Dragon of Destiny

Beast Horn Arena.

A flash of sword light streaked across the air, Yuan Power dispersed in all directions, and smoke swirled in thick clouds.

Then, the crowd witnessed a figure flying backward like a kite with a broken string, finally crashing heavily onto the ground and spitting out a mouthful of crimson blood.

"Lin Dong..."

As the eyes of the crowd converged on the face of the person who had fallen, the entire arena fell into an instantaneous silence, and the expressions of the Lin Clan members turned suddenly anxious.

The warm winter sun shone down upon the Beast Horn Arena, and everyone's gaze turned toward the youth on the stone platform, each harboring their own thoughts.

At this moment, Lin Ge stood where he was, eyes tightly shut for reasons unknown, his expression grave as if he were enduring something agonizing.

No one knew that Lin Ge was currently locked in a struggle against this very world.

After Lin Ge defeated Lin Dong, a majestic aura surged from Lin Dong's body into the sky, transforming into a colossal dragon that blotted out the sun.

This dragon was invisible to others; only Lin Ge, who was caught within it, could perceive it—and he did so with his soul.

"You do not belong to this world. Depart at once!"

The dragon stared coldly at Lin Ge, speaking without a trace of emotion.

Facing this dragon, Lin Ge's soul could not help but tremble slightly. He could feel with absolute clarity that he was being rejected by this world, his soul gradually dissipating.

"Is it merely because I defeated the Child of Destiny that this world must reject me? I refuse to accept this!"

Enduring the stinging pain of his soul being torn apart, Lin Ge summoned every ounce of his strength and roared at the dragon.

Lin Ge had never imagined that defeating Lin Dong would trigger the heavens to reject him; this was nothing like the scenarios in those novels.

If he were given another chance, he certainly would not have done this, but there was no medicine for regret in this world. Thus, he could only use his own willpower to resist the rejection of the heavens!

"You never existed in this world to begin with, yet you have lived until the age of fourteen. This was the mercy of the heavens toward you. But now, you seek to overturn a destiny already set in stone—this is something that must never be allowed to happen. Therefore, you must leave."

Lin Ge's roar did not cause the dragon's expression to change in the slightest, nor did the tone of its voice.

"A destiny already set in stone?"

The dragon's words caused Lin Ge to falter, and memories of the future plot surfaced in his mind.

With the dragon's words still ringing in his ears, he recalled the life he had led for over a decade and gained a faint, sudden realization.

Before today, he had always cultivated in solitude, constantly striving for the ambition held within his heart.

It was precisely because of this that he had not influenced the trajectory of this world, nor had he changed the original destiny of anyone within it.

But today, his actions had not only altered the entire Green Sun Town's perception of the Lin Clan, but had also indirectly changed the fate of Lin Dong.

This world possessed a self-correcting nature; any person or object that affected the world's path would be forcibly eliminated by the world itself. Lin Ge was now facing such a perilous situation.

"My fate is determined by me, not by the heavens. I want to see if I will truly die here today."

Once he understood everything, Lin Ge became increasingly calm, and a sense of heroism welled up in his heart.

Since the event had already occurred, he could only face it. The world could not reject him forever; if he could survive this moment, he would be acknowledged by the heavens and truly become a part of this world.

"You are very special, and also very foolish."

The dragon slowly shifted its massive body, looking the youth before it in the eye, and spoke coldly.

"This is not foolishness. This is the courage one must muster to survive, to stand against the entire world."

Lin Ge's voice was soft, yet the dragon heard within it the desperate desire to live.

Indeed, when all was said and done, Lin Ge was merely a youth in his teens with a vast future ahead of him; how could he be willing to fall here?

"Roar~"

The dragon's roar threatened to tear Lin Ge into pieces, but he held on, sustained by his will to live.

"If you can endure this, you shall be acknowledged by the heavens. But if you cannot, you shall be reduced to dust!"

As the words fell, the dragon moved. Its speed was slow, but with every step it took, Lin Ge felt an immense pressure that made it impossible to breathe.

"Come!"

Lin Ge uttered these words with difficulty, and with fearlessness, he charged directly toward the dragon.

The dragon did not hold back, channeling the power of the heavens as it surged into his body.

"Ah..."

The unimaginable pain nearly shattered his sanity, leaving him able only to roar subconsciously, venting his agony.

In the spectator stands, Lin Ge's sudden roar left everyone bewildered, none knowing what had occurred.

Rumble~

At that very moment, the warm sun was obscured by vast swathes of dark clouds. Thunder rumbled incessantly, a gale-force wind rose abruptly, and a torrential downpour began to fall.

The sudden anomaly left everyone confused, but upon seeing Lin Ge's roar in the arena, they vaguely sensed that this phenomenon had been brought about by him.