Chapter 105: "Young friend, you're still lacking a bit."_3

However, after just a short while, he had made his preparations and awaited the moment when those ten thousand puppets would emerge once more from the sea bed. The sea beneath his feet was calm, showing no sign of puppet activity.

Chen Qiu looked up doubtfully at the guardian elder who stood midair.

For some reason, after the Fifth Level had begun, the guardian elder didn't disappear as he had in the previous levels but stood suspended in midair. Only after seeing Chen Qiu's perplexed look did he speak, neither sad nor happy.

"The puppets are gone, you've destroyed them."

"I will take the place of the puppets for this level. I will suppress my cultivation to the sixth tier of Foundation Establishment, equal to yours. If you can survive for half an hour, you will be considered to have passed."

With that said,

the elder's cultivation began to fall, stabilizing at the sixth tier of Foundation Establishment.

"Are you ready? Because I'm about to..."

Before the elder could finish!