Tower Ascension

[Climber- Peter Johnson

Age- 21

Level- 4 (EXP- 30/1600)

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

HP- 30

MP- 20

Internal Energy- 20

Genetic Power- Nil

STR- 10

AGI- 13

VIT- 8

STM- 8

Passive Skills- Greed (Lv.1- 4%), Dying Divine Breath (Lv.1- 3%), Iron Body (Lv.1- 70%), Energy Absorption Skill (Lv.1- 10%)

Active Skills- Basic Sword Skill (Lv.2- 70%), Burning Sun Skill (Lv.2- 5%), Lesser Demon Transformation (Lv.1- 80%)

Stat Points- 28

Fame Points- 30

Items- Sword*2, Healing Potion*2, Wooden Arrows Skill, Mana Coins*20]

'Alright, this should be enough to face a white fox, right?' After looking at his stat, he glanced at the white fur moving around. He could see four limps and a cylindrical body covered with white fur. It had a tail covered with white fur as well.

'Alright, here goes!' Peter held two swords in his hand and rushed towards the fox. His speed was very high considering his stats. But, the white fox still sees him. She slightly waves its tail and created a massive stroke of wind.

'Tch!' Peter clicks his tongue and held both of his swords tight. He lifts them, surging the flames around them. He swings his right-hand sword, creating a flame arc continued by the left-hand sword creating the same flame arc.

Then he swings his right sword horizontal while swinging his left sword vertically. Four slashes combined together to form a giant cross slash.

"Blazing Cross Strike!"

The flames erupted wildly while moving towards the wind. It slashed the wind into several pieces and continued moving towards the fox.

Seeing the massive flame, the white fox swings her tail a few times, creating a massive wind rotation above her. The wind changed into a massive spinning ring as it rushed towards the cross strike.

Boom!

When they collided against each other, the massive wind rotation created the flame turbine which only lasted a few seconds before a massive explosion. The grassland beneath the explosion razed into a crater while Peter moved towards her.

Whoosh!

As soon as he moved out of the dust and smoke created remained from the explosion, the swords his hand turned red. One sword was above another when he moved towards the fox. The smoke didn't allow her to see Peter coming at her.

But, her senses were enough to locate his position. As she retreated, Peter kicked his feet on the ground and leaped on air. When his body floated in the air, he spun his entire body, infuse fire mana into his swords.

Whoosh! Bang! Splash!

The white fox saw the attack and raised her paws. Two claws revealed deadly nails as she sprinted towards Peter. Her claws conjure the power of wind, as she strikes his sword. But, two swords infused with flames, sliced her claws along with her body.

As Peter stopped spinning, his feet landed on the ground.

"Double Barbecue Grilling Strike!"

Splash!

[Earned 40 EXP]

As soon as he stabbed the fox, it died. His swords pierced very deep and burned its blood. After the death of the white fox, he walked closer and placed his palm on the body of the fox. Soon, he moves his hand and covers his palm with blood.

After that, he runs Spirit Assimilation Skill on his mind while writing a strong symbol on the fox. It had two straight lines. Another two lines cross the previous lines. Then, there was an 'S' alphabet in the middle.

Then, he kept drawing several other small lines inside and finally placed his entire palm above it.

"Arise!"

Slowly, the white light flashed over his palm and the white fox's illusionary figure rose. It slowly raises its head and glared at Peter. Seeing the fox's glare, Peter frown but he soon released his mana inside his mind.

According to the Spirit Assimilation Skill, there is a mysterious space known as the sea of consciousness inside a human brain. In this mysterious space, one can find the source of the soul. As long as one merges his mana with the soul, he can form the spirit.

Peter had the knowledge but didn't have the experience. He manipulated more amount of mana into the brain while opening the path to the sea of consciousness. But, he knew he had to go through a strong pain before that.

This pain comes from the sea of consciousness and it is much intense than normal physical pain. Peter gritted his teeth as the pain struck his mind. He knew he had to go through this pain if he wants to get stronger.

And getting stronger was the only way to leave this damn tower. For him, it was nothing but a prison. He wants to get out of this prison as fast as he can. And, only getting the strength to finish off the quest can help him leave this prison.

He knew this quest was specifically made for him. Otherwise, there was no way for other people to get the main inheritance. It could be said that he had already guessed how this works. Hidden Room must possess some higher-level monsters and he needs to defeat them in order to gain the main inheritance.

And, the main inheritance should be based on the accomplishment of the climber. If a climber can defeat the boss, he will get the strongest main inheritance but that doesn't mean there aren't other inheritances.

If his assumption is correct that it's not just Lucifer's transformation that makes him stronger. There must be something else that can help him fight against administration authority. But, he didn't why Lucifer would need to interfere.

And, why does he wants to portrait himself as a god in front of other people? No matter the answer, Peter's only way to leave the tower would be to get the strongest inheritance that means he must get the strongest for his level as well.

Normally, climbers can choose more than one path due to the existence of the system. The pain slowly diminishes. This gave Peter to slowly move his thoughts inside the sea of consciousness. Suddenly, he felt something has changed.

When he thought over it, he found that he could see his own brain. That means his brain was picking up the signals from something that can see the interior like his eyes. He got confused but he didn't think over it.

He knew he had something else to do. He slowly moved his thoughts inside and found the sea of consciousness as the empty black space. He couldn't see or feel or hear anything. But, slowly a ray of light sparkled in his eyes.

He frowned and looked at the source of light. He cautiously moved his thought towards it. When he got the first glance of it, he felt he was seeing himself except everything was golden. From hair to toes, everything was golden.

'So, this is my soul. Feels so bright and warm.' It was astonishing for Peter to see his own soul. When he got closer, he felt that he was in the embrace of his mother. He felt the light was eliminating the darkness inside his heart.

"Can you truly hide your ambition and greed with this cover?" Suddenly, a voice rang. Although he didn't know how he was able to hear things inside his mind. But, he didn't have any time to think about it. He simply turned his head towards the side.

With the help of golden light, he was able to see things inside his sea of consciousness. When he turned around, he saw darkness. It was him but exactly the opposite. It was dark. It was filled with coldness and anger.

"Don't listen to him! He is just messing with you. You were born to be a hero. You were born to save the world. Don't let him consume you. Once you let the darkness consume you, it will never let you escape." Suddenly, the golden soul spoke as well.

Peter was getting the idea about these two souls but it was still unbelievable to find two souls inside a single body.

"Jie! Jie! Jie! Don't listen to his crap. You were never born to be a hero. You were born to be the part of darkness. You were born to cause the suffering. You should be the embodiment of greed. With your greed, you can achieve anything you want."

"Don't you want power? Don't you want to be free? Enter the darkness and find the power that you desire." The dark soul rebuke as he moved and encircled Peter.

"Don't listen to his words. He is using your desire to consume you. Don't you want to be just like your light? Don't you want to be a role model for your sister? Don't you want to be the strongest soul defender who never surrenders?" The golden soul kept enticing Peter as well.

Suddenly, both of them stood in front of each other, and sparks of lightning appeared.

"Hohoho! Look like you guys want to rope him. Did you forget that I am here as well? He doesn't want crap like light or darkness. He wants something that he truly is. And, that is none other than me." Slowly, another soul walked towards him.

But, this time it was none other than Peter himself.

A pale white face, short black hair, slender body, black eyes, thick long eyebrows, slightly long face, and steady shoulder.. He was none other than the original soul of Peter.