Tower Ascension

In the middle of the forest, Peter met with Alice, Alexa, John, and Zhao Ming. All of them were taking a break in a small cave. After half an hour, Peter walked out of the cave with Zhao Ming. He wanted to try something and if it gets successful, he can improve his strength at a rapid rate.

Both of them stood in front of each other. While Zhao Ming had a spear in his hand, Peter had nothing. He clenched his fist and stomped his leg on the ground. The next second he reached improved of Zhao Ming, he extends his hand.

At this moment, Zhao Ming burst out the blue flames from his spear and thrusts it towards Peter. Seeing the spear, Peter opened his fist and slightly swings his hand. His palm caught the spear and he pushed it to the right.

The power shook Zhao Ming but he quickly slammed his spear towards Peter. Unfortunately for him, Peter had already retreated. But, when he retreated, he raised his hand and saw the blue flames burning his skin.

To be fair, he was feeling intense pain in his hand but he swallowed the pain in order to train his physical body. Of course, he was using Internal Energy. He wanted to train without mana but he used internal Energy so he can improve his Iron Body.

Zhao Ming suddenly dashed towards him and thrusts his spear. His right hand held the end of the spear. When his spear moved forward, he jolted his right hand. The movement caused the entire spear to vibrate, creating a strange effect on the air.

Peter saw this and a serious expression appeared on his face. He quickly kicked against the ground and rushed towards Zhao Ming. He had no intention of dodging it. Rather, he focused all of his powers into his fist and slammed on the tip of the spear.

But just when he thought he had hit it, the spear swing up and moved forward. The movement was so fast that Peter didn't even see that coming. Only when the spear reached near his neck, he react with an uppercut on the shaft of the spear.

The attack was not only fast but also strong. The tip of the spear suddenly jerked up as it passed in front of his eyes. There was like few centimeter difference in them. Peter knew he wouldn't be able to dodge it if he didn't have more agility than Zhao Ming.

But, Zhao Ming wasn't weak either. Although Peter uppercut made his spear moved up, he quickly held it tight and swing it down. But, Peter reacted by blocking the shaft of the spear with his forearm. Zhao Ming grinned and released the blue flames out of his spear.

The flames covered Peter in no time. But the next moment, Peter slammed away his spear and jumped out of the flame. Even though he did escape, most of his body parts were burned like hell. Peter wanted to scream in pain but he didn't.

He instantly rushed towards Zhao Ming with his fist clenched. But before he reached near Zhao Ming, he slammed his fist on the air.

Bang!

This time Zhao Ming was caught off-guard. Before he could react, a massive wave of wind smashed him to the ground. But, the next moment his body was covered with blue flames. Without waiting for the second, he rushed towards Peter with the spear filled with flames.

Boom!

His spear rotates and creates a spiral flame as it rushed towards Peter. Peter reacted to it by extending his arms. He opened his palm and waited. Since he couldn't use the mana, he can only go on defensive stance now. When the spear appeared in front of him, Peter moved his hand and caught the spear.

But, the flames exploded on his face. Although Peter knew this would happen, he didn't dodge it. Rather he pulled the spear. His action put Zhao Ming at a disadvantage. He couldn't stop but when he reached near the flame, instead of pulling him inside Peter punched on his face.

He could've brought Zhao Ming inside but this was Zhao Ming's flames. Unlike his own flame, these were less destructive and Zhao Ming had better control as well. He knew this wouldn't damage him but if he punch properly then he can make an effective impact.

Thud!

Just as he predicted, the impact was heavy when Zhao Ming fell on the ground and heavily coughed out blood. That strike almost broke his face. He couldn't help but angrily look at Peter. This was supposed to be a friendly spar but Peter was taking it to a whole new level.

"Let's end this!" Peter shouted from the flames and dashed out with incredible speed. He didn't hold back his speed and reached in front of Zhao Ming. But, Zhao Ming was also ready. He had already seen the fate line.

One punch from the left!

Just as he predicted, Peter punched with his right hand. From his vision, it was left. So, when Peter punched, he had already moved his head back and to the left, dodging the attack.

Bang!

But, his fist stopped in mid-air and he slapped Zhao Ming with the back of his hand. But, while he did that, Zhao Ming punched his stomach. Everything happened in a matters of seconds before they could realize it.

Zhao Ming fell on the ground while Peter coughed out blood. At this moment, his HP reached below fifty.

[Dying Divine Breath Activated]

As soon as this message appeared, a smile appeared on his lips. Peter didn't hesitate to use the Dying Divine Breath to practice his skills after. But, he can injure himself and use it. So, he asked for a friendly spar with Zhao Ming where he is not allowed to use mana.

Without wasting his time, he started training his internal energy. He was very far with his skill so he continuously improved it. Fortunately, he had already gone to the Heavenly Demon Guild and borrowed the Greater Demon Skill.

Yes, this time he didn't steal it rather borrowed it. This is why his skill steadily grew level after level. Of course, the most important was Iron Body. It was improving in a rapid rate, even faster than the Greater Demon Transformation Skill.

After all, he was training his Iron Body which was indirectly training his internal energy. For an hour, he didn't focus on his sword skill or fire mana. But, after an hour, he healed his body. And, soon he suffered the backlash for using it for an hour.

His body couldn't move for an entire day. This made him realize that he can't mess with his Dying Divine Breath even though its buffs were amazing. But, Peter did it again. He fought Zhao Ming, Alexa, and Alice all together.

But before doing that, he completed all of his quests. After all, he knew he can't waste his EXP because of not finishing the quests. But, even Zhao Ming, Alexa, and Alice together could barely hurt him. After all, his Iron Body had improved to an incredible level.

And, with Greater Demon Transformation, he can easily access dominating force and even store it inside his body like internal energy. And, not only that his Demon Fighting Skill Set has been improved as well. Bone Crushing Fist and Vein Splitting Palm were seriously dangerous that's why he didn't use it during the battle.

After the hours of battle, his HP decreased to less than fifty percent. Finally, he was able to access Dying Divine Breath. And, during this time, he trained his fire mana and sword skill together to perfection. But, after two hours, he laid down on the ground for two days.

The impact was so heavy this time that he ate five times the meal to completely restore himself after two days. He asked others to level up, while he rests.

Peter was sitting on a stone while looking at his newly improved status.

[Climber- Peter Johnson

Age- 21

Level- 23 (EXP- 50/800) 

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

Talent- Mana Body

HP- 125

MP- 115

Internal Energy- 115

Genetic Power- 35

STR- 203

AGI- 254

VIT- 138

STM- 138

Passive Skills- Greed (Lv.1- 30%), Dying Divine Breath (Lv.2- 10%), Iron Body (Lv.15- 60%), Energy Absorption Skill (Lv.2- 40%)

Active Skills- Advance Sword Skill (Lv.7- 40%), Fire Dragon Skill (Lv.6- 90%), Greater Demon Transformation (Lv.5- 40%), Spirit Assimilation Skill (Lv.3- 20%), Sky Shooting Arrow Skill (Lv.2- 20%)

Stat Points- 175

Fame Points- 680

Items- Healing Potion*25, Sword*4, Bow*1, Ring*3, Passive Skill*1, Armor*2 Active Skill*1, Wooden Arrows Skill, Mana Coins*4165, Key of Guardian*1, Trident of Destruction, Mana Crystals*6500]

"This should be more than enough." Peter used the ring to enter floor zero. He hurriedly left the tower and appeared in his room. But, suddenly he felt intense killing intent from the surroundings. He hurriedly rushed to the bottom floor and saw Anne covered in half-blood.

Beside her, Camellia, Aron, James were standing with half-injured bodies. And, in front of them, there was a group of people standing with intense killing intent.

"LEECHES!"