Battle Against a Tier Four!

Besides, the Water of Life was her lifeblood, the fruit of her labor and that of countless colleagues, a hope that could change humanity's fate! How could she possibly hand it over to someone like this?

"You wish!" Though Xia He was terrified, the stubbornness in her bones was stirred instead. She straightened her trembling back and gritted out,

"Li Qiang, do you know what the Water of Life represents? It's top-secret! If you dare steal it, you'll be making an enemy of the entire Dragon Nation!"

"Dragon Nation?" Li Qiang sneered and shook his head.

"Miss Xia, you're too naive. Here in the Wilderness, in a base city far from the central authorities, fists are the greatest law. Dragon Nation? The emperor is far away. Besides, the person who paid me to stop you... hehe, they have quite the background. Enough nonsense. Will you hand it over or not?"

His final words suddenly turned cold. A terrifying pressure, heavy as a mountain, swept toward Lin Ming and Xia He like an invisible tide!

It was the dual oppression of a Tier Four expert's spirit and blood vitality! Xia He's breathing instantly hitched, as though a boulder had been placed on her chest. Her vision darkened, and she nearly collapsed.

Yet Lin Ming, standing before her, did not move in the slightest. Even the corner of his clothes did not flutter.

When that terrifying pressure reached within three meters of him, it seemed to strike an invisible wall of even denser, harder force and was silently dissolved.

The surprise in Li Qiang's eyes deepened. To so easily dispel his oppressive aura, this kid... was indeed not simple. No wonder he had fought his way here.

Lin Ming slowly raised his head and met Li Qiang's gaze. His eyes remained calm, even carrying a hint of... indifference.

"My apologies." Lin Ming's voice was not loud, yet it clearly pierced through the Wilderness wind and reached Li Qiang's ears. "When I give my word, I keep it. Since I promised to escort her back, I'll see it through."

He paused, glanced at Xia He, whose face was pale but who still forced herself to stand straight, then added in a tone as calm as if he were stating a fact,

"As for the Water of Life... hm, it did taste pretty good."

Boom!!!

The composure and amusement on Li Qiang's face vanished without a trace!

They were replaced by stunned disbelief, followed by rage erupting like a volcano!

"You drank it?!" Li Qiang's voice warped slightly from extreme fury, and killing intent burst from his eyes almost tangibly.

"You fucking drank the Water of Life?! What a waste of a heavenly treasure! Do you know what that was?! It was an invaluable treasure! The key to changing one's destiny! You actually... actually drank it like water?!"

He was practically going mad! His greatest objective in waiting here had been the Water of Life on Xia He!

A single drop of that stuff was enough to make countless Tier Four and even Fifth Tier experts fight to the death!

It was a peerless treasure that could raise his strength to the next level and even let him glimpse a higher realm! But now, this ignorant brat was telling him... that he had drunk it?!

And from the sound of it, he had drunk more than one drop?! Had he used it as a beverage to quench his thirst?!

Unforgivable! Absolutely unforgivable!

"You little bastard! You're courting death!!!"

Li Qiang completely lost his patience and dropped all pretense as his violent blood vitality erupted.

His moon-white combat uniform fluttered without wind, snapping loudly! He stomped down, and a shallow crater exploded into the hard ground beneath his feet!

He shot forward like a cannonball, crossing hundreds of meters in an instant amid piercing air-tearing shrieks and overwhelming killing intent. The silver-gray spear in his hand became a gray bolt of lightning that seemed to tear apart heaven and earth, stabbing straight toward Lin Ming's forehead with terrifying force capable of piercing anything!

Seven Soul-Severing Forms—First Form, Soul-Chasing!

This spear strike was fast, fierce, and precise! It contained Li Qiang's powerful Tier Four, Second Level blood vitality and his lifelong understanding of the spear!

The air tore apart wherever the spear tip passed, releasing a shrill howl and leaving behind a lingering gray trail! He wanted to nail this suicidal brat who had wasted such a priceless treasure to the Wilderness with a single strike!

Facing this horrifying spear strike, enough to instantly kill any Third Tier martial artist and even grievously wound an ordinary Tier Four expert, Xia He shut her eyes in terror, her heart turning cold.

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It's over... How could Lin Ming possibly block an enraged strike from a Tier Four expert?

Yet Lin Ming moved.

Just before the spear tip reached him, he stepped with Dragon Roaming Step and slid half a step to the left like a ghost.

He did not retreat. He shifted sideways, narrowly evading the spear tip's most devastating edge.

At the same time, the Silver Frost Spear in his hand moved.

There was no earth-shattering spectacle, no flashy variation. Just the simplest and most direct upward sweep.

Dark golden blood vitality instantly covered the silver-white spear shaft. Faint phantoms of dragons and elephants roared around it, while a trace of savage aura that made souls tremble coiled about it!

The spear tip struck the midpoint of Li Qiang's silver-gray spear shaft with incomparable precision—a node where power flowed through!

Clang!!!

The deafening clash of metal rang out across the wasteland like thunder exploding from level ground! Violent shockwaves burst from the point where the two spears collided, sweeping up dirt and shattered stones into the air!

Li Qiang's expression changed sharply! His strike felt as though it had stabbed into a moving mountain! No, not a mountain, but a force denser, heavier, and more... vicious than any mountain!

An unimaginable recoil, condensed to the extreme, traveled up the spear shaft and numbed his arm, sending his blood vitality churning!

An icy, bone-piercing savage aura also invaded through the spear shaft, making his mind tremble slightly!

How is this possible?! Li Qiang was horrified. How could his strength be so dense and heavy? And that savage aura... just how many people has this kid killed?!

Before he could think further, Lin Ming's second spear shot toward him like a venomous dragon leaving its lair!

A point of dazzling cold starlight condensed on the spear tip, carrying the terrifying intent of splitting mountains and tearing through the void—Heaven-Splitting Three Forms, Mountain Splitter! Spear intent!

"Bold!" Li Qiang roared as he drew back his spear to block. He was, after all, a Tier Four expert with extensive combat experience. He adjusted instantly, and his silver-gray spear transformed into a sheet of gray afterimages as he tried to seal off Lin Ming's assault.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang—!!!

The dense metallic clashes came in a barrage so rapid it made one's scalp tingle, like beans bursting in a pan! The two figures crossed and collided at high speed over the wasteland!

Silver-white and silver-gray spear shadows intertwined into a dazzling sphere of light. Terrifying force kept exploding outward, plowing the surrounding ground into ruin as grass fragments flew and gravel shot in every direction!

Xia He had already retreated far away, hiding behind the wrecked off-road vehicle as she stared wide-eyed at this battle far beyond her comprehension.

She had thought Lin Ming would be instantly defeated by Li Qiang, but the sight before her nearly stopped her mind from functioning.

Lin Ming... was actually fighting the "Soul-Severing Spear," Li Qiang, a Tier Four, Second Level expert, blow for blow?! He even... seemed to hold the upper hand?!

No, it was not an even fight! It was suppression!

In the field, Lin Ming's spear technique was simple, ruthless, and efficient! Every strike carried a terrifying intent capable of splitting mountains, shattering rocks, and dividing rivers, while his speed was astonishingly fast!

Combined with his ghostly Dragon Roaming Step, he forced Li Qiang back step by step, leaving him only able to defend with scarcely any chance to counterattack!

The dark golden blood vitality around Lin Ming grew stronger and stronger, and that savage fighting intent became ever more intense, as though he grew stronger the longer he fought!

Li Qiang, on the other hand, had gone from anger and disdain at the start to shock and frustration.

His Seven Soul-Severing Forms were exquisite and ruthless, his spear striking to chase souls, yet before Lin Ming's more domineering, more profound spear technique—which seemed to faintly touch upon a certain "Dao"—he was restrained at every turn!

His opponent's spear always accurately found the gaps between his transitions or the weakest points of his force, forcing him to change moves and defend.

More terrifying still, the opponent's strength and the density of his blood vitality far surpassed those of others at the same level and did not even lose to Li Qiang, a Tier Four, Second Level expert! And that savage aura kept eroding his mind, leaving him agitated and unsettled.

What kind of monster is this kid?! The longer Li Qiang fought, the more alarmed he became, and the more terrified he grew.

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