The bright moon sank in the west.
The night was deep.
On the Five Swords Sect's plaza.
The clash of blades and the cries of battle rang out without end.
The Five Swords Sect's Supreme Elder watched Jiang Ning's fist erupt with five-colored radiance, and his scalp instantly went numb.
What he saw was not a fist, but a great wheel that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, descending upon him.
Beneath that wheel, his body was suppressed, unable to move, as though he had fallen into a mire.
"Break—"
He let out a silent roar, his will breaking through the pressure of the fist intent.
He roared aloud, eyes blazing wide with fury, his silver hair flying wildly, madness written across his face.
The fingers of his outstretched palm spread taut like sinews, forcibly lengthening by an inch. Having reached their limit, they suddenly drew back and formed a fist with all five fingers clenched together.
Boom—
Fist met fist, and a thunderous blast rang out in an instant.
At the moment of that head-on collision, the Five Swords Sect elder immediately felt an uncanny force pierce through his entire body. His blood and qi, true essence, physical force, and every other tangible or intangible power within him all fell silent, as though suppressed by some force.
Then, a vast power surged from the fist through his entire body.
Under that crushing force, sprays of blood burst from his arm.
His eyes seemed to be squeezed by the force as well, bulging outward, and terror filled his heart.
Earthborne Grandmasters underwent blood replacement and transformation by borrowing the spiritual substances left within heavenly treasures in secret realms and grotto-heavens.
The greatest improvements brought by this kind of Grandmaster lay in the strength of the physical body and