Tower Ascension - Chapter 59

“Alexa, did you find Alice?” Peter called out the friend list and made a call to Alexa.

On another side of the forest, Alexa was swinging her sword against a red hound when she heard Peter’s voice on her head. It was one of the mysteries of the tower.

But, it makes communication easy.

“Yes, I can hear you. And, yeah I have found her.” Alexa turned her head at the little girl next to her. She was also fighting against the hound but she was using her fist even though she had a sword. And, there was a cold expression on her face.

“Where are you?” Peter asked as he walked inside the forest.

“We are currently at the southern part of the forest. You should hurry up!” Alexa answered as her sword slashed the head of the hound.

“Alright!” Peter nodded his head and cut off the call. After looking at the directions, he finally head towards the south. It took him nearly ten minutes to reach the place.

As soon as he appeared, Alice’s eyes widen. Her fist smashed the hound to the ground. She turned towards Peter without even looking at the dead hound. She dashed towards him and jumped in his embrace.

“Brother! I missed you.”

Hearing that familiar voice, Peter sighed and patted her head. He embraced Alice for a moment before letting her go. As soon as she lands on the ground, Alice looks at him and spoke: “Brother, let’s exterminate these hounds!”

There was a big smile behind her words. Hearing that, Peter mouth couldn’t help but twitch. Then, his eyes fell on her body as he tried to pry on her levels. Her mana level was exploding which made him serious.

“Alice, what happened? Why did your mana level improve so much?” He immediately frowned and asked. Her mana level was almost close to him, which would be level ten.

“I don’t know. When I was fighting, I thought of using mana instead of internal energy. At that moment, my body started devouring mana from the surroundings like a big hungry fellow. And, every time I use my fist to fight, this happens and mana level increases.”

“Of course, this also increased my internal energy though it is not on the level of internal energy.” Anne curiously to touched her cheek and explained.

‘How is that possible? Then, why didn’t it happen before? Wait, she never used mana with her fist, or did she? Wait, does she have a talent for mana? Could it be Mana Body? But, that didn’t increase mana amount like this.’ Peter instantly started thinking more about her body but there were some concerns on his face.

Something that seems good can be bad. But at this moment, Alexa spoke “I think she possesses a legendary physique.”

“Legendary Physique?” Peter looked at Alexa and curiously mentioned it. Alice also looks at Alexa with curiosity.

“When some reach the top floor, they have the power to create many talents. Some create legendary physiques like Heavenly Dragon Body, Immemorial Mortal Body, Star Spirit Body, Divine Mana Body, and many more.

“These kinds of physiques can have a lot of impact on someone’s training. Such as a person with a Heavenly Dragon Body can become invincible in a physical contest at the same level. Some with Divine Mana Body can absorb an immense amount of mana.”

“She could have Divine Mana Body but I have never heard of the inheritor of Divine Mana Body absorbing mana during a battle and fist battle more specifically.” Alexa also frowned as she looked at Alice.

She was also very curious about her physique. While everyone was thinking, a voice rang on their ears.

“Because she doesn’t have Divine Mana Body rather the Wizard King Body.”

This voice startled them as they turned to the right. They saw a young man walking towards them. He had a spear on his back. His face was tanned and the clothes were more like armor. He was like a soldier.

“Who are you?” Peter stared at him and asked with a gloomy expression. He didn’t even feel this man coming towards. And, when he looks at the man closely, he feels an immense power coming out of him.

“My name is Zhao Ming. Someone guided me to you.” The young man politely bowed and introduced himself.

“Someone guided you? Can you tell me who?” Peter asked. He frowned upon hearing this young man’s words. Who could possibly guide him? His enemy? That would be the obvious guess. But, it could be the old man as well.

“I can’t answer that. But, you can be sure that I do not harbor any ill intent towards you. I only wish to join you and learn the Law of Destruction from you. Of course, you can’t control it now but you could do it in the future.” Zhao Mind spoke with utmost polite tone but just tone wasn’t enough to make Peter calm.

And, his words were even more confusing. Because he can be sure that Zhao Ming was taking about Trident of Destruction.

But, he still couldn’t trust him. More importantly, what if his enemies have told him about the trident of destruction?

“Tell me, who guided you and we can talk further.” Peter slowly calm down and spoke. There wasn’t a single piece of hesitation in his eyes. Because this was his bottom line.

Zhao Ming sighed and pointed at Alice “Just like her, I also possess a physique. I can see the fate line of different people and also laws. You have the line of destruction around you as for your fate line, it is very messy.”

“Of course, this is a bet. Because a fate could be changed and if it changes in a bad way, I will lose the gamble. The girl next to you also has a legendary talent but she is bloodline rather than a physique.”

When Alexa heard his words, her eyes shrunk. Except for her grandpa, nobody knows this. She started having goosebumps about him.

“Even if I trust you on that, why do you think I will let an unknown man join my team?” Peter also noticed her expression and stared at Zhao Ming. At this moment, he was unable to decide the other’s party intention.

Was it truly the Law of Destruction? He doesn’t know. Maybe it is, maybe it is not. Peter couldn’t decide it properly.

“Because I have the strength and resources to support the team. With my power, we can find the weakness and strengths of others and also find a safer path. This is the reason why I have survived till now. And, I do not belong to any guild as well.”

At this moment, Peter couldn’t help but feel speechless. He wasn’t sure whether this man telling him the truth or lie.

“If you can take my three strikes, I will let you join.” Peter closed his eyes and finally decided. As soon as he opened his eyes, his body suddenly dashed towards Zhao Ming.

His speed startled Zhao Ming. He took out the spear from his back. The blue mana encircled around his spear and slowly transformed into a snake.

“Heavenly Dragon Spear Skill- Blazing Snake Strike!”

His move started Peter. The red mana condensed around the sword. He kicked on the ground and jump. He raised his sword with both of his hands and slashed down.

“Blazing Strike!”

Originally, he thought the blue mana was gentle but only when the snake dashed towards his strike, he realized the blue mana was actually the blue flames.

Boom!

The moment both strikes collided, a huge explosion swept the surrounding. At this moment, Zhao Ming stood tall on the ground without moving a single inch. The pair of wings appeared behind Peter as he rushed towards Zhao Ming.

On air, he held two swords. He spun his body and condensed a flame dragon. As he moved towards Zhao Ming, he swings those swords.

“Fire Dragon Cleaving Claw!”

The fire dragon around him raised its claw and transferred all of its power to the claw. As soon as Peter strikes his sword down, the fire claw followed him. Beneath them, Zhao Mind stayed silent for a moment.

He took a step back and crouched in a fighting style. The blue mana rolled around the tip of his spear and condensed into a lotus. As soon as the fire dragon claw came down, he swings his body as he stood up and thrust his spear.

“Blue Lotus Burning Heaven!”

It was more like an ancient martial art but Peter didn’t have time to think about it. His fire dragon claw was falling down towards Zhao Ming while the blue lotus was rising towards it.

Booooooom!

When two collided, this time even Peter couldn’t hold it. Zhao Ming also got consumed inside the explosion while Peter was blown away. Thankfully, he still had the fire wings. But as soon as he stabled himself, his wings disappeared.

Thud!

Peter landed on the ground while Zhao Ming rushed out of the explosion. His clothes were slightly burned as well as his skin. Peter looked at him and spoke “This is the last strike. I hope you can take it.”

As he said, Peter gathered all mana and internal energy on his swords. He gripped the hilts and positioned them in front of him.

“Basic Sword Skill- Supernova!”