Xiangshan struggled desperately to get back up, but his terrifying injuries made even the slightest movement incredibly difficult.
After a bout of earth-shaking tremors, Xiangshan realized in despair that an action that would normally have been effortless for him was now completely impossible.
He lay sprawled weakly on the ground, able only to glare furiously and helplessly at the Roc Demon King, who had suddenly become incomparably terrifying in the sky.
"Hehe... feeble humans, your vision is limited to what you can see. You will never know how vast the world outside truly is!"
"If it weren't for this cage, do you think your strength would be enough to contend with powerful demonic beasts? Domain level? Hahaha... what a joke!"
His unrestrained laughter echoed continuously through the secret realm, and his terrifying aura swept across it. At that moment, the entire space of the secret realm began to tremble, as though it could not withstand the dreadful pressure and was on the verge of collapse.
"What do you mean? Your strength was clearly inferior to mine before. Why? Why...?"
Feeling this terrifying aura, unlike anything he had ever felt before, Xiangshan's eyes filled with despair once again. Under that aura, even at his peak, he would have been no more than an ant.
"Hehe... seeing as you've played with me for so long, I'll be merciful and tell you!"
A teasing look flashed through the Roc Demon King's eyes, as though he were looking at prey making its final struggles.
"You should be grateful that this damned secret realm exists. Because of it, I don't even possess a tenth of my peak strength. Otherwise, with that little strength of yours, hehe..."
"Impossible!!!"
At the Roc Demon King's words, Xiangshan seemed to regain his strength in an instant. He abruptly raised