[Heavenly Stairway, first floor] [Challenger's cultivation: Elementary Creation-level (cultivation below taboo life is assigned Elementary Creation-level difficulty)] [Challenger's objective: kill one Elementary Creation-level being]
A faint screen of light appeared before Li Yue.
He now stood amid a starry sky, where collapsed, contracted neutron stars dotted the endless heavens like cosmic dust.
...Those below taboo life actually get Elementary Creation-level difficulty.
Terrible rating.
He grumbled inwardly.
Boom—!
A giant wreathed in boundless radiance suddenly charged out from the distance. An Elementary Creation-level aura suffused its body, and it held a taboo spear. A single thrust pierced a million neutron stars and stabbed viciously toward him!
Li Yue's expression remained calm.
He flicked a finger casually.
A strand of sword qi flew out, then struck, crushing everything—including this Elementary Creation-level taboo life.
That single strand of sword qi he had unleashed possessed the full might of the Half-step Dao-wielding level!
The giant repeatedly re-formed and revived.
But that strand of sword qi cut it down again and again.
In the end, it perished completely.
[First trial cleared. You have surpassed ninety-seven percent of challengers at your level]
The screen of light appeared again.
Li Yue wore a peculiar expression.
It seemed that most taboo lives lacked the strength to kill others at their own level.
But that was perfectly normal.
Anyone capable of killing a taboo life of the same level in single combat was certainly far from ordinary.
[You have obtained a Soldier-grade Inheritance. View it now?]
New words appeared on the screen of light.
"So clearing the first trial earns a Soldier-grade Inheritance."
"It looks simple, but in reality, it's anything but."
"Those who can obtain a Soldier-grade Inheritance are all outstanding among their peers."
"And it seems Soldier-grade Inheritances can't be chosen