Tower Ascension - Chapter 54

Whoosh!

Bang!

Suddenly, the ground beneath Peter exploded as he rose to the sky. His skin was burned and the HP was decreasing rapidly. He had spent another five points of internal energy to create some more dominating force and escape the explosion.

As soon as, he reached the sky, he condensed the pair of fire wings and rushed towards the young man. Seeing Peter approaching himself, the young man condensed a giant armor made out of the flame and covered himself with it.

Bang! Crack! Crack! Bang!

Peter smashed his fist on the fire armor and smashed it in pieces. But, suddenly a fire sphere imprisons Peter. But, Peter didn’t use his fist rather hold the sword and slashed at the bottom. The sword creates a path as he escaped. But as soon as he escapes, the cage explodes.

That’s why he didn’t use the fist rather tried to cut it. Although he wasn’t sure it would definitely work. His move started the young man as he raised his hand. But suddenly, Peter appeared in front of him and slashed his sword.

Crash! Crash!

Out of hurry, the young man only condensed a cover for his arms with the flames and blocked the sword. Unlike normal fire, these forearm guards were like steel. Clashing with the sword, a few sparks burst out but the forearm guards didn’t break.

Splash!

Suddenly, another sword appeared on his left hand. He swings his hand to the right and slashed his waist. The blood splashed out of him but suddenly, the giant palm made out of flame fell upon Peter.

Bang!

“Double Barbecue Grilling Sword!” Two swords got heat up to the five hundred degrees Celsius as he stabbed the palm. The heat from the sword started destroying the flames of the palm. Peter didn’t stop there and slashed his palm.

Boom! Whoosh!

The young man burst out of the flames from his palm and retreated dozens of meters away. As for Peter, he stood in his own position.

The young man took out the Healing Potion from the ring. Seeing that, Peter’s eyes shrunk. As a novel reader, he knew this was a spatial ring. Suddenly, he stomped his feet on the ground and rushed towards the young man.

He won’t give his opponent a chance to recover. The swords on his hand condensed the flames and the dragon shape covered his body.

“Fire Dragon Cleaving Claw!”

Peter shot and the dragon slapped its claw. All of its power transferred to the claw. Seeing this, the young man spread both of his arms and released an immense amount of flames. The flames rose to the sky and formed a giant circle.

Slowly, the giant sword came out of the circle. When Peter looked at it, he saw tiny lines connected to the sword. As the sword got stronger, the circle started disappearing. It was obvious that the circle was used to create this sword.

But, Peter felt an imminent danger from the sword. It was almost like he couldn’t, at least not with his previous attack. He knew he needs something stronger, something that could destroy this. When he closed his eyes, his lips curved.

At this moment, his mind overflowed with immense knowledge. He held the sword and simply swings it towards the giant sword. The claw of the dragon slapped the sword.

Bang! Boom!

As soon as the dragon claw smashed the sword, it got ripped and exploded. But, the explosion didn’t even make a dent in the sword. The giant flame sword kept moving towards Peter though its speed was extremely slow.

“Burning Sun Style- Incarnation of Sun!”

Peter raised his sword and the flames burst out of the tip. Slowly, the flame condensed at the tip of the sword. Seeing this, the young man’s eyes shrunk. He looked at the ball of fire that condensed over the tip in disbelieve.

He knows Peter hasn’t entered the tower for more than a week.

‘Damn! Is this the difference between a chosen one and me?’ The young gritted his teeth and struggled to accept it. But, suddenly endless resolve appeared in his eyes as he spoke ‘No, so what if he is a chosen one?’

‘I am still above his level. I am still a genius of the Flame Dragon Guild. I can still beat those chosen ones.’

Slowly, mana moves out of his core and the flames rise out of his body. As the female reached the sword, it combined together. Below the sword, a small fireball had turned into a giant fireball. It floated towards the sword and collided with the tip.

Boom!

The next moment, everything with hundred meters was caught inside the massive explosion. The young man and Peter were consumed as well. As for others, they were able to escape but still barely.

Incarnation of Sun was the bigger version of exploding sun that he created after his Burning Sun Skill reached level five during the battle. This version was much deadlier and consuming. Just to create that incarnation, he spent more than fifteen points of mana.

Slowly, the flames started dimming down. The wind blew away the flames. Inside it, there were two young men standing in front of each other. Both of them were injured but one of them had formed a flame barrier around himself.

“You lost!” The young man looked at Peter and smirked. Although he suffered huge damage, Peter suffered even more. After all, Peter wasn’t fast enough to create a barrier like him.

“Hehehe!” Suddenly, Peter started laughing when he heard his words. His laughter froze the smile on the young man’s face. Suddenly, white armor appeared around Peter. At this moment, a wild flame and massive internal energy burst out of him.

It spread throughout his swords and suddenly he stomped the foot. When he saw Peter approaching closer, he hurriedly formed a few more barriers around him.

Bang! Crack! Crack! Crack! Boom! Splash!

Peter dashed in front of the barrier and smashed his sword. The internal energy burst out of his sword and the barrier started cracking. In just a few seconds, the flame exploded but before that, the sword had already slashed his chest.

The muscles and skin were cut apart and the bones were visible.

Thud!

The young man fell to the ground with disbelief in his eyes. He didn’t understand why Peter got so much stronger. If you try to drag the battle, Peter can almost become unkillable. The only way to kill him is to finish him in a single strike.

Suddenly, Peter turned his head at those people who were trying to escape. With a single step, he covered dozens of meters and appeared in front of them.

“Ahhhh!” The man was startled when Peter approached him. He raised his sword and screamed while slashing it down. But, at this moment, Peter had already disappeared.

Splash!

The next moment, his eyes widen as he fell on the ground with the headless body. Soon, bodies after bodies fell on the ground and Peter stood in the middle while being dyed in blood.

[Your EXP has reached the limit. Would you like to level up?]

Peter accepted it without hesitation. The next second, a new panel appeared in front of him.

[Climber- Peter Johnson

Age- 21

Level- 10 (EXP- 81250/102400)

Trait- Adaptability, Stone Heart, Mind of a Hero, Triple Personalities

HP- 60

MP- 50

Internal Energy- 50

Genetic Power- 10

STR- 40

AGI- 50

VIT- 35

STM- 35

Passive Skills- Greed (Lv.1- 20%), Dying Divine Breath (Lv.1- 30%), Iron Body (Lv.4- 20%), Energy Absorption Skill (Lv.1- 10%)

Active Skills- Basic Sword Skill (Lv.7- 5%), Burning Sun Skill (Lv.5- 10%), Lesser Demon Transformation (Lv.4- 30%), Spirit Assimilation Skill (Lv.1- 80%)

Stat Points- 35

Fame Points- 80

Items- Sword*2, Ring*2, Passive Skill*1, Armor*1 Active Skill*1Wooden Arrows Skill, Mana Coins*1090, Key of Guardian*1, Trident of Destruction, Mana Crystals*5000]

‘Nothing has truly changed, has it? But, isn’t this EXP kinda mess? System, how do you actually calculate EXP? Because this is a lot less than I expected it to be.’ Peter looked at his status panel and asked.

“The starting EXP is 5. It will multiply by two to the former EXP until it reaches level ten. After level ten, the EXP will reset to five, and the same process with repeat. After Climber kills level fifteen, he gets the full EXP of level ten and EXP of level five.” Female Mechanical voice rang on his brain.

‘Oh! Does that mean I can only EXP will reset at every ten levels and I will only get the total EXP by adding those levels of EXP separately? It’s kinda hard to understand, don’t you think?’ Peter asked when he tried to calculate the EXP in his mind.

“Climber doesn’t have to think about EXP. System will never do any fraud to the climber.” Hearing those words, Peter sighed and accepted them.

But, he did calculate it in his mind and found he actually got a lot of EXP from greed. But suddenly, something struck his mind as his face turned pale.

“How did they find out about the key? Did the admin tell them? But then, why?”

“It seems you got a huge problem, kid.” Suddenly, a familiar voice rang behind him and a hand patted his shoulder. Peter’s eyes shrunk as he turned back. There was confusion and disbelieve when he saw the old man standing behind him.

“Do you want to know how they know about the key? Or, are you surprised to see me outside the black market?” The old man smirked as he looked at Peter who was drowning in his own thoughts.