( Rocky's POV, The Soul Realm )
Epita had underestimated the strength of Rocky's soul.
After absorbing the remnants of the dying Lich with the help of the Strongest System, Rocky's soul was almost 8 times stronger than a normal climber at his floor level.
Strengthening the soul was not an easy process and it was not a process that was supposed to start in climbers before they reached the tier4 stage, where their mortal bodies gradually transformed into becoming a demi-god body.
At his level, unless Rocky practiced dark arts, strengthening his soul to this degree was impossible, however, as fate would have it, Rocky defied all norms of common sense and had a soul strong enough to stave off all the attacks of the Soul Pool with its own strength.
