With a boom, the Ironfeather King stamped down, and the impact spread out from him as its center. Su Xiao, who had just finished piercing through space, was forced back by the shockwave. The long blade that had been meant to pierce the Ironfeather King could only slash through empty air, sending out a Blade Glow.
With a brittle clang of metal, the hooked-blade spear swept the slash apart. The next moment, the Ironfeather King took a step back and gripped his spear with both hands, his eyes locked onto Su Xiao. The hooked-blade spear suddenly thrust forward.
The sheer ferocity of it made the hairs on Su Xiao's body stand on end. He absolutely couldn't retreat now. If he did... he would die!
The hooked-blade spear thrust out with a sonic boom louder than the muffled thunder in the sky.
'Blade Technique: Time.'
Boom!
Everything around them slowed down. Su Xiao no longer needed to stab his long blade into the ground to use Blade Technique: Time. That would leave him with a major opening. After his bitter training in the Land of All Living Beings, he only needed to hold the long blade horizontally before him.
The rapidly thrusting hooked-blade spear slowed abruptly upon entering the area affected by Time. Sensing this, the Ironfeather King immediately withdrew his spear, but he was 0.01 seconds too late. That was the opening.
Su Xiao charged forward two steps, leaving only two meters between him and the Ironfeather King. Although the hooked-blade spear was long, without releasing a spear aura, its actual range was only around three or four meters.
'Blade Technique: Extreme.'
The long blade chopped down. Left with no choice, the Ironfeather King drew back his spear to block.
Clang!
Sparks flew high into the air, and the Ironfeather