Golden waves washed over his pants, and Xing Chen knew he had guessed correctly.
A giant rhombus hung high in the sky, like an eye watching the three of them.
"Whether it's a god or a creator," Theresis gripped the longsword in his hand, a higher-dimensional will forcing him to submit.
Theresa stood beside Theresis, summoning motes of dust to swirl around them both. "This time, we will face it together."
Feeling the support of his blood kin, Theresis rallied.
"As always, I will point the way."
"My sword will cleave a path for you."
"Xing Chen, stay close to us," Theresa prepared to unleash her Originium Arts, raising a towering spire to connect them with the collective souls and the deeper space. "Xing Chen?"
Xing Chen didn't respond. The two turned their heads to see him hunched over, lie on the ground.
"There's... something... inside my body..."
Theresa immediately knelt beside Xing Chen, wanting to check his condition.
"Let me," Theresis put away his knife, propped up Xing Chen's body with his shoulder, and then—
Quickly reached out, plunged his hand into his body, and pulled out what was inside.
"Stitch him up."
Xing Chen had lost a large amount of blood in an instant, and his entire body was drained of strength.
With the foreign object removed from his body, he no longer felt discomfort.
Just as the two had expected, it was a black longsword.
But to their surprise, the moment Theresis gripped the black sword, his hand was assimilated by Originium.
"Theresis... are you alright...?"
"You should be more concerned about yourself." Theresis quickly dropped the sword, preventing further assimilation.
Theresa cautiously touched the sword's body, but she did not experience the same reaction as Theresis.
"It seems only the two of us can use it," Theresa smiled, handing the sword to Xing Chen, who fumbled and dropped it to the ground.
"A good weapon. You should learn how to use it."
"But I can't even pick it up right now," Xing Chen said with a wry smile, then turned to Theresa. "Why don't you hold it...?"
At this moment, Theresis placed his hand on Xing Chen's shoulder. Soon, he felt his body filled with strength.
In Terra, excluding extreme cases like the Black Knight's Mace, excellent warriors are usually also excellent casters, like Patriot or the Candlenight Knight; their Originium Arts are also incredibly skilled.
The reverse is usually true as well, such as FrostNova or the Sword Rabbit.
Clearly, Theresis chose to directly buff Xing Chen with witchcraft. Unpretentious skills and mechanics, combined with extreme stats, can still be effective.
No matter who comes, a 3.75 million HP mech will take a long time to defeat.
Xing Chen and Theresis stood side-by-side behind Theresa, watching her use her Originium Arts and the power of civilization's continuity to erect a tall tower.
"Theresa, what's wrong?" The tower was built, but Theresa's expression was off. Xing Chen couldn't help but ask.
"I built it wrong. Let's start over." Xiao Te gave an embarrassed smile, then borrowed Xing Chen's power to manifest the formless things in the Internalized Universe and give them the property of being deletable.
The second time the tower was built, there were no problems. The three of them stepped onto the stairs together, ready to face the collective souls of the Sarkaz.
Trapped in the Internalized Universe for thousands of years, most of the souls had turned into unconscious, wailing soul vortices.
The three of them used their respective methods to dispatch these obstructing enemies one by one.
Xing Chen's swordsmanship, inherited from the Assassin, was agile and fast. Coupled with the black sword's true damage and Theresis's buff, dealing with the unconscious spinning tops was effortless.
Theresis, needless to say, was the strongest Sarkaz swordsman. Not only was he powerful himself, but he could also summon afterimages and unleash extremely high-multiplier slashes forward, clearing enemies in an entire straight line. His only drawback was a somewhat slow attack speed.
Theresa, on the other hand, was full of utility. She could release motes of dust to surround the three, providing healing, encouragement, protection, and control. She could also unleash large-area spell damage through the power of the Crown.
"Theresa, can't you just delete them directly with the Crown?" Xing Chen remembered that in the story, Xiao Te easily built the tower and freed the trapped collective souls. Why couldn't she do it now?
"I feel like my Crown has been weakened," Theresa said after casting her last spell, completely clearing the enemies on this floor. "The weaving ability enhancement hasn't disappeared, but it's not good for deleting information anymore."
"Could it be that I took some of it?"
"I'm not sure. It was fine when I traveled with you a while ago."
"When did this situation start then?"
"I'm not sure either. Maybe it started when that message board appeared. Since then, I haven't used the advanced functions of the Crown."
"Then how are we going to free the collective souls?"
"Physical and magical liberation. Just... delete all of them."
Xing Chen looked up at the towering spire. The souls of ten thousand years had to be cleared by the three of them, little by little.
"Let's go, Xing Chen." Theresis led the way, with Theresa following closely behind.
The enemies on the second floor were still mainly spinning tops, but some souls resembling Wendigo also began to appear.
The Wendigo were considered a very ancient tribe among the Sarkaz, and their appearance had hardly been changed by Originium.
The spinning tops had increased health and defense, but they still posed no threat to the trio. However, after the soul phantoms absorbed the spinning tops, three orbs hitting Xing Chen still "hurt" quite a bit.
There was no other way; he could only fight in melee.
"Well done." Theresis had Xing Chen stand behind him, then summoned a row of phantoms and cleared the entire area with a single command.
In the subsequent floors, Theresa and Theresis, the two twin heroes, worked together to quickly clear the enemies on each floor. Xing Chen helped clear any stragglers, allowing them to focus on area-clearing spells.
However, with each floor ascended, the number and attributes of the enemies rapidly increased.
Theresa was fine; both she and Xing Chen had infinite stamina. Theresis, having undergone a large number of battles, was severely drained of energy.
"Theresis, why don't we rest for a bit?" Xing Chen put away his knife and said to Theresis. Theresa, beside him, also nodded in agreement.
Theresis wanted to refuse, but Xing Chen was quick and directly opened a can for him.
"Where did you get that from?" Theresa asked curiously.
"Guess? It's always good to have some food on hand," Xing Chen said with a smile.
Theresis wasn't pretentious either. He took the can and "shoved" it into his mouth.
"Alright, let's keep going." Throwing the can aside, Theresis drew his knife, ready to ascend the tower.
Theresa shook her head, then quickly caught up with her brother, leaving Xing Chen standing there.
"There's such a move?" Xing Chen's mind hadn't caught up, so he could only follow the two upwards.