Downs floated half-submerged in the water, covered in wounds, wheezing like a broken bellows.
He looked up at Lan Jinghe in the air, his eyes filled with terror.
They were both Second-Level Gods. How could the gap be so vast?
Elsewhere, Atticus and Vance were fighting until heaven and earth went dark.
Atticus stood twelve feet tall, clad in thick stone armor. His fists were like two millstones, each punch carrying the force of a collapsing mountain.
But Vance was even more unhinged.
His Thunder Armor War God Form was fully unleashed, pale blue lightning patterns crawling across his entire body.
He neither dodged nor evaded. For every punch Atticus landed, he returned an elbow.
He was trading injury for injury, pure and simple.
Bang!
Atticus slammed a fist into Vance's left shoulder. His thunder armor split, and his bones gave a muffled crack.
As if he felt nothing, Vance swung an elbow straight into Atticus's face.
With a sharp crack, Atticus's nose broke outright.
Blood and fragments of stone splattered everywhere.
"Aaargh!"
Atticus screamed and staggered back.
"Die!"
Vance roared, stomping heavily on the island.
Boom-
The entire island shuddered three times, and a ring of lightning exploded across the ground.
He charged again amid a skyful of blue lightning, hurtling forward like a cannonball fired from its barrel.
Close in. Crush!
Once Vance got within striking distance, fists, elbows, knees, and shoulders rained down in turn.
Every blow hammered a vital point. Every blow exploded with lightning power.
Atticus was driven back again and again, his stone armor shattering piece by piece.
He tried to put some distance between them, but Vance stuck to him like glue, giving him no chance.
"You bastard... have you got a death wish?!"
Atticus was both furious and terrified.
He had never