Shattering the Mountain of Fate

Retreating was not necessarily shameful, for it was a survival instinct etched into every creature's bones.

Therefore, even though he knew that "death" in a holographic simulation was not real death,

he still instinctively took a step back.

Yet in contrast, faced with this Star Beast army that would make ordinary Star Envoys keep their distance, the black-haired man not only did not retreat, but actually laughed happily, his eyes brimming with absolute confidence and arrogance.

He was looking down on them—looking down on these "ants" he could crush beneath one foot.

As the Star Ant army surrounded him, the black-haired man rolled his wrists and suddenly began teaching Chen Kong on the spot.

"Remember my words, rookie."

"To an individual, every grain of 'sand' that falls from an era becomes an unshakable 'mountain.' But even if it is a mountain—"

The black-haired man stepped forward, and the yellow sand beneath his feet blasted into the air.

A faint glow of star energy gathered around his right fist. Though it looked "dim," it carried an aura capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Under Chen Kong's shocked gaze, the black-haired man threw back his head and laughed as he punched out.

"I can still smash it to pieces!!!"

Boom!

As the black-haired man's punch flew forth, a terrifying pale-golden shockwave of star energy instantly spread outward from his body.

The dense Star Beast army before him was immediately sent flying like fallen leaves swept up by a gale.

Amid the sweeping fist wind, the cracking of carapaces and the collisions of shattered rubble rang out one after another.

In just a few seconds, more than half of the originally dense Star Beast army had vanished, leaving behind a blank stretch hundreds of meters long at the center of the horde.

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