Just like when we were children?
Chen Kong looked at 'Shui Mo' standing on the Brass Path, searching his mind for any memory connected to the other man.
But no matter how hard he thought, whether at Ember Base or later in Deep Blue Metropolis, he was certain that no one named Shui Mo had ever existed in his memories.
So—
"Who exactly are you?"
Faced with Chen Kong's question, Tiandao laughed.
The next second, his figure vanished from where he stood.
As Chen Kong's pupils abruptly contracted and Vivian's loose bangs were suddenly swept up by a gust of air, Tiandao appeared before them without warning.
Looking at Tiandao standing so close, and hearing his gentle voice—
Vivian's entire body instantly stiffened. Like a weak herbivore facing a powerful predator, she began to tremble on instinct.
Without giving Chen Kong an answer, Tiandao expressionlessly placed his hand an inch from Chen Kong's chest.
"Vector Reversal."
At Tiandao's calm words, the air before Chen Kong's chest was suddenly clenched tight, then violently exploded!
After a muffled bang, the fabric over Chen Kong's chest was shredded by a terrifying vortex. At the same time, his whole body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, his back slamming heavily into a pillar of the Brass Tower.
BOOM!!!
Under the violent impact, a dent immediately appeared in the brass pillar. Chen Kong's body was embedded deep in the crater in its surface, his fate unknown.
"Kong!"
Watching Chen Kong get sent flying by Tiandao's palm strike, Vivian cried out in alarm and instinctively tried to rush past Tiandao to check on him.
But the instant she passed Tiandao, an invisible crushing weight descended upon her shoulder.
At some point, Tiandao had placed a hand on her shoulder, forcibly locking her partly