187 Inferno

After the initial surprise, seeing the angels didn't come attack him, he smiled and said "Well isn't that a surprise. May I know why you can speak? And why you were waiting?"

All the ghosts he had seen until now weren't dumb, but they had only kept their fighting intelligence, they couldn't speak. But this undead was very different.

The Undead Emperor walked toward Adam and said "Well, I wasn't expecting you particularly, just for someone to reach here… Before we can talk, I want to see if you are worthy. Kill them, and I will answer all your questions."

Adam didn't even have the time to say anything back as all the angels started flying toward him, launching light attacks from all directions. From a single look Adam knew there was no way to avoid this.

But he didn't care, they were too close for their own good. He sent a look at the Undead Emperor and said "If I were you I would step back."

A moment later, just before the attacks could hit Adam, a torrent of fire exploded out of his body. The fire was terrifyingly hot and moving faster than even sound. The angels didn't even hear the sound of the explosion when the fire had already spread around them and destroyed their attacks.

-800 000 HP!

-800 000 HP!

-800 000 HP!

All the angels, who were Level 100 Ancestors with 10 million HP, all lost 800k in an instant. Even though they lost almost a tenth of their HP in a single attack, they continued rushing, trying to continue attacking Adam.

However, the attack wasn't over. The flames didn't completely dissipate and a dome of a hundred meters around Adam had formed, within which the temperature had reached a terrifying level. The attacks of the angels, when they tried to form within this hot dome, were weakened to a great extent.

Moreover, every second the angels lost 400k HP. This skill, was a terrifyingly powerful skill Adam had created in the Fire Floor, [Inferno].

Inferno (A): Burn the air in a dome of 100 meters around you. All the enemies within the dome will receive 1000% of fire damage. After the initial attack, the area attacked will remain extremely hot and anyone still in it will receive 500% of fire damage for 1 minute. All your fire skills become 100% stronger while in the fire dome. Cost: 100 000 Aura.

The inferno didn't just deal insane damage, but it also transformed the environment, making the fire elements much denser, and so the other elements struggled to gather, making the attacks weaker. However, this only applied to his enemies as he controlled the fire elements. If he wanted to launch an ice attack, then he could.

But he didn't. Instead, he used the environment to recover his Aura at an astonishing speed. Each second, the angels lost more and more HP, and tried to attack Adam, but they would fail every time.

Normally anyone would have escaped from the dome and waited for the skill duration to end, but the angels only goal was to kill Adam, and not to survive, so they stayed in the dome of fire, quickly burning up.

Moreover, their wings had been badly burned by the flames, so using them to fly would be impossible, and even though they were able to fly as they were Ancestor Ranked, it would be too slow.

It would take 23 seconds at a rate of 400k damage every second to deplete the angels' HP, if they didn't have a regeneration. But with their great regeneration, it might take more time.

However, Adam didn't stay idle as the angels burned. Since his fire skills had become even more powerful, and the angels were on the ground, he used [Lava Pool] multiple times, alongside with [Ash Spray].

Under the torrent of fire, lava and ashes, the thousands of angels died in under twenty seconds.

Standing in the middle of the land of fire, unharmed, Adam looked at the Undead Emperor, whose appearance had changed quite a bit. His body, which used to be white pale like zombies, was charred black in most places.

Moreover, a pair of black wings had appeared behind him and were shielding him from the heat even though he had retreated from the dome of fire.

Adam started meditating in the middle of the fire, and quickly his Aura recovered. When the flames finally disappeared, Adam had almost recovered all his 200k+ Aura and he stood up.

Now that the heat had lessened enough to not be dangerous anymore, the Undead Emperor retracted his wings as he recovered quickly. As he saw Adam walking toward him, he said "That was quite the attack. You are the Fire Sovereign of your generation? I thought the Fire God disliked Northmen…"

Adam shook his head at the Undead Emperor and said "I am the Aqua Sovereign." The Undead Emperor looked stunned as he mumbled "What's going on with this guy…"

He shook his head and said "You are very powerful, so you are indeed the person I was waiting for."

Adam said "I think some explanations are needed first."

The Undead Emperor nodded and said "First, do you know who I am?" Adam replied "The Undead Emperor."

However, the Undead Emperor in front of him didn't nod, but instead said "So that's what he did… My name is Ardrith, and I am the person whose body was used to become the Undead Emperor… confusing, right?"

Adam shrugged and said "Your body was possessed by something in this tower, probably the evil god who created it, and when it exited the tower it went on to become the Undead Emperor using your body."

Ardrith looked stunned, before he said "That's… exactly what happened. But I'm curious, tell me about this Undead Emperor."

Adam said "I don't know much, he challenged the living and led the undead in a war against the power in place at that time. He died, but destroyed the power in place, letting place for the Racial Powers."

Ardrith looked relieved as he said "That's good he died… I guess it's my turn to tell you my story. Unlike what you might think, I am not an undead creature. Instead, I am an Angel, or I used to at least. I came here because I wanted to test myself, but when I reached this floor I was attacked by the spirit of the evil god who created this tower."

He continued "That god had died in the War of the Gods, but his spirit was saved within this tower of his, which was his strongest artifact, and he stole my body, killing me and making my body and spirit turn into dead ones."

Adam nodded, he actually knew that. If he hadn't merged the living part of his soul with the dead one, then both would have remained dead.

Ardrith said "Thankfully, I was able to save myself by sealing my spirit on this floor, and I was turned into a Fallen Angel. And for all those years, I have been waiting for another Sovereign to reach this floor to save me."

[Ding! New Quest detected, 'Save Ardrith'!]

Quest Detail: Ardrith has asked for your help to free him from his bindings.

Quest Level: 50.

Quest Difficulty: SSS.

Objective: Get Ardrith out of this tower and reconstruct his body.

Reward: ??

Although Adam was glad he had received another SSS Rank Quest, he was still doubtful, and asked "Why would I believe you? What tells me you aren't the Undead Emperor and you want me to free you so you may push the Mortal Realm under chaos once again?"

Ardrith seemed prepared to answer his doubts as he replied without hesitation "I can tell you more things. If you can reach and clear the 60th Floor, you will have disabled every seal on this tower, which has become ownerless for countless years now."

A glint appeared in the Fallen Angel's eyes as he added "This means you can take possession of this tower, making it yours… Or it least, you would be able to if that bastard hadn't put self destruction seals in this tower."

"If you really do get to the top of this tower, not only will you be unable to get your rewards, you will even get your soul obliterated."