The pressure came not from sheer strength, but from the oppressive presence of a higher order of life.
Su Ye looked up and found himself amid a barren jumble of rocks, surrounded by jagged formations like a deathly silent stone forest.
A figure stood motionless atop the tallest boulder.
The figure was tall and slender, its skin covered in a thin layer of translucent scales.
The scales did not reflect light. In the darkness, they shifted strangely with the ambient colors, creating a camouflage effect that blurred his outline.
He seemed ready to melt into the surrounding shadows at any moment.
He had no hair, and his head was unusually smooth. His face had no features, only a horizontal slit.
The scales around the slit were denser and sharper than those elsewhere, radiating a heart-stopping chill.
[Name]: Shadowscale Race [Tier]: Three [Physique]: 468 [Mental]: 348 [Skills]: Fatal Strike, Shadow Traversal, Scale Memory, Rapid Assault, Frenzied Scales.
Su Ye narrowed his eyes slightly at the opponent's stat panel.
Just as he had expected, the monster guarding the eighth floor had already reached tier three.
Judging by those stats, he was certainly no rookie who had only just advanced.
While Su Ye studied him, the Shadowscale warrior atop the boulder was also looking down at the Gale Ranger.
"A tier-three Vehicle?"
The horizontal slit on the Shadowscale warrior's face opened and closed slightly. "No, these energy fluctuations are almost at the threshold of a tier-four Vehicle."
The muscles beneath his scales instantly tensed. The Gale Ranger's tier had exceeded his expectations.
He knew the Fivefold Race had always possessed considerable potential, but wasn't this challenger's growth a little too fast?
"No wonder over a hundred Gray Fog Civilizations banded together and paid such an enormous price to organize this event."