"Looking Northwest!" Li Bufan changed his blade stance, and his long saber transformed into a towering sea of fire. Crimson flames blanketed the heavens and covered the earth as they surged toward Gu Moxie.
Within the sea of fire, dragons and tigers coiled, fire lotuses bloomed, and countless strange phenomena unfolded.
"Eight Desolations Blazing Fire!"
Eight clusters of blazing flames emerged around Gu Moxie as well. Each was a different color—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and black—corresponding respectively to eight distinct fire attributes.
He gathered those flames at the sword tip and thrust out. His sword collided with Li Bufan's sea of fire.
Blade and sword met, and their manifestations clashed as well.
The sea of fire and the blazing flames devoured and burned one another, producing a continuous sizzling hiss.
Gu Moxie's flames were incomparably hot; even Li Bufan's sea of fire could not suppress them.
Those eight clusters of flame were like eight suns, radiating astonishing heat and boiling Li Bufan's sea of fire away in constant evaporation.
What fine swordsmanship! What fine blade arts! Both men praised the other in their hearts at the same time.
"Again! Kill Break Wolf!" Li Bufan changed his blade stance once more. The golden saber carried peerless sharpness as it slashed out, its golden light transforming into an enormous blade aura that cleaved straight at Gu Moxie.
"Sky-Rending Prison Break!"
Gu Moxie also went all out. A black lightning sword condensed in his palm, and with a thrust, black lightning tore through the sky and collided with the golden blade aura.
A piercing sound rang out above Hundred Battles Peak, like the toll of a temple bell, lingering without end.
The sound was sharp and drawn-out, making ears ache as it echoed between the peaks and startled countless roosting