"Nie Renwang was also defeated by me! How could you, Black Wind Stronghold Master, defeat me using his saber techniques!?"
Amid earth-shaking laughter, Xiong Ba suddenly thrust both palms out. His immense power turned into nearly tangible white waves, like two furious dragons baring their claws and rolling wildly through the air, raising surging tides as they met the enormous twenty-two-zhang flaming saber qi head-on.
A thunderous boom erupted as savage force exploded outward.
That terrifyingly massive saber qi, which had shocked countless onlookers, did not strike Xiong Ba's head with unstoppable force. Instead, at the very last instant, it halted three inches before his forehead. The saber qi split down the center toward his brow, its killing intent cold enough to freeze blood, yet it was tightly restrained by the surging palm force gathered between his hands!
Yet although the strike had stopped there, its remaining force had not dissipated. The raging energy flowed down Xiong Ba's towering body and slammed fiercely into the ground beneath his feet.
The ground immediately split apart with cracking explosions. Violent saber qi burst outward, blasting huge slabs of stone from the earth and sending them rolling madly in every direction. The spectacle was immense.
"Ahhh—!"
"Ah—!"
A great number of nearby Heavenly Alliance members were instantly blown into the air by the saber qi, screaming miserably as they crashed to the ground with broken bones and torn tendons, coughing up blood.
Boom boom boom—
The ground repeatedly exploded under the bombardment of the force.
Amid the devastated battlefield, Jiang Dali and Xiong Ba stared directly into each other's eyes, sharp gleams flashing within them.
"Ugh, ahh!!"
Jiang Dali gripped the saber hilt and frantically drove his vital energy. Beneath his clothes, his bulging muscles contained an immense strength that could not be