Max looked at the list again.
'So most people prepare as much as they can before coming here.'
That made sense. If a person could only enter the Ten Shadows Trial once in their entire life, throwing that chance away by entering too early would be foolish.
Max was a different case. His cultivation realm sat far below even the lowest level normally seen here, yet his actual combat strength had already outgrown what his cultivation suggested by an absurd margin, which was why he had never felt any need to wait.
After browsing the Challenge Platform a while longer, Max picked one of the available names at random. That participant had posted a wager of two hundred Bronze Marks, and Max confirmed the challenge.
A notification appeared immediately.
[Challenge failed.]
[You do not possess enough Bronze Marks to match the wager.]
Max blinked. "Huh?"
He stared at the message for a moment before understanding showed in his eyes. "So that's how it works."
