Mana manipulation

Liam knew something was going on off-stage but he did not care. All his focus at the moment was on the golem in front of him. Clearly, this fight was not going to be just about stats. 

Like its name suggested, it was a trial of Dao and it looked like the golem had enough stats to implement it. Liam's advantage in terms of stats was definitely not going to help him here.

With every second, the golem's movements intensified, its attacks becoming faster and more ferocious, obviously empowered by the runes that glowed ominously on its forehead. It was not at its limit yet.

However, Liam was not worried. If this was a trial of Dao then he was confident in winning it one way or the other. He might not have officially stepped into the Transcendent rank yet but he was pretty sure he had at least pushed his Dao seed of Nether to its limit in the Awakened stage.