The man called Wu Shentong still wore an expressionless face. He said calmly, "You can leave if you want, but leave the [Soul Severing Spear] and [Thunderclap Saber] behind!"
"Dream on!" Li Ciyou said coldly. "Wu Shentong, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're Qing Province's number one martial artist. Now that I have the [Soul Severing Spear], you may not be able to keep me here!"
"Hahaha!" Wu Shentong burst into laughter. "Then let me see how much you've improved over the years, Li Ciyou!"
In an instant, darkness swallowed the sky above Wanlin Prefecture City, and loud booms rang out without end.
The two fought from the air straight up above the clouds. For a time, streaks of light scattered across the heavens, which shuddered without pause.
No one could make out what was happening in the sky.
But the violent tremors, along with the blasts and thunderous booms that kept erupting, rang down from above the clouds, filling the mortals and martial artists throughout the city with nameless dread!
The weather above Wanlin Prefecture swung between clear and overcast. Only the boundless gale kept growing fiercer, buffeting countless buildings until they teetered on the verge of collapse, as if a natural disaster had struck!
The battle didn't last long. The heart-stopping celestial upheaval subsided after only a short while.
From the distant heights came Li Ciyou's furious roar. "Wu Shentong, I, Li Ciyou, will never let you get away with today's humiliation!"
Everyone saw a streak of blood-red light tear across the sky, then vanish from sight.
A second figure flashed away moments later, disappearing without a trace.
At last, this long and arduous battle came to an end.
At that moment, in a secluded mountain hollow, Lu Yang held the unconscious Huang Jiang in