The roaring began as Chen Yu kicked a heavy puppet into the air. Before it even hit the ground, it shattered into pieces.
The wreckage slammed into a nearby high-rise, shearing the entire building in half. The boss sitting inside turned pale as he watched the massive hand bearing down on him, too stunned to say a word.
At this critical moment of life and death, he wanted to say something dignified, but nothing came out.
He had insurance. After dying, Yellow Springs Star Lord could mold him back into existence, but that would take a great deal of time, and his loans would not wait for him.
He did not need to be dead for a year, nor even a month. Just seven days would be enough to destroy his company and turn him into a stray by the roadside.
At that moment, he saw the technical partner he had forced out of the company. When the man learned he had been betrayed, his expression had been grief-stricken. He must have felt exactly as this boss did now.
He also remembered the employees he had fired. Every dismissal order had been personally signed by him. Then he would personally notify them, escort them out of the company, and even open the company doors for them himself.
Whenever he saw their mixed expressions of gratitude, shame, and confusion, his heart would fill with a twisted pleasure, as if he could transfer the risk of death onto others and make them sacrifices in his place.
But now, it was finally his turn.
In the final moments of this body, he only had time to straighten his collar before saying, "Sorry."
Splat.
Bones shattered and flesh flew everywhere. The once dignified boss became a pile of gore, leaving behind only a group