The Gap

The sky shattered, the sea sank inward, and wave after wave of power swept out, raising massive waves a thousand meters high before surging in every direction.

A tremendous storm swept through everything. In those brief two minutes, everything within ten thousand meters was affected. Extreme cold and scorching heat alternated, constantly changing the temperature of the area, and such rapid shifts were often the deadliest.

Several minutes later, as the violent energy gradually subsided, a hazy layer of mist appeared over the sea within that ten-thousand-meter radius. The blue-and-white mist blotted out the sky and covered the earth, both freezing cold and searing hot.

The combined power of ice and fire was even stronger than Xiao Heng had imagined. Aside from its immense impact, it also carried the corrosive force of constantly alternating ice and fire. Corrosive was perhaps not quite the right word, but even steel would become extremely brittle—or even collapse outright—if it were suddenly subjected to extreme cold after intense heat, or struck by intense heat while frozen solid.

Perhaps it lacked the grand momentum of exploding flames, and it was not as tranquil as ice freezing all things, but its power was beyond doubt.

Within the dense mist, Bai Deng waved his hand and whipped up a fierce gale, driving away all the white fog within a thousand meters. His expression was rather unpleasant. The pain that had seeped into his bones told him that he had truly been injured by a Dou Zong just now, and not lightly at that.

That was plain to see from his tattered, blood-red clothing.

His gaze swept around, searching for someone's figure. Then, in the next instant, a sword dragon shot into the sky from below, roaring as it charged toward Bai Deng.

"Space Solidification...!"

"Azure Cloud Finger!"