Everyone caught up in the fighting was battered by the gale.
The weaker fighters tumbled through the air like kites with snapped strings, swept more than a hundred meters into the sky. Even the relentless battlefield briefly fell still because of the wind.
Even the experts could not keep their footing, barely holding out with various items and skills.
The ceaseless slaughter was forced to a halt by this single gust.
"What's going on?! Has Royt, the leader of the World-Destroying Church, shown up?!" someone roared in terror, their voice distorted by the howling wind.
"No! Look over there! It's the shock wave from the center of Lu Daoxing and Jiang Hao's fight!"
Someone pointed toward the destructive mass of light in the distance, and everyone turned to look.
"What shock wave?! That's pure bullshit! If either of them were that powerful, forget killing the other guy-they could slaughter all of us without breaking a sweat! Why would they need to sneak off for a duel?!"
At that moment, no one had realized that the wind was the shock wave from the explosion of a Tier Five Artifact.
Before those words had faded, an even stronger blast swept rubble and dust into the sky, completely blotting out the light and stars.
The battlefield instantly plunged into darkness, leaving only the hazy outline of that eerie green light shining through the sandstorm in the distance.
Everyone was robbed of their sight, with nothing but the wailing wind in their ears.
Yet the pause in the fighting lasted only an instant.
Three seconds after the gale swept over them, the clash of metal and the explosive roar of skills filled the air again. The melee resumed with ferocious intensity amid the chaos of blowing sand and glaring light.
The fighting had not