Watching Ji Shui Bao flee, Yang Jian sneered. "Trying to run?" He swung the Three-pointed, double-edged halberd again. Golden light surged, instantly coalescing into a golden blade that stretched across heaven and earth. Yang Jian shouted, "Go!"
"Whoosh—" The enormous Golden Saber trailed a streak of golden light as it shot toward Ji Shui Bao overhead. Ji Shui Bao was startled and hurriedly spat out several icy water spheres, but Yang Jian's golden blade sliced them apart. It hadn't expected its opponent's attack to be so powerful. Before it could dodge, the blade struck its waist and hip.
Ji Shui Bao's body split in two, but its upper half hurtled toward Yang Jian. It raised its claws and struck hard, then immediately opened its mouth and breathed out another blast of cold air.
Yang Jian hadn't expected Ji Shui Bao to do that, but he didn't care. His figure twisted rapidly in midair, leaving golden afterimages as he charged at Ji Shui Bao and slammed both fists toward its head. The cold air enveloped him completely.
Yang Jian felt his fists were about to hit Ji Shui Bao, but, strangely, his opponent vanished. The seawater beneath him suddenly disappeared, replaced by surging flames. The cold air that had frozen everything transformed into a blazing inferno.
A wave of scorching heat rose within Yang Jian, as though his entire body were about to burn. Countless strands of fire elemental energy poured into his body and were absorbed by his flesh. Yang Jian knew this was the first step in body cultivation: absorbing the energy of heaven and earth to temper and transform the body.
He hadn't expected his body to absorb the energy of heaven and earth on its own. This energy drifted through the world, and, according to the Eight-Nine