“You really got zero clue about your IQ! I’m doing this for your own good—if you die, I can’t face Master!” Bingpo crossed her arms, one foot stomping the ground.
That was way too close. Just a smidge slower, and Chiyan would’ve picked the intelligence test.
The second floor’s gotta be tougher than the first. Chiyan’s got some street smarts, but it’s just that—street smarts. What if they don’t cut it?
Better play it safe and let this muscle-brained girl take the combat test. Bingpo trusts Chiyan’s fighting skills—they’re neck-and-neck, though, ugh, Chiyan edges her out by a few points.
Chiyan shifted from dragon to human form, hand on her cheek, stomping over, “begrudgingly” picking the combat test.
“Fine, I’ll listen~”
“I’m not listening to you! Don’t get cocky—I’d make you listen. I’m the big sister!”
“Sure, sure, stinky little sis.”
Bingpo smirked, then turned to pick the intelligence test. Next moment, it kicked off first.
No point griping why the combat test, picked first, got delayed. The ground under Bingpo shot up, a giant stone pillar hoisting her high into the floor’s sky.
The ground below shifted—crack, crack—flipping, sprouting rows of sharp spikes, each radiating a chilling aura. If human form got hit, instant game over. Even dragon form? Probably bleeding out like a fountain.
Bingpo calmly scanned the scene. The pillar had about ten layers.
So, wrong answers lower the pillar. Too many mistakes, and she’d crash into the spikes?
She tried stepping off the pillar—yup, her body was locked in place. If it collapsed, no escaping.
This is… too fun!
It’s thrilling—blood-pumping!
Bingpo clutched her heart, face flushed with excitement—nah, crimson fits better.
Nothing beats dancing between life and death!
“Start already, I can’t wait!” Bingpo gripped her cheeks, hyped.
The floor’s system consciousness froze. Someone’s this eager to die—no, to clear? How big’s her heart?
Whatever, fearless fool—brace for the dragon clan’s toughest 108-question brain teaser gauntlet!
After a brief silence, a system interface popped up, displaying the first question.
[What’s yours but used more by others?]
Damn, another brain teaser?
Maybe tough for others, but for me? Basic stuff.
Bingpo, brimming with confidence as Master’s top sidekick and the dragon clan’s genius girl, wasn’t losing here!
“Name! It’s yours, but others use it more!” Bingpo answered instantly, so fast the next question took five seconds to load.
[When do we willingly want to snuff our life’s flame?]
“Easy, birthday cake time.”
[A dragon faces north, turns back, then east. Is its tail east or west?]
“Tail’s facing the ground.”
[How to make the impossible possible fastest?]
“Chop off the ‘im’—boom, possible!”
[What creature, when you kill it, bleeds your blood?]
“Mosquito, but that’s useless for dragons—can’t pierce our scales.”
[How do eight 8s make 1000?]
“8+8+8+88+888. C’mon, give me something harder—I knew this as a hatchling.”
Bingpo scoffed, hands spread, exuding disappointment, like the system itself got pissed. The questions’ difficulty and speed spiked.
[Failure is the mother of success. What’s success to failure?]
“Opposite.”
[A needle falls into the sea. What do you do?]
“Buy another.”
[What’s coming but never arrives?]
“Tomorrow.”
[Why does human Xiao Wang have only one right leg?]
“‘Cause Comrade Wang’s got a left one too.”
After 108 questions, Bingpo didn’t miss a single one, even turning the tables with her insane speed.
“That’s it? That’s it? Dare you make it easier? So disappointing!” Bingpo jabbed a finger down, and the system fell into a long silence.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The pillar collapsed, but the spikes morphed back into a solid floor. Bingpo landed with a thud, steady.
A light ring to the second floor appeared, plus a treasure chest.
Bingpo, curious, approached and used Detect. The chest read: [Dragon’s Treasure, Second Floor]
This is the reward?
Her disappointment from the easy test vanished. She grabbed the chest, yanked it open.
Inside, just two things: a scroll and a crystal.
Bingpo fiddled with them, using Detect—[Insufficient Permissions]. Sighing, she stashed them and glanced at Chiyan.
Now, Chiyan’s combat test…