Boom!
A great hole had been smashed into the Ice Plain, fully seventy or eighty feet across and so deep its bottom could not be seen. Above the gaping pit, Giant Whale King stood proudly in the air, yet there was no victor's smile on his face.
On the contrary, there was more surprise and curiosity!
On the surface, he had won a complete victory with that punch just now, but in truth, that was not what had happened at all.
True, Lin Xuan had been blasted down, but Giant Whale King knew full well that the injuries the other party had suffered were actually extremely limited.
In other words, that strike had merely looked impressive. It had not achieved his objective at all.
Surface glory was useless, and Giant Whale King understood this very clearly. What made him even more curious was how a mere Lihe could possibly be strong to such a degree. Putting aside the fact that he had dodged his Universe Strike—although astonishing, it could still have been a blind cat stumbling onto a dead mouse.
But that blow just now had been real and solid. The other party had not even had time to offer up a treasure, yet had actually dissolved his attack by matching fist against fist.
Such a thing had never happened before.
The shock in Giant Whale King's heart could well be imagined.
Yet at this moment, where was there time for him to think further? Light rose, and a Startling Rainbow flew out from within that great hole.
It shot straight into the sky!
Giant Whale King's pupils contracted slightly, and without another word he followed after it. Although the other party's strength was astonishing, in close combat he was still far inferior to him. Thinking too much was useless;