Supreme Couple In Apocalypse: Undead King & Demonic Queen

[7th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat Murath the Golden Vengence.

[Minimum Power Level required]: 25,000.

[Chance]: 1

[Reward]: 1 x High-grade Elemental Crystal. (Primary Elements only)

Arriving on the 7th floor, the reward was the same.

From the 6th floor's reward, Erix chose a High-grade Flame elemental crystal.

Rin chose the high-grade Wind elemental crystal.

Aria chose a High-grade Light elemental crystal, and Isabella chose a High-grade Water elemental crystal.

Entering the 7th floor, the squad began the challenge as they disappeared and arrived in the exact same looking, but separate sub-space of molten lava flowing through earth with golden structures, statues, and decorations in a vast hall of five kilometers in diameter.

[Murath The Golden Vengeance]: A genius blacksmith, with a thirst for revenge against an empire that ruined his wife and kids.

The distant revenge out of his reach fueled dark vengeance in him, leaving nothing but hatred for the empire and ultimately turning himself into a weapon of destruction that destroyed the empire.

Erix saw a ten-meter-tall humanoid man with six exotic dark gold arms holding six weapons. Spear, Sword, Mace, Chakram, and Hammer.

His entire body was coated with nefarious golden coatings with patterns, looking dreadful.

Everything was gold and dark gold hues, shining with eccentric magic patterns.

Murath the Golden Vengeance.

"A walking alive weapon?" Erix cracked a grin and pointed his index finger at the boss.

Murath roared and stretched all six arms at Erix, intending to shoot out projectile attacks.

Alas, before that could take reality, Erix used one of his created class skills, Reaping Orb.

[Reaping Orb]

_Effect: Conjures an Orb that sucks the life force from living beings while infusing death in them, invoking corrosion of life.

_Range: up to three targets within five meters of the orb.

_Cost: 5000-10,000 Prana + 1000-5000 Death Energy.

The orb appeared right behind Murath, and with the vast difference of power between Erix and this six-handed boss, Murath the Golden Vengeance instantly died in a second.

Once again, Erix, Rin, and Aria cleared it in the shortest amount of time possible.

Isabella took some time, but not over a minute.

The group continued.

[8th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat the party of Warblood Goblins.

[Minimum Power Level required]: 30,000.

[Chance]: 2

[Reward]: 1 x High-grade elemental crystal (Primary Elements only).

"Eh, this one gives two chances?" Aria was surprised.

"Probably because this is a one vs many battle challenge," Erix wondered before he shrugged with a smile. "Well, it doesn't matter to us."

…

[9th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat the Sirena The Violent Frost.

[Minimum Power Level required]: 35,000.

[Chance]: 1

[Reward]: 1 x High-grade elemental crystal (Primary Elements only).

They also cleared the 9th floor easily and finally moved to the 10th floor, which blocked everyone from progressing.

And rightfully so.

[10th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat Sir Malcus the Archwizard and his Mage Tower.

[Minimum Power Level required]: 45,000.

[Chances]: 2

[Reward]: 1 x Insight Scroll.

"This reward…"

Rin and Erix looked at each other, dumbfounded.

It was the darn Insight Scroll!

Both of them still had one each from the Abyss, and they knew how helpful and effective they were.

"Do you know the effect of this Insight Scroll?" Isabella curiously asked upon seeing the duo's reaction.

"Yep," Erix said with a laugh. "This item is going to boost many people."

"Yep. Depending on how wisely people use this item and their talent and comprehension for the subject they chose, this item can do wonders," Rin said as a glint passed through her eyes before as she added.

"After people gradually complete this floor, we'll truly see the top powerhouses aside from us."

"I want to use this item!" Aria said with shining eyes. "Let's go."

"I am not going to try," Isabella said with a wry smile. "It's higher than my Power Level, so I don't want to take a risk and waste one of the two chances."

"Yea. The difference is big, and the fight inside is like 1 vs many due to the challenge's wording," Erix nodded.

Isabella decided to quit and left for now while Erix, Rin, and Aria proceeded ahead and vanished from the floor, before arriving on a vast green plain with a sunny day.

However, their arrival in their respective sub-space of the challenge immediately caused the sunny day to darken as black clouds covered the sky.

At five kilometers of distance was a huge mage tower with colorful lights.

It lit up and directly shone a light on them from afar.

Enemy Detected.

"Intruders are coming to steal the knowledge of our tower! Kill them!"

Erix laughed out loud before looking sharply at the tower and grasping it within his palm from his point of view through his eyes.

His eyes glinted with dark purple flame with a hint of silver as Erix used his area of effect-type self-created skill.

'Dismantle Zone.'

Instantly, the entire tower was covered in the fixed zone as Erix consumed a whopping 30,000 Prana at once.

Then he consumed Vigor Force, Spirit Force, and Prana for Metal elements mixed with Nihilir for a formation of the skill.

*Creee…*

Inside the space bubble that trapped the entire Mage Tower, and prevented any Mages from getting out, hundreds of dark violet sparks with dark silver hues appeared before exploding in chaotic disaster.

Erix's eyes shone as he saw the increase of power in this skill after he used the 2nd realm of Chaos concept's power, Chaotic Evolution.

'This one's power is freaking almost an entire fold higher!'

On the other hand, Rin also used her Area of Effect skill, creating a zone around the tower that slowed everyone immensely before a huge chaotic stream like a raging river spread everywhere with countless blades, erasing everything and everyone.

Her eyes also glinted with thrill as she witnessed how the 2nd realm of her Chaos concept increased the offense of this skill by almost a fold.

Meanwhile, Aria combated with tit for tat.

The enemy numbers were over fifty mages hurling various long-range attacks and manifestations of projectiles that supported their leader, Sir Malcus the Archwizard.

However…Aria's army was even more dreadful.

Aria's Power Level was lower due to her not having many elements in the higher realm and no concepts yet, but she had power that other Royal-order powerhouses didn't have, and that allowed her to fight far stronger enemies than her despite not having that much high progress in Affinities.

The thousands of various elemental Animated Spirits with soul power and high stage spirit power of Aria utterly destroyed the Mage Tower and everyone.

[11th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat Zulia, the Witch of Dark Swamp.

[Minimum Power Level required]: 50,000.

[Chances]: 1

[Reward]: 1 x High-grade Elemental crystal (Primary Elements only)

Aria, Erix, and Rin also cleared the 11th floor next.

Everyone also got the news soon and could only watch as their top rivals progressed further in the Tower.

…

[12th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat the Army of a hundred Cursed Squires.

[Minimum Power Level Required]: 55,000.

[Chances]: 1

[Reward]: 1 x High-grade Elemental crystal (Primary Elements only)

…

[13th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat Magna the Starflame.

[Minimum Power Level Required]: 60,000.

[Chances]: 1

[Reward]: 1 x High-grade Elemental crystal (Primary Elements only)

…

The 14th Floor's requirement was 65,000 Power level, and the reward was the same.

The trio also completed it.

However, Aria decided not to attempt the 15th floor as she had some trouble on the 14th floor.

"I can't progress further," Aria said with a weak smile. "I need to improve further. Since it's not allowed for us to use potions in the challenges, I almost failed in the 14th Tower. I only won because I managed to kill the boss just one second before I died, haha."

"If that's the case, then you should return too," Erix smiled as he patted her head. "Go with your plan of creating combat around formations."

"Yes! I need to use my Animated Spirits efficiently," Aria said with a determined and eager expression while clenched fist. "I go and spar with Isabella-sis, hehe. She is also trying her new combat style."

"But before that, we should use Elemental crystals," Aria said with a grin. "We'll increase the realm of our elements first with these."

"And Insight scroll," Rin said with a smile. "Make sure you get a Super Exotic Element like us."

"Yes!" Aria excitedly nodded as she looked forward to using the Insight Scroll after knowing its effect and how effective it could be from Rin and Erix.

"We'll return after we reach a floor that has a higher requirement of Power level than what we have," Erix cracked his fingers while smiling eagerly. "Let's go."

As such, Aria left while Erix and Rin continued towards the next floor.

[15th Floor]

[Challenge]: Defeat the Flame Dragon Hetora.

[Required Power Level]: 70,000.

[Chance]: 1

[Reward]: 10,000 low-grade Prana stones.

The reward was something the duo desperately needed.

For their progression towards the next lifeform rank, all they needed were Prana stones of all grades gradually, learn a Domain, and level up to 300.

Out of those things, the one they lacked most was Prana stones. As for the domain, they've decided to create it when farming monsters as that was easier.

…

Thunder Peak Guild…

Leishun looked at the leaderboards with unnatural expression.

"They are climbing high…"

"Leader, they are already on the 19th Floor!"

"I wonder what type of rewards they are getting? These high-grade elemental crystals are already nuts."

"Did you see the world leaderboard, Leishun? Your rank went down to 5th."

"That Yelwon…she is doing crazy. She must have quickly gotten enlightenment after using an Elemental crystal and progressed."

"Yeah, that's the only way she could get that boost of a thousand points."

…

While the world constantly watched Rin and Erix clearing the floors, the duo began their next floor.

Alas, this was not going to be that easy.

[20th Floor]