Zhou Ming struck again.
On the blade of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, the killing aura forged from insights gained over countless eons was purer and more restrained than it had been when he cleaved heaven and earth.
A flash of axe light shot straight toward Yang Mei's face.
Faced with a blow powerful enough to sever karma, Yang Mei advanced instead of retreating. For the first time, confidence enough to rival Zhou Ming's appeared on his aged face.
Boom!
The axe light collided head-on with the Domain-Crossing Divine Shuttle. This time, Yang Mei did not retreat.
Power at the Hunyuan Infinite Peak poured out, allowing him to withstand the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe's blow by force.
He immediately struck back with his palm. Space Law intertwined with the rules of karma, forming a violet-green beam that blasted toward Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming did not move.
Beneath his feet, the Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus, already battered by the self-destruction of thousands of Devil Gods, burst into brilliant green light once more.
Phantom lotus leaves layered over one another, forming a flawless barrier before him and sheltering him within.
The green beam slammed into the lotus barrier.
The lotus shook violently. The cracks already running through its leaves deepened under the blow, but it ultimately blocked the violent force completely.
One focused on attack, the other on defense.
One wielded fierce axe light that could cleave heaven and earth.
The other wielded uncanny powers entwined with karma.
The battle fell into a strange stalemate once more.
Zhou Ming calmly blocked every attack Yang Mei launched with the Chaos Green Lotus. The Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus's defense remained unbreakable.
But whenever Zhou Ming counterattacked, Yang Mei had to give everything he had and draw on the support of the hundreds of surviving