The A-class player didn't answer him. After sending him flying with overwhelming force, he waved a hand, and the objects lining the nearby streets all rose into the air and shot toward him.
Xu Huo conjured several spatial barriers in midair. After blocking the attack, he shifted to the right, dodging the Spiritual Portal that appeared on his left. But he hadn't expected the old man's first portal to be a feint. The man himself was waiting on the right!
Both of them had opened their Spiritual Worlds. Amid the mingled mental forces, it was hard to say who was suppressing whom. It all came down to who could make better use of their Evolution powers.
They hadn't been far apart to begin with, and now that one was advancing while the other retreated, they collided in the blink of an eye. The old man stamped his foot, and the stone tiles beneath him immediately cracked and warped, stretching themselves into several sharp spikes that shot toward Xu Huo in the middle!
The black blade gleamed with a cold light. A sweep knocked away three spikes and opened a path. Xu Huo moved to the roof of a building five hundred meters away, but the instant his feet touched down, he abruptly stepped back, dodging the A-class player who had suddenly appeared in front of him.
But it was clear that retreating once wouldn't be enough to shake his opponent. The man was extremely fast, likely aided by an acceleration Artifact or Ability. His movements were almost too quick for the naked eye to follow. Yet Xu Huo spun in place and held the black blade upright before him!
"Clang!!!" The two weapons collided with a thin metallic ring. Xu Huo was outmatched in strength, and under their forceful clash,