A thunderous boom rang out.
Chu Qing and Zuo Qianqiu were sent flying backward at the same time, their blood spraying across the sky.
Zuo Qianqiu's chest had caved in, and he vomited blood in great mouthfuls.
Chu Qing's left arm had folded in half. Part of the bone had cracked, and it was nearly severed by the longsaber.
The two crashed to the ground, shattering the earth beneath them and violently rupturing the surrounding space.
Both of them fell back into the real world.
Crack!
Chu Qing reset his arm bone and frantically activated his secret restoration technique.
Crack!
Crack!
The bones in Zuo Qianqiu's sunken chest wriggled back into place on their own, healing as well.
Huff! Huff! Huff!
The two panted, glaring viciously at each other.
Zuo Qianqiu sneered. "Kid, you set me up?"
Chu Qing said disdainfully, "Why were you wearing armor? Without that thing, I'd have skewered you to death with one thrust of my spear shaft."
"I'd have skewered you fair and square!"
Zuo Qianqiu... if you had any guts, don't wear armored bracers either!
At that moment;
A sound came from nearby.
The bald Little Giant sitting cross-legged rose to his feet.
The instant he stood, the ruined great hall trembled slightly.
As he breathed, the surrounding air twisted and streamed into his nostrils.
Huff! Huff! Huff!
The bald Little Giant breathed rapidly, grinned savagely, and charged at Chu Qing.
Flutter!
Chu Qing shook his spear shaft, exploding it into hundreds and thousands of spear blossoms as he prepared to fight.
But the next second, the surrounding space warped, and they entered the illusion once more.
The familiar great hall, the familiar bald hulks, the familiar endless nagging and berating.
Yet this time, there was one difference:
Three more people had appeared in