"Perfect!"
As he watched the Earth King charge toward him in a blaze of fire, crushing grass and trees along the way, Bai Shu not only failed to retreat, but a flash of excitement flickered through his eyes.
"Earth Wall!"
The moment the words fell, the Chaos Green Lotus floating in his hand swayed gently. Beneath the lotus, the yellow-brown leaf symbolizing the earth element glowed faintly, and a heavy, dusky-yellow halo spread outward.
Rumble!
A muffled roar came from underground. The soil before the Earth King abruptly churned and rose, transforming in the blink of an eye into a massive earthen wall two meters thick and nearly five meters high, blocking its direct path of charge.
The wall rose too quickly, and the distance between them was too short. Though the Earth King saw the obstacle suddenly erupting from the ground, it was charging at full speed and had no time to halt its momentum, crashing headfirst into it.
Boom!
A deafening blast exploded through the forest.
The shockwave swept outward, making the thinner nearby trees sway violently as countless branches and leaves fluttered down.
The thick earthen wall was instantly covered in cracks before collapsing with a roar. Dust billowed into the air, completely swallowing the Earth King's figure.
A temporary earthen wall alone naturally could not truly injure the shell-covered Earth King, but it did interrupt its charge.
However, while the opponent had stopped, Bai Shu would not. Since he had made his move, he naturally could not give it a chance to catch its breath. Runes flickered in his cyan-gold eyes, instantly piercing through the swirling dust and taking in every movement of energy within.
A blazing mass of energy outlined in the shape of a giant scorpion appeared clearly in his vision.
That mass of