"Hah... hah..."
[Level 12 Trial Platform World · Corona-Level Arena.]
Zhao Xi was covered in blood, but it was not hers. It belonged to the crowned giant standing opposite her.
Golden lightning coiled around her as her mature form gradually faded away.
Fine cracks had appeared in the spear in her hand during this battle.
Beneath her boots, the giant's corpse had lost every trace of life.
Its soul was shattered, its will extinguished.
Its mental energy and stamina had both fallen to zero.
Zhao Xi opened a box hanging at her waist, and the giant's remains were drawn inside.
The world changed.
Frenzied cheers erupted around her.
And those cheers were not confined to this place.
On dozens of inhabited planets, beings of countless races watched this battle in the largest arenas in their worlds.
"Ten consecutive victories! Congratulations to Lady Zhao Xi, Chief Grand Inquisitor of Solo City in the Wasteland! She has successfully achieved ten consecutive victories! Let us congratulate her!"
Zhao Xi proudly puffed out her chest. Even though she had returned to her petite form, it could not conceal her imposing presence.
She leaped high into the air. On the planet beneath her feet, she had slaughtered every last one of the countless giants.
The Trial opponents in this Corona-Level Arena had never been limited to a single individual.
A spaceship hovered high in the sky.
Aboard the spaceship, a timid-looking Guide girl wearing glasses, with a few freckles on her face, nervously handed her a bottle of ice water.
"C-congratulations. You won again."
"That was inevitable. Passing a Trial was never particularly difficult. Where does my score rank now? Also, didn't I tell you not to be nervous? Am I frightening?"
The timid girl hurriedly shook her head.
"Y-you chose me directly