I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

The man surnamed Wei looked thoughtful.

"With only one gun available, and without a large amount of firepower, it's difficult to pose any threat to a martial artist of this caliber."

"Should we go back to our room to get our equipment first?"

Just as he was pondering, Xue Jing, who was pacing back and forth in the arena, suddenly stopped.

Then he bent down and picked something up from the ground.

"That's... a die?"

The man surnamed Wei carefully examined the things that Xue Jing had picked up.

Those were two sixteen-sided dice, used in some game I don't know. Each side was engraved with Arabic numerals. They were much larger than ordinary dice, almost a third the size of a fist, and judging from their color, they were made of metal.

Just as he was wondering what Xue Jing was going to do, the man surnamed Wei saw the other man close his eyes.

Then he placed one of the dice on his right hand and tossed it up casually, as if to feel its weight.

While holding another die in his other hand, he extended his index finger and gestured in the air around him.

Xue Jing's finger stopped pointing in the direction of the man surnamed Wei.

A strange sense of foreboding arose in the man surnamed Wei's heart.

Trusting his instincts, he quickly dodged to the side.

The next moment—'Boom!'

His original location was as if it had been pierced by a cannonball; tables, chairs, screens, glass, walls—everything in a straight line—had been riddled with a large, circular, spiral-shaped hole.

"What the hell is this thing?"

The man surnamed Wei clicked his tongue in amazement at the scene.

Before he could make any further move, a tall, slender figure in a burgundy suit suddenly appeared in front of him.

It was just like being 'jump scare' in a horror game. Despite the shock, the man surnamed Wei reacted quickly, raising his revolver and pulling the trigger without hesitation.

"Boom-"

The spinning brass-colored bullet flew toward the boy's forehead, but he naturally dodged it by turning his head in advance.

The man surnamed Wei hadn't expected the shot to achieve anything; he only intended to slightly hinder the other party's movements.

After firing a shot, he swiftly reached into the lining of his coat and pulled out a lighter with a metal casing and countless small holes, turning his finger over the ignition mechanism.

Instead of sparks, the lighter exploded with a loud bang.

An incredibly intense flash and a loud bang came from the exploded lighter.

"Buzz-"

The man surnamed Wei turned around, and a transparent membrane suddenly grew out of his ear, blocking most of the damage from the noise that exceeded 180 decibels.

Even so, I still felt a tremor in my brain, a constant buzzing in my ears, and I could barely maintain my balance. I staggered a couple of times and almost fell to the ground.

He didn't move around, but quietly waited for his brain, which had lost its balance, to recover.

The stun grenade exploded right in front of him. He had prepared in advance, turning his back to avoid the bright light. The reflected light did not cause much damage to his prosthetic eye, and the protective membrane in his ear also blocked most of the sound waves.

What would blind and knock out an ordinary person with a stun grenade would only take him a few seconds to regain his sight and balance.

Xue Jing's situation would be far more serious than his.

This is a weapon designed to target the senses. Martial artists have more sensitive senses than ordinary people, and their overly keen eyesight and hearing can cause them greater harm.

Now both of them are under control. Once he recovers, Xue Jing will naturally be at his mercy.

"Still too young, approaching me without any protection... It's over."

The man surnamed Wei thought to himself.

At that moment, he felt an extremely violent impact on his back, and his whole body was lifted off the ground, spinning forward like a javelin.

"Bam—"

He plunged himself into a huge load-bearing pillar inside the casino, piercing it through.

"what happened!?"

A burning pain shot through his back. The man, surnamed Wei, reached up and touched his back, only to find that the skin there was twisted and contorted, as if being pinched by an invisible hand.

Turning my head, my vision, which had returned, allowed me to see that tall, slender figure.

The boy stood upright, retracting his fist as he threw it, showing no signs of losing his sight or balance.

The man surnamed Wei shook his head, seemingly because his vision had not fully recovered and he was experiencing some blurry hallucinations... He seemed to see black flames flickering and burning in the boy's eyes and ear holes.

The boy's mouth moved as if he was saying something, but because his hearing had not fully recovered, he could not hear very clearly.

"...So many tricks up your sleeve, but unfortunately they're useless against me."

Xue Jing looked at the man surnamed Wei, the shadow flames burning quietly in his pupils and ears.

Just as the other party pulled out the stun grenade disguised as a lighter, he instinctively used Shadow Flame to turn the surrounding shadows into black flames, blocking his ears and eyes.

The intense light and sound waves, after invading his eyes and ears, were completely burned away by the all-consuming black flames.

He only felt as if a gentle breeze was brushing against his body.

"This skill is so useful," Xue Jing couldn't help but exclaim.

He stepped onto the ground and arrived in front of the man surnamed Wei, intending to continue his attack.

"Kid... don't underestimate me!"

The man surnamed Wei spoke in a low voice, and at the same time, his left hand suddenly swelled up a lot.

It wasn't just muscle swelling; the entire right hand was enlarged proportionally by more than ten times.

It's like... a giant's arm was attached to a human body.

"call--"

A fist several times larger than a clay pot swung towards Xue Jing, accompanied by a violent gust of wind and force, stirring up the air currents; its power was clearly immense.

But Xue Jing's eyes lit up.

"interesting……"

He didn't even dodge; instead, he stood still, as if he were going to take the punch with his bare torso.

The man surnamed Wei originally intended only to force Xue Jing back, but seeing that Xue Jing seemed to have no intention of dodging, he immediately focused his mind and gritted his teeth, making his swollen arm grow even larger.

This technique is his use of the 'giant blood' in his body. He is still very unfamiliar with it and it will increase the rate of physical mutation. He originally did not intend to use it unless the situation was urgent.

Unexpectedly, this kid actually planned not to dodge and just take the hit head-on...

Then I'll let you die!

A fist much larger than his body was about to strike him. Xue Jing felt as if he were standing in front of a railway track, with the enormous fist crashing into him like a locomotive.

"Ah!"

With a deafening roar, the giant's fist collided with his body, creating a ring of shockwave.

Xue Jing, however, stood firmly in place and was not sent flying by a single punch.

He activated his dual defenses, his bones trembling and crackling, emitting a rumbling thunderous sound. An unimaginable impact poured into his body, yet his bones slowly absorbed and transformed it...

With a surge of power, the roar of a dragon arose.

All the kinetic energy was completely absorbed by the bones. Even with Xue Jing's strong body at this moment, the bones couldn't help but start to groan in agony.

With a surge of energy coursing through his body, carrying the kinetic energy from his bones, Xue Jing turned around and threw a backhand hook punch.

Hidden Dragon Flow - Sealed Cloud Tail!

The Hidden Dragon Style counterattack technique, which had not been used for a long time, was unleashed once again.

This punch contained not only his own strength, but also all the kinetic energy of the giant's fist thrown by the man surnamed Wei.

"Pfft—smack—"

Without any obstruction, the enormous arm blocking my way cut a gash from the knuckles at the middle finger, as if cleaved by a knife.

The tear kept tearing inward, like a piece of paper being ripped apart, from the knuckles all the way to the forearm, upper arm, and shoulder...

"Ahhhhh!!"

A massive amount of blood and bits of flesh gushed from the enormous arm, scattering onto the ground. The man surnamed Wei clutched his huge left arm, which had been split in two from top to bottom, and let out a piercing wail.

Xue Jing felt his bones still trembling slightly, and praised the man surnamed Wei:

"Wow, that's amazing... How did you do that? Is it a type of xenoplant?"

The man surnamed Wei's massive left arm gradually shrank back to its original size, still maintaining the appearance of being split in two from the middle of the fist, hanging limply on the ground like two noodles hanging from his body.

He clutched his shoulder, panting heavily, staring intently at Xue Jing.

This monster...

To actually withstand a giant's punch with a human body at such a young age is simply astonishing.

"Heterophyte... I guess you could say that. I've had 'Titan blood' implanted in my bone marrow. It's the blood of one of the strongest races among the 'terrestrial species,' the 'Titan race,' which allows my body to transform into the appearance of a Titan."

The man surnamed Wei spoke up.

Seeing that he seemed willing to cooperate, Xue Jing refrained from attacking again and instead asked:

"I'm very curious, who exactly are you two, and what is your purpose in coming to this ship?"

The man surnamed Wei seemed to have given up and took no further action, instead honestly answering:

“We are members of the ‘Giant God Brigade,’ a hunter group from the border region… Our purpose in coming here is to capture a marine creature called the ‘Sea Bee Queen.’”

Xue Jing was about to ask more questions when suddenly his body tensed up, and goosebumps stood on end.

Subconsciously, dragon scale marks appeared all over his body, and he wanted to use the absolute defense of the Golden Scales.

"pat-"

Just then, a sound came from the side.

“Ah Jing… I told you, with you on this ship, something was bound to happen.”