Martial Sub-Supreme Defeated

The mist stretched vast and hazy, gray fog shrouding the sea until nothing could be seen clearly.

Martial Sub-Supreme walked away with an expressionless face, his hands clasped behind his back. As he advanced, the dense fog around him instantly parted.

The five Pavilion Masters of the Martial Arts Pavilion followed behind him, yet not a trace of fear showed in their eyes.

Across the sea, gray-blue waves rose and fell, spraying foam in every direction. Vaguely, it seemed as though giant sharks were rampaging, demonic porpoises leaping from the water, and terrifying whales churning up monstrous waves.

...Every living thing in the sea had already been infected by the Strange Being and turned into its slaves!

"You're not him."

Deep within the gray fog, a pair of scarlet eyes suddenly lit up.

Those eyes were as enormous as stars, like two blood-red moons hanging over the sea.

The bloody gaze illuminated the ocean. Looking into the distance, one could see that at the very center of the boundless sea stood a withered giant lotus.

Coiled atop the withered giant lotus was a huge stone serpent with a severed tail. Cracks covered its entire body, and a massive hole gaped at its vital point, as though someone had poked it with a finger.

The stone serpent's tongue was flat, and its two blood-red eyes stared ominously at Martial Sub-Supreme.

An indescribable chill spread across the entire sea.

The endless gray-fog creatures stirring beneath the ocean, such as the giant sharks and demonic porpoises, suddenly fell silent, as if waiting.

Martial Sub-Supreme looked at the giant serpent and the withered giant lotus ahead. His eyelids twitched slightly, and he said through his anger:

"I'm not him."

"If I were him, you would have been shattered by that punch just now!"

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