Volume One: In the Prime of Youth Chapter Twenty-Two: Secretly Crossing Chencang

There is always someone who, in the midst of a fight, shouts, "If you've got guts, face me one-on-one!"—a mere goading tactic to avoid confronting a superior number. If the speaker truly had confidence, he should be able to take on a crowd alone.

Today, Bobby found himself forced to do exactly that: single-handedly facing a calamity of gifted adversaries.

If Huo Ye had used his Dark Assimilation, he might have rivaled Bobby's current might; after all, Bobby had suffered too many wounds, his recovery had slowed, and opportunities to inflict serious harm had increased, making it easier to shatter his core. Yet Huo Ye had spotted the drones circling above and knew better than to expose his secret. He had survived the unfamiliar siege before, so now he must guard this secret more closely.

Truth be told, Huo Ye would have preferred simply to smash those drones, feigning carelessness, for he despised the feeling of being watched. But for now, the priority was to slaughter this ultimate form.

Earlier, Alice's explosive shot hadn’t struck Bobby’s core, but it had at least ripped a deep wound. Calamities have no blood or organs, only flesh and bone, as they require no nourishment systems.

Bobby now resembled a doll with one shoulder crushed—a surreal, disturbing sight.

His core exposed at the shoulder, Huo Ye seized the moment and charged. Third technique: Hundred Streams Break the Storm.

Eddie had once used this move with his legs, yielding tremendous power, but its truest application w