Overwhelming Force

"Pfft—!" Wu Lei's eyes bulged as he sprayed a mouthful of scalding blood. The clear crack of breaking bones came from his chest. His already injured body was flung backward like a tattered sack, crashing heavily onto the arena floor seven or eight meters away. He struggled twice but was unable to get back up for the moment.

On the other side, Zhao Mang's rock fists were less than three feet from Li Longyue's waist and ribs! The force of the punch whipped up the hem of Li Longyue's clothes. Yet a battle halberd, dark gold from end to end and with its blade flowing with blazing golden-red light, seemed to have been waiting there all along, steadily blocking the pair of heavy rock fists.

Clang—!!!

The piercing clash of metal and stone nearly tore through everyone's eardrums! Sparks scattered where the halberd blade collided with the rock fists. Zhao Mang felt an incomparably sharp force, hot as molten lava, travel through the weapon. Even his Rock Skin let out an overwhelmed crack.

Li Xuanshu held the halberd in one hand, his body as steady as a boulder, a faint smile at the corner of his lips. "Your strength is indeed impressive. To launch an attack like this while injured... unfortunately, this is as far as you go." With a sudden flick of his wrist, the Sky Phoenix Halberd spun like a living creature. Its blade traced a perfect golden-red arc as his second soul ring glowed yellow. "Second Soul Skill: Sky Phoenix Whirling Slash!"

A spiraling tearing force traveled through the halberd blade into Zhao Mang's fists! His hard Rock Skin was like stone being ground down by a high-speed whetstone. Rock fragments flew as two wounds deep enough to expose bone appeared instantly! Blazing Soul Power also invaded