My stats are higher than yours!

Someone nearby recognized him and muttered in fear, "This is... the Mountain Demon General. How could someone of this level appear here?"

The Mountain Demon General wreaked havoc in the city, with countless demons surging out from every corner. Human warriors swarmed in, and the sounds of battle were deafening, as if they were about to destroy the entire city.

The old village chief watched the battlefield, where Bai Shuodong casually killed two attacking demons every now and then.

He stood up and walked forward, but his steps were unsteady. His emaciated body had lost its vitality, and even basic movements were difficult.

"Old man, what are you trying to do?"

"I...I have to stop them."

"Why the sudden change of heart?"

"I'm dying."

The old village chief's eyes cleared a little. He turned to look at Bai Shuodong, stretched out his hand, and said, "Lend me your staff... I don't want to die in obscurity. In the end, people always want to pursue some meaning, even if it may be meaningless."

Bai Shuodong handed over the Crimson Heart Staff, his hand trembling slightly.

The old village chief smiled, his wrinkled face surprisingly handsome. He pulled out a letter, a letter he had written over the past year, the contents of which he had vehemently refused to let Bai Shuodong see, but now he had handed it over.

This is... his will.

The old man walked forward step by step on the battlefield amidst the raging flames of war. His originally hunched body gradually straightened up, and his body burst forth with the radiance of spiritual energy. However, as he released it, blood also spilled from the corner of his mouth.

He straightened up, his staff lit up, and blazing flames danced around him, naturally rippling outwards with destructive energy.

A powerful demon attacked, but the human race managed to hold them back.

Bai Shuodong followed behind him, watching quietly.

The envelope was crumpled.

"Listen to the roar of the flames, the fire spirit awakening from the primordial chaos..."

As the chanting began, the old village chief's voice suddenly stopped abruptly, as if he had forgotten what to say next. Bai Shuodong continued from behind him, "Using my will as a guide, I gather fire into flames."

The old village chief's lips curled slightly as he continued reciting, "With my will as the guide, I gather fire to form flames."

"Carrying the heat that burns all things, it transforms into a dragon's body."

Bai Shuodong continued.

"Carrying the heat that burns all things, it transforms into a dragon's body."

The old village chief repeated it.

The flames beside him formed the shape of a dragon, and the power they unleashed became increasingly terrifying, but the blood flowing from his mouth also increased, and cracks appeared on his body.

The old village chief had said long ago that he had been crippled and was unable to use much spiritual energy.

"Dragon Flame Burns the Sky".

"Dragon Flame Burns the Sky".

As soon as he finished speaking, the fire dragon came to life, soaring into the sky with surging flames and crashing into the mountain demon general.

The flames exploded in an instant.

"boom!!!"

The firelight illuminated the old village chief's face as he smiled and opened his arms. His thoughts seemed to drift back to a distant past, back to his early days as a kind and enthusiastic young man, undeterred by the harsh realities of life.

Those were his happiest times, but also very difficult days.

He collapsed.

She fell into Bai Shuodong's arms.

He shakily reached into his pocket, when a blind demon charged at him with a sword. Bai Shuodong turned and glared angrily, unleashing a [Lion's Might] that was completely different from before.

"roll!!"

The demon warrior trembled, then collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

"Joey, this is my last birthday present. Happy 19th birthday."

The old village chief handed over a token with the character "Qiao" engraved on its surface. He stammered "Xin" (meaning "trust"), but couldn't form a complete sentence.

Then, his body suddenly lost all strength, and he died completely.

"What trash magic! It scared me."

The Mountain Demon General rose from the smoke, a relaxed smile on his face. As the most defensive of all the demon generals, the old village chief's final magic was indeed unable to defeat him, leaving only some burn marks.

Bai Shuodong picked up the old man's body and carried him to a safe place, then said to a young boy:

"Take good care of him."

Then, he slowly turned around.

He grinned, then suddenly laughed, bursting into inexplicable laughter.

"hehe..."

"Hahaha..."

"Hahahaha!"

"It's fake! It's all fake! All of this is fake, haha! It's all fake!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Chapter 51 Use the Flame Fist on him!

The Trial of Courage has the following characteristics.

Firstly, the difficulty of the trial varies depending on the individual's strength.

Secondly, the changes within the trial have no effect on the real world; death has no impact.

Thirdly, there is no time limit; you can stay inside for as long as you like, and no matter how long you stay inside, only a little over an hour will have passed outside.

Bai Shuodong had long concluded that the Trial of Courage was fabricated and fake.

But even so...

...

[Hint: You have successfully achieved perfect resonance with the Laughter Factor, and the Laughter Factor effect has been upgraded.]

[Laughter Factor (Passive)]

Rank: First Rank

Skill Quality: Special

Skill Level: None

Skill Source: Laughing Mask

Skill effect: Increases base health recovery speed by 100% and base stamina recovery speed by 100%. After activating the Laughter Factor, restores 1% of maximum health per second.

"hehe.."

Bai Shuodong smiled as he stepped forward through the ruins, the sounds of fighting and screams echoing in his ears. His lion-like eyes fixed on the distant demon general, like a lion locking onto its prey.

He stomped his foot hard on the ground, and the solid earth instantly cracked open, shooting out like a cannonball.

"This is...?"

The Mountain Demon General instinctively raised his hand to block, but it was too late to stop the attack.

A hand, tiny in comparison to his enormous body, pressed down on the Mountain Demon General's head.

"boom!!"

The mountain demon's head was pressed firmly into the ground, and the five-meter-tall giant crashed to the ground, pain and confusion arriving simultaneously. He tried to resist, but then he heard maniacal laughter, a sound that was both crying and laughing, both divine and demonic, yet not human.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely terrifying force came from the hand that was pressing him down.

"Boom!!"

Bai Shuodong pressed his head down and dragged him along the ground as they ran wildly through the city. Countless stone bricks were crushed to pieces by the Mountain Demon General's body, and the Demon General's blood flowed all over the ground.

He looked at the demons on the road and roared with laughter, "Eat my steamroller!!!"

The Mountain Demon General's body crushed the demon warriors on the road, and blood flew everywhere. The war, which was originally evenly matched, now turned into a one-sided battle.

Bai Shuodong single-handedly crushed countless demon warriors.

This is a physical crushing.

...

after an hour

Bai Shuodong casually tossed aside the broken toy he had played with until it was worn out. Looking at the devastated city, he took out the envelope the old village chief had given him from his pocket. He hesitated for a moment before opening it, but finally opened it decisively.

“Joey, by the time you read this letter, I should already be dead.”

"You should have realized long ago that I am not an ordinary old man, but you didn't ask. You just followed me in cultivation. In the very end, let me tell you what I have been doing these past few days."

"I am the tower master of the Tower of Radiance. On the surface, the Tower of Radiance is just a loose organization of mages, but in reality, it is a place where I protect and gather human geniuses. There are many people like me in it."

"Over the years, I have used the power of the Tower of Radiance and the influence of war to constantly replace the kingdom's high-ranking officials, sending corrupt nobles to the gallows and replacing them with our people, making the human kingdom appear prosperous."