Early the next morning, dawn had barely broken.
The silver-robed man's clear voice rang out across the entire finals plane. "All contestants, prepare yourselves. Mass teleportation will begin shortly. You will be transported to your individual trial spaces."
At that moment, the 1.08 million geniuses from 1,008 Universe Countries were already up and gathered in the ground-floor lobbies of their respective buildings, their eyes filled with both tension and anticipation.
The trial that would determine their fates was finally about to begin.
Suddenly, an invisible force enveloped the entire plane.
Zhou Yuan's vision blurred, and his surroundings changed in an instant. A moment later, he stood on a vast, boundless continent.
Looking up, he saw seven enormous towers standing ahead, each more than ten kilometers tall and several kilometers across. Like seven towering, straight peaks, they exuded an ancient, imposing aura. Their gates bore the numbers one through seven, clearly marking the order of the challenges.
Zhou Yuan looked at his left forearm. A pale blue virtual screen appeared out of thin air, closely resembling the interface from the Purple Chen Universe Nation's earlier elimination round. His information appeared on the screen.
Contestant: Zhou Yuan (Purple Chen Universe Nation) Points: 0 Rank: None Current trial space: No. 0070001
Below the information were the detailed trial rules, identical to those announced earlier.
At the very bottom was a leaderboard that updated in real time. Zhou Yuan glanced at it. Everyone still had zero points, and the rankings had yet to refresh.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Yuan shot straight toward the first Trial Tower. As soon as he entered, the screen on his arm displayed the objective for this floor: "First tower, first floor: 10,000 Fierce Beast Vajra Lions."
The space inside the tower stretched endlessly. On a plain