After Ge Mu led the Troll army through the human ranks, the first thing he saw was Zhuang Hong sprinting toward him from afar. He burst into laughter.
He greatly admired this human's courage.
But there was even more mockery than admiration in his laughter, like a frail chick fearlessly charging at a ferocious tiger.
In the tiger's eyes, what the chick displayed was neither wisdom nor courage.
It was merely stupidity and ignorance.
The ignorant knew no fear.
Yet the moment he saw the other's approaching figure, an inexplicable trace of disgust rose in Ge Mu's heart.
He despised humans like this. Compared with such ignorant fools who had the courage to charge at them, he preferred humans who turned and fled in cowardice.
Because the more cowards there were, the greater the Trolls' hope of rising would be.
Conversely, if every human possessed that same indomitable courage, then even if he were invincible under heaven, the Trolls would have almost no chance of rising.
He stared at Zhuang Hong, his smiling eyes filled with icy coldness.
He decided to use his greatest strength to smash this human to pieces, so all humans could open their eyes wide and see clearly the consequences of daring to stand in his way.
Not only that, he would kill every human who possessed the same courage.
Once all the humans who dared step forward were dead, this fertile continent would return to the Trolls' embrace.
He could not help raising his warhammer high and roaring toward the sky, "For the rise of the Trolls!"
His voice resounded through heaven and earth.
Hearing the cry of their spiritual leader, the Troll army behind him felt their blood surge and their momentum soar. They raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
"For the Trolls!"
Zhuang Hong paid no attention to why the Troll army ahead had suddenly grown agitated. For now, he had no intention of involving himself in this war.
He had only one goal: abduct and devour that Troll who was his 'Other Self,' turning it completely into his own power.
As for everything else, that could wait.
His eyes remained fixed on his 'Other Self,' while he ignored all the other Trolls.
As the Troll drew closer and closer, Zhuang Hong slowly drew the Dragon Tendon Sword from his back. Source Power surged forth and poured into the blade.
At a thought, the Dragon Tendon Sword immediately stretched into a long whip, dancing rhythmically through the air.
Neither side was slow, and they were soon within arm's reach.
Troll Ge Mu gripped the hammer haft with both hands, locked onto Zhuang Hong, and swung.
The instant Ge Mu swung his hammer, he seemed to see the tiny human being smashed into bloody pulp beneath it.
"Disappear from this world along with that inexplicable courage of yours!"
Whoosh!
The enormous hammer swept across, its head whipping up a violent gale that engulfed the human completely, leaving nowhere to evade.
Yet in the next instant, Ge Mu's pupils abruptly contracted, and an exceedingly rare look of astonishment appeared on his face.
Because his giant hammer had not transmitted the sensation of striking its target, he immediately realized what had happened.
"He missed!"
But how could he have missed? No one in this world could dodge his attack!
Ge Mu suddenly turned to look behind him. Sure enough, that frail human was still completely unscathed, charging straight toward his clansmen.
The long whip in the human's hand stretched forward as though it had come alive.
Ge Mu could not understand. "What just happened?"
"Woof!"
While Ge Mu was still baffled, a crisp bark sounded beside his ear. With a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw a little puppy slam headfirst into his huge foot, and then...
It passed straight through!
Ge Mu: ???
And Zhuang Hong.
After using space to evade Ge Mu's attack, he charged directly toward his target.
She held a Skull Scepter smeared with blood and fragments of flesh, standing at the very front of the Troll army.
She was the Priest Sangbo, someone of extremely high status among the Trolls.
As Zhuang Hong approached, the Priest Sangbo also felt an inexplicable palpitation. For some reason, she could sense a familiarity from this human, and alongside it came a deadly sense of threat.
But the Priest Sangbo was certain that she had never seen him before.
The enemy was right before her. She suppressed her doubts, tightened her grip on the scepter, and fixed her eyes on the human's eyes.
At that instant, their gazes met, and the same voice surged through both their hearts: Take him down!
Whoosh!
The moment they drew near, Zhuang Hong immediately veered aside and ran laterally.
At the same time, he tugged with his hand.
Swish!
Countless strands of Fine Silk emerged from his fingertips.
The Priest Sangbo swung her scepter and missed, then felt an immense force arise from all over her body, forcibly yanking her to the ground and dragging her sideways.
Only after she fell did she discover that dense Fine Silk already covered her body, nearly wrapping her into a cocoon.
The Priest Sangbo was about to swing her scepter in resistance.
Pfft!
Her whole body shuddered. She instantly stiffened, unable to move, while the power within her rapidly dissipated.
She lowered her head and discovered that a long whip covered in barbs had tightly bound her, while a bloodied diamond-shaped spike protruded from her chest over her heart.
The Priest Sangbo's face showed utter shock. She could not comprehend how any of this had happened.
But by then, she no longer had the strength to resist. She could only let Zhuang Hong drag her sideways, swiftly away from the torrent of the Troll army.
It seemed like a long sequence of events, but it had all happened in the span of a spark flying from flint.
Troll Ge Mu had only just withdrawn his giant hammer and stopped to turn toward Zhuang Hong when he saw the Priest Sangbo, whom he trusted and relied upon most, lying on the ground and being dragged away by that human.
Troll Ge Mu's eyes split with fury as he roared, "Priest Sangbo!"
Hah!!!
He stomped down hard and pursued Zhuang Hong.
He had to save the Priest Sangbo. He was also confident that he could save her, as well as recover the face he had lost to Zhuang Hong.
If he simply allowed that human to take the Priest Sangbo away, where would the dignity of a Heavenly God Warrior remain?
Where would the invincible prestige of this Troll army remain?
On the other side of the battlefield, countless eyes were fixed upon the lone figure charging toward the Troll army.
They wanted to witness this tragic and heroic scene.
Yet just as everyone believed that person was about to be crushed to dust and bones.
What happened next, in an extremely short span of time, exceeded everyone's imagination.
That 'man doomed to die' had actually crossed past Heaven Treasury Warrior Troll Ge Mu, then in an instant tied up a Troll and ran off to the side.
At that moment, every expression froze, finally settling into a look of slack-jawed astonishment.
Then question marks popped up over one head after another.
The chaotic sounds of the battlefield actually dropped by a notch.
What had just happened? What was happening now?
Then they saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
Heaven Treasury Warrior Troll Ge Mu, who had swept across the battlefield invincibly with no one able to stop him, actually became so enraged that he stamped his feet, then chased after them in a furious panic.
"He survived? That man survived? That can't be possible. Did I see wrong? Am I hallucinating..."
"Yeah, I'm hallucinating too."
"Who did you say that man was just now?"
"They say he is Hand of God—Zhuang Hong. After subduing the Thousand Shadow White Dragon, which no one could do anything about, he became known as the Number One Expert Under Heaven."
"Number One Expert Under Heaven? Could it be that our human race also has an expert capable of contending with Heaven Treasury Warrior Ge Mu?"
"Or could it be that Hand of God—Zhuang Hong is also a Heaven Treasury Warrior?"
"That is the only explanation."
"But even a Heaven Treasury Warrior absolutely could not accomplish something like this! One must remember, he was not merely facing Ge Mu, but the Troll army behind Ge Mu as well."
"By the way, does anyone know why he tied up that Troll? With such strength, why not fight Ge Mu to the death? If he took Ge Mu's head, he could claim the title of Number One Expert Under Heaven."
"Exactly, what did he tie up that Troll for?"
"How laughable. Even if he cannot take Ge Mu's head, he is still our human race's indisputable Number One Under Heaven."
"To experience all this on this journey and witness such an inconceivable scene has already satisfied me."
"This journey leaves no regrets."
"Look! That little dog that ran so fast is unharmed too!"
For a time, the many warriors discussed things with immense excitement, as though they had personally witnessed a miracle.
Liu Yueling's little mouth had fallen open in a perfect O. She could not say a word, merely staring blankly at Zhuang Hong's fleeing figure.
That figure somehow looked so dashing.
Clearly, the course of events had once again exceeded her imagination.
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