Xue Yin let out a furious roar.
His hair and beard flared wide, and his entire body stirred without wind.
The long saber in his hand rang and trembled as he slashed down with all his strength.
"Clang!"
Blade and halberd collided abruptly, erupting with a tremendous crash.
Vast force blasted outward in all directions.
Around the platform, even the Body Refining Martial Artists visibly changed expression.
The strike the two had unleashed was already capable of threatening Body Refining Martial Artists.
Lu Cheng felt both arms shudder, as if they had been struck by a ten-thousand-pound hammer. The long halberd in his hands nearly flew free.
Xue Yin was in even worse shape.
That slash had used a secret technique to drive all the blood and qi in his body, unleashing strength more than twice his own.
Yet Lu Cheng had blocked it.
Not only that, but the force transmitted through the saber surged wave upon wave, relentlessly battering his body.
Yet neither of them backed down. Instead, they drove their strength even harder.
After a brief deadlock, the platform beneath their feet suddenly trembled.
With a thunderous "Crack!", a fissure spread from its center.
Then came unceasing "Crackles" and "Creaks."
The fissure spread rapidly in every direction like a spiderweb.
The dozens of arm-thick wooden stakes beneath the platform split apart one after another. Finally, with a "Crash!", the platform collapsed with a roar.
Through the towering cloud of dust, two broken weapon fragments flew out.
One was Xue Yin's broken saber, the other Lu Cheng's iron halberd.
The two fragments spun as they shot into the air, then swiftly fell back down.
"Clang."
"Bang."
"..."
Everyone was so stunned by this sight that they forgot to speak.
Even the Body Refining Martial Artists fixed their eyes intently