"Fourth Trial completed beyond requirements. Thunderflame Hell Beast killed!" "Mission reward: Thunder God affinity increased by fifteen percent." "Bonus reward for exceeding mission requirements: All soul ring ages increased by five hundred years."
A surge of pure energy flooded into Tie Li's body, increasing the age of all eight soul rings by five hundred years.
Purple, purple, purple, purple, black, black, red, red!
The fourth soul ring had come from an eight-thousand-year-old Lightning Crystal Armored Beast. Its age had now reached nine thousand years, and a trace of deep black could be seen within the purple soul ring.
The fourth trial had required him to kill the Thunderflame Hell Beast within half a year, yet Tie Li had succeeded in less than a month.
The Thunderflame Hell Beast possessed ultimate lightning and ultimate fire, making it an exceptionally powerful soul beast.
Tie Li had spent half a month learning its fighting style and weaknesses. With his current strength, dealing with it had posed no problem at all.
His Thunder God affinity had already reached forty percent.
Just as Tie Li was considering the contents of the fifth trial, the surroundings changed once more.
The desolate land lay beneath a torn sky steeped in darkness. An occasional bolt of lightning descended, serving as the only light in this world.
Tie Li stood upon the lifeless wasteland, and the sporadic lightning illuminated the massive hammer before him.
The enormous hammer was covered in rust and mottled blackened bloodstains. It looked like an ordinary discarded hammer, yet it faintly exuded an oppressive presence that could not be ignored.
"Thunder God Nine Trials, Fifth Trial: Lift the Thunder God Hammer!" "Completion grants the reward!"
This massive hammer was the Thunder God Hammer?
Simply lifting