The massive white quartz trembled violently under the influx of pure spiritual energy before projecting a golden array numeral that illuminated the entire amphitheater.
Final Average Purity: 98.9%
Time Elapsed: One-Tenth of an Incense Stick
Dead silence.
For three full seconds, you could hear a pin drop in the colossal Imperial Grand Arena.
Even the other competitors who were desperately trying to stabilize their own furnaces stopped dead in their tracks, staring at the golden numbers in numb, soul-crushing despair.
How were they supposed to compete with a monster like this?
"H-Heavens..." The crimson-robed Imperial Envoy standing at the central balcony finally broke the suffocating silence, his voice trembling noticeably through the grand amplification array.
He reached up with a unsteady hand, wiping a thick layer of cold sweat from his forehead.
"Participant Tang Yilan... clears the Trial of Ten Thousand Essences! First place for Day One is officially secured!"
