Tower Ascension - Chapter 62

The red energy around him was the sword energy. It was beaming with spirit powers. It followed from top to bottom. It felt great. Peter couldn’t help but clench his fists with excitement.

“Peter, what just happened?” Peter was so engrossed in this feeling that he didn’t even see two girls and one boy standing near him. Only when Alice shouted, he turn his head and glances at them.

“Congratulation! You have gotten stronger.” Zhao Ming smiled and congratulated him. After that, he shifted his eyes to the dead body of the lion. Peter did get EXP from this beast. After all, that rule only works on the previous floor, not on this floor.

He gained nearly nine thousand EXP. Six thousand from it and three thousand from greed. This was quite unexpected but he did gain a lot. He hoped he would find another monster with the same level as this.

“So, should we start our hunt?” Alexa asked as she looked at Peter. Peter nodded his head and soon they started hunting. Peter finished his remaining quest and others also improved.

Days passed and on the third day, everyone reached the fifteenth level except for Peter. He couldn’t help but look at his stats while sitting on the stone.

[Climber- Peter Johnson

Age- 21

Level- 13 (EXP- 562000/819200)

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

Talent- Mana Body

HP- 75

MP- 65

Internal Energy- 65

Genetic Power- 35

STR- 90

AGI- 82

VIT- 66

STM- 66

Passive Skills- Greed (Lv.1- 30%), Dying Divine Breath (Lv.1- 40%), Iron Body (Lv.6- 80%), Energy Absorption Skill (Lv.2- 10%)

Active Skills- Basic Sword Skill (Lv.12- 10%), Burning Sun Skill (Lv.8- 70%), Lesser Demon Transformation (Lv.7- 40%), Spirit Assimilation Skill (Lv.3- 20%), Sky Shooting Arrow Skill (Lv.2- 20%)

Stat Points- 120

Fame Points- 380

Items- Healing Potion*18, Sword*3, Ring*2, Passive Skill*1, Armor*2 Active Skill*1Wooden Arrows Skill, Mana Coins*1440, Key of Guardian*1, Trident of Destruction, Mana Crystals*1500]

In these three days, his strength also improved a lot. With his level at thirteen, he also gained a new skill from Common Treasure Chest. His attributes improve like crazy. And, this also made him compensate for his difficulty in leveling.

He found he must slaughter for days just to improve and even by taking mana stones, it takes a lot of time. Of course, there were Mana Crystals. He consumed five hundred mana crystals otherwise he wouldn’t even have reached the thirteenth level.

Although they all reached the fifteen level, none of them were ready to enter a dungeon. After all, it was already evening. So, everyone left!

Peter returned back to his home and spend some time with Camellia and Anne. Of course, he did leave after a few hours, After all, the next day had already started inside the tower. As for his sleep schedule, it has been messed up.

After he entered the tower, he called others and everyone meet in front of the dungeon. Unlike the first floor dungeon, this was a massive door in the middle of the forest. After everyone reached in front of the door, a message appeared in front of them.

[Four Participants are detected]

[Would you like to raid the tower solo or with the party?]

[Solo] [Party]

Seeing these messages, Peter didn’t instantly choose rather went to his status main status. Then, he opened the friend list. There were three options on this panel.

-Total Friends

-Add Friends

-Form Dungeon Raid Party

Peter directly clicked on the last option and the new panel appeared.

[Please select your friends!]

Peter chose Alexa, Alice, and Zhao Ming.

[Peter Johnson has requested to form a party with you!]

[Would you like to accept?]

Suddenly, these two panels appeared in front of others and all of them clicked on accept. As soon as they clicked there, a new panel appeared above them.

[Non-system users will gain EXP from each kill. And, EXP will be distributed at the end.]

[Peter Johnson has requested to be the party leader?]

[If you do not accept the request, you will no longer get EXP.]

Seeing these panels, Alice and others understood more. They did agree and after that, Peter turned around and clicked on party mode. In an instant, they disappeared like a flash of light and the next moment, they appeared in a strange place.

They appeared in front of four lanes, each separated by color and walls. Suddenly, a new message appeared in front of them.

[Each participant must choose one route. The participant must face the first, second, and third-level by himself/herself.]

Seeing this message, everyone looked at each other. They were slightly confused but still, they had a little information about this. So, they started choosing their path. Zhao Ming went from the farthest left.

Alexa followed the farthest right. Alice followed the right and Peter followed the left. As Peter walked on the red lane, he looked at his surroundings with caution. He noticed as he moved forward, it was becoming wider.

After walking for five minutes, he reached in front of the seven tiles. Each of them was painted with different colors. And a message appeared in front of his eyes.

[Please select one of the seven tiles. Jumping above will put participants in risk with survival chances of 0.02%]

Seeing this panel, Peter frowned. It didn’t even give him a chance to escape. Of course, it wasn’t just him who faced this situation. Zhao Ming and others also faced the same situation.

In front of Zhao Ming, these seven tiles mean the chance. Because he could see the fate, he could his own luck. But, one thing made him confused. He could see the thread in three colors which were black, red, and green.

If it the black, it’s a dead zone. If it is red, it’s a risky zone. If it is green, it is a safe zone. But, he didn’t see a single green thread.

Four of them had the black thread while three had the red. Seeing this, he understood, he must choose something dangerous. He took a deep breath and choose the left tiles which also had the red thread.

As soon as he stepped on it, the ground beneath him started changing. The tile beneath him was stable but everything in front of him was divided into several tiles that were changing constantly. After a few minutes, a new structure appeared in front of him.

It was a huge river of magma, nearly half a mile wide, and in front of him was a rope. It was nearly half the size of his foot. And, his physical strength, mana, internal energy, and spirit powers were instantly suppressed.

[Please cross the rope within half an hour!]

[Note- If the participant falls from the rope, the participant will die.]

There was nothing else to mention. If he falls, he will die. But, at this moment there was a smile on his lips.

“It seems my fate understands me the most.”

Zhao Ming was happy. If it was another trial, just as hard as this, then he might not be able to complete it. He was a spearman. His heart was calm as water in a pond. He took a deep breath and make a first step on the robe with the spear on his back.

On another side,

Alexa stepped on a dangerous tile. Her challenge took her to the most dangerous trial. She was told to sit on a chair and finish nearly five hundred dumplings in one and a half hours. Seeing this challenge, Alexa didn’t know what to say.

Is this was the challenge? Yes, it was. But, why the eating challenge?

She couldn’t help but burst into tears and scream “I don’t want to get fat!”

On another hand, Alice had something different. When she stepped on the tile, nothing changed and a message appeared.

[You have chosen the luck tile. You can move to the next level.]

If Zhao Ming and Alexa were here, they would’ve cursed her to death. It was the easiest challenge of all. Because there was no challenge at all. She giggled and rushed to the next level.

As for Peter, he had faced a different challenge. This challenge was different for a reason. In front of him, there was nothing but the sky. He was on the tile, nearly ten thousand feet on air. And, his challenge was the weirdest of all.

There is a small five feet ring on the ground that he can’t even see. And, the wind is also blowing. He had a parachute on his back. Now, he just has to jump and land on that ring. The problem is the ground around the ring.

It was another magma land so if he doesn’t land on the ring, he will die. Peter had nothing to say since his powers were also blocked. H took a deep breath and jumped.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

He hasn’t gone skydiving in his life. So, it was kind of a new experience for him. And, even the death was a few thousand feet in front of him, he still wanted to enjoy this moment.

“Shit! I should’ve brought a selfie-stick and my phone.”

“Wait, hey system, can you take a few photos of mine?”

“….….”