Gongxi Chou held a strangely shaped Twin Crescent Serpent Halberd in one hand. The halberd was dark green all over, its tip shaped like a serpent's head and a red tassel tied beneath it. Fine, delicate scales covered the shaft. At first glance, it looked just like a giant dark-green python.
He slammed the halberd's shaft into the ground.
The motion looked effortless, yet the shaft sank several inches into the soil. From that point, web-like cracks spread in every direction.
The young man had a youthful face, his soaring brows brimming with confidence and vigor. His aura surged outward, and in that instant, even the soldiers atop the distant city wall felt a bone-deep chill, as if a venomous snake with its head held high were staring at their vulnerable throats!
"Since you refuse to surrender, come down and fight!"
Beneath the city wall, Gongxi Chou sat astride his warhorse.
His tall frame stood quietly beneath the brilliant light slanting down from the sky, a hazy glow enveloping him. On the wall and below it, more than twenty thousand people made not a sound. Silence reigned, broken only by the biting wind and the snapping banners.
He raised his head with confidence, his gaze blazing, and pointed his serpent halberd at the Martial Gall Warrior leading the defenders. His every movement was a blatant provocation.
The leading Martial Gall Warrior's expression was grave.
It wasn't that he didn't want to leap down and fight the young man to his heart's content. He couldn't. Though all they'd done was meet each other's gaze, their invisible auras had already begun clashing. Unlike Gongxi Chou, who seemed completely at ease, he felt a vast, tide-like pressure bearing down on him!
In his eyes, Gongxi Chou was no longer a man!
He was