Wen Xuan raised a hand and made a grasping motion toward the air.
In an instant, a blur swept over and landed in his hand—it was the ten-foot stone staff.
Then, the stone staff rapidly expanded, transforming into a colossal pillar a thousand zhang long.
Wen Xuan's hands enlarged along with it.
The thousand-zhang pillar, forty or fifty zhang in diameter, was held in Wen Xuan's single hand.
The entire sight looked exceedingly bizarre.
It was like an ant growing a pair of jaws countless times larger than its own body, clamping onto a living person with effortless ease.
Wen Xuan moved, charging at Ying Wu.
At the same time, he raised the colossal pillar high and smashed it down.
Rather than being alarmed, Ying Wu's eyes lit up.
"Eh! This is rather interesting."
The Azure Luan Sword soared into the sky, transforming once more into a great azure bird as it met the incoming pillar.
Boom—
The instant the azure bird collided with the colossal pillar, a heaven-shaking roar erupted, accompanied by a dazzling blaze of light.
The crimson runes on the pillar flared brightly as it continued pressing down with the force to crush all in its path.
The azure bird let out a shrill cry of anguish, then abruptly vanished, returning to its sword form and flying backward.
"With Wen Xuan's full strength supporting it, this thing's power has indeed increased considerably."
As Ying Wu murmured to herself, the ape-bodied, snake-headed monster had already met the colossal pillar head-on.
The monster's tentacle, like a thick, massive whip, lashed fiercely at the pillar.
Crack!
The moment the tentacle struck the colossal pillar, it abruptly shattered, turning into a skyful of shredded flesh and bloody mist.
The colossal pillar, meanwhile, was sent flying backward by the blow.
But Wen