Gu Yue was jolted aside by him, the force of his arm still lingering around her waist. For a moment, she froze.
But Tang Wulin had already charged forward again.
This time, he held nothing back.
The Star-Sinking Hammer shuddered heavily in his palm. Then, drawn forth by his soul power, the silhouette of a second hammer appeared. He swung both hammers at once, one from the left and one from the right, smashing them toward Guang Long.
Guang Long gave a savage grin, flexed his arms, and met them head-on with both fists.
Boom! Boom! Boom—
Three explosive crashes rang out almost as one.
Tang Wulin had put the momentum of his charge behind this attack, bringing both hammers down with even greater force than before. But Guang Long had activated two soul skills at once—Iron Armor Possession and Ironclad Dragon Body. He was practically a monster clad in iron armor, his physical toughness terrifying. In their head-on clash, Tang Wulin was still blasted backward by brute force.
While airborne, he felt his chest tighten. A metallic sweetness rose in his throat, and blood appeared around his mouth and nose.
Xie Xie reacted almost instantly, lunging over just as Tang Wulin went flying, trying to catch him from behind and to the side.
But he had clearly underestimated the force of Guang Long's blow.
Tang Wulin slammed into his arms with tremendous momentum. Xie Xie's arms went numb, and his feet could not hold their ground at all. Both of them tumbled backward, rolling across the ground like a pair of gourds.
This was sheer, overwhelming strength.
Guang Long shook out his arms, which had clearly been numbed somewhat by the impact as well. Instead of pursuing them, however, he turned around and surveyed the onlookers, deliberately raising his