"Boom, boom, boom!" A grayish-white aura shrouded the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast's sweeping tail. Clearly, this was no casual swipe. Wherever it passed, the air twisted and shattered, carving an enormous spatial rift across the sky. In an instant, it was above Li Xiaoya's head.
Li Xiaoya felt an unbearably oppressive force bearing down on him, yet he neither dodged nor retreated. Five-colored spiritual light suddenly erupted from his entire body, shooting skyward as his figure swelled. "Aaaah!" His furious roar rivaled the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast's, shaking rings of astonishing cracks into the sky. Red light flashed in his huge hand, and the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff instantly appeared. A terrifying, scorching aura surged upward, sending rings of red flame rippling across the heavens. Light flickered along the staff as it expanded into a sky-piercing pillar hundreds of zhang long, and Li Xiaoya swung it with all his might!
"Kaboom!" With a thunderous blast, countless flames wrapped in golden light burst from the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff as it smashed straight into the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast's sweeping tail!
"Bang!"
An earth-shaking explosion erupted into the sky!
Then!
"Boom, boom, boom!" A string of explosions roared skyward, shaking rings of astral wind storms through the heavens. The air twisted incessantly, and the void began warping and splitting, sending shock waves surging in every direction. Rocks on the ground burst apart, countless fragments flying everywhere and whipping up a towering sandstorm. Exploding astral winds engulfed an area more than ten li across...
Within the storm!
"Aaargh!" The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast cried out in pain. An ear-splitting whistle tore through the sky as Li Xiaoya's staff actually knocked its tail back.
"Kaboom!" Its body, larger than a mountain, recoiled hundreds of zhang in pain. Rings of fissures shook open across the earth, sending countless