Bang, bang, bang!
Meng Chuan's fighting technique was far more refined. Though his blows seemed wild, every crushing strike, hammer blow, block, and grab landed exactly where it needed to.
His fists howled like wailing ghosts, making heaven and earth hum.
Both fighters favored brute force. Every collision sent waves of air bursting outward, as though the entire world were collapsing.
They wielded the power of the Dao, each punch striking flesh.
As time passed, Xie Bounuo's use of his various Dao principles grew increasingly seamless. He also fully absorbed the insights into the boiling erosion Dao principle he had just gained in the Fire Crystal Cave.
A flicker of excitement rose in his heart. The giant crab behind him abruptly hoisted the Eternal Cauldron, and a world-overturning force erupted from within it, crashing straight toward Meng Chuan.
An indescribable pressure descended. The blazing golden flames around Meng Chuan were instantly crushed and scattered.
As he focused his mind, he suddenly found his vision plunged into darkness. The terrifying, explosive might of the enormous cauldron blotted out everything overhead.
"This is the strongest Dao technique I know. If you can withstand it, I'll admit defeat."
Having unleashed that strike, Xie Bounuo was exhausted too. Sweat poured from his skin as he spoke between gasps.
This Dao technique combined everything he had learned throughout his life, perfectly integrating all his power into the great Dao of fire to manifest the Bronze and Fire Eternal Cauldron and crush everything beneath it.
Further development would allow it to draw in all things in the universe, just like the Eternal Cauldron itself. That required cultivation of the Gravitational Dao Principle, which Xie Bounuo had yet to explore.
But this was already enough. He had pushed the power of Eternal Cauldron Suppression to its limit.