in the edge

Chapter 556 Choose Your Opponent
The Black Tiger Star Lord, who got a new body, finally left the desert.

At the beginning, Black Tiger Star Lord actually still had some resentment in his heart. After all, he only got a new body made of sand, but the responsibilities he had to shoulder were far more than that. It was when the senior master sighed that he realized what kind of opponent he was about to face.

That’s where he came from, that’s the sky full of stars, and that’s all the power above the heavens.

"Are you kidding me?"

When he realized that he had to shoulder such a heavy responsibility, the Black Tiger Star Lord was stunned.

Originally, he thought that his feud with the Lord of Fire was a big deal. After all, they couldn't even fight to the death. Once two powerful people who could not be killed by conventional means became enemies, they would definitely fight until the end of time, until one of them could no longer hold on and chose to sleep. But it was obvious that neither of them would stop.

Hatred will strengthen his will, and hatred will also make the Fire Star Lord burn more vigorously. If the two sides continue to fight like this, even each other's lifespan will be extended.

Yes, Black Tiger Star Lord has always been aware of this, and he believes that Fire Virtue Star Lord is also aware of this. Although they have tacitly maintained this hatred and resentment towards each other, in fact, this hatred is indeed a good thing for both of them.

But therein lies the problem. Black Tiger Star Lord is also very clear that he has not been in the sky for a long time, and has only been a powerful person for a short time. He may still have some courage to fight against an old man like Fire Virtue Star Lord, but if he is asked to fight against the stars hanging high in the sky...

This is a bit of an overestimation of him. Is he cut out for it?

But it was obvious that, just like when he was parasitic on those mortals, he did not care about what these mortals thought at that time - now that this senior master has dominated him, he naturally would not care about his thoughts.

Perhaps there is no difference between him and those mortals.

Those mortals were his pawns for revenge, and wasn't he also a pawn used by this great senior for revenge?
Furthermore, it was obvious to the naked eye that this great senior was far superior to him, which meant that even this little hesitation could not be hidden from the discerning eyes of that great senior - however, that great senior did not yell at him, but simply sighed.

"have a bee in one's bonnet."

This is what the senior expert said about him.

But Black Tiger Star Lord didn't think that he was just daydreaming. After all, he was the one who had to shoulder the responsibility and face all the powerful people on behalf of this senior master... Just thinking about it made him sweat profusely.

"Look at your backbone!"

The voice spoke again, and this time, there was finally a hint of dissatisfaction in the tone of the voice.

"With just this much courage, I don't know how you got to this point... This is also a good thing for you, can't you see it?"

"It's also a good thing for me?"

Black Tiger Star Lord was a little hesitant. He really couldn't see what was good about this matter.

Give him a body, and then let him go out to fight against all the powerful beings in the heavens. Can such a bullshit really be considered a good thing?

"Even if you take a step back, will you still die?"

The voice spoke again.

"Look, you're not going to die, you're not going to die, so what are you afraid of?"

"I... hm?"

The Black Tiger Star Lord was suddenly stunned.

It seems that this is really the case.

It seems to be true. Anyway, he will not die. No matter how those powerful people beat him to death, he will not really die. The moment he became powerful, his will was already firm enough to transcend death. The rest actually depends on how long his firm will can last.

When the will is strong enough to transcend death, conventional attacks are meaningless. There is only one way for him to die, and that is if he wants to die.

When he could no longer endure the torture, when he could no longer bear the hardships, when he had lost the will to live and felt that death was a relief.

Death has become a necessity.

So the question is, will he die?

Obviously not.

The Fire Star Lord cut him into pieces, but he did not die. The Fire Star Lord's conspiracy and ambush also failed to kill him. He is indeed broken now, but his will is as hard as iron. It is this will of hatred that has supported him to survive and even come all the way here.

Hatred supported his will. He would not fall down before killing the Lord of Fire and making him experience the pain he had endured.

"See, you understand that, too."

The voice seemed to have also sensed Black Tiger Star Lord's current thoughts.

"Since you already understand everything, why do you still think this is a bad thing?"

"This...can't be said together?"

The Black Tiger Star Lord was still a little hesitant, only because this statement was somewhat far-fetched - it was true that he would not die, and he was not afraid of death, but what did this have to do with him facing the stars in the sky?

So just because he is not afraid of death, we have to push him into the fire pit? And we say this is a good thing?
Where does this come from?
"It seems that you still don't understand at all..."

The voice sighed, and there was a hint of fatigue in the tone.

"Let me put it this way. What do you think makes you stronger?"

"It makes me stronger..."

Black Tiger Star Lord was stunned by the question.

What made him stronger? He had never really thought about this matter in detail. After all, he had only focused on becoming stronger all along. As for these details, he had no time or energy to pay attention to them. But if he thought about it now, he could figure out something.

First of all, it is his courage, which is the foundation of his strength. Without this courage, his life would be nothing but floating duckweed in the wind. Of course, courage alone is definitely not enough, and the mentality of controlling this courage is also very important. In this regard, Black Tiger Star Lord thinks it is because he is ruthless enough.

He was cruel to others and to himself. Along the way, he had experienced several battles where he had exchanged injuries for his life. It was precisely because of this ferocity that he was able to kill several powerful enemies in succession in a short period of time, plundered their life-long accumulation, and completed his initial accumulation.

However, relying solely on bravery and ruthlessness is not enough. If one only knows how to be brave and ruthless, one will not be able to go far. So, in addition to being brave and ruthless, the Black Tiger Star Lord feels that he also has some basic wisdom. If bravery is regarded as horses and ruthlessness as wheels, then wisdom is the whip that drives the carriage, responsible for guiding the direction of the entire carriage.

"Of course, there is also indispensable luck."

After taking a deep breath, Black Tiger Star Lord still stated a fact that he was reluctant to admit.

However, even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that to be able to exchange injuries for lives, in addition to being ruthless enough, good luck was also a very important reason. Otherwise, if he had bad luck, let alone exchanging injuries for lives, he might not even be able to exchange his life for another, and he would have become a corpse lying somewhere long ago.

So even if he himself doesn't want to admit it, he has to say that luck is also a part of what makes him stronger.

He also wanted to say that he had relied on his own hard work and struggle to get to where he is today, but without that little bit of luck, he really wouldn't have gotten to where he is today.

"Courage, ferocity, wisdom, and luck."

Black Tiger Star Lord made a summary.

"These are the reasons why I became stronger." "Is that what you actually think?"

The voice was choked.

"Haven't you ever thought of anything else?"

"Anything else?"

The Black Tiger Star Lord was also stunned.

"Isn't this enough?"

"Shit!"

The voice couldn't help but curse.

"What can you do with just these things!"

"……what?"

Black Tiger Star Lord was stunned for a moment.

Isn't that all? Or is that not enough? You know, he even took his luck into account, the luck he least wanted to admit. Even his luck had been added in. Wasn't that enough?
"Forget it, no wonder you are like this now."

The voice sighed.

"Since you don't know anything, then learn something today... It's actually your opponent that determines whether you can become stronger."

"……what?"

Black Tiger Star Lord felt that his brain was not enough.

It doesn't make sense. This kind of thing is totally unreasonable. You have to know that all his skills were acquired through his own training, and he earned them through his own punches and kicks. His ferocity, his wisdom, and the hardships he had to go through along the way... weren't these all things he had experienced himself?
What does this have to do with the opponent? How can the opponent determine whether he can become stronger?

If his opponent could really decide this, I'm afraid no opponent would want him to become stronger. After all, a weak him is easier to kill, and easier to crush and twist. But now he is still standing here, still holding on until now, which is enough to prove...

"What can it prove?"

Just when the Black Tiger Star Lord was blushing and preparing to start defending himself, the voice spoke again.

"Since you don't understand, let me tell you the simplest thing... If you don't have an opponent, would you want to become stronger?"

"I……"

Before he could even say the words of defense, he got stuck.

The Black Tiger Star Lord just froze where he was.

When there is no opponent, will he still want to become stronger?

It seems... he will, right? After all, becoming stronger has been engraved into his bones. He can't stop becoming stronger. After all, it has become a part of his life. Maybe at that time he won't know what strength is. After all, without an opponent, it means he can't see the direction of becoming stronger, but he will still insist on becoming stronger and stick to this lifestyle.

But does this really count as becoming stronger? Can you really become stronger?
Black Tiger Star Lord didn’t know that this question was somewhat profound.

However, there is a problem that is even more profound than this one, which is a problem that the Black Tiger Star Lord has thought of but is not very willing to face - if this "no opponent" does not refer to now, but to the time when he was just starting out, when he had not yet become a powerful man, or even when he had not yet embarked on the path of becoming stronger, he already had no opponent.

At that time, did he really want to become stronger?
Black Tiger Star Lord was a little hesitant to face this question, simply because the answer was too obvious.

will not.

If there really was no opponent, there would be no need for him to become stronger at that time.

After all, in that situation, he had no need to become stronger. He was already the strongest, and he could have lived his whole life like that.

After a lifetime, this may seem like no problem to the average person.

But for a powerful person, the problem is too big.

For ordinary people, a lifetime is nothing more than death, but for the powerful who have transcended death, a lifetime means instant annihilation - this is like wishing a long life to an old man who is already a hundred years old, or even a hundred and one years old, which is a kind of irony in itself.

Fortunately, the Black Tiger Star Lord is not an ordinary person.

He has enough wisdom and understanding.

He keenly grasped the idea that the senior master wanted to express.

"You mean... the opponent is the key?"

Before the senior master could even say anything, Black Tiger Star Lord had already thought of more things - it seemed that this was indeed the case, the opponent was the key to everything, and choosing a good opponent was the most effective way to become stronger.

The Black Tiger Star Lord can even find counterexamples. For example, the so-called lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit. However, if the lion only knows how to catch rabbits and only knows how to treat rabbits as opponents, then in the long run, the lion can only develop the ability to catch rabbits. When it faces jackals, tigers and leopards that are stronger and more powerful than rabbits, its movements will be deformed and it will not know how to deal with it, and it is very likely to die on the spot.

From this perspective, whether he can become stronger really depends on his opponent.

In other words, choosing the right opponent actually means choosing the right future.

"Ah, now you understand."

The voice was obviously much more relaxed.

"So now you should know that this is indeed a good thing, right?"

"This...is indeed a good thing."

Black Tiger Star Lord took a deep breath, then nodded slowly.

Facing the stars in the sky, it is indeed an extremely difficult thing, but choosing to be the enemy of all these powerful beings is actually choosing a future that can make oneself stronger, even unimaginable.

What's more, just like what the senior master said, even if he couldn't do it, he wouldn't die.

Even if he fails to do it, he won't die. The worst that can happen is that he will be sealed again. As long as he is willing to keep fighting, he will always have another chance.

"Besides, before that, I won't treat you unfairly."

The voice spoke again.

"Where are your enemies? Let's go and avenge you first and use your enemies as sacrifices."

(End of this chapter)