Published: March 2, 2025
“Ding, welcome to the promotion challenge space.”
The familiar sensation of dizziness and the well-known spatial environment gave Wen Yu a feeling of nostalgia.
While surveying the surrounding familiar space, he listened to the prompt sounds in his ears.
“Ding, during the process from early level 4 to peak level 4 (including soul beasts), you have killed 865 level 5 creatures and 14,589 level 4 creatures. Creatures below level 3 are not counted. Starting to match the difficulty of the promotion challenge...”
“Ding, the number of demonic creatures killed by the host during the process from early level 4 to peak level 4 far exceeds the requirements for promotion, thus the difficulty of the promotion is reduced by 99%. The promotion challenge will begin in 30 seconds. Please prepare.”
“Tsk tsk...”
Wen Yu made a strange sound, looking at the entire promotion challenge space with a hint of complexity.
“The sovereign even knows how many demonic creatures I have killed. The surveillance is truly all-encompassing.”
Perhaps the sovereign set up some hidden doors in the Exchange Stone Pillar, which could be seen from the Battlefield of the Two Realms, or perhaps the sovereign estimated based on Wen Yu's points. However, these details are not important.
The most important point is that Wen Yu is indeed constrained by the sovereign. Or in other words, all professionals are constrained by the sovereign!
However, from another perspective, humanity cannot do without the sovereign's exchange system...
This is the most troublesome aspect. Even though Wen Yu believes the sovereign must have some conspiracy, whether the professional system is good or bad is still uncertain, but no one can escape this vicious cycle...
At least not right now!
After thinking of a chaotic array of thoughts that yielded nothing useful, he casually activated the soul realm space, releasing Xing and the little soul beast, silently waiting for the challenge to begin.
...
The 30 seconds quickly passed.
The space in front of Wen Yu shimmered, and then a skinny black-skinned demon creature crawled out from the space in front of him.
Standing less than a meter tall, its aura did not resemble a level 5 creature but rather felt like a level 3 demonic creature.
As Wen Yu was puzzled, the black-skinned demon creature lunged at him with claws bared, only to be slapped on the head by Wen Yu.
In an instant, brain matter and flesh splattered, and the black-skinned demon creature was surprisingly killed by Wen Yu with a single slap...
“Is it really level 3?”
Wen Yu raised an eyebrow in confusion, and it wasn't until the prompt sound announcing the end of the promotion trial came that he suddenly realized.
It seems that the so-called reduction in difficulty has indeed been reduced to a very low level...
In mid-air, a golden beam of light enveloped Wen Yu and the little soul beast, while a prompt sound flashed.
“Ding, congratulations challenger, challenge successful, promotion begins.”
Under the golden light, Wen Yu felt a warm sensation wash over him, a comfortable feeling emerging.
Before Wen Yu could carefully experience the changes within his body, the little soul beast emitted a series of creaking sounds.
Wen Yu turned around abruptly.
He saw the originally spherical little soul beast being squished and rolled around by an unknown force, but instead of emitting any painful mental fluctuations, it radiated a sense of comfort.
After a while, the bodily transformation of Wen Yu was complete, while the little soul beast continued to bask in the golden light.
Wen Yu silently waited for the little soul beast's promotion while listening to the prompt sounds in his mind.
“Ding, congratulations challenger, challenge successful, promoted to level 5 professional.”
“The body quality of a level 5 professional can only be enhanced through level 5 magic crystals, with a body quality cap of 2000 points. The channel for exchanging lower-level magic crystals for higher-level ones is now closed. Additionally, the Exchange Stone Pillar will now provide attribute magic crystals at a 10:1 ratio for exchanges with special attribute magic crystals of the same level!”