Bang!!!
Blinding lightning and fire exploded thunderously at the center of the plaza, the violent energy shockwave like raging, unbridled waves of a furious sea, smashing fiercely in every direction!
The jade ground, hard as iron, shattered and rolled up inch by inch, burned into vast patches of charred black and glazed pits. Smoke and rubble mixed with scattered arcs of lightning and sparks, shooting into the sky!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Xuanyuan Fei staggered back ten steps. Each step left a deep crater in the crumbling ground. The scorching air currents tore several rents into his luxurious robes, scattering his hair and leaving him looking thoroughly disheveled.
His arms trembled faintly, his palms throbbing with searing numbness and pain as though torn apart by lightning. His expression was so grim it seemed water might drip from it.
In contrast, Lu Changsheng stood like sturdy bamboo in the wind. Though the powerful backlash had forced him back as well, he retreated only six steps before coming to a steady halt.
The blue bricks beneath his feet had shattered, yet his aura remained calm and stable. The power of wind and lightning around his fists slowly receded, while his green robes snapped in the residual energy waves and his gaze remained as sharp as ever.
The difference between them had already become clear in this first head-on clash. Clearly, when the Wind Thunder Fist collided with the Great Sun Sky Burning Palm, the Wind Thunder Fist was the stronger of the two!
"Humph! You do have some brute strength!"
Xuanyuan Fei forcefully suppressed his churning blood and the numbness in his arms. The contempt in his eyes had been replaced by gravity, but even more than that was the humiliation and fury of being publicly suppressed by Lu Changsheng.
"Still, if you