First-Level Despair Domain Resonance: [Despair Death River]

Dago quietly raised his head, revealing a pair of azure eyes. He said softly, "You should keep that scar for yourself!"

The next instant, an unprecedentedly intense sense of danger struck Chaplin's scalp like hundreds of needles stabbing down at once. His scalp went numb, and before he could react, a fist the size of a sandbag, wrapped in blue flames, rapidly enlarged before his eyes.

Bang!

Chaplin's body was sent flying, briefly losing balance in midair. Then, with his head as the center of gravity, he shot backward like a falling meteor. A blurry blue figure chased after him, moving even faster than his backward flight!

Thud! Crack—

The second sound was the dull impact of flesh being struck directly, mixed with the crisp crack of breaking bones.

Chaplin flew off in another direction, blood streaming across his face. The former air of dominance, tyranny, calmness, and composure had vanished without a trace.

"Rock Armor Ring!"

He raised one hand in shock and fury. An earth-yellow enchanted ring on his finger shone brightly, and countless grains of sand clung to his body, forming a suit of rock armor.

"Mountain of Ten Thousand Forces!"

He practically roared the words. Countless boulders burst from the ground, turning into sand that surged into the sky and madly wrapped around the blurry figure whose speed had slowed slightly.

Huff... huff...

Chaplin steadied himself in midair, trying to use his breathing to calm the rage, shock, gloom, and coldness in his heart.

"Gravity Crush!"

Chaplin casually wiped away the blood on his face and reset his broken, sunken nose. With a sinister gaze, he extended his right hand toward the distant spot where the figure had already been wrapped in sand into the shape of a small mountain. His mental power controlled countless crystalline