CHAPTER 88: BEAUTY OF THE SECOND FLOOR

"Tsk tsk tsk, every single time I go and check this monster’s movements, I still can’t figure out how in the hell is something so big able to move as fast as that..." looking at the general area where the Island Orca is located, Azrael still couldn’t help but shake his head as he stops trying to figure out how the boss monster is moving that fast even if it’s in the ocean, shrugging those thoughts off his mind as he starts to think of ways he can deal with such monster.

’Even with all the power and skills that I have, it’s not like I will be able to fight so easily in the water just like that...’ the young man added to himself as he confirms his next target, stretching for a little bit more before he starts walking forward, all while looking at a certain skill that he got from quite some time ago.

’Not like I don’t have any trump card to play though...’ he mentioned to himself as he smiles reading through the information of the skill displayed in the azure screen floating in front of him, a skill that he thought he can only use for the shortest of times in the most crucial of moments when he first acquired it.

[Demonic Transformation (Active)]

[Allows the skill caster to transform into a demonized entity while maintaining complete rationality, drastically boosting all (including hidden) stats in exchange for a consistent decrease in life force and mental strength]

[Effects: Ten times increase in all stats and a one percent per second decrease of life force (can be substituted with Immortal Energy at the rate of 1:5). The effects will improve as the skill caster’s strength and control over this skill improve. The drawback will decrease as the skill caster’s strength and control over this skill improve.]

[Duration: Can be toggled on or off, automatically turned off once the skill caster’s life force falls below thirty percent]

’Given my current Immortal Energy reserves, I can go on for over four hours at most without draining my life force...’ looking at the drastic boost in stats that this skill gives him, along with the fact this immense boost doesn’t come with too high of a price except for the depletion of his Immortal Energy, a resource recoverable easy enough through meditation, the young man smiles in confidence as he thought that at the very least, at the level he is on right now, he should be able to fight against the treasure guardian of the second floor on equal grounds.

’Still, it will be best to not get too ahead of myself...’ he reminded himself as he continues his travels, not to mention the weaker monsters, even the stronger beings roaming around his vicinity couldn’t help but tremble in fear before they escaped feeling the dangerous, bloody air around him, the more sentient and intelligent once wondering how can such a weak looking bipedal creature possess such immense murderous air.

Meanwhile, said bipedal creature merely ignores the panicked howling and rushing of all sorts of monsters around him, peacefully humming a tune as he keeps one of his hands on the sword already inside a sheath, his pacing increasing by the second as he continues his travels, eventually turning into a blur from outsider’s perspective as he explodes in full speed looking forward to the new target of his hunt.

Roaming around the second floor of the tower, Azrael saw a lot of things, and while it is not comparable to the drastic, extreme things that he witnessed when he is still a beginner on the second floor, he still couldn’t help but marvel at the fact that this massive land probably larger than the largest continent on Earth is just a part of a single floor on the tower.

Who wouldn’t marvel upon this massive land? After all, said piece of land is truly like a rose blessed with both beauty and danger, the flower which is the majestic views of towering mountains, vigorous green open fields, mystical, massive forests, along with the enchanting view of the blue ocean just ahead the young man’s sight, the waves crashing upon the beach, bringing in bunch of surprises as some shells were brought to shore while some already in the shore returns to the embrace of the sea.

’If the rumors of the places in the tower is just getting more and more mystical and larger the higher the floor is... just what sort of things are in the higher floors, what sort of things does Xue Qingyue saw already?’ as Azrael mulled upon these questions, his face couldn’t stop itself from revealing a faint smile of anticipation, especially these questions in his mind are the very things that drives him to climb the tower, to see greater things that he otherwise wouldn’t be able to witness should he remain cowering in fear on Earth.

"The Ethereal Tower really is cruel when giving ascenders jobs, but it sure does pay really well..." he mused to himself with a smile on his face as he looks over the horizon, the sun setting from the distance making him feel like such a life isn’t really so bad at all, suffering and rewards coming hand on hand unlike the often unrewarding reality outside of this tower.

As he thought about all this sort of sentimental things, the jet-black sword on his hand starts shivering as if telling him something, this snapping him out of his daze as he feels like the thoughts of this treasured sword of his is developing more and more every day, its current thoughts conveyed clearly to him, causing him to let out an amused laughter as he replies.

"You’re right, you’re right, three’s really no time to mull around these sort of things when he have a lot of things to do..." he said as he took out the Evil Fang Sword from its sheath, taking a short look at it before his figure disappears once again, appearing after just a moment already a few meters ahead, his figure looking miraculous as he treads above the regal blue of the ocean.