Dressed in simple blue clothes, not fancy, but clean and neat.
He seemed to have deliberately washed them before entering the village.
The young man had a handsome face and eyes sparkling with determination. He slowly walked up to the stele and, like those before him, stretched out his hand and gently pressed it against the surface of the stele.
Instantly, the runes on the stele seemed to activate, emitting a faint light.
This light did not disperse quickly after a brief dazzling display, as had been the case with the previous tests.
Instead, it gathered into a stream of light around the young man's palm and slowly flowed into his body.
The next moment,
his body also burst forth with light, which afterward blazed like a fierce fire.
Even from a great distance, a compelling and indescribable sense of awe struck those who witnessed it.
At the same time, a mighty voice resounded through the void.
"Zhou Hong, Incandescent Body of the Solar Flame, passed."