Hearing Ailin call out to her, Chen Xi, who had already braced herself to be transported by the God-Chosen Trial, felt her heart skip a beat.
"Huh?"
Before she could react, the two of them were forcibly transported into the Core Space.
Chen Xi opened her eyes to find Ailin looking utterly frazzled.
"Chen Xi, the content of your trial has changed!"
"What do you mean?" Lin Yue asked, her brows furrowing in confusion.
She had asked about this before, but Ailin had brushed her off, saying it wasn't important.
After all, revealing core information against the rules came at a small cost.
Since the two of them had been sure to win, there had been no need to make a fuss about it.
But now, the situation was clearly different.
Ailin's expression grew solemn as she uttered three words: "The Lamenter."
"The Lamenter is the target of your trial this time."
"What?!" Chen Xi stared at her in disbelief.
She had to fight the Lamenter? Was this a joke?
Even if Andres evolved into a Legend-grade CG, she still wouldn't stand a chance against the Lamenter.
From the sixth Rank onward, the gaps between sub-ranks were vast, and crossing them was no easy feat.
Even the sixth-Rank mid-level Dragon Girl had been easily defeated by the Lamenter.
"What exactly happened?" Realizing how serious this was, Lin Yue asked in a low voice.
Ailin shook her head and explained, "It's not the real one, of course. It's only a phantom recreated within the trial."
"Its strength is roughly equivalent to the sixth Rank, lower level."
Chen Xi's expression shifted. She asked, confused, "Aren't you the one who controls the recreation of divine phantoms? How could something go wrong?"
"I don't know either," Ailin replied with a bitter smile. "I was