Max stared at him. "Then I will fight him."
The middle-aged man looked at Max for a long moment, then sighed softly.
"That is exactly what I said back then."
Max did not look away.
The middle-aged man's voice became heavier. "Understand this, Max. I am not telling you this to make you afraid. I am telling you because you must know what waits at the end of this road. The danger of Emotion Severing Path is not only the path itself. It is also the one who guards the boundary before it becomes a true Cosmic Path."
Max's eyes became cold and steady.
"If he comes to stop me, then he becomes part of the path I need to sever."
For a moment, the middle-aged man said nothing.
Then a faint smile appeared on his face.
"You truly are arrogant."
Max replied calmly, "I have reasons to be."
The middle-aged man looked at him, and the regret in his eyes slowly faded, replaced by a sharper expression.
