Kirk nodded and said, "That's right. Do you know what I did back then? I got the neighbors together and went up against Chester, only to get beaten to a pulp on the spot. "As for my so-called neighbors, every single one of them just stood there watching like it had nothing to do with them. They laughed at my expense while sucking up to Chester." In that situation, he had no way to fight back—of course he would get his ass kicked. "I took a beating and felt so hopeless, but that old man, who's also my former mentor, showed up. It was because of him that I got into martial arts. I was very talented—in just one month, I surpassed what took other martial artists years to achieve."The first thing I did was hunt down Chester for revenge, but I was still inexperienced back then and had never killed anyone before, so I only turned that bastard into a cripple and let him live." At this point, Kirk's eyes filled with deep sadness and guilt. "And because of that stupid mistake, Chester

The next moment, Felix vanished, leaving Linden muttering to himself, "So that's the power of a Chaos Realm master…"…In space, Star Alliance headquarters was wholly surrounded by the Ruin Order now. "Duncan, stop trying to fight already. This is the Star Alliance's fate." Duncan was trapped by several powerful experts. Besides Star Alliance's own fighters, even Viggo was there, riding his massive Ghostgator, though everyone could tell they were all injured. "Cynog! You know damn well what our real enemy is, yet you're still wasting time with this infighting. No wonder you'll never break through to Chaos Realm."The man before Duncan was Cynog Gronow, leader of the Ruin Order—a broad, stocky, middle-aged man who let out a cold laugh at those words. "Hah! Don't try feeding me that bullshit. With our level of power, we don't even qualify to get involved over there. What help could we possibly be? "We might as well live it up and rule the roost here first. If they actually c