The red-robed man's surprise lasted only an instant before turning into even fiercer resolve.
"Trivial tricks! Watch me shatter your fake dragon claw!"
With a furious roar, the crimson flame spear in his hand shone even brighter. The fiery Heavenly Peng phantom condensed around it seemed to come alive, letting out a piercing cry as it spread its wings and whipped up a scorching storm. Even space twisted faintly before the spear tip!
Faced with this incomparably fierce strike, Lin Langtian's gaze remained as calm as water.
He slowly raised the dragon hand flowing with Primordial Power, curled his fingers slightly, and, without dodging in the slightest, reached directly for the spear tip thrusting toward him!
"Courting death!" A trace of mockery flashed through the red-robed man's eyes.
His Flame Peng Locking Dragon Spear specialized in piercing physical defenses. Even spirit beasts renowned for their sturdy bodies would not dare take it head-on with their flesh, much less a human body.
Yet in the next instant, the mockery on his face abruptly froze.
Clang!
A deafening metallic crash exploded, and a violent shockwave swept outward from the two of them. Even the sturdy ground of the Receiving Platform cracked with fine fissures!
Lin Langtian's palm, covered in strange dragon-scale patterns and gleaming with a primordial gray radiance, had actually seized the tip of the crimson flame spear!
The fiery Heavenly Peng phantom struck his palm, its scorching flames burning madly, yet they could not leave the slightest trace upon that seemingly thin layer of gray light. Instead, the primordial dragon power spread up the spear shaft, making the weapon hum as though it could not bear the strain!
"How is that possible?!"
The red-robed man's pupils contracted sharply. He felt a force as heavy as an ancient mountain and as