Clang! A deafening crash shook the heavens.
The Fire Dragon Sword collided with the enormous iron pestle with a tremendous crash. Sparks flew in every direction, and a terrifying blast of astral wind swept outward.
"Urgh!" Elder Earthsplitter felt his arm go numb and was driven back several feet, leaving him speechless with shock. Someone actually possessed greater strength than he did? More importantly, the Fire Dragon Sword had cut a slender groove into his enormous iron pestle, astonishing him even further. This treasure of his was neither a magic treasure nor an ancient treasure, but merely a piece of strange metal. Even he did not know what the metal was; all he knew was that it was exceptionally heavy and incomparably tough. Such a small piece actually weighed tens of thousands of catties. With his body-tempering arts cultivated to the Nascent Soul Realm, he could wield it with truly formidable power. Although people with higher cultivation than his were everywhere in the Cultivation World, no cultivator of his own rank in the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect could stand against him. Yet today, a cultivator who appeared to be only at the Golden Core Stage had outmatched him. Worse still, his iron pestle was so tough that even magic treasures could hardly damage it, yet a sword like a toothpick had not only blocked it but cut a groove into it. It was simply too astonishing.
But Elder Earthsplitter was quick to react. With a furious roar, spiritual light blazed over his entire body, and he thrust his arm hard toward Li Xiaoya, clearly intending to force him away through brute strength.
"Hah!" Unwilling to give an inch, Li Xiaoya pressed back with all his might.
Boom! Another violent blast of astral wind erupted between them, but Li Xiaoya held