The hawk moved its right wing to the side.

SHING! SHING! SHING! SHING!

Shang's body was pierced by seven long needles, his body now being pinned to the ground.

Blood flew out of Shang's mouth as several of his organs had been destroyed.

'That was so fast! I would have maybe been able to evade two of them.'

'But it shot seven!'

This was an insurmountable difference in power.

Even if Shang had tried his best, five of the huge needles would have still nailed him to the ground.

Shang's body tried to heal with Mana, but some kind of destructive force in the needles was preventing every form of healing.

Clink!

The hawk had landed on one of the needles and was looking into Shang's eyes.

There were no emotions in the hawk's eyes.

Shang was prey.

Predators didn't feel a connection to their prey.

Prey was only food.

Shang looked into the hawk's eyes.

The last thing Shang saw was the hawk's beak rapidly becoming bigger and bigger in his vision.

And then, it was over.

The hawk had pecked a hole through Shang's head.

This wasn't anything special.

This was simply a beast killing something.

Silence.

Suddenly, Shang's eyes shot open, and he took a deep breath.

Shang didn't think or say anything while simply looking at the sky.

The last moment before his death continuously replayed in his head.

This feeling…

It was indescribable.

It was a mixture of terror, shock, denial, and finality.

If put into words, this feeling would only be a loud shout of "No, please-".

It was a deeply seated fear in every living being.

This feeling wasn't like when someone decided to end their life. When someone decided to end their life, they were still in control, and they were the ones trying to end it.

This was a feeling of someone else having the ultimate power over you.

because they

was nothing you

There was no control.

the world, all the begging in the world wouldn't help

nothing you could

You are helpless.

Shang had felt

It was terrifying.

of

of all

looked forward to would never reappear

Light and joy, taken.

A life, ended.

Clink!

something metallic touch his

alright?" Sword's voice appeared in Shang's

took a deep breath and slowly sat

Shang looked at his

His arm was back.

Shang's anxiety left him, and he left

he said as

you sure?" Sword

while, Shang

feel this

it so bad?" Sword

"Yes," Shang answered.

you describe it to

Sword for a bit and looked

the epitome

the opposite

the opposite

Shang's eyes narrowed.

this

moment, two wheels

done, participant!" the mechanical female voice said. "You have earned eight

ready for the warrior

at

were no funny pictures on

wheel showed different weapons, while the

pretty sure that the colors represented

surprised that there

probably

the Mixed

far bigger than anyone in this place realizes,'

the wheel had different

ones were red, brown, green, and blue, which obviously represented

biggest ones were light-blue, silver, and grey, which represented ice, lightning,

that came several different

recognized some of

one side and black on the other. There was a slight purple sheen in the middle. Shang guessed

one side and icy blue on the other. In

were several more of these

two

White and black.

the Darkness and

that still wasn't the

but he could swear there were even smaller colors, which meant that there

not the

were so tiny that Shang could

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