Watching the human he had finally met after ten thousand years disappear before his eyes, the enormous red skeleton warrior sank into thought.
So this fellow had deliberately triggered the sixth challenge and summoned him just to say hello?
The red skeleton fell silent for a moment, then returned to where he had risen and sat down cross-legged.
The crimson flames filling his eye sockets instantly dimmed, and his powerful aura receded with the movement. He had only just awakened from his long slumber, yet before he even had a chance to stretch his limbs, he had to go back to sleep.
As for why Yue Chen had not cleared every challenge on the Eternal Tower's first floor in one go, the reason was simple: his spiritual power was nearly depleted. He did not have enough left to fight this Eternal Holy Guard, whose cultivation had reached Peak Sixth Tier.
With Sol helping him, Yue Chen actually stood a fairly good chance of winning. But in that case, Sol would have to do most of the fighting, while Yue Chen could only slack off on the sidelines and chip in a little damage.
Not only would that prevent Yue Chen from gaining the proficiency needed to unlock his ancient combat technique mastery skills, it would also greatly diminish this skeleton warrior's opinion of him-a warrior who possessed the soul of a mighty expert.
After all, this opponent was different from the ones before him. This skeleton warrior, imbued with an expert's soul, was a guard Yilikes had specially prepared for his two disciples, Yue Chen and Long Haochen.
As long as Yue Chen could defeat him, he could take him as his servant.
To better command these Eternal Holy Guards in battle in the future, Yue Chen decided it would