"Ah!"
Xiao Kui screamed, blood spraying.
Fang Han twisted his wrist. His sword edge churned through the wound in Xiao Kui's shoulder, widening it by three inches.
Xiao Kui slumped against the stone wall, unable to move.
His sinister triangular eyes rolled back, and foamy blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly!
The Xiao Family Patriarch arrived with a piercing howl!
His gaunt figure appeared above Fang Han, and he struck down with his palm.
This strike was fiercer and more vicious than the last!
Chilling Force Qi rode the palm wind, aimed straight at the crown of Fang Han's head!
Fang Han raised his sword to block. Blade met palm force with a muffled, thunderous boom.
The stone slabs beneath his feet shattered. His feet sank three inches into the ground, rubble swallowing his legs up to the calves.
The Xiao Family Patriarch used the impact to drift back, flipped through the air, and landed steadily.
But he no longer looked as composed as before. Weariness showed on his aged face, his chest rose and fell faster, and sweat glimmered faintly at his temples.
Fang Han wrenched his feet free of the rubble, leaped out, and swept his sword across. Its gleam streaked toward Xiao Qian like an unrolled bolt of silk.
Xiao Qian pressed his palms together, trapping the blade. His dark-red palm force met the Force Qi coating it with a sizzling hiss.
For a moment, neither gave ground.
Fang Han twisted his wrist. The blade spun, shredded the Force Qi in Xiao Qian's palms, and carved a deeper gash between them.
"Ah!" Xiao Qian grunted and pulled his hands back as he retreated.
Fang Han pressed after him. He launched into the Seven Star Steps and flashed before Xiao Qian like a ghost.
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