Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 159, Section 056: The Upper Floors

Just as Rosie and Nilu were about to be overwhelmed by the vengeful spirit, a blood-red symbol appeared on Nilu's forehead, and at the same time, a large magic circle rapidly lit up at the soles of her feet.

Standing in the magic circle, she raised her head high and roared to the sky.

Instantly, Nil seemed to explode, her fur shooting out clusters of black flames that suddenly erupted in all directions.

Hellroar

This is one of the bloodline talents of the Hellhound, a high-level magical beast. Its power is roughly equivalent to a fourth-ring spell, and it also has a certain amount of soul attack power, making it extremely powerful.

Under the sweeping force of Hellroar, most of the vengeful spirits that rushed towards them were instantly swept away, and the fleshy tentacles that clung to them were instantly burned to ashes.

As soon as Nel broke free of her restraints and landed on the ground, her body rapidly expanded outwards, instantly growing several times larger and transforming into the appearance of a giant wolf.

She tilted her head upwards slightly: "Brother Luo Xi, come on up quickly, I'll take you out of here."

Rosie hesitated for a moment, but quickly nodded and jumped onto Nilu's back.

This place is indeed a bit eerie, and the vengeful spirits that have just emerged are already posing a certain threat to him. He should be careful not to be caught off guard and it would be best to leave this place first. After all, even the best treasures require a certain amount of life to retrieve.

"roar!"

Nilu roared and spit two more fireballs at the wall, but they were blocked by tentacles that stretched out from the wall before they could get close.

Luo Xi quickly said, "Try other places."

Nilu nodded, then abandoned her attack on the wall and decisively went out into the hallway through the side door.

"Hehe!"

"Click-clack!"

The tower was now completely noisy, and ghosts were everywhere outside.

There were apprentices wearing cloaks, knights in leather armor, but most were ordinary civilians dressed in various clothes, who looked like residents of the town outside.

"What happened? So many souls are locked up here?"

Without time to think, Rosie rode Nilu and hurriedly headed towards the main entrance downstairs.

Ghosts swarmed around him, attacking him relentlessly. He swung his scythe to defend himself, but mostly he lay on Nil's back, using the hellfire that naturally emanated from Nil's fur to fight back.

Under Nil's protection, these numerous souls posed no threat to him. In no time, Nil led him to the lobby on the first floor.

"Brother Rosie, where did the gate go?"

However, when they arrived, the gate they had entered through was nowhere to be found; instead, there was only a thick wall at the entrance.

Rosie frowned: "Blow it up."

Nilu immediately opened her mouth and spat out several fireballs. The fireballs exploded one after another on the wall, and for a moment, a large amount of flesh and blood tissue was flying everywhere. However, the flesh and blood tissue quickly repaired itself and restored the wall.

"Stay!"

"Would you like to stay and keep me company?"

Where are you going?

At the same time, one after another, soul entities emerged from the floor, reaching out to grab Nilu's limbs, completely disregarding the hellfire that occasionally ignited on Nilu's fur.

Luo Xi frowned.

The number of souls gathering is increasing, but the exit remains closed, and who knows what will happen if they stay here any longer.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Nilu, "Let's leave here and go upstairs to find another exit."

"Yes."

Nilu was already fed up with these soul entities. Upon hearing Rosie's command, she quickly broke free, flicked her long wolf tail, and rushed up the spiral staircase.

The second floor is the apprentices' living quarters. After changing rooms several times, they still couldn't find a way out. As before, the walls here were protected by some kind of strange magic, and even Nil couldn't blow them open.

"Let's go check out the other floors."

Rosie rode Nil up to the third floor, which seemed to be the former apprentices' laboratories and workshops, with independent laboratories everywhere.

Here, Rosie also saw the tower's material storage room. Unfortunately, a special magic circle was set up in front of the door. Forcibly breaking it might damage the material storage room inside. Given the current situation, he didn't have time to dispel the magic, so Rosie couldn't go in for the time being and could only leave.

The fourth floor is a magic laboratory, containing several halls enchanted by barriers. In the center of each hall stand alchemical dolls used for magic training.

The walls on these two floors, like those below, are protected by some strange magical force.

And so, entangled with the surrounding souls, Rosie rode Nelu all the way up the tower, until she reached the very top.

"Huh? Stop...stopped, Brother Rosie, those ghosts stopped."

Strangely enough, the ghosts that had been relentlessly pursuing them suddenly stopped upon reaching this level, as if there were an insurmountable wall at the entrance. All the ghosts stopped outside the entrance.

"Finally, I can catch my breath."

Luo Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Although Nilu had protected him along the way, there were just too many ghosts. Every now and then, some would pounce on him and attack him, causing his mental energy to be shaken and his head to ache repeatedly.

If it weren't for his high level of soul tempering, he would probably have been severely injured by now.

Rosie glanced at the ghosts outside, who were crowded in layers at the narrow stairwell, but not a single ghost stepped onto the stone steps.

"It must be some kind of restriction."

Rosie guessed that it was probably a barrier and restriction set up by the tower's owner in the past, probably an order that all ghosts could not come to this floor. In order to avoid others disturbing wizards, they would usually make some restrictions on the outside of their residence. Just like in the wizard tower, only Susan could come up to the floor where Rosie lived without his permission.

"Brother Luo Xi, over there, there seems to be something over there."

Just then, Nilu suddenly looked in one direction.

There was a long corridor over there, and at the end of the corridor was a room, which was also the only room on this floor.

Nilu looked at the room, and as a hellhound comparable to a high-ranking wizard, a hint of fear appeared in her eyes.

She said nervously, "I don't know what it is, but I feel it's something very powerful."

Luo Xi frowned.

Is it really a case of escaping one tiger's den only to fall into another?

Luo Xi glanced at the densely packed souls piled up on the stairs; he really didn't want to go back.

but,

Even Nel is filled with fear here…

What should I do?

(End of this chapter)