"This strength... I could easily defeat my former self now."
Lu Yuan clenched his fist and muttered to himself.
He had not expected such enormous gains from entering the ruins this time. The improvement had been tremendous.
"My physical strength should be enough to use the Moon Stone now, right?"
Lu Yuan's eyes lit up as he took the Moon Stone out of the War Rune Space.
With a thought, the Moon Stone turned into a streak of cyan light and merged into Lu Yuan's body.
Amid the white mist stood a massive Gene Chain.
The phantom of the Moon Stone appeared around the Gene Chain. Streams of deep cyan light flowed through it, slowly merging into the Gene Chain.
Lu Yuan could feel a powerful force pouring into his body.
His skin, bones, muscles, internal organs—every aspect of him was rapidly improving.
The enhancement only stopped after rising by nearly thirty percent.
He could feel that his body had become tougher, his strength greater, and his movements more agile.
It was an all-around improvement.
"Is this the enhancement effect of a leader-grade armament? So powerful!"
A delighted smile appeared on his face. "Even warriors who had recorded Elite Genes probably wouldn't necessarily be my match if their Tempering Level was ten or even twenty percent higher than mine, right?"
"Ding!"
Just as Lu Yuan was reveling in his surprise, the voice in the sky rang out again.
"Trial participant XI9201 has passed the Level 4 Elite Trial and obtained the qualification to begin the Genius Trial. Would you like to begin?"
Lu Yuan was startled and snapped out of his delight at the improvement.
"There's an even higher-level trial? A Genius Trial?"
"So I still don't count as a genius?"
Lu Yuan had originally thought he could already be