Charles was startled by that perfectly chained punch!
Yet he still had no worries.
All his confidence came from this low-grade spirit artifact bestowed upon him by his father, the Emperor!
Even among the top geniuses present, only a select few possessed such an item!
As for the teams from weaker nations, even their leaders did not have spirit artifacts on them.
That alone showed just how rare spirit artifacts were.
And indeed, things unfolded exactly as Charles had expected.
When Ling Zhan's punch crashed heavily against the shield formed by the defensive spirit artifact...
Buzzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Other than the violent ripples produced by the terrifying force of the punch, there was not the slightest sign of cracking.
Ling Zhan raised an eyebrow slightly.
Then, amid the tide of flames, he prepared to raise his second fist!
"It's useless..."
"This guy's strength truly far exceeds anything we can comprehend, but a spirit artifact's defensive barrier cannot be broken through by sheer force alone."
In the distance, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox parted her red lips and gave her opinion.
Having been through it herself, she naturally knew just how terrifying Ling Zhan's physical strength was.
But even so, she still did not believe that this Freelancer could shatter a spirit artifact's defensive barrier through raw power alone!
Not just the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
Even the spectators had already concluded that Ling Zhan could do nothing to his opponent!
As for the geniuses being scorched by the waves of violet flame, crying out miserably in wretched disarray, they had no time to care about the conflict between the two sides.
They had to hurry and get the High Priests in their teams to heal them.
They had already developed an intensely wary fear of this prince from the Amethyst Empire.
Damn