Confessing to someone who thinks I'm a fat otaku, and then crying when monsters descend?

Everyone has another self living inside them.

While you are studying, working, and striving hard, the person in your heart is in another world you yearn for, doing the things you dream of.

To get into a prestigious university, become a social elite, make a name for oneself, bring honor to one's ancestors, and protect one's country.

These are ideals, or rather, aspirations and ambitions.

But another version of myself just wants to lie in bed reading novels and playing games, with a cosplay beauty feeding me snacks with her mouth.

This is a carefree, fantasy life free from any responsibilities or the pressures of reality.

But Xiao Wangchen was born with a sense of responsibility.

He is the guardian of the third tier!

The condition for awakening is to completely kill the other self within you and do what you "should" do, not what you "want to do".

At that moment, he opened his eyes.

The world changed color!

Day and night each occupy half of the sky, the sun, moon, and stars appear simultaneously to drape it in glory, and the entire land pays homage to it.

"father....."

"Old Xiao, you!"

"He's come back to life! Old Xiao has come back to life!"

When he watched Xiao Wangchen stand up again, the wandering swordsman was so shocked that he trembled and felt a chill run down his spine.

Xiao Wangchen looked at his hands; the calluses on his broad palms and the wrinkles on his skin were fading away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xu Feifeng was mesmerized, her eyes losing focus. The man before her seemed to have returned to the way he looked when they first met decades ago—so handsome and dashing, so refreshing and charming.

At the same time, Xiao Wangchen regained all his memories and remembered his true identity.

The third-tier guardian, Wangchen.

He also understood that from the moment he regained consciousness, his elder brother would know that he didn't have much time left.

Xiao Wangchen turned to look at his daughter and wife, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you."

"careful!!"

Sirius was brewing a devastating attack in the sky; at that moment, the energy was finally fully gathered.

Boom! A beam of black and red light suddenly shot out!

The sheer wind pressure generated during the very moment of launch is enough to shatter the clouds in the sky.

This attack from the Ninth-Order Primal Heavenly Waterfall was no less powerful than a comet hitting Earth. Its force was enough to completely destroy everything within a ten-mile radius, leaving no living being alive.

Faced with this earth-shattering attack, Xiao Wangchen didn't even turn his head, but simply raised his hand casually behind him.

Without charging up or chanting, a dazzling white light shot out.

The energies of the black and white paths collided in mid-air.

But no earth-shattering explosion occurred; the white energy quickly enveloped and devoured the black energy, like a hungry beast.

Ultimately, the two forces vanished together in mid-air.

"What...."

This time, Sirius was finally moved, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

That was his full-force attack.

If one were to forcefully block this attack, one would only need to possess power at the same level as him; however, the resulting explosion would be enough to destroy everything.

However, to devour and eliminate its energy, one needs a higher level of power!

Who exactly is this guy?

"Boy, step back."

Xiao Wangchen told Chen Nian to step back and then stepped forward himself.

Chen Nian also guessed Xiao Wangchen's true identity, but he never expected that this guy would actually be a level guardian!

If he is the third brother and I am the fifth brother, then wouldn't I have to call him Third Brother?

"Luckily I didn't seduce his daughter, otherwise he probably would have beaten me to death..." Chen Nian thought to himself, secretly relieved, and retreated to the back.

Xiao Wangchen gazed at the Sirius in the sky and said calmly, "You just said we are a bunch of ants?"

Sirius: "..."

"Now you can make your move, you ant." Xiao Wangchen beckoned with his finger.

Seeing that the other party dared not make a move, Xiao Wang sighed: "Do you know why I let you make the first move? Because if I make the first move, you won't have a chance."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded, shooting upwards like a cannonball!

Seeing this, Tianlang was naturally unwilling to sit and wait for death. His arm transformed into a giant gray wolf, and he roared as he charged forward.

Bang!

With a single punch, Xiao Wangchen shattered the transformed Canglang into pieces.

Tianlong's protective barrier also developed countless cracks in an instant, almost to the point of collapse.

With this attack, Tenryu was sent flying into the night sky. He knew he was no match for him; it seemed his opponent was a monster on the same level as the three adults.

Since I've been knocked away, I should take the opportunity to escape and avoid a prolonged battle.

Just as the wolf was thinking this, a deep and resonant voice suddenly came from behind.

"What are you thinking about?"

"What...?"

Sirius suddenly turned around and crossed his arms in front of him to block.

The second punch has arrived.

Bang!

His protective barrier shattered, and his arms were instantly crushed into a bloody pulp.

Sirius plummeted from a height of several thousand meters, crashing heavily into the earth with a deafening roar, leaving a crater in the ground.

Even after suffering such a severe blow, Sirius did not die, and his physical body was even recovering.

But just as he was about to look up, he was stomped back to the ground by a foot!

Unable to move.

Xiao Wangchen stepped on Tianlang's head, raised two fingers, and muttered incantations.

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes."

"Fallen flowers turn into spring mud."

"The most magnificent splendor is but a handful of sand."

A soft white fluorescent light covered Sirius's body.

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "What...?"

Hands are turning into sand and mud!

My legs, too, have lost all feeling...

"No, no! No!!"

Soon, Tianlong's entire body turned into sand and mud, becoming the essence that nourishes heaven and earth.

[Divine Art - Rebirth]

When Xiao Wangchen infuses a certain amount of power into a person or object, he can activate this technique to allow it to return to the world and become a part of it.

Those punches he just delivered were aimed at channeling his power into Tentaki's body.

Activating this technique is equivalent to ignoring the physical body and directly extinguishing the opponent's existence!

With a crack, the black primordial demon core was crushed to pieces by a single stomp.

"Holy crap... is this Lao Xiao's true strength?"

"That's terrifying!"

"Bullshit, this isn't Old Xiao, he's clearly a third-tier guardian!"

Ta Xue's mouth was slightly open. How could she have imagined that her father, whom she scolded every day, that old geezer who spent his days either lying in bed or fishing by the river, was actually such a powerful figure!

Xu Feifeng was speechless with emotion. Her husband was not a coward, but a true hero.

The mother and daughter ran towards Xiao Wangchen, but stopped in their tracks before they got close because of a loud shout.

"Don't come any closer!"

Xiao Wangchen raised his head, and three beams of red light tore through the sky like sharp swords.

"They...have come..."

As a Realm Ranger, he naturally knew that the leader of the Calamity was the Level Guardian, who was also his eldest brother, seventh brother, and eighth brother.

In the blink of an eye, three red lights landed not far ahead.

Jianyang stood at the very front, wearing jet-black dragon-patterned armor. His sharp, sword-like eyebrows gave him an unparalleled sense of oppression.

"Third brother, we wouldn't have made a move if you hadn't woken up."

Jianyang said calmly, "I'm not asking you to join us, make way for us, or for me to clear a path for you."

This time, Wang Chen did not hesitate.

Once he killed the other self within him, he had already shouldered the heavy burden of responsibility. Even if the sky were to fall, he would not be the first to run away.

These are the guardians of social class!

"Brother, if it were the old me, I definitely wouldn't get involved in this kind of trouble. But now, haha, after all, my wife and daughter are watching. I, as a father, finally managed to look cool for once, so I have to save face, right?"

Xiao Wangchen smiled, the night wind making his clothes flutter.

"So this is your answer." Jianyang's features were cold and hard, as cold as steel.

"Brother, for the sake of our friendship, let them go first. I'll fight with you."

"Can."

Jianyang certainly wouldn't go so far as to exterminate these insignificant figures; the survival of a few ants wouldn't affect his grand ambitions.

Xiao Wangchen turned around and walked to the mother and daughter's side, forcing a smile as he said, "Ta Xue, take good care of yourself, be good-tempered, and remember to marry a good man like your father."

"I'm not leaving! You....."

Before Ta Xue could even utter a complete sentence, she was knocked unconscious by Xiao Wangchen's palm strike.

Then he looked at his wife: "I have a wooden house by the river, and I put nets in the river, so I can often catch a few fish. Xiaoxue likes spicy food and doesn't like vegetables. I whittled a hairpin out of wood and put it in a wooden box under the bed."

"Old Xiao, I won't leave."

Xu Feifeng smiled gently, her tone calm and composed, unlike her daughter who was excited.

She took out the dagger hidden in her sleeve.

"Actually, when you came, I was prepared to be buried with this city. Being able to see you and our daughter again has already satisfied my last regret."

"I have made many wrong things and many wrong choices in my life. I am able to stand in this position today by standing on the corpses of countless people."

"Just this once, at least let me stay with you, okay?"

Xiao Wangchen remained silent for a long time before nodding vigorously.

"good!"

Having said that, he clenched his fist and punched the sky.

A torrent of immense power, like a flowing Milky Way, blasted a crack in the sky.

That's the way home.

"Old Miao, take everyone away."

"Take care of yourself."

Elder Miao wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and called for all the wandering knights to retreat.

Chen Nian hurriedly led Xiao Bai and the others, who were still sitting on the back of the undead bone dragon, and they rode the rift in the Milky Way to the world, gradually moving away.

Only Xiao Wangchen and his wife remained.

Xiao Wangchen raised his palm, creating a protective barrier to shield his wife. "Hide inside."

Having done all that, he had no more worries and went to the front.

He let out a loud and bold roar.

"Big brother, come here!"

The two looked at each other for half a second, then disappeared from the spot almost simultaneously!

The distance of several hundred meters was reduced to zero in an instant.

boom----

The two men's elbows collided in the middle, like a collision between Mars and Earth, and the violent shockwave spread out in a ring!

Trees on the surrounding mountains within a radius of a kilometer collapsed in an instant.

The two remained locked in a stalemate, fighting with brute force!

"You know you are no match for me. If it were the old you, you wouldn't have come here to suffer." Jianyang said in a deep voice, his two sword-like eyebrows like divine swords that could cut through mountains and rivers.

"You said it yourself... that was me before!" On Wang Chen's thick arms, the bulging veins looked like writhing blue dragons.

Both men simultaneously retracted their elbows and threw punches.

Fist against fist, bone against bone.

Bang! Another earth-shattering collision.

"Now, you still have the chance to leave with your loved ones and find a secluded place. I won't stop you."

"Brother, there's no point in saying more. Besides, this is my territory; I'm not necessarily going to lose to you!"

Jianyang stopped trying to persuade him, and the two began a real life-or-death struggle.

With each collision, Jianyang's "destructive" power would erode Wangchen's body, and even level guardians would be affected by the "destructive" effect.

Once it accumulates to a certain level, the physical body will shatter instantly!

However, the power of Wangchen is also being injected into Jianyang's body. When it reaches a certain level, he can activate the [Divine Art - Rebirth] to decide the outcome.

Now, the question is whether Wangchen's body will be "destroyed" first, or whether he can use divine magic to turn the tide.

The two fought fiercely, from the sky to the ground, obscuring the sun and moon, plunging the world into darkness.

"Big Brother only used 70% of his power," Jinglong, who was watching the battle, laughed.

"Why did you hold back, Big Brother?" Fatty Lao Ba scratched his head.

"Probably because he didn't want to kill his own brother too quickly. Although the outcome of this battle won't change, it can be regarded as a grand farewell."

In the blink of an eye, Wang Chen was punched into the river.

Jianyang stood on the void, above the churning river.

suddenly!

Huge waves erupted all around, surging hundreds of feet high in an instant, almost swallowing Jian Yang whole.

"Disperse!"

With a shout, Jianyang turned the towering waves from all directions into a torrential downpour.

Under the curtain of rain, Wangchen raised his palm, gathering the raindrops in his hand.

Suddenly, a greatsword shimmering with azure waves appeared!

He slashed through the air, his sword momentum as vast and boundless as the sea.

But Jianyang caught him in mid-air with one hand.

"You should know that this thing is useless to me. Without the body of a god, it cannot resist the power of destruction."

As soon as he finished speaking, the greatsword shattered and scattered back into water droplets.

In the blink of an eye, Wangchen gathered the water droplets in his palm again, this time forming a warhammer!

Jianyang shattered the warhammer with just one finger.

The two fought back and forth for dozens of rounds until Xiao Wangchen was defeated.

"Brother, those water droplets... they're all my power. Now, they've invaded your body in large quantities."

Jianyang glanced down at his armor, which was covered in splashes of water. It turned out that when he fell into the river, he had poured his power into the water, intending to use it as a weapon later.

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes..."

Divine magic, rebirth!

Xiao Wangchen activated his ability.

In his imagination, Jianyang's body, filled with his own power, should instantly turn into flying sand and yellow earth...

But the truth is that Jianyang's body was unharmed, only his left arm turned to ashes and disappeared.

"How could this happen...."

Wang Chen was speechless with disbelief.

For a level guardian, losing an arm is useless; it can be restored quickly.

"Your power has been repelled and sealed within my left arm, that's all."

Soon, accompanied by a surge of light, Jianyang's left arm was completely restored.

He said calmly, "So, are you prepared to face destruction?"

Snapped.

A crisp snap of the fingers.

The destructive power within Xiao Wangchen erupted.

Countless cracks spread across his body, causing it to crumble uncontrollably and turn into real dust.