Dominating Evolution of the Cosmos

Steve calmed down, closed his eyes, and slowly released his spiritual power in accordance with Judy's instructions. After a while, he vaguely felt ten spiritual powers of different strengths hovering around him. These ten spiritual forces could be seen as torches in the dark.

"I feel it!" Steve was surprised and said. "It is spiritual power!"

"You are still too weak and can only sense the spiritual power of living things. If you were strong enough, you'd be able to sense the spiritual power of both living and nonliving things," Judy said calmly.

Spiritual power had infinitely wonderful functions and this was only the most common one. At that moment, Steve suddenly sensed a spiritual power behind him that was approaching at such a speed, it was like a wolf hunting hungrily for food!

This time, however, with his spiritual power, Steve was able to sense its trajectory clearly. Moreover, with the Heart of the Universe deducing its trajectory, its movements seemed to be moving almost in slow-motion within Steve's vision.

Swish!

Steve shifted his footsteps and a dark shadow passed him, yet it did not cause him any harm. Just as the dark shadow flashed past him, Steve sensed the shape of the shadow. It was a cheetah-like magical beast!

Suddenly, Steve's spiritual power could sense nine other spiritual forces, soon finding that they were similar in shape to the Dark Cheetah that he had just encountered!

Immediately, ten cheetahs, each exuding a dark aura, surrounded Steve. They stared at him as if he were prey, slowly searching for his flaws.

"The Magical Black Panthers!" Steve finally knew who his opponents were. The Magical Black Panthers were the darkest killers among the magical beasts.

They were born assassins, especially in the nighttime! With their talents and skills, they could even hunt down more powerful magical beasts than themselves!

At that moment, two Magical Black Panthers approached Steve quietly from behind. The other panthers closed their eyes and navigated their ways toward Steve via their keen senses of smell.

Every step they took was quick and very gentle, akin to a feather touching the ground. Without making any sound, relying on their instinctive skills and using the advantages of the environment to kill their enemy, the panthers seemed to have made use of almost all every advantage that they had.

Steve had a sneer on his face as if he had not noticed that they were close to him. Then, the two panthers suddenly jumped up like fierce tigers, then dashed towards him.

Swish!

Swish!

At that moment, one of the two Magical Black Panthers revealed its cheetah's head, opened its big mouth, and attempted to bite the top of Steve's head. The other panther stretched out its two huge claws and attempted to rip a chunk of flesh from Steve's waist!

The two panthers did not make a sound throughout their entire attack. Had it been someone else who was attacked, his head would have been bitten off before he was even aware of the attack!

"I've been waiting for all of you to strike!" Steve acted as if he was not scared in the slightest.

Luckily, just when they had attacked him, the Ghost Hunter's Blade in his left hand blocked the sharp claws of the second Magical Black Panther. Then, the mimetic weapon in his right hand had turned into a sharp sword and pierced the other Magical Black Panther's head.

Clang!

Clang!

The Ghost Hunter's Blade collided with the claws of the Magical Black Panther, making a screeching clashing sound, while the Ghost Hunter's Blade cut the claws of the panther in half.

Hehehe…

The Magical Black Panther that had attempted to bite Steve's head was pierced directly through its head by a sharp sword.

Ouchh…

The first Magical Black Panther, whose claws had now been cut off entirely, issued forth a painful scream, then quickly retreated. The second Magical Black Panther whose skull was penetrated was immediately restored to its original state as it fell from the air.

The attacking skills of a Magical Black Panther could be categorized into two kinds. The first category would strengthen their teeth and claws to attack, while the other would hide in a black fog state before stealthily attacking!

Once a Magical Black Panther turned into a black fog, it would be immune to all physical attacks. Only at the moment it attacked would it then expose itself and break away from the black fog. Thus, in order to kill a Magical Black Panther, one had to kill it when it was in its normal state.

"Don't try to run away!" Steve quickly caught up with the Magical Black Panther that was about to escape.

Because its two claws had been injured, it could not turn into a black fog for the time being. Steve easily caught up with the injured Magical Black Panther.

Poof!

Steve threw the mimetic weapon in his hand, causing the sharp sword to pierce through the panther's waist, penetrating directly through its abdomen and nailing it to the ground.

Oohhhh...

"I can't believe that I can clearly sense all of you. This is your doomsday!" Steve did not panic like before.

In fact, it had become easier to kill the Magical Black Panthers. After all, he was much stronger than them now!

...

During Steve's encounter with the Magical Black Panthers…

On the outside, Audrey and Jenna were watching Steve's challenges. Actually, everyone was watching, as they were all curious about which level he would reach.

"Audrey, I have to admit that your speculation is very accurate. Steve spent so much time on the fourth level before he passed it. The fifth level is much more dangerous than the fourth level. It's really difficult to pass through the fifth level with his capabilities." Jenna looked at Audrey with admiration.

Steve took more than 20 minutes to complete the challenge in the fourth level, almost overrunning the time limit for the challenge. As for the fifth level, no one had ever passed the difficult challenge in one attempt, as it was not easy to overcome the darkness and sense the tracks of the Magical Black Panthers!

"What he lacks is experience, as this is his first time in the Original Gravity Tower. I wouldn't be surprised if he fails this challenge." Audrey calmly analyzed Steve. "The fourth and fifth levels must be overcome with a complete strategy. Moreover, even if there are strategies in place, one also needs to look for opportunities again and again. Even the veterans had to experience multiple failures before succeeding."

The veterans at the scene thought Audrey's analysis was accurate, as they knew better than anyone that one could not pass the fourth and fifth levels by strength alone, but only with adequate preparation before the challenge.

For example, the fourth level was filled with Storm Dragon Lizards that flew around in the air and possessed the geographical advantage. If these lizards keep flying and refused to land on the ground, the challenger would become a moving target!

As such, the majority of the challengers did not manage to kill the 10 Storm Dragon Lizards by the end of the challenge. Therefore, experienced veterans would find strategies online ahead of time, such as practicing techniques that would allow them to fly at low altitudes.