Watching the long spear made of Rock Element in Li Ang's hand, even Wu Zhangkong froze for a moment.
But Li Ang merely stared at the spear in his hand. As he poured his power into it, the connected points of light slowly brightened.
Once he had confirmed that the spear's structure was sound, Li Ang abruptly raised it, and power so terrifying it was almost beyond measure erupted from his body.
He took a single step, shattering the floor tiles beneath his feet, and shot straight toward Wu Zhangkong like a cannonball.
It all happened in a flash. Li Ang's speed was so astonishingly fast that even Wu Zhangkong instinctively failed to react in time.
By the time Wu Zhangkong came to his senses and prepared to defend himself, the terrifying wind of the spear was already right in front of him.
A terrifying aura burst from the Vortex Vanquisher Li Ang had conjured, as countless crystals of Rock Element gathered around it.
The terrifying thrust struck, followed at once by an explosion of Rock Element.
A sense of weight and violence crashed into him at the same time. Wu Zhangkong staggered backward and raised a hand. His third Soul Ring lit up, and the Frost Sword in his hand abruptly became a giant Frost Sword before crashing down.
Wu Zhangkong had been holding back, but when his Frost Sword slammed into Li Ang and failed to break even his first shield, his expression changed.
Just then, Li Ang slightly raised his hand, and the Rock Element filling the air around them began to condense into crystals.
As his gaze fell on Wu Zhangkong, countless Vortex Vanquishers slowly took shape.
Every one of them was solid, and each carried a terrifying power of Rock Element.
His mastery of Rock Element was terrifying in itself, but the most frightening thing was what Wu Zhangkong could clearly sense.
The longer Li Ang stood there, the more the surrounding Water Element—or, for that matter, the other elements—slowly disappeared. The whole area was becoming a zone where only Rock Element remained.
For Rock Element Soul Masters, this was a disaster, because they couldn't use Li Ang's Rock Element—or, more accurately, his Earth Element.
It was a disaster for other Soul Masters, too. With no other elements around, the area was effectively devoid of elements. To use their abilities, they could only burn through their own Soul Power.
"Good kid. What kind of Martial Soul do you have? The moment your Soul Skill activates, using my own Soul Skills costs me nearly five times as much Soul Power."
A rare note of surprise crept into Wu Zhangkong's voice, but Li Ang paid it no mind. His expression was calm. He had wanted to fight Teacher Wu for a long time.
Although Wu Zhangkong was already a Level 69 peak Soul Emperor, Li Ang believed that with his current three-ring strength, the powerful Geo Archon Rex Lapis Template, and the formidable nature of his Douluo-type Martial Soul, he was no pushover either.
As the spears of Rock Element rained down on him, Wu Zhangkong raised his hand. Frost gathered on the Frost Sword, and Frost Slash burst forth. The terrifying slash struck the Vortex Vanquishers; some shattered, while others held firm.
Each Vortex Vanquisher that shattered turned into a cross-shaped Rock Crystal where it fell.
The crystals shimmered faintly, then abruptly gathered into a gigantic hand of Rock Element, which came crashing down.
Wu Zhangkong raised his hand, and Frost gathered on the Frost Sword. Frost and Rock Element intertwined, and for a time, Wu Zhangkong suppressed the Rock Element so completely that it couldn't fight back.
But as the seconds passed, countless Rock Crystals gathered around them, slowly turning into sand.
The sand swirled around him. Li Ang's gaze remained calm from beginning to end.
He raised his hand once more and clenched his fist. Power so terrifying it was almost beyond measure burst forth.
The veins bulged along Li Ang's arm. He began unleashing the power he had kept bottled up all this time.
As the muscles and bones in his arm tensed, his build didn't change at all, but pale-yellow runes slowly appeared across his arm.
Once the power in his left arm was fully unsealed, Li Ang planted a foot on the ground and charged straight at Wu Zhangkong at an even faster, more ferocious speed.
At the sight of this, Wu Zhangkong froze for an instant, then abruptly raised the Frost Sword and drew on the surrounding frost, thrusting it straight at Li Ang. He meant to wound Li Ang first and make him calm down. Otherwise, he feared the kid might lose control completely.
But when Wu Zhangkong's strike came down, Li Ang didn't dodge at all. He even deactivated the Jade Shield around himself.
Seeing Li Ang leave his shield down, Wu Zhangkong froze for a moment. But when his gaze met Li Ang's, he found that the boy's eyes had changed completely.
The boy's black eyes, once calm as still water, had become deep-yellow slit pupils, filled with a terrifying pressure.
As Li Ang forcibly entered his third state, a terrifying punch came crashing down. The force was so great that even Wu Zhangkong was sent flying.
Feeling that domineering, almost unreasonable power, Wu Zhangkong's eyes flickered rapidly.
As the Vortex Vanquisher appeared in Li Ang's hand once more, even more terrifying power began to gather around him.
Runes covered Li Ang's body as he began to unleash his full strength. The air around them stirred faintly, and the elements churned across the sky.
At the sight of this, Wu Zhangkong's gaze sharpened to a rare degree. But in the next instant, Li Ang appeared out of nowhere from a Rock Crystal behind him, thrusting his spear forward.
The spear clashed with the Frost Sword, and a terrifying hum rang out. Wu Zhangkong was driven backward again and again.
Feeling the terrifying power erupting from the boy, Wu Zhangkong's eyes flickered slightly. A set of Two-Word Battle Armor suddenly appeared on his body.
The terrifying power of the Two-Word Battle Armor radiated outward, and Wu Zhangkong's aura began to climb rapidly.
Seeing Wu Zhangkong's aura reach its peak in an instant, Li Ang calmly stopped.
He could still fight Wu Zhangkong when he was a normal peak six-ring Soul Emperor, and with his various states, he could even wear him down one at a time.
But fighting a Wu Zhangkong with Two-Word Battle Armor, whose strength had reached Quasi-Spirit Douluo and who could even match a Titled Douluo? Come on, don't joke around with your big brother Li Ang.
His brain might not be wired to think things through, but he wasn't actually stupid. Fighting Wu Zhangkong in this state would be nothing but getting beaten to a pulp.
Ice crystals filled the air around them. Though no other elements had returned, it was clear that Li Ang had stopped fighting.
Wu Zhangkong's expression was complicated as he looked at Li Ang. He hadn't used his later, more powerful Soul Skills, but the terrifying physical strength Li Ang had displayed had still left him shaken.
Li Ang wasn't looking at him, though. He had lowered his head, pondering how to condense his various states.
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