The Drought Fiend chasing Wang Chen suddenly came to a standstill.
It abruptly raised both arms high, its ten furry fingers clenched into fists, then smashed them down at the ground.
Boom!
The instant the fiendish beast's fists struck the earth, an invisible shockwave blasted out in all directions. Countless chunks of dirt and rock were hurled into the air, painting a scene as though the end of the world had descended.
Wang Chen, caught in the very center of it, had nowhere to evade. He could only swing his Mo Dao before him, blocking the rocks flying at him like cannonballs.
Yet in the next instant, surging flames rushed straight at him, swallowing the area where he stood in the blink of an eye!
Anyone who had not personally experienced such a scene could never describe with words the danger Wang Chen faced at this moment.
All around him were flames hot enough to melt steel. Within moments, the ground turned into scorched earth, and every last trace of air was sucked away. It had become a living inferno.
An ordinary person—even a martial arts master—would have had no chance of surviving in such an environment.
But Wang Chen forcibly drove his Innate true qi, erecting a barrier around himself and stubbornly resisting the assault of the blazing flames.
He had also withstood the Drought Fiend's ultimate killing move!
Yet time seemed to crawl unbearably slowly, until the Drought Fiend's massive body broke through the sea of fire and appeared before Wang Chen.
Seeing that Wang Chen was unharmed, the fiendish beast's eyes flashed with surprise.
Then it swung its enormous palm at Wang Chen.
Bang!
Wang Chen was sent flying backward, man and blade together.
But in that split second, he saw a patch of white fur near