"Kill!"
Qiangu Dieting's furious roar shook the heavens. Golden Soul Power surged around him like boiling magma, and the Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand abruptly expanded to several zhang in length. The Dragon Patterns carved into its body came alive beneath the infusion of Soul Power, as though they would break free from the staff and soar into the sky at any moment.
Gripping the staff with both hands, he concentrated the power of a Quasi-God into a single point and smashed down viciously toward Chen Xinjie.
This strike carried the force to shatter mountains and split stones. The compressed air released a piercing shriek, and even the surrounding light seemed distorted by its power.
Chen Xinjie's gaze sharpened as Vast Ocean Power erupted around him. Pale blue energy surged outward like a tsunami, condensing before him into an enormous wall of energy dozens of zhang high.
Ripples shimmered across the wall's surface as if it contained the weight of an entire ocean. Facing Qiangu Dieting's crushing blow, he did not yield in the slightest. Raising his arms slightly, he drove Vast Ocean Power to its limit. "Well struck!"
"Boom—"
The instant the Coiling Dragon Staff collided with the water wall, golden and blue shockwaves expanded in rings. The deafening explosion made the entire core district of Ming Capital tremble.
The ground split open with ravines several meters deep. Rubble and fragments of buildings were hurled dozens of meters into the air by the residual energy before crashing back down, kicking up dust that filled the sky.
The collision of two Quasi-God powers left everyone on the battlefield feeling suffocated by the pressure. The others no longer hesitated and each sought out their own opponent.
Ya Li continued to restrain Xia Zhengleng. Though she did not know what the