"H-How is that possible?"
The Skeleton Giant's calm composure and air of certain victory froze, cracked, and collapsed in an instant.
They became profound bewilderment and mounting horror.
Before it, the heaps of bones that had formed a small burial mound and completely buried Meng Chao were pushed by the shockwave-like psychic force he unleashed, rippling outward in circles.
With the Golden Tooth Blood Soul Blade resting on his shoulder, Meng Chao strode out from the depths of the endless bones, leaving solid footprints with every step.
"Only now do I understand what Senior Jin Qianxi meant by those words."
Golden flames, condensed into lightning, surged in Meng Chao's eyes.
He no longer felt the slightest fear or confusion. Staring fixedly at the Skeleton Giant, he declared word by word, with the finality of nails driven into iron, "Humans are not monsters!
"Humans are not natural disasters!
"Humans should not bring destruction to this world, or to any world in the sea of stars!
"We will never follow the road you designed and charge all the way into hell. We will find our own road and walk it without wavering!
"We will win in our own way. In our own way, we will build the Otherworld into a homeland as wonderful as Earth. And after that, one day, we will forge a road to the heavens and reach for the billions of brilliant stars above our heads—but that road will never be built from the flesh, blood, and bones of innocents. It will be forged from the wisdom and courage of all humanity!"
With every step Meng Chao took, his body seemed to swell larger.
By the time he stepped through the void and reached the Skeleton Giant's head, he had grown a hundredfold.
There was still some distance between