No one had expected that a powerhouse like Lin Shan would, when the enemy solemnly threw a punch, say nothing at all and simply pull out an axe and chop down. Seeing how Lin Shan's little axe swelled enormously with a shake in the wind, its imposing might made it obvious—this was a semi-divine artifact!
Only semi-divine artifacts, lacking spatial storage artifacts capable of holding them, could only be kept in one's sleeve. Moreover, this great axe could change size, a sign that it had already developed its own spirit. Clearly, this was indeed a semi-divine artifact.
Lin Shan had already been a cut above Puyu in strength, and while Puyu fought with his bare fists, Lin Shan wielded a semi-divine artifact axe! If two demigods fought fairly and one held a semi-divine artifact, he would practically possess the power to instantly kill his enemy—let alone Lin Shan, whose own strength far surpassed Puyu's.
Blood sprayed everywhere. One of Puyu's arms was cleaved off at the shoulder by Lin Shan. Puyu let out a miserable howl of pain, grabbed his severed arm with his other hand, turned, and fled. He escaped with astonishing speed. The three divine statues behind him sank into his body, while a blazing altar beneath his feet burned fiercely, carrying him toward the city outskirts like a fire cloud.
Without a word, Lin Shan gripped the huge axe—more than three meters long, its blade alone a full meter across—with both hands and charged out. The pitch-black axe became like a tornado, sweeping up countless shrill, crescent-shaped arcs of blade light. The largest Unicorn King Whale Folk was caught within the axe light. This high-level demigod Unicorn King Whale Folk swung a heavy anchor trailing a thick iron chain and smashed it down at Lin Shan with