【1】TeProtagoistsIborTaletIsLow

rvetea,aasks—butIhadtopletethethreetrialsfirst.

    MyfirstmissionwastofightaTyrannosaurusRex.AsIacceptedthechalleheserybehmyfeetgedfromasquareroomtoarockywilderness.

    Fagabeastwhoseteethalonewerergerthanmybody,Ifeltfear—evenwithmyEarlyFoundatioablishmentcultivatioecouldendme.

    Atfirst,weremaiill—herattag.

    ThenIcharged.

    Thebeastroaredandrushedtowardme.Ileapedintotheair.AcultivatoratPeakQiRefijumpfivemeters,PeakFoundatioablishmey-fivemeters.AsanEarlyStageFoundatioablishmentcultivator,Icouldjumpaboutseveers—justenoughtoreachitsbelly.

    Ithreunchatitsstomach...andbouncedoff.

    Icrashedtotheground.Itstailswepttowardme,butIjumpedandgrabbedanearbybranch,leapingontoitstail.Thebeastthrashedleftandright,butIgtightly,refusingtoletgo.

    Slowly,Iclimbedforward—handsagrippinghard.Ireachedthefrontandaimedatitsbackside.

    “HYAAAH!”

    Witharoar,Idrovethebrantoitsrear,creatingasmallhole.

    “GRUUUHHH!!”

    Thebeasthowledinpainasbloodtrickleddown.Iturnedandran—Thirty-SixStratagems:runningisthebestpn.

    Butitwasfaster.

    Withinthreemicaughtuptome.Isighed.

    “Lookslike...I’tkeeppyingaround.”

    Then“I”gotserious.

    Weonceagainfacedoffinstillhealowgrowndstruckthebeast’sleg—ablowtwiceasstrongasbefore.Itslegwentnumbinstantly.

    Itstaggered.Ileaptagain—thistimereagtwelvemeters—strikingitsshortfrontlimbuntilitfractured.

    Injustthreeminutes,Idefeatedtheferociousbeastwithease.

    “I”exhaledlightly.

    “Soweak...”