At the very center of Atos Island, the rocky platform stretched over a thousand meters in diameter. It looked empty, but countless dead trees towered around its perimeter. Each was over thirty meters tall, their withered branches tangled together into an impenetrable mass.
Seen from above, the trees formed a thick circular wooden wall around the rocky platform, making the place no longer seem empty. At this moment, it was the battlefield for the decisive fight.
Boom.
Blood energy collided with golden-black energy. Each occupied half the battlefield, eroding the other as they pressed against the surrounding circular wall of trees, making it creak and groan.
A bolt of golden lightning struck down onto a dead branch atop the wooden wall. No one knew what kind of trees these were. Even after dying, they were somehow unafraid of golden lightning. On top of that, wood did not conduct electricity, so the golden lightning remained there before gradually dissipating.
Su Xiao stood within the blood energy. The clash between their auras made him feel as though a barrier were pressing toward him from ahead at all times. If his aura retreated even slightly, he would be suppressed by his enemy's aura and lose the initiative. From then on, he would be beaten down for the entire battle.
A hundred meters away, Kingsley stood before the Pillar of Blazing Sun. His slicked-back hairstyle remained intact, but the light had faded from his eyes. Golden threadworms swirled in rings within his pupils.
With a tearing sound, the clothing over Kingsley's shoulders split apart. Thick black tentacles emerged, each as thick as a pinky and over five meters long. Their tips were slender, and their surfaces were covered in fine black scales. These tentacles, which radiated power at a glance, twisted and writhed.
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