Connor then added, feeling his strength return to him, "If I can barely manage to mix the high-grade Damantium with the Divine magic crystals, I won’t be able to incorporate the high-grade Acrium with my current energy reserve."
Derek smiled reassuringly at him and said, "It’s fine, sweetheart. Lena and Atlas have already agreed to help us; they should arrive soon. Once you feel better, we can go there and help you all increase your energy reserve."
Connor’s smile widened upon hearing this news. "Then indeed, with Lena blocking the psychic attacks for us, and with your and Atlas’s powers, we should even be able to reach the ninth floor."
"Rest first. Atlas wanted to see you to upgrade his sword, so he is happy to be able to help you. After all, a weapon from you is always of the best quality," said Derek, admiration shining in his eyes.
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In one of the purple towers, the group led by Julian, which consisted of Chris, Yelena, and a few other fighters and mages that Elias had entrusted to him because they all had great control over their energy reserves, had found a very easy way to meet the requirements of chakra or soul force points to ascend to the upper floors.
Indeed, the first three floors were only for meditation, but the more they wanted to climb the floors of these towers, the more they needed a vast energy reserve. Resisting the pressure of the gravity room was only part of the requirements to advance to the next floor. As the challenges on these floors became increasingly difficult, they needed a certain amount of energy reserve before continuing to progress.
To reach the fourth floor, they needed 3,500 points; for the fifth floor, 6,000; for the sixth floor, 20,000; for the seventh floor, 25,000; for the eighth floor, 40,000; for the ninth floor, 50,000; and finally, to pass the test for the tenth floor, they needed 80,000 points.
Even Julian didn’t have 20,000 soul force points; after all, he was not even in his thirties, so he couldn’t compare to these immortal mages who had already been at level 200 for a long time.
Moreover, the people under his care were all from his generation, so they all had between 4,000 and 12,000 energy points at most.
As his committed students all wanted to try these towers after having fought their two purple dungeons that they had to complete every day, Julian found a solution to make this experience worthwhile.
Since Yelena could master her powers, she could give a buff to all their basic stats, including their energy reserve points.
Moreover, since the day Yelena had lost control of her powers, and without Julian, the situation could have turned for the worse, he had helped her master the energy that she could draw from the cradle of magic. She could now choose, depending on the buff they wanted, the right quantity of energy she needed to envelop them.
Although the buff was limited, as they could get a maximum of x5 for all their basic stats points, Miguel and Elias had given Julian many items that could help them increase their energy reserve points. With Yelena’s buff and the items they had, they could pass the trials and have enough energy reserve points to reach even the tenth floor.
They were all very excited about this opportunity and quickly passed the first three floors reserved for meditation. The first hurdle was the gravity room. However, since they had all trained with the Warrior Spirits, they knew how to handle this type of trial.
They passed the fourth floor brilliantly, but before entering the fifth floor, Julian asked Yelena to increase their buff from x2 to x3.
He also gave some instructions because Elias had warned him about the challenges on the ten different floors, so he could take the necessary precautions. The fifth floor was also a gravity room, but this gravity room was three times denser than the first one, so many mages and fighters couldn’t pass it.
But for Julian’s group of geniuses, that wasn’t an issue. He warned them and didn’t let them pass through the fifth floor until they had all created a powerful force field around their bodies.
That was the advantage of his students. As they all had great control over their energy reserves, they could use powerful force fields to defend themselves. Once the force field around them was established, they only needed to keep sending energy into it to maintain it.
Without their force fields, the fifth floor would have been their limit, and they would have been sent out of the tower.
During the one hour they had to spend inside this gravity room, they all had to drink a few legendary-grade healing potions, as it was the best way to replenish their energy reserves. Without these potions, they would have all run out of energy after only 20 minutes.
Finally, after one hour, they all passed this trial and received their first rewards.
[Congratulations on passing the trial of the fifth floor. All your basic stats increase permanently by 10 points, and your energy reserve increases by 1,000 points.]
At that moment, they didn’t know if there was a limit to the rewards they could receive. But Elias told them that the rewards were always fair and depended on how the trials were passed.
Back when Kevin and Axel passed the trials in the Angel’s world, they received rewards only on the last floors. However, since they had powered these towers with large Divine-grade magic crystals and the core of this world helped them activate them, they could earn much more rewards than the Black Elves.
Increasing their basic stats was only one type of reward; some even received powerful weapons, while others got quality equipment that could boost their stats. Even powerful accessories dropped, like rings, bracelets, and necklaces that could increase their energy reserve points or other stats. They also gained experience points depending on their performance once they finished their trials.