Calm down!
Cheng Benchuu, calm down!
He screamed at himself desperately in his heart, This assessment was personally arranged by Ancestor. Great-Grandfather is watching too.
This is my chance—my only chance!
With my spiritual root aptitude, without some extraordinary opportunity and with the family's limited resources, reaching the Late Qi Refining Stage would already be the limit.
Foundation Establishment is nothing but a fool's dream.
Only by displaying enough value—by letting Ancestor and the clan see my potential—will I have any chance to fight for that faint, elusive thread of Immortal Fate!
Ancestor passed down the arts and set this assessment. His purpose was certainly not merely to have us defeat this beast.
What Ancestor wants to see is our comprehension and application of those two divine abilities!
Our potential to battle across realms!
I have to win beautifully!
Win cleanly!
My old fighting habits—dragging things out, circling around, searching for openings—will only make me lose quickly before such an absolute gap in speed and strength.
I have to use the arts Ancestor taught us and decide the fate of heaven and earth in a single strike!
In the flash of an instant, A jumble of thoughts raced through Cheng Benchuu's mind, settling away until nothing remained but utter resolve.
The fear in his eyes receded like a tide, Replaced by a desperate determination, as though he had smashed the cauldrons and sunk the boats.
Just then—
The terrifying pressure enveloping the Lion-Scaled Beast, making it tremble and dare not move rashly, abruptly vanished!
"ROAR—!!!"
Its pent-up savagery and fear instantly transformed into the most frenzied killing intent!
The Lion-Scaled Beast let out an earthshaking roar. Lightning around its body flashed with a sharp crackle, dark-blue electric serpents writhing wildly as they enveloped its massive frame.
Its four claws kicked