Year Five of the Great Xia New Era, March 17.
The Godslayer-tier beast known as the Abyss Emperor landed at the East Sea Defense Line. Lin Chuan, captain of the Worldguard Squad, led his team in a last stand to defend the nation.
All seven members of the squad were killed.
An entire war zone was wiped out.
The central command’s battle report, framed in black, was broadcast worldwide: “Humanity ends here.”
Lin Chuan knelt in the ruins, his arm severed and legs shattered, watching the Abyss Emperor’s claw descend.
“If I could do it over… I wouldn’t defend the line again. Before you ever set foot on shore, I’d kill every last one of you.”
He opened his eyes again on the day of the Awakening Ceremony, in the year 2279 of Great Xia.
He was still eighteen. Everyone was still alive.
A System blared in his mind:
[God-Tier Martial Arts Comeback System successfully bound. Host awakened talent: SSS-Rank, Eternal War Body. Can plunder the attributes of any enemy. No limit.]
This time, he was reborn carrying the last wishes of everyone who had died.
This time, he was done pretending.
F-rank? Good-for-nothing? Keep a low profile?
Not a chance.
At the Awakening Ceremony, he smashed the strength-testing pillar in front of everyone.
At the martial arts exam, one punch shattered the S-rank score.
A beast tide was coming? He stood at the very front, alone.
So you’re the Abyss Emperor? I won’t wait for you to come ashore. I’m coming to find you in the sea.
In this life, he wouldn’t play the weakling.
He would make the whole world know
Humanity’s strongest man had returned.
