the ground.

"──Gee!!"

The ear-piercing cry, like a baby crying, constantly echoed in the maze passage.

The shape and outline of the monster that makes this piercing cry is a bit like a centaur.

With four strong and hoofed feet, and an extremely thick body supported by the feet, and a long tail hanging from the buttocks, it is no different from a horse here.

But where the head of a horse should have been, it has the upper body of a human.

And this human body has no head, instead, it has huge twisted horns.

It looked terrible and hideous.

The body size of this kind of monster is even higher than that of the oiran bear, and its breath is also more fierce, and there are not a few of them. The degree of danger is obviously more than that of the oiran bear.

However, because it has no binoculars and can only rely on sound to determine the enemy's position, it is slightly lacking in perception.

But it is especially suitable for the long and narrow environment of the maze.

After all, in such an environment, any slight sound will be amplified.

The reason why it can still bark without a head is because the upper body of this monster is split longitudinally from the chest to the abdomen, exposing a mouth full of horizontal rows of sharp teeth.

In addition to its impressive appearance, the upper body of the centaur also has a flaming mane on its back, burning in the hollow of the sand with astonishing firepower, illuminating the surroundings.