"Bang..." Amid the flying sparks, Chen Rui's body flipped backward through the air. The flame-wreathed figure opposite him did not halt its assault because of that punch, instead unleashing an intense blaze that swept toward him. Though Chen Rui had lost his balance, he had not lost his composure. With a wave of his hand, an invisible force diverted the flames, sending them instead at a streak of lightning flying in from the side.
The lightning bolt abruptly veered away, evading the flames at extreme speed before charging at him from another direction. Chen Rui had no time to react. He crossed his arms and assumed a defensive stance.
The next instant, a powerful impact slammed into him. Propelled by the force of acceleration, his floating body was sent flying backward again. Amid the flickering lightning, waves of fierce electric power coursed through his entire body, numbing both flesh and soul. Without thinking, he thrust both hands outward, blasting away the figure within the lightning—only to discover that the surrounding temperature had suddenly turned incomparably frigid. Before his body had fully shaken off the numbness, it was seized by another cold, deadening stiffness, and his movements inevitably slowed.
In that moment of sluggishness, the six figures that had originally surrounded him reappeared around him. He could no longer use skirmishing tactics to pick them off one by one. All six figures unleashed tremendous energy at once, and the various colors swiftly merged into one. The entire space seemed to solidify as the pressure grew ever stronger, like a continuously shrinking box that sought to crush Chen Rui, who had nowhere to flee, into powder.
Chen Rui clearly sensed the terrifying danger. A dazzling radiance immediately burst from his body, and constellations of all shapes appeared around him, contending against the