Behind Xu Tiandi, the phantom of the Purple Blaze Annihilation Dragon grew increasingly solid. Destructive violet lightning flickered across its Dragon Scales, golden Divine Fire burned within its eyes, and its colossal body nearly occupied half the sky.
He slowly took a step forward.
The step seemed light and unhurried, but the instant it landed—
"Rumble!!!"
Centered on the point where his toe touched down, the solid earth seemed to have been struck by an invisible sledgehammer, instantly exploding into a massive crater over a hundred meters wide.
Spiderweb-like cracks spread madly in every direction at a terrifying speed, crackling as though the earth itself were groaning in pain.
Wherever the cracks passed, the distant mountains and valleys resonated with deep, thunderous rumbles. Rocks tumbled down in showers, and countless birds and beasts dwelling within fled in terror.
Even the night sky hanging high above seemed to tremble faintly beneath this overwhelming Divine Might, and the starlight appeared to flicker for an instant.
The dust kicked up by the violent trembling of the surrounding peaks became like gray behemoths roused from slumber, rolling and roaring into a sandstorm that blotted out the sky and sun. It obscured most of the moonlight, adding further to the oppressive feeling that the end of days was approaching.
Lu Jun faced this terrifying pressure head-on, a pressure mixed with Plane Majesty and destructive dragon might, yet he stood as motionless as an iceberg that had existed since time immemorial.
The Ice Abyss Sword in his hand hung slightly low, its tip angled toward the ground. Yet the Ice-Blue Sword Momentum soaring into the heavens became ever sharper and purer, like a keen blade poised to pierce the firmament and forcibly cleave apart the pressure Xu Tiandi was bearing down upon him with.
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