Levels

The air shrieked, the ground trembled, and the patterns of light across the energy barrier flashed violently. The Divine Intent Grandmasters in the spectator area all sensed a fierce disturbance in the rules.

Qin Wu's fingers resting on the conference table tightened slightly. This level of Calming the Storm had already exceeded everything he knew of Wang Shuang.

Wang Shuang was fighting desperately, attacking in a manner that nearly burned the rules themselves. He knew what that meant. Wang Shuang no longer cared about victory or defeat. She wanted only an answer.

What happened next silenced every Divine Intent Grandmaster watching.

Meng Qingqiu's hands tightened slightly around her vine staff, and a sharp gleam flashed through her aged eyes.

In the combat zone, Wang Shuang struck with another palm. This strike gathered all the power of her rules. Wherever its edge passed, the air was shredded into fragments and space twisted faintly.

She charged straight at Xu Wuyi and drove her palm toward his chest.

Xu Wuyi did not block.

He shifted his body slightly to one side, letting the edge of Wang Shuang's palm graze past his chest. His right hand caught her wrist and gently guided it along the direction of her charge.

His left hand shoved against her back. Wang Shuang was redirected, staggering several steps forward.

Flowing Deflection.

Wang Shuang forcibly twisted herself around in midair, kicked off the energy barrier with both feet, and used the recoil to charge at Xu Wuyi again.

Both palms shot out. Her left palm struck toward Xu Wuyi's head, while her right palm targeted his ribs.

Xu Wuyi leaned back slightly, avoiding the left palm. His right leg rose, his knee knocked aside the right palm, and both strikes missed. His body sprang back from its backward lean, and