Lu Mian stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. His muscles and bones cracked incessantly, and scorching, vivid red Mystic Qi wreathed his entire body. The air throughout the tavern grew searing hot, moisture evaporating as the temperature soared.
Man Sen's gaze gradually filled with astonishment as he noticed the claw marks on Lu Mian's arm rapidly healing.
In less than two breaths, they had completely closed.
Such outrageous recovery speed was exceedingly rare even in a sect dedicated to body tempering like Barbarian Dragon Valley.
"Interesting..."
"To think the Sunflame Sect would produce an aberration like you."
Man Sen's gaze gradually grew serious.
As everyone knew, the Sunflame Sect excelled at artifact forging, pill refining, and all manner of fire-aspected Daoist arts.
Yet Lu Mian had pursued physical cultivation to its utmost limits. His physique was so terrifying that even Man Sen's own body back in the fourth realm: life mansion likely fell far short.
"An aberration...?"
"Maybe I'm the orthodox one!"
With a low roar, Lu Mian became a surging mass of fire and charged straight up to Man Sen. His right palm struck out with brutal, explosive force, unleashing a raging wave of flame.
"You think far too highly of yourself."
"I'll tear you to shreds!"
Man Sen snorted coldly. His dragon claws thrust out rapidly, their terrifying power forming countless streaks of black light that stabbed forward like a furious storm.
Those black streaks of claw light were terrifying, swiftly tearing through the scorching flames and targeting Lu Mian's joints, seeking to twist them apart and crush them!
Relying entirely on his astonishing reflexes, Lu Mian anticipated Man Sen's movements, giving him no chance to seize his vulnerable joints.
The two fought savagely in the tavern's main hall.
As the Divine Radiance Qi burning around