The Inability to Know One's Own Limits

Why did it turn out like this?

It shouldn't have been like this!

We should have successfully captured the Mysterious Fish, then handed it over to Pingyao Underground City for the reward. After that, I would have obtained the Advanced Cultivation Method, while the rest would have been divided among Ling Feng, Old Zhao, and the others.

Afterward, we would each have gone home, peacefully spent the New Year, and enjoyed time reunited with our families.

We would have sat in front of the stove, drinking wine and eating meat, recounting all the interesting things that had happened during our adventure, then sharing a knowing laugh.

When New Year's Eve arrived, everyone would have gathered together to stay up for the New Year.

When spring came the following year, we would have set off together again and embarked on a new journey.

Yes.

That was how it should have been!

But why had things become like this?

Thoughts flashed through Li Chang's mind one after another.

He caught sight of Ling Feng, whose body had been utterly destroyed.

He remembered that Ling Feng??????????????? had a lover about the same age as him. The two had been college classmates.

They had encountered the Giant Beast Calamity while studying at school and had barely made it through. They had only just gotten married this year.

The girl was currently preparing to have a child. Once Ling Feng finished this job and returned, they should have started trying for one.

But now, Ling Feng couldn't return.

Li Chang couldn't even send his body back.

His corpse had been shattered beyond reassembly.

Then.

Li Chang saw the bearded Gu Liang.

His eyes bloodshot, Gu Liang brought his axe down on the great fish's body, yet failed to cut off even a single scale.

Instead,