Just then, the second brother attacked from the flank, his foreclaws whistling sharply through the air as they clamped viciously toward Ning Chen's waist.
Ning Chen neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the pair of foreclaws capable of crushing rock to clamp down hard around his waist.
Clang!
With a dull impact, the second brother's foreclaws clamped squarely onto the Nine Treasures Invincible Robe.
Yet the mountain-patterned robe, shimmering with nine-colored radiance, merely rippled slightly before bearing the blow with ease. Not even a scratch remained.
A trace of astonishment clearly surfaced in the second brother's dark green compound eyes. His all-out strike had failed to break through his opponent's defenses?
Ning Chen glanced down at the foreclaws around his waist, a cold smile curling his lips, then swung a backhand punch into the side of the second brother's head.
Crack!
The dark golden carapace shattered on impact. The second brother let out a shrill screech as the punch sent his massive body flying sideways, slamming him into the earthen mound's wall and leaving an enormous crater.
The third brother seized his chance and dove from the air, his saber fangs stabbing straight toward Ning Chen's throat. Ning Chen did not even bother raising a hand to block. He merely tilted his head slightly and met the third brother's saber fangs with his shoulder.
Screeech!
The saber fangs struck the Nine Treasures Invincible Robe with a piercing scraping sound. Its nine-colored light flickered violently several times, but still held firm against the thrust.
The third brother's saber fangs scraped across the robe's surface, throwing up a shower of sparks, yet left only a faint white mark, which the nine-colored radiance restored in an instant.
Ning Chen reached back, seized one of the third brother's forelegs, and yanked downward, brutally slamming him