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Looking at the cold corpse on the ground, the Military King spat contemptuously. "Spineless worm. In this world, the strong make the rules. Power is truth. A worthless weakling like you has no right to talk about right and wrong. Lord Heavenly King is invincible. Obeying him is the only true path."
Before his words had faded, something changed.
The silent woods around him suddenly began to warp. The trees' outlines blurred, and spinning, broken lines seemed to appear in space. Those lines rapidly intertwined into a massive vortex, swallowing the arrogant Military King whole.
Buzzz-
Space fell still, and the light faded.
Time seemed to flow backward in an instant.
When everything came into focus again, the scene had returned to the moment before the Military King attacked.
Hui Yanduo, who should have been lying dead with his chest caved in, stood in the forest completely unharmed. He looked down at his uninjured body, then up at the stunned Military King, a strange smile curling his lips.
He slowly raised a hand, as though still covering a wound that no longer existed, and said in that familiar, resolute voice, "Heavenly King has committed monstrous crimes. His atrocities will bring him to a bad end. You help him do evil, and you won't fare any better."
The gears of the death loop meshed once more, and a chill crept up the Military King's spine. Dense killing intent suddenly gathered in his eyes. Without breaking stride, he closed in on Hui Yanduo in three steps.
"Right now, do you think you're the one who'll die here, or am I the one who can't escape death?" His low voice carried suffocating pressure.
Hui Yanduo's heart lurched. He instinctively staggered back two steps, cold sweat soaking his back. Gritting his teeth, he