Angels

The skill was very simple, it was nothing more than a slash. And that was exactly all the skill's essence. To search power in simpleness.

There was no need for a show, no need to cover the sky with hundreds of sword lights and make the skill loo gorgeous. [Chop] had a single function, and it was to kill. It may look crude, but it's power was indubitable.

Moreover, his sword skills had become much more powerful thanks to the B Rank skills he had mastered. One of them was the [Sword Cry] from his weapon, it had been easy to master and wasn't hard to master.

But the second skill, [Sword Aura], was much more impressive.

Sword Aura (B): Coat your sword with a special Aura to deal 500% damage. Cost: 500 Aura per second.

[Sword Aura] had been derived from [Mighty Strike] and allowed him to multiply his sword's damage. However, unlike [Mighty Strike] that could be used on every skill, [Sword Aura] could only be used on sword skills.

Within the tower, Adam entered the 51st floor with a long stride, and saw many mountains in front of him. One might think this would be an Earth World, but it was actually a Wind World.

Some of the mountain peaks were covered in lightning, some other were covered in clouds and others had tornadoes wreaking their peak.

He could also see many birds and wind spirits, the monsters on the floor seemed much more diverse than any other floor he had been on. When he saw a nearby peak with a large number of land monsters on it though, he suddenly felt a strange inch.

He approached the peak, and took out his sword. Gathering his Aura around his sword, he slashed out against the mountain, using [Chop] and [Sword Aura] at once.

A thick sword light flew out of his sword and clashed against the mountain. The mountain was about fifty meters in diameter, but was quite high which was why many monsters could be on it. But the mountain peak was suddenly sliced off as Adam's strike obliterated the part of the mountain it first hit, and shredded the inside of the mountain until it came out on the other end.

[Chop] was an extremely powerful attack that relied on power rather than sharpness, and that was why instead of a clean and smooth cut, it shredded the mountain.

As the mountain fell toward the ground, many of the monsters were crushed, and the few remaining ones alive were quickly killed by Adam.

He didn't intend on staying on this floor for too long. He didn't want to raise his Gale Concept to the Wind Sovereign Concept as he already had more than enough Sovereign Concepts. He also had good skills already for the wind element, so he didn't want to spend too much time here.

Still, even if he wanted to go fast and not use all his time on training, it would still take quite some time to clear the floor, so he might as well try to create a skill. He wouldn't spend extra time on it, so it would be up to his luck and insight.

Since he already more than enough attack skills, and those of the Wind element wouldn't be very powerful, he decided to work on a movement technique.

Six hours quickly went by as he slayed all the monsters and past participants. It was interesting to fight against the Sovereigns of the past, and he had even fought against another Aqua Sovereign.

Unfortunately, the ones here were the weaker ones, although they lasted longer than both the monsters and the past ghosts, they still weren't able to endanger his life. Actually, Adam was fearing that none of the Sovereigns could endanger him… Well, his usual arrogance. Now, it remained to be seen whether he was right or not.

The 52nd Floor was one filled with creatures of the dark, including all kinds of undeads. Against them, lighting and light were the two best elements, followed by fire. As such, he used fire to burn the undeads to a crisp.

The 53rd Floor was filled with spear men, and was made for the Spear Concept. Once again, Adam didn't waste time here. However, something he noticed, was the presence of a certain ghost, which he recognized at first sight. King Slayer.

As it seemed, King Slayer had failed and retreated when he reached the 53rd Floor. Actually, Adam expected the assassin to not even reach the 51st Floor, since he had said he was much weaker than an average Sovereign. He wondered whether King Slayer was stronger than he said, or if he had used some of his uncanny knowledge to climb up here.

After that, the 54th Floor was much more interesting than the earlier two since this was a Fire World. Adam turned back into a training maniac as he trained in the Fire Concept for 32 hours.

The 54th Floor had diverse monsters, just like the Wind Floor, with monsters representing each of the Sovereign Elements' transformations

However, as he was faced with the Sovereigns of the past, he couldn't help but be disappointed. Those who reached the 54th Floor were supposed to be the best Sovereigns to have lived since the War of the Gods, only second to the Undead Emperor.

And yet, they all were so weak… Actually, they weren't as weak as they seemed. It was just that some Sovereigns would become much stronger at a higher level. Adam was but a strong Sovereign when he first became one, but it was the different opportunities he came across, such as his title or his sword, that allowed him to surpass all the other Sovereigns.

But for those he was seeing, they had come across those opportunities later in life, but their ghosts were their past self when they were only Level 45. That's why, they seemed to be very weak to Adam.

Now that Adam had cleared the 54th Floor, and learned yet another Fire Skill, an A Rank one at that, it was time to enter the 55th Floor.

As he arrived he felt something soft under his boot, and saw he was stepping on a cloud. It felt quite strange, to walk on a cloud. It shouldn't be possible, but well… magic.

From where he was Adam could see a sea of clouds that seemed to form a strange landscape, and tall humans with big white feathery wings in their back flew around. Adam immediately recognized them as angels.

Angels did exist in this world, but very few of them were left on Epoch. Most of the angels had followed the God of Light in his Divine Kingdom when he was banished from the Mortal Realm like all the other gods.

Of course, the angels here weren't real, they were only copies, but it still looked impressive.

But Adam already expected something like this. He had learned from the Vampire King, Vald, that the Undead Emperor was the one who climbed the highest in the Blood Tower, and he had stopped on this floor, a floor filled with his arch-nemesis, beings of light.

Adam didn't really care about the angels, but the Undead Emperor did. Adam couldn't see the ghost of the Undead Emperor, meaning he had managed to advance quite deep into the floor despite his huge disadvantage. That made Adam eager to find him. Who knew, maybe he would be a worthy opponent.

As he began fighting the angels, Adam also understood that he was wrong to dismiss them so easily. While they weren't dangerous to him, they still were a clear step stronger than the fire demons from the previous floor.

As Adam reached the end of the floor, a few hours later, no angel was near him again. Instead, as he arrived at the end of the path, he saw thousands of them were gathered together near the exit. If he wanted to leave, he would have to kill them all.

But Adam didn't look at those angels. Instead, his gaze turned tower the man standing among the angels. He was the only one who didn't have wings on his back, and instead of the holy white armor the angels were wearing, he had a deep black armor on him.

Adam moved closer and closer to them, but he suddenly stopped in shock when the man in black, the Undead Emperor, said "You are quite something, making me wait for thousands of years."