When Metal Star returned to her goddess form, Matsya's injuries had also recovered by more than half under the mysteries of creation Yu Chen had left behind.
He reached into his divine domain and jerked upward. The divine power usually scattered throughout the domain, fused into vapor and dark clouds, suddenly converged toward Matsya's palm. Amid flashes of lightning, it condensed into a three-foot Chaos Treasure Hammer.
This Chaos Hammer condensed from the divine domain had a somewhat short handle and a head nearly the size of a watermelon. Its surface was covered in cloud patterns and water sigils, with lightning talismans concealed within.
As Matsya swung it, it whipped up gale winds, dark clouds, lightning, and thunderclaps. His gradually collapsing divine domain transformed into wave after wave, following the Chaos Hammer as it met the vajra pestle the Golden-Winged Great Peng had unleashed once more.
With a piercing boom, the vajra pestle and Chaos Hammer separated the instant they struck. The terrifying force drove Matsya back half a step, and his wrist flickered, revealing bones within that seemed forged from gold and iron.
A clear notch had also appeared on the Chaos Hammer's surface. Evidently, it had come off slightly worse in its clash with the vajra pestle.
As for the unheld vajra pestle, it was blasted hundreds of meters away before slowing down. At the Golden-Winged Great Peng's summons, it transformed back into a streak of lightning and returned to his hand.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Chaos Hammer in Matsya's hand absorbed the surrounding moisture and dark clouds, rapidly restoring itself.
The Golden-Winged Great Peng's expression grew somewhat grave. The surrounding void had already stabilized beneath the earlier divine light and could withstand a battle between him and Matsya.
Yet this situation only made the Golden-Winged