At this moment, it was already too late for He Ao to draw back his sword. He lunged forward, drove power from his waist to his shoulders, gathered all his strength, covered his fist with divine consciousness, and threw a punch.
Bang--
The two fists collided head-on. The thick floor beneath He Ao's feet shattered instantly, and both his feet and lower legs sank into the heavy earth below.
The shockwave from their clashing fists spread through the entire floor. Accompanied by a thunderous roar, dense spiderweb-like cracks spread outward in an instant, crossing dozens of meters until they reached the edges of the walls.
But the shockwave did not fully dissipate. The powerful impact made the entire massive pyramid structure tremble.
Rui Lin stood at the doorway, staring at the scene in stunned disbelief.
The torn earth and trembling building made it feel more like an earthquake from nature itself, one that could rip everything apart, than the aftershock of a battle between merely two "humans."
After witnessing the battle between He Ao and the High Priest, she had thought she understood just how powerful those formidable extraordinary beings were.
Only now did she truly realize that she had underestimated those extraordinary beings—and severely underestimated this "Sir Hao Yi."
At the center of the battlefield, the prisoner-like figure who had fallen from the sky was sent flying backward by the recoil of the collision, landing on the ground not far ahead of He Ao.
"Hahaha!!!"
He swung his chains and laughed loudly. "Come on, again!"
He grabbed the chains shackling his hands, swung them hard, spun, and charged at He Ao. "I'll tie you up and torture you properly."
He Ao withdrew his hand and glanced at his slightly reddened fist.
That strike had involved activating Super Memory and