Boom—!
The instant fist and claw collided, an ear-piercing sound of metal tearing apart exploded across the sky.
Xia Ming's right fist, and even his entire arm, were ripped open by those ten golden claw blades, leaving several bone-deep wounds!
His whole body flew backward several hundred meters as though struck by a mountain. His aura abruptly weakened, and his face turned slightly pale.
Taking the Sky-Rending Claw head-on had ultimately been too much of a strain.
However.
Before he could even steady himself, brilliant light suddenly erupted from deep within his Right Leg Bone!
Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone passive skill—Indomitable Fighting Spirit!
The heavier the injury, the faster the recovery, while all attributes rose accordingly!
The searing pain had yet to fade, but power was already surging through his body like a tidal wave.
"Just as I thought..." Xia Ming steadied himself in midair, lowered his gaze to his blood-soaked right arm, and murmured,
"In terms of physical strength alone, I still can't withstand Xiong Jun."
His current level of strength had indeed surpassed Xiong Jun's.
But the power of an attack had never been determined by strength alone.
The Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear's terrifying claws, born from its bloodline and seemingly capable of tearing apart the laws themselves, were Xiong Jun's true foundation for standing at the pinnacle of the Beast Lords.
"But that's all there is to it."
Xia Ming raised his eyes, a strange curve lifting at the corner of his lips.
Before his words had even faded, the Soul Rings around him suddenly lit up.
His blood-red sixth Soul Ring, obtained from the three-hundred-thousand-year Scarlet King and wrapped in three golden patterns, blazed brilliantly!
"Sixth Soul Skill—Sky-Winged Lion King Demon-Breaking Fist!"
This was the first truly offensive active Soul Skill he had obtained.
All his