The battle before his eyes was a miniature of the Great Horned Rebellion that had erupted in Turanze before Dragon City Civilization broke through the Monster Mountain Range in his previous life.
The dignity, fury, and lives of countless ratfolk had all been exploited, reduced to stepping stones for ambitious schemers.
Their ambitions had then spiraled completely out of control, ultimately leading to the mutual destruction of Dragon City Civilization and Turan Civilization.
At that thought, Meng Chao snorted coldly, a malicious curve tugging at the corner of his lips.
"Since you people love playing the part of the Great Horned Rat God Envoy so much, then shoulder the responsibilities an envoy ought to bear!"
He looked around and quickly found, deep within the ruins where no one could see, a square boulder more than an armspan across.
He muttered under his breath as Totem Power surged through his right arm.
A mysterious substance resembling Liquid Metal seemed to seep from deep within his pores, forming magnificent armor that encased his entire right arm.
Chains continuously extended from the armor, baring fangs and brandishing claws like flood dragons, flickering in and out of sight.
With a clatter, Meng Chao flicked the chains and wrapped them around the boulder he had chosen.
As Spiritual Energy continually gushed forth, dark crimson flames erupted from his entire right arm.
Wreathed in the flames, the chains turned an almost transparent orange-red.
Streams of Spiritual Energy, like molten lava, flowed along the chains and poured into the boulder.
The boulder's temperature kept rising until it shone with blinding light, like a meteor that had just streaked through outer space at breakneck speed, its shell blazing from hypervelocity friction against particles suspended in the atmosphere.
Only after heating the boulder until it was practically about to