Chapter 20: Challenging All Opponents

"You two, get on the stage!" Amidst the suffocating air of disappointment, Du Gu Bieli suddenly gritted his teeth and spat out those words. Instantly, Wolf and Little Flower felt a fierce gale rise beside them, like the ancient mightiest of the beast tribes, whose movement altered the very skies, whooshing away.

In a flash—

Like a dragon soaring the heavens, like a tiger leaping through the woods, his figure moved with lightning speed, a streak of meteor brilliance piercing the darkness, a force capable of shattering the firmament and crushing all obstacles, wild and overwhelming.

Essence, energy, and spirit fused wholly as Du Gu Bieli erupted with superhuman strength, charging in at a slant.

In his vision, the world vanished—all grand landscapes, the towering stage, the chaotic canopy, the bamboo of time—gone.

There remained only six human figures.

Just as the allotted time was about to run out, at the exit of one corridor, six people burst out, breathless, desperately racing against time to reach the stage.

One breath.

Du Gu Bieli met them from the side, closing in fast.

Two breaths.

He struck—both fists attacking, a leg sweeping sideways.

Thud, thud—

Crack!

Heads exploded like shells, waists snapped like willow branches. In the span of two or three breaths, his arms whirled madly, like a thousand-handed goddess, gathering three tokens and flinging them behind him to Wolf, who was carrying his little sister and about to leap, and to Little Flower, cradling her doll.

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