Seventh Floor (2)

A white and yellow-blueish blurs were flying past each other. The two were moving at such a high speed, that no normal Regular from the Lower Floors could even follow them. The two blurs clashed with each other a few more times, before separating.

Lumen watched with a smile the curvaceous woman in front of him. He was holding a spear made of light in his hand, something that he started practicing with recently. Combining his light ability with Shinsoo, allows him to keep the shape of the spear stable, and he enjoyed fighting while using it.

Vespa had transformed into her adult form, and she looked exceptionally beautiful. No longer was she a small girl, but she was now a stunning lady who looked in her twenties. Her yellow bee-like wings have grown alongside her and were even bigger than her body.

Vespa was holding a specialized needle that resembled a wasp's stinger. Around her were floating two smaller needles, that she would use to shoot golden Shinsoo blasts from.

Her clothes were torn apart in a few places, revealing her pale skin. A drop of blood was flowing from her mouth, as she was staring at Lumen with her dark-blue, nearly black, eyes.

Vespa couldn't believe that only was he able to match her speed, he was also faster than her. Not once had she managed to land even a single hit on him during their fight. While he had hit her on more than one occasion. She had the faint feeling that he wasn't even going all out against her.

Lumen created a purple like Baang of Shinsoo, absorbed it in his left hand, and pointed it at her. Vespa didn't know what's the deal with that and was about to jump away from her spot.

Before she could do that, she felt a weird suction force coming from Lumen, and she was pulled towards him. Try as she might, she flapped her wings to escape from the weird ability, but she didn't succeed. She flew like a kite, straight towards his hand.

Lumen grabbed her by the throat, and an immense pressure descended upon her. Vespa couldn't resist and weakly fell on her knees. Barely, she lifted her head to look at him. Her eyes were filled with astonishment as she watched him smile at her.

After a moment, she hung her head and admitted defeat. He was stronger, faster, and had weird abilities to go with that. Maybe if she had managed to hit him once and poisoned him, the fight would have ended differently. But she hadn't landed even a single hit on him. Never had she suffered such a defeat before.

Vespa felt shame at being defeated so easily, but she was grateful at the same time. Finding teammates that are as strong as she is not an easy task. She would be happy to join his team, knowing how strong he is. That's if he doesn't decide to kill her, that is.

"That was fun. I think you will a fine fit for my team." Hearing him, she brightly smiled as she transformed into her girl form. Staying in her adult form for long periods of time tired her out, and she preferred staying in her smaller form.

"We should also find you something else to wear." Lumen told her while looking at her shredded fur coat.

Looking down, she noticed her damaged clothing. Without a shred of embarrassment, she removed the coat, revealing she is only wore underwear beneath it. Throwing it on the ground, she pulled out another one from her Pocket and put it on. "There is no need."

"That's one way of dealing it with that." Lumen chuckled. "Let's go and introduce you to the rest of the group."

Vespa nodded without her previous arrogance and followed after him. On the way, she asked him questions about him, trying to get to know him better.

The Test on the 8th Floor was one that required you to take it with a team of five. No more, no less. You need exactly five members to be allowed to take the Test.

Which is one of the reasons why Lumen sought out Vespa. His group had nine members, so he decided to find one more, and split it into two teams.

In the Test, you will have to face off against another team of five, and each member will be randomly matched against another member from the opposite team.

In order to pass, your team needs to win at least three of those matches. Killing is allowed, but if even one of your teammates dies, you will automatically fail the Test.

Which is what happened to Vespa. She had easily taken care of her opponent, but one of her teammates had ended dying. Annoyed by her weak team members, she had killed off the rest. And later killed off the team that stopped her from advancing to the next Floor.

After that, there were very few Regulars on the 7th Floor, that wanted to team up with her. To top it off, all of those that wanted her to join their team were weaklings in her eyes. Knowing that Lumen and his team should be exceptionally strong for the 7th Floor, she happily followed after him to meet the rest.

After they got the introduction out of the way, the group had split into two teams.

One team consisted of Androssi, Hatsu, Laure, Aleksai, and Leesoo. While the rest of the group was on the other team.

Looking at his teammates, Lumen couldn't help but think that they look like one very dysfunctional family. With him and Tiana as the parents and the three cute girls as their kids. Who despite their looks, are small killing machines.

"Hey! Let's make another bet! Whoever advances to the next Floor first gets a free wish from the other!" Androssi exclaimed. Without even letting Lumen respond to her, she was already urging her team to go and take the Test.

"I knew the fearsome White Star won't shy away from a challenge." Androssi's voice was heard from a distance away.

She really wanted to get back at Lumen, since she believed he is the one that erected the wall that blocked the tunnel.

He hadn't told them that Bob had interfered during their previous Test and that he had killed the disgusting Test Director.

"Should I go and kill her?" Vespa asked, fully knowing that the other party is a Princess of Zahard.

She had trained with the group for a week and knew the capabilities of all the members. Lumen was the only one she wasn't confident of being able to kill.

All the members of his team had improved during their stay on the 7th Floor. Verdi had also revealed that she has a special flower, which is able to unlock the hidden potential of those that wear it. Everyone had received a boost in their strength from wearing it.

Everyone except Lumen, since the flower didn't work on him for some reason.

"Just leave her be. Androssi is just a sore loser." He answered her, and Vespa nodded in response. She had accepted him as their leader and would follow his commands.

Lumen's team signed up for the Test, and they were shortly matched with their opponents. Each member was transported to a sealed-off room to face their opponents.

Verdi's opponent was a stunning beauty with long blonde hair. The woman looked more like a supermodel than a fighter. The moment Verdi laid her eyes on her, she smiled cheerfully.

"You will be a perfect match for a doll I recently got!" Happily, she exclaimed. Before the blonde woman could even comprehend Verdi's words, she got entangled by a pink tentacle. Moments later, the cute grey-haired girl had another puppet in her dollhouse.

Anak's opponent was a giant of a man with four arms. Holding clubs in each hand, he was staring menacingly at the green-skinned girl.

"Ants like you shouldn't even be trying to climb the Tower. I will crush you like the bug you are." The man threatened her with an evil grin.

Anak smiled in response and with a burst of speed, appeared on his shoulder. Taking a page from Tiana's book, she crushed the man's jaw, stopping him from surrendering the fight. Tearing his arms away, she beat him to death with his own limbs. It took a few minutes before his dying gurgles stopped.

Vespa's opponent's eyes widened in fear when he saw her. She was quite famous for her ruthlessness on the 7th Floor. Before he could surrender, she appeared before him with a hand against his mouth.

"Shhh," Vespa told him with a finger next to her mouth and stabbed him with her poisoned needle afterward.

"I promise the pain will last for only five minutes. Afterward, you will never experience pain again." Vespa whispered in his ear as she continued holding his mouth.

The man tried to escape her grasp, but despite her small stature, her strength was leagues higher than his. His struggles continued for exactly five minutes, and he weakly fell on the ground.

Tiana's opponent was a bald-headed green-skinned man. A long black tongue was flowing out of his mouth, which was filled with teeth resembling that of a shark.

"Ahhh, you look so tender! I wonder if you will taste as tasty as you look." The man said while drooling.

"Of course, I will get the creepy one." Tiana shook her head in disgust.

"Don't worry, sweetie. You won't find me creepy after I digest you." He replied with an evil laugh and dashed towards her.

Before the green-skinned man could reach her, Tiana used a technique that she recently managed to learn, thanks to Lumen's help.

Taking control of the surrounding Shinsoo, she used Reverse-Flow Control and stopped the man in his tracks. Forming another Baang of Shinsoo, she threw it at the man's head and obliterated it in the process.

Tiana has been training her Shinsoo control with great intensity and had managed to learn how to control two Baangs by now. With her potential unlocked by Verdi, she had been making great progress recently.

Her talents in controlling Shinsoo are exceptionally good. Very few could manage to use both the standard Flow Control and Reverse-Flow Control at the same time.

Lumen's opponent was a tall, dark-skinned woman with a curvy body. She had long curly black hair and brown eyes. Wearing only a tight black spandex suit, you could easily imagine what's beneath it.

"My, my. If it isn't the great White Star. You are not as handsome as they describe you, but you are a definitely pretty one." She licked her lips as she stared at Lumen.

"As beautiful as you are, I don't like going out with sluts." He replied back, causing her to laugh.

"Aren't you a feisty one." The woman chuckled.

"Too bad, I like my men when they are bound by my chains and submissive to me." She laughed out and formed two Bangs of Shinsoo around her, which transformed into black chains.

The two chains shot towards Lumen, trying to bind him. But before they could reach him, he disappeared from his spot. Appearing behind her, he had already formed a purple Baang in his hand. Pushing it inside her body, he watched the gravity infused Baang do its work.

The sounds of a screaming woman and bones being crushed filled the room as her body started to compress itself. In less than a minute, the woman had turned into nothing but a small ball of disgusting meat.

The five of them were teleported to another room, where a green-haired woman congratulated them for successfully passing the Test. After awarding them with 5 000 Points each, the Test Administrator teleported the group to the next Floor.

Once the group was gone, the woman used her Pocket to contact someone.

"White Star's group had just advanced to the 8th Floor." She received a response and answered back."Yes, the other five had also passed the Test. They did it a few minutes earlier than his group."

As soon as Lumen's group appeared on the 8th Floor, he saw Androssi staring at him with an extremely proud face, and with her hands folded under her growing bosom.

"I win this time! With this, both of our wishes cancel out each other!" She proudly exclaimed.

"I don't remember agreeing to another bet with you." Lumen told her with a straight face. Androssi's smile instantly disappeared after she heard him.

"Nooo! That's not fair! You cheated on the previous bet!" She started pouting like a little girl.