Chapter 178: There Are Many Souls of Experts in the Heavenly-Reaching Tower?
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Don’t you find it especially interesting to fight against yourself?”
The Sword Emperor controlled Mo Xiao’s body and casually waved the long sword in his hand, grinning. “Moreover, it’s a rare opportunity to defeat yourself. Why do you seem reluctant?”
Listening to the Sword Emperor’s words, the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul seemed to become somewhat displeased.
However, as a remnant soul, it was a mere shadow, making it impossible to discern its expression.
Looking at the motionless remnant soul, the Sword Emperor chuckled. Without saying anything, he raised his sword and attacked it. f𝗿𝚎eweb𝗻o𝐯𝐞l.𝚌om
Seeing this, the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul’s expression stiffened, and it quickly followed suit, raising its long sword and launching an attack on Mo Xiao in the same manner.
“Ding!”
Accompanied by a crisp sound of metal colliding, their longswords collided.
The moment the two swords collided, the longswords in Mo Xiao and the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul turned into afterimages at the same time, madly colliding in mid-air.
Their speed was so fast that not even Mo Xiao’s War God senses could fully grasp it.
If not for the Sword Emperor controlling his body, Mo Xiao would have likely been defeated long ago.
Thirty minutes later.
The Sword Emperor’s remnant soul’s health was already at the bottom, but Mo Xiao still had 50% of his health remaining.
As Mo Xiao’s final sword pierced the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul, the last bit of its HP was taken away.
“The physical data in the Heaven-reaching Tower is still lacking in meaning. This sword doesn’t feel quite right either. Otherwise, 1 wouldn’t have wasted 30 minutes dealing with you,” Mo Xiao said as he looked at the Sword Emperor in front of him, calmly sheathing his sword.
With that, the Sword Emperor’s illusory form flew out of Mo Xiao’s body and silently watched the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul whose HP had reached zero not far away.
“Didn’t you say you wanted to come with me? You’ve already been defeated by me. How are you going to come with me?” the Sword Emperor asked.
The Sword Emperor’s residual soul shook its head gently. “Going with you was my idea, but right now, I’m just data, a replication of the power within the remnant soul.”
“Replicating the power of the residual soul?” Hearing this, Mo Xiao was slightly stunned. Clearly, he was a little puzzled by the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul’s words.
The Sword Emperor’s remnant soul glanced at Mo Xiao and said indifferently, “I can’t say the details. I’ve only stayed in this Heavenly-reaching Tower for a period of time. I only know that there are many souls of experts in this Heavenly-reaching Tower. Be careful…”
With that, the Sword Emperor’s remnant soul directly turned into specks of starlight and disappeared.
[You killed the guardian boss of the 30th level! The remnant soul of the Sword Emperor! Congratulations to Mo Xiao, the challenger! You have passed the 30th level!]
[Do you want to go to the next level?]
“This level is so difficult, but there are no rewards?” Looking at the system notification in front of him, Mo Xiao asked in confusion.
The Sword Emperor looked at Mo Xiao and replied, “The guardians of this floor are always random, and while they are all formidable, not all of them are as powerful as me. So, there might not be rewards.”
Hearing the Sword Emperor’s words, Mo Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly. “Are you sure you’re not just praising yourself?”
“Oh? Really? I’m just stating a fact. Am 1 not awesome?” The Sword Emperor said smugly.
Mo Xiao looked at the Sword Emperor with a speechless expression. “Forget it, 1 don’t want to argue with you. Let’s rest for a while and continue to the next floor later. System, 1’11 take a break for now and continue later.”
With that, Mo Xiao sat down cross-legged again and rested quietly.
Outside the Heaven-reaching Tower, Yan Zhantian and the others were looking at Mo Xiao on the screen with serious expressions.
“Old Yao, did you see that?” Yan Zhantian asked seriously.
“Mm…” Yao Shi’er also nodded slightly. “Mo Xiao’s combat method is almost identical to this Sword Emperor’s remnant soul… It can even be said that it’s even more brilliant than this Sword Emperor’s remnant soul…”
“This is definitely not a technique that a kid who has just transitioned can have…” Yan Zhantian’s expression was somewhat grim.
“Are you saying… Mo Xiao might not be human?” Yao Shier looked at Yan Zhantian with surprise.
“It’s a possibility. After all, as you mentioned before…” Yan Zhantian’s expression became complicated.
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While the two were pondering what was going on with Mo Xiao, Su Jin’er suddenly spoke up, “I just realized, are you two suspecting that Mo Xiao isn’t human?”
“Sort of.” Yan Zhantian nodded, “After all, Mo Xiao’s performance just now was too powerful. This is not something a teenage brat can do.”
When Su Jin’er heard this, she looked at the two of them with a strange expression and said, “Don’t you two know that… there’s a very powerful soul in Mo Xiao’s body?”
“What?” Hearing Su Jin’er’s words, Yan Zhantian and Yao Shi’er looked at Su Jin’er at the same time. Clearly, they were completely unaware of this matter.
Looking at their expressions, Su Jin’er continued, “Looks like you really don’t know…”
“Mo Xiao has a skill called ‘Sword Emperor’s Residual Soul,’ which allows him to summon a soul. This soul seems to be an ancient Sword Emperor who can not only guide Mo Xiao but also possess his body and fight in his place in critical situations.”
Su Jin’er continued, “The situation just now should be that ancient Sword Emperor possessing Mo Xiao’s body and fighting for him.”
“And there’s a possibility that this 3oth-floor Sword Emperor’s remnant soul is actually a part of the Sword Emperor inside Mo Xiao, but for some reason, it’s left in the Heaven-reaching Tower.”
Listening to Su Jiner’s explanation, Yan Zhantian, who had been worried about how to deal with the situation, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Phew… I was really scared there. Thank goodness you explained it, or I might have thought Mo Xiao had turned into some kind of monster. After all, his combat abilities are incredibly strong,” Yan Zhantian sighed in relief, and the seriousness on his face disappeared. “But how do you know about this skill? Did Mo Xiao tell you?”
“Yeah,” Su Jiner nodded. “Mo Xiao did tell me about it. Most importantly, my ability allows me to see these souls, so this Sword Emperor’s remnant soul is particularly wary of me.”
Hearing this, Yao Shi’er nodded thoughtfully, “I see. So, you mean that the Sword Emperor’s residual soul fought on Mo Xiao’s behalf on this 30th floor?”
“Not entirely,” Su Jiner shook her head. “When you praised Mo Xiao the first time, he fought on his own. It was only later when he couldn’t hold on any longer that the Sword Emperor possessed him and fought for him.”
“Besides, the abilities he can control are, in a way, his own abilities, right? Master, you shouldn’t refuse to let your disciple pass just because of this, right?”