Chapter 1496: Chapter 933: Sunrise Dawn (XI): Silver
Magic power burned, and Ados’s aura surged instantly, quickly reaching the silver rank.
However, his appearance began to age rapidly.
"Lord Tony, although our escort team doesn’t have any silver, we didn’t make it here without some trump cards."
Ados smiled slightly.
Then, his smile faded, and with a cold snort, he raised his magic wand with both hands and struck it hard against the ground.
Dazzling brilliance exploded from the gemstone atop the magic wand, and thick vines burst from the earth, tightly entwining the monster...
The magic power erupted, and the old mage seemed even older in that instant. His figure was bent, his face withered, like a fallen leaf about to drift away in the autumn.
"Ados!"
Tony exclaimed in surprise.
"Go quickly! Don’t let our efforts go to waste!"
Ados shouted angrily.
Tony hesitated for a moment.
Seeing the old mage’s resolute expression, his gaze grew complex.
His eyes swept over the unconscious teammates, and Tony gritted his teeth, turned, and ran towards the interior of the ice tower...
In the hall, only the old mage and the monster remained.
Watching Tony’s figure disappear into the depths of the ice tower, Ados slowly retracted his gaze.
His eyes fell on the monster, and deep within them, a trace of sorrow and hatred flickered.
"Adrian... I’m here to avenge you."
He murmured.
Then, raising his magic wand again, he aimed at the monster and shouted:
"Come on! You ugly monster, let me see how strong you really are!"
...
The ice tower trembled violently, and the monster’s roar faintly echoed from behind.
Feeling the faint magic fluctuations, Tony bit his lip, clenching his fists.
He ran continuously up the staircase of the ice tower, running, running...
His heart was filled with self-blame and unwillingness.
If only he could be a little stronger...
If only he were silver, or gold!
If he hadn’t rushed into the ice fortress, or if he had killed more monsters before entering Snow Mountain!
If he hadn’t been stingy with the exchange contribution for the silver promotion quota, and had spent it early to exchange...
Then, perhaps he could have advanced to silver; then, perhaps he could have fought the monster!
Then, perhaps these NPC comrades who fought alongside him wouldn’t be in danger.
Unfortunately, there is no ’if’.
At this moment, Tony felt so powerless, so small.
He continued to run, run...
The aftermath of the battle behind him grew increasingly distant.
Faintly, he seemed to hear Ados’s roars, and the monster’s growls.
He could not stop, could not turn back, continuing to ascend the spiral staircase...
Gradually, the sounds of fighting grew quieter, and the frequency of the ice tower’s tremors decreased.
Finally, even Ados’s vague roars could no longer be heard.
Tony breathed heavily.
He closed his eyes gently, sadness on his face.
And when he opened his eyes again, only determination remained in his gaze.
"I will complete the mission."
He murmured.
Then, with an angry shout, he rushed towards the top of the tower with even greater speed...
At this moment, he truly wished the ice tower was a little shorter.
However, this towering mage tower, its top was so distant.
Gradually, the ice tower began to tremble again, like the footsteps of a giant, echoing within the tower.
The sounds of battle had completely disappeared.
Tony halted for a moment.
He turned back to take a look, faintly hearing the heavy breathing from the base of the tower...
It was the monster.
The opponent was climbing up the stairs, chasing after him.
At this moment, Tony already knew the outcome of the battle.
He clenched his fists, tears glistening in the corner of his eyes.
Then, he suddenly turned around, shouted furiously, and quickened his pace.
Run, run.
Finally... after not knowing how long he had been running, Tony finally saw the light.
He leapt up, ascended the final step, and finally arrived at the top of the tower.
It was a circular hall.
In the center of the hall stood an altar carved with exquisite magic patterns, and atop the altar was an ice-blue crystal ball, emitting a gentle glow.
The glow enveloped the entire hall, and a semi-transparent light pillar extended from the crystal ball, piercing through the circular hole at the top of the tower, straight into the sky.
Tony knew, this was the target.
He panted heavily, dragging his heavy steps, approaching the crystal ball.
He gritted his teeth, raised the steel sword given by Ramsis, and struck down!
With a clear sound, the crystal ball trembled slightly, a crack appearing on its surface.
At the same time, the experience gained system message also floated into view.
At this moment, the entire light in the top tower hall quivered slightly.
Seeing this, Tony raised an eyebrow.
However, just as Tony was about to strike again, with the vibration of the ice tower, heavy footsteps came from the staircase.
"Tony, we’ve reached God’s Wall! How’s it going on your end? When can you disable God’s Wall?"
Information from the Tianchao players came through the team channel.
Sweeping his glance over their information, Tony did not respond, but instead turned his head to look behind him.
The footsteps grew closer, a shadow cast on the wall by the blue glow flashing past.
In the next instant, accompanied by a deep roar, the Shadow Devouring Demon’s figure reappeared in Tony’s sight.
It bore wounds inflicted by magic, its aura slightly withered.
And in its hideous claws and dripping, stinking maw, remnants of red blood and pieces of mage robe could still be seen...
Seeing the scars on the monster, Tony clenched his fist even tighter.
He looked coldly at the monster, while the monster watched him greedily.
In the next moment, the monster roared and charged at him.
But just when the monster touched the pale blue light at the top of the tower, it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and was instantly bounced back.
It growled lowly and continued to ram against the invisible barrier, but couldn’t get through at all.
Tony watched the scene expressionlessly.
He knew that as long as God’s Wall was intact and the magic barrier system in the Ice Tower was functioning properly, the monster could not reach the top.
Glancing at the dialogue box with Tianchao players, Tony looked at the blinking Crystal Ball, then at the monster greedily staring at him.
He sighed softly, placing the energy core next to the Crystal Ball and asked in the chat channel:
"Mr. Ye Ye, what are the most powerful skills and those with the greatest explosive power for a warrior of Silver rank?"
Ye Ye was taken aback:
"Why are you asking that? Are you about to ascend?"
"Hmm... It should be [Blood Fury] and [Storm Slash], right? Blood Fury is an advanced skill of [Rage], and it also burns life force, but it’s very powerful in an outburst."
"[Storm Slash] is also well-known, extremely lethal, but it’s a one-time skill, and you’re basically exhausted after using it."
"What are you trying to do? Is it difficult to shut down God’s Wall?"
Seeing the message from the Tianchao player, Tony did not further explain.
"Come quickly."
He replied concisely.
Then, he closed the chat window, took out the small goddess statue that Mire had given him to keep when entering the Ice Fortress, accessed the exchange system, spent two hundred thousand contribution points directly to exchange for the Silver transfer slot, and pre-purchased the two Silver skills [Blood Fury] and [Storm Slash].
Subsequently, Tony looked at the monster again.
"Do you want to come in?"
He suddenly smiled.
The monster greedily watched him, continuously growling.
The next moment, its form slowly changed, remarkably transforming back into the figure of the youth Adrian.
However, compared to when Tony first saw him, there was a hint of madness in its eyes.
"Give me... give... me..."
The monster in human form stretched out its hand, clawing at the air continuously.
Tony’s smile gradually faded:
"To give you?"
"Fine... then let’s see if you have the strength to take it."
With that said, he roared, once again displaying the Silver skill [Eagle Strike].
However, this time, the target was not the monster but the Crystal Ball within the Ice Tower.
Accompanied by the cry of an eagle and under the dazzling sword light, the Crystal Ball shattered with a boom.
Also shattered was the magic power system maintaining the entire Ice Fortress’s magic barrier.
With the protective shield broken, the monster was no longer stopped and charged at Tony...
But at this moment, time seemed to slow down for Tony.
System messages flashed one by one in his vision.
[Shattered Magic Crystal, gained 3470 experience points]
[Ding——]
[Experience points are full, detected Silver transfer slot, transfer now?]
[Ding——]
[Transfer to the preset Silver skills, learn immediately after transferring?]
...
New messages flashed through Tony’s vision one by one.
Tony gripped his Longsword tightly, his voice decisive:
"Yes."
In the next moment, golden light burst from his body.
His aura skyrocketed, surpassing the Black Iron Rank, officially becoming Silver.
However, there was not a hint of joy on his face.
The monster, with claws and fangs outstretched, lunged at him...
Tony did not dodge.
"Blood Fury..."
He muttered softly, casting this skill he had just learned.
A crimson glow flowed around him, swirling like a whirlwind, causing his hair to flutter.
Immediately after, his aura soared once more.
"Storm..."
He raised his Longsword and muttered again.
The sword hummed softly, and cyclones began to swirl around the blade.
The turbulent aura started to concentrate on the Longsword.
Tony roared, channeling all the power gained from ascending to Silver into the Longsword.
In the next moment, dazzling sword light erupted from Tony’s hand.
He swung the Longsword, cleaving towards the monster amidst the surrounding storm...
"Die!"
A roar resounded.
The terrifying energy burst forth, transforming into tornado-like Wind Blades, sweeping towards the monster...
The monster let out a roar of pain, colliding instantly with the transformed Wind-Blade Sword Qi.
Rows of Wind Blades left gruesome scars on its body, accompanied by a painful shriek, its massive form being split in two under the Storm Slash...
Immediately after, the huge body slowly fell to the ground.
Having spent all his strength, the steel sword in Tony’s hand shattered with a soft sound...
A Black Iron level sword cannot withstand Silver-level power.
Soon after, dots of light appeared on the monster’s corpse, and the massive body shattered into photons with a bang.
Having lost all his power, Tony collapsed to the ground.
His consciousness gradually blurred.
Before losing consciousness, he seemed to hear the resounding dragon roar and exclamations.
Through the circular skylight of the Ice Tower, he seemed to see a majestic and imposing giant creature...
The next second, Tony knew nothing.
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