A cornered dog jumps the wall

The sounds of shattering never stopped, one explosive crack following another.

That battered figure flew up, fell, then flew up again. Wherever the Formless Hand passed, every treasure on his body shattered.

Even his Matrix fell apart under Scene Tremor.

"Ji Jue!!!"

Dragon Poison roared and struggled with all his might, but he could not get up.

A leather boot planted itself on his face, grinding him into the mud and dust. No matter how desperately he fought, he could not break free.

"Anvil Elder! Anvil Elder won't let you get away with this!"

From the mud, that scarlet eye lifted, fixing on Ji Jue's face as he looked down. Its hatred ran bone-deep. "As long as you still..."

"Give it a rest."

Ji Jue asked coldly, "Who are you still pretending to be at this point, you worthless piece of shit?"

Beneath his foot, that broken, struggling body stiffened for one insignificant instant.

Then he gave a contemptuous sneer.

He closed his eyes and swallowed the bitter pill.

"The Path of Embers, the capable rise to the top, winner takes all... humiliate me however you like!"

He forced the words through clenched teeth. "I will never..."

"I told you to stop acting. What are you still trying to hide?"

Ji Jue impatiently cut him off, pressing his foot down on that endlessly babbling mouth. Suddenly, he asked, "I heard that before becoming [Dragon Poison], that fellow abandoned his original name...

"That's right, isn't it?"

At that instant, "Dragon Poison's" pupils abruptly contracted.

He could not help it.

Because he heard Ji Jue say:

"—If he's already abandoned one name, there's no reason he wouldn't do it a second time, right?"

The man pinned to the ground seemingly flew into a rage, struggling over and over to get up as