The moment Taotie spoke, silence fell before the observation window.
Qiongqi slapped a hand to his own mask, screaming inwardly, We're doomed.
The next instant, Taowu moved!
His short, three-foot body shot forth like a cannonball, smashing viciously toward Taotie's face!
The latter was still reveling in the satisfaction of having won the verbal exchange, completely unprepared.
Caught off guard by the blow, he was instantly knocked to the ground and struggled to rise.
"I told you, my instincts are never wrong!!"
Taowu's crazed roar echoed before the observation window.
Dark matter of indiscernible composition seeped from Taowu's body, which stood less than three feet tall, rapidly forming all manner of bizarre, razor-sharp weapons.
At Taowu's pressing gesture, they all aimed themselves at Taotie, as though they could fire out at any moment and tear their target to pieces!
"Maniac!" Taotie cursed, finally realizing his disadvantage.
He immediately raised a thick palm and slammed it hard against the floor beneath him.
Ripples of light spread across the alloy deck plating, temporarily disrupting the gravity formation that had been operating soundlessly at all times.
For a brief moment, the entire area before the observation window became weightless.
Though it lasted only a short time, it was enough for Taotie to break free of the suppression and reverse his disadvantage.
His round, plump body suddenly shrank as though a ball had sprung a leak, slipping out from beneath Taowu's legs with a whoosh.
After putting some distance between them, he expanded back to normal—and was a full size larger than before.
With a flick of both hands, a pair of long-handled bronze hammers appeared, their heads as large as pumpkins!
They crashed together with a thunderous boom, making everyone's scalp tingle!
Where the sound waves passed, the airflow was thrown into chaos.