Chapter 31: Tempering the Body with the Blood Essence of Nineteen Thousand Demonic Beasts

"Boom!" A thunderstorm of a blast echoed through the vast cavern. Blood mist exploded outward. Crimson spray drifted like rain as Benson Santee landed with the steadiness of a war god. Iron Chain restraints, a sixfold burst of power, and the force of Ice Fist all piled into that strike. It was brutality stacked on brutality. Everyone around him stared, eyes wide. Emmy Lidyard, the closest one, looked half-stunned. A heartbeat earlier, death had been breathing down her neck. In the next, the fight...