The Amazons' fighting style worked well enough against opponents who were weaker or slower than them, or evenly matched. But when they faced someone like Hao Shuai, who outclassed them in every way, it was only natural to be defeated in a single move.
"How about this? I'll show you one of my moves."
With that, Hao Shuai looked around and spotted a small, unoccupied hillock about four or five meters tall nearby. Without another word, he unleashed a Soaring Dragon Regrets straight at it.
BOOM!
An invisible surge of Inner Force swept through.
The next moment—
The earth split apart, and rocks and soil flew everywhere!
The small hill, which had stood four or five meters tall, was instantly flattened. If not for the scattered rubble and clumps of dirt left behind, it would have been hard to believe there had ever been a hill there at all.
Hao Shuai lowered his hand and looked at the stunned crowd. Turning casually to Diana, he said, "An attack like that was just something I did on a whim. Do you still think you can compete with me in strength?"
Diana didn't answer. She simply stared blankly at the flattened hill, lost in thought.
Diana wasn't the only one. Everyone else in the arena—the Queen Hippolyta, General Antiope, and the Amazon warriors gathered nearby to watch—was equally dumbstruck by Hao Shuai's earth-shattering strike. For a long moment, not one of them could say a word.
After a while, the Queen, who had seen more of the world than the others, was the first to recover. As she gazed at the figure in the arena, fear and awe mingled with uncontainable delight in her heart. She even found herself thinking, *He's so powerful. It would actually be quite fitting for Diana to