"If I knew how great you were, I would have given you the first shot," Zachary said with a faint smile touching the corners of his mouth after he glanced back at the crushed bones, which were just lying around, waiting for retrieval.
"Haven't I informed you that each time I use my power, it would absorb my spiritual energy? I have to feed on at least three spiritual souls to make up for the spiritual energy that I have just drained," Andrew grumbled discontentedly.
"I see. You just want me to hand you over more spiritual souls, right? I'll give you three of them in return later," Zachary said, casting Andrew a furtive glance.
"There won't be any more danger on this floor. But can you make it up there?" After Andrew finished speaking, the blue spiritual soul retracted into the Holy Bone Bracer.
"It won't count as my fault if I can't go up there," Zachary hurled back. He released Gisele, his spiritual soul, and tried to go up the stairs to the fourth floor.
Simultaneously, a sudden surge of resistance stronger than what he had encountered on the previous floors emerged, shoving him back by one meter.
"What? I can't believe it!" Zachary had thought there would be no struggle for him to enter the fourth floor since he formed his spiritual soul by integrating it with one of Sage Level. Also, the qualification of his spiritual soul was outstanding and without equal according to the test he once did at the Soul Testing Pagoda.
"It's strange. By right, with the criterion of your spiritual soul, it should be easy for you to get to the fourth floor," Andrew said, feeling confused.
"There must be something wrong with the pagoda," Zachary said with certainty.
"How about trying again?" Andrew suggested.
Zachary nodded and tried again, but the force pushed him back once more. He resisted the impulse to give up, so he made several more attempts, but failed every single time.
"Damn it! I don't believe this." Zachary became a little irritated. He could not believe that he was incapable of entering the fourth floor, considering his spiritual soul's eligibility.
"Gisele, take your best shot and show the pagoda your true power," Zachary muttered, squinting his eyes.
He then fully activated his martial energy and condensed his power to release Gisele. Perhaps because of his sheer determination, she turned red as soon as she showed up, contrary to her usual white shadow. Instantly, a shocking gust of Sage Level spiritual energy spread out, shaking the whole White Elephant Pagoda.
"Ha-ha, let me help you!" Andrew also joined the fun. He used the Holy Bone Bracer to unleash his spiritual energy, which was also at least above the Sage Level.
Shortly, the remarkable energy of two Sage Level spiritual souls entwined with each other. As a result, the pagoda shook violently,
r Anne had told him to use the spiritual souls sparingly.
"You are indeed lucky. You got more than a dozen spiritual souls for free in this trip," Andrew groaned as he had gotten less spiritual souls than Zachary.
"Come on! All you did was talk, but you got quite a lot," Zachary retorted.
"Let's go to the top floor now. If you can successfully merge with that Sage Level heterodox spiritual soul, it will boost your spiritual soul by one more grade. However, the heterodox spiritual soul was terrible to deal with. After I killed him, he became even stronger. It took a lot of effort from finally sealing him on the top floor," said Andrew.
"What? Then I don't dare to go up." Zachary had a bad feeling as soon as he heard what Andrew said.
"Let's go and check out the situation first. An Sage Level heterodox spiritual soul is scarce, and it is more powerful than an ordinary one," Andrew continued.
After pausing for a moment, Zachary finally headed to the fifth floor, which was the highest floor.
To his surprise, when he stepped on the stairs to the fifth floor, he felt nothing. He didn't even have to release Gisele. But he just shrugged it off and soon made his way up.
When they reached the fifth floor, Zachary discovered that it was like a residence for cultivation. There were many rooms of different sizes. Although covered with dust, it looked much more habitable than the other floors below.
"Where is the heterodox spiritual soul?" Zachary asked as he didn't find one after glancing around.
"In the room on the far left," Andrew answered, pointing to the direction with his finger.
Zachary then walked to the left. As he reached the end of the path, he saw a room sealed by an enchanted barrier. Inside was a red spiritual soul that emitted faint Sage Level aura, floating in the air. It remained motionless, as if it was sleeping soundly.