Chapter 31: Fortune or Fate

Li An closed his eyes.

The greatsword screamed through the air, trailing a gale.

He focused—1.5 seconds of stored force thrummed in his fists.

Sword’s wail. Wind’s whisper.

Position. Lock. Evade.

He sidestepped violently, lunging forward. Two seconds of stored power erupted.

BOOM!

The impact vaporized Vorgath’s manifestation.

Observation Deck

Lin He finally looked up, brow furrowed.

Two seconds. Fivefold amplification?

Impossible.

A normal human lifting 100 pounds versus 700—such was the gap. Yet Li An’s fists transcended logic.

Battlefield

Li An shook out his wrists, turning to Xido.

The demon prince snapped his fingers. Kra’thok and Vorgath rematerialized—only to dissolve again under Li An’s flowing evasion.

“Why won’t you HIT?!” Xido roared, veins bulging.

In response, Li An smiled.

Breathe. Feel.

Wind arrives—I depart.

He wove between spear and blade like water through reeds.

Desperation

Xido’s Sigils flared crimson. His body swelled to three meters, armored plates fusing with Kra’thok’s spear and Vorgath’s bulk.

“BEHOLD PERFECTION!” he thundered,魔气 churning.

Li An didn’t flinch.

Ten seconds.

Twentyfold amplification.

The Strike

Xido charged, spearpoint fracturing the earth.

Li An’s fists glowed white-hot, tendons screaming.

Release.

CRACK-THOOM!

A shockwave atomized the battlefield. Xido’s armor disintegrated mid-lunge, his body cratering the sand.

Aftermath

Dust settled. Xido lay twitching, foam flecking his lips.

Negotiation

Meng Chen’s voice whispered through Li An’s Star Terminal as storm clouds parted above, revealing a nine-realm demon overlord—Xido’s father.

“Their offer:

Tier-4 Transcendent Elemental Evolution Serum ×1

Tier-4 Transcendent Mental Evolution Serum ×1

Tier-4 Transcendent Physique Serum ×1

Tier-4 Origin Energy Fluid ×500

Tier-4 Martial Herbs ×500

Tier-4 Electromagnetic Pulse Charges ×500.”

The demon patriarch’s voice rumbled: “Choose, human. Fortune—”

Meng Chen interrupted coldly: “—or fate.”

Li An stared at the twitching Xido.

Slaughter a prince? Or fund a revolution?