Strike First, Adapt Later

Sagittarius Star Dragon's eyes turned cold.

There was no defense, only offense!

Flames burst beneath his feet, and he dashed forward instead of retreating, violently crashing right through the narrow gap between Ji Chi and Nangong Yi's pincers. The speed of this charge reached the absolute extreme, leaving only enough time for Ji Chi's lion claws and Nangong Yi's dragon fangs to graze his afterimage.

Who was his target?

Lan Muzi!

It was Lan Muzi again!

Sagittarius Star Dragon clearly locked onto the greatest threat among the four—not the heavily defended Ji Chi, not the explosive Zhuo Shi, but Lan Muzi, who possessed domain control.

As long as Lan Muzi was crippled, the True Yang Azure Wood Domain would crumble on its own, and the remaining three would be lambs waiting for slaughter.

His fist began gathering power mid-charge, the flames of his Hunting Fire Fist Strike shifting from crimson to blazing white, and then from blazing white to an eerie purple-red. The air in front of his fist was scorched and distorted by the intense heat, forming a ring of visible air lenses.

Facing this earth-shattering punch, Lan Muzi showed not a shred of fear in his eyes.

"Yin Error Yang Mistake!"

Fourth Soul Skill!

His figure underwent an eerie twist the instant the fist was about to make contact, his entire body seeming to transform into a formless light and shadow. Nudged gently by the flame shockwave on the fist, he drifted away like a falling leaf. Sagittarius Star Dragon's sure-kill punch struck empty air, the violent flames piercing through the afterimage left behind by Lan Muzi and exploding on the distant ground to blast a charred, deep crater tens of meters in diameter.

Capitalizing on momentum, Lan Muzi used the opponent's force against him, swinging the Yang