The eleventh layer of the Heavenly Bridge.
This place lay within a planet's magma layer.
The bridge stretched from the planetary core, through the magma layer, all the way to the surface.
The surface.
Ling Feng stood at the end of the eleventh layer of the Heavenly Bridge, looking down over the vast land below. "Finally made it to the surface."
At the end of the long bridge, waves of heat washed over him.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from the magma. "Choose your opponent: controller, warrior, or illusionist. Defeat any one of them to pass this layer."
As before, Ling Feng did not hesitate. "Warrior."
Whoosh!
A mass of scorching liquid splashed up from the magma, rapidly coalescing into a Flame Man covered in molten rock. He held a great axe, its blade dripping with crimson magma...
The Flame Man looked at Ling Feng, a trace of surprise in his eyes blazing with red flames. "To think a genius like you would emerge among the newcomers. I haven't encountered anyone like you in many years. You're outstanding. However... make your move. If I strike first, you probably won't have a chance to fight back."
"Actually, that was what I wanted to say to you."
Ling Feng smiled faintly. The next instant, before the Flame Man could react, he swung the God-Slaying Sword, unleashing a sword strike.
The strike split into nine, raising nine waves of fire in its wake.
The Flame Man's expression changed in alarm. He hurriedly swung his flaming axe, kicked off into the air, and unleashed nine axe strikes.
Their power looked almost identical to Ling Feng's. Both were profound techniques of the Giant Axe Chaos Stele.
Yet the Flame Man's movements clearly lacked Ling Feng's effortless control.
Boom! Boom! ... Boom!
Their attacks collided, instantly