No probing, no reserves—only the most direct head-on clash!
No one knew who moved first, but Solam and Huo Keduo collided like sparks striking the earth.
The whirlwind stirred up by Huo Keduo's axe blade carved crisscrossing fissures into the ground. Solam refused to yield; scarlet flames blazed from his body with dazzling red light as the warhammer in his hand, crackling with destructive lightning, smashed fiercely into Huo Keduo's battle axe.
The clash between the battle axe and warhammer shone so brightly that nearly everyone watching could barely keep their footing.
Clang!
Before the aftershock of the first clash had subsided, the second arrived.
With a thunderous boom, Huo Keduo's battle axe came slashing down from above. Solam, whose body was small compared to Huo Keduo's, did not retreat. Instead, he raised his warhammer vertically over his head to meet it!
Clang!
At once, visible sound waves distorted the air. The surrounding atmosphere was squeezed and ravaged before turning into torrents that surged in every direction!
This time, both men were thrown back. The enormous impact directly knocked down those closest to the duel, while those farther away were left with an incessant buzzing in their heads.
Before the lingering echoes of the shockwave had faded, the two charged at each other again, weapons raised!
This time, Solam drew his battle axe.
Clang!
The metallic hum rang out once more, even more deafening than before. The two battle axes were locked in another deadlock!
Whoosh!
But at that moment, Solam's warhammer moved! It was not aimed at Huo Keduo's body, but at his own battle axe!
Like hammering in a nail, Solam viciously struck his own battle axe. (Solam's battle axe was single-edged, with a row of armor-piercing spikes on the other side.)
In an instant, the power of