Chapter 869: The Dream of Growing Stronger
"Hiss..." Bing Jieke drew a sharp breath and stared at Ren. "Your dream is to grow stronger?"
Ren smiled. "Not just to grow stronger, but to become one of the strong. There's no strongest—only stronger!"
Bing Jieke was stunned. This was the first time he had learned Ren's dream, the first time he had learned his true goal. Ren had never spoken of it before. Growing stronger sounded like such a humble dream. Everyone tried to grow stronger. But beneath that humility lay something terrifying. When one of the world's strongest people said he still dreamed of growing stronger, it was no longer humble. It was extraordinary.
Ren was already so powerful, yet he still dreamed of growing stronger. That was a terrifying dream.
Shiryu was shaken too. He looked at Ren. "So that's the captain's goal? What a grand ambition. Growing stronger sounds unremarkable, but this dream goes far beyond anyone else's. An ordinary person grows stronger by picking up a sword. A swordsman grows stronger by learning to release Sword Aura... The road to strength has no end, and no one knows just how strong they can become. But once you've traveled so far you can no longer see the road ahead, it's easy to lose your way. The captain never has. He keeps growing stronger. So what if he hits a wall? He'll take over the whole world and use its resources to grow stronger! Hiss... The captain's dream is immense!"
As the two stood there stunned, Ren waved a hand and the warship set sail.
Shiryu and Bing Jieke could only jump off the warship and watch Ren leave.
Ren's voice carried back to them from afar. "The greater your vision, the greater you can become! Your minds hold