Today's third update: Chapter 3355! 3/4!
It was Hao Jian, with the Overlord's Soul branded into his very bones, who had always lived by the creed: "Better to take the straight path than seek the crooked one," believing in charging forward without hesitation and breaking cunning with sheer force!
This was not a flaw or weakness in his character. On the contrary, it was precisely the fundamental path that allowed him to bring his Overlord inheritance to its fullest potential, completely ignite that slumbering battle soul, endlessly elevate his fighting spirit, and ultimately reach the realm of "unmatched combat power"!
Retreat, deliberation, compromise... such words had never existed in his dictionary of battle.
Only by facing every challenge head-on and crushing every obstacle could he keep his Dao Heart clear and allow his power to transform and ascend under extreme pressure!
Xu Kun understood Hao Jian's combat beliefs and path of cultivation perfectly. As his closest comrades and family, Yang Yao, Sikong Ting, and the others understood them even more clearly.
Thus, even as they witnessed the battlefield's horrific state with their own eyes—Hao Jian's golden body battered beyond recognition and his aura fluctuating violently—not a single one of them tried to dissuade him or interfere with his decision.
Because they understood that for a true Overlord, he could fall gloriously while charging into battle, and he could be defeated head-on by a stronger force, but he could never feel even the slightest fear or retreat because of an enemy's strength or his own wounds!
That would be the greatest desecration and destruction of his Dao Heart and battle soul!
But understanding did not lessen their worry in the slightest.
To prevent truly irreversible and terrifying consequences, Su Xiaoxiao, whom Hao Jian had forcefully stopped from helping earlier, could