Nearly two hundred participants had faced the strength test by now, yet fewer than twenty had managed to raise the three-hundred-jin boulder. Failure hung in the air like a silent drumbeat.
At last, the Li Clan's turn came.
Li Baijie stepped forward first. A seven-star Elite, yes, but it is also a fact that she is a female whose raw strength would obviously be lower than that of her male counterpart of the same rank. Even so, she was one of the clan's chosen. Too many eyes rested on her for retreat to be an option.
She inhaled, bracing herself.
Her fingers curled around the rough stone. At first, tremor ran through her arms as she attempted to lift the stone. Color drained from her face, and veins rose in sharp relief, but she refused to release her grip. Inch by inch, the stubborn weight loosened from the ground.
*Ha*
A rasping breath escaped her as the boulder climbed to chest height.
It was enough.
A wave of applause broke out. The first Li Clan success.
