Angor was still feeling a little dizzy when he left the management office. Melantha agreed to change the rules so easily? Angor felt that it was too hard to believe. In the end, Melantha did mention a condition: "You cannot forfeit until the match is over."
Still, it was not a big deal for Angor.
Even if Melantha's modification did not affect the fairness of the matches, Angor still found it strange.
He did not know Melantha at all. Why would she do him a favor?
Angor thought for a long time but could not come up with an answer. In the end, he could only conclude that he was too greedy. There were still some kind people who did not ask for anything in return.
Angor forgot one thing though. Sunders must have talked with the higher-ups of Sky Tower to get his videos. As one of the higher-ups, Melantha must know Angor's real identity. Knowing the relationship between Angor and Sunders, it was normal for her to give in.
Sunders would not take in a random student. There must be something special about Angor that caught Sunders' attention. Before this, Sunders only had two students, and both of them became wizards.
This was why Melantha had high hopes for Angor.
Without affecting the fairness of the matches, she could make a "future wizard" owe her a favor. This was not a bad deal. Even if Angor did not become a wizard in the end, it would not affect her. Her modification would not affect the fairness of the matches at all. It might even increase the risk for the contestants, but no one would criticize him.
Melantha had a good plan. Angor was still too naive to think of such a thing.
…
Now that Melantha had agreed to the modification, the staff did not refuse Angor's request. They simply changed the interval between matches to five minutes.
From then on, he began to climb the tower even more crazily.
In such a high-intensity battle, he had to improve his control over his mana. After all, he was only a level 1 Apprentice and did not have a large amount of mana. Every bit of mana had to be used sparingly. If he used his mana recklessly like before, it would be easy for him to run out of mana after two or three matches.
Under such circumstances, it would be even more difficult for Angor to maintain an absolute winning rate.
He saw many different types of players, and several of them posed a great threat to him. For example, there were puppeteers who controlled puppets, manipulators who used spirit attacks, and Spirit Speakers who used words to attack … Angor often had to use a large amount of mana to defeat them. He even had to use a small golden arrow with runes on it in the end to win.
At this moment, he finally remembered what Melantha meant when she said, "You can't surrender before you reach the point of surrender."
This kind of powerful player would consume a lot of his Mana and Stamina. It would take a very long time to defeat him, and even if he won in the end, he wouldn't be able to fight a second match for most of the day. Therefore, if he could consciously choose his opponents and admit defeat when he encountered a strong opponent, he would be able to climb the tower faster. Obviously, Melantha had foreseen this situation, so she gave him a heads-up. Because if he really did that, the fairness of the competition would be destroyed.
It took him a week to reach the tenth floor.
On the tenth floor, the spectator seats were no longer absolutely empty. Occasionally, two or three people could be seen watching the matches together. However, they were mostly watching the most popular players. Angor's matches still went unnoticed.
Until one day, when Angor drew a lot to fight against a player named "Astral Soul". People came to the spectator seats before the match began. When Angor stood on the stage, the seats were already 30% full.
It was the first time Angor saw so many spectators after he left the first floor.
Angor didn't think the spectators were here to watch him. There was only one possibility. They were here for his opponent, Astral Soul.
So, Astral Soul was really strong?
Two minutes after the match began, Angor got a clear answer to his question.
Astral Soul was really strong!
Angor didn't know how strong he was, but he was also the most vicious opponent he had ever met.
During the match, Astral Soul would spit at him whenever he disagreed with something. His expression was hideous, and when he laughed, it sounded like thousands of ghosts were crying. Why did he change so much when the match began?
Angor didn't know how strong Astral Soul was because Astral Soul used something he had never seen before. It was a vague shadow of a woman.
Angor didn't know what the shadow was at first. But after a few brief encounters, he not only learned the truth about the shadow, but also the identity of Astral Soul.
Dave had given him a list of seeded contestants in Sky Tower, and Astral Soul's information was clearly recorded.
Angor didn't remember it at first because in the image Dave sent him, Astral Soul still had long hair that reached his shoulders. He also looked like a decadent person, but in the crystal ball, Astral Soul looked more like an artist. Now, Astral Soul looked like a … psychopath.
Astral Soul's real name was Saka. He was a level-2 Occult Soul Manipulator apprentice, "Revenant's Redemption" Ness Byron. He was good at manipulating souls and always carried powerful souls with him. He was called "Three Stars".
In Dave's information, only two of the Three Stars were listed. They were "Virgo" Sylvia and "Daisy" Herrington. According to the records, Saka had reached the top level long ago. However, it seemed that he was waiting for someone to challenge him.
Apart from Saka's attacks, Angor was more interested in Saka's teacher, "Revenant's Redemption" Ness Byron.
The same teacher as Hookdick.
It made sense since both of them were Occult Soul Manipulators.
…
The female shadow beside Saka was Sylvia, the "virgin" Saka. She was the soul of a powerful sorcerer's apprentice.
Sylvia used to be a contestant in Sky Tower. She died in Saka's hands and was taken in as Saka's subordinate.
He was far weaker than Saka, so all physical defenses were useless against Sylvia. She could even walk right through the ice walls he erected in front of him.
On the other side, Saka was also bound by an unknown chain. Angor's golden arrows couldn't break it.
Luckily, Sylvia didn't do much damage to Saka.
According to Dave's records, "Virgo" Sylvia was good at using Soul Howl, which could stun someone's soul for a short time.
Sylvia had screamed several times already, but Angor didn't feel anything at all. He was a little suspicious that Sylvia's scream from before was just to scare people and not the soul-shaking howl of the legends.
Not long ago, Sylvia seemed to be enraged.
Angor was puzzled. He couldn't even hurt Sylvia, so why was she so angry?
Sylvia's delicate face was filled with anger, and her soul began to glow red.
The red light reminded Angor of Dave's records. Apart from Soul Howl, Sylvia also had another ultimate skill — Soul Absorption.
Soul Absorption could be used to extract a person's soul directly from their body. However, Sylvia's skill could only inflict a soul-tearing pain.
However, even if it was only the pain of having one's soul torn apart, it was enough to make one wish they were dead.
Angor had no idea what to do now. He never learned any soul defense spells. Frustrated, he could only keep attacking Saka.
He didn't ask Toby to help him today. Otherwise, he would have asked Toby to attack Saka directly.
At this critical moment, Angor used a golden arrow with an armor-piercing rune on it. He didn't believe that the arrow couldn't break Saka's chain.
While Sylvia was attacking Angor, Saka didn't do anything. He only glared at Angor with a vicious expression and spat at the ground from time to time. However, when Sylvia used Soul Absorption, Saka's eyes glowed red, and his expression became even more twisted.
Bang!
Another armor-piercing arrow was released from Angor's sleeve.
A golden beam of light flashed and went straight for Saka's chain.
As Angor expected, the chain could block ordinary golden arrows, but it couldn't stop the armor-piercing arrow.
When the chains were broken, Saka's face immediately turned pale. The chains weren't real chains, but a type of soul elemental defense called the Soul Chain. The strength of the chain was closely related to a person's soul. Once the chain was broken, his soul would be damaged as well.
Saka didn't expect the chain to be broken.
However, the armor-piercing arrow didn't just do damage to his soul. The armor-piercing arrow didn't stop there. It kept going toward Saka's body.
In the end, the armor-piercing arrow pierced into Saka's shoulder and left a bloody hole.
Angor had been practicing archery since he was a child, so his aim was always accurate. He aimed at Saka's shoulder. He didn't intend to kill Saka.
According to Dave's information, Saka had only "accidentally" killed Sylvia in Sky Tower. Since then, he had never taken anyone else's life in Sky Tower. Even when his opponents provoked him or spoke rudely to him, Dave would only use Sylvia to shock their souls, knock them out, and then leave quietly.
In Angor's mind, Saka was one of the few good people in the wizarding world. Even if Saka was a bit crazy, Angor didn't really want to kill him.
That was why he had aimed at Saka's shoulder instead of his vitals.
Angor believed that his armor-piercing arrow should have intimidated Saka enough to force him to surrender on his own.
That was a good plan, but the reality did not go as he expected.
Sylvia's Soul Drain didn't stop, and Saka didn't want to surrender either.
Saka's eyes turned red, and his expression became even more terrifying. Angor even saw a hint of excitement in Saka's eyes.
A big wound on his shoulder, and he's excited?
Sylvia's Soul Drain seemed to have come to an end. She released a bright red light, which made Angor feel a little frustrated.
Strange ripples were spreading out from Sylvia's body.
Saka's expression became even more excited.
Angor thought he would be knocked out by Soul Drain, and he was ready for his "first defeat".
But …
The Soul Drain rippled violently, and Angor felt a sharp pain in his spirit for a second.
After that, he didn't feel anything else.
When Sylvia's red light disappeared, Angor was still standing there unharmed.
Under the shocked gazes of the audience and Saka's excited and doubtful look, Angor asked in a low voice, "That's it? Was that Soul Drain? "
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