"Boom!"
Zhang Baoqing unleashed a massive fist imprint that hurtled toward Xu Yang like a meteor.
It was a punch he threw to save his life, concentrating all his essence, energy, and spirit and consuming nearly half his Astral Energy.
Yet it did little good. The terrifying pressure of Xu Yang's fist stripped him of his ability to draw on the power of heaven and earth and threatened to crush his Martial Dao Phenomenon.
The fist imprint began collapsing the instant it left his hand, unable to withstand the terrifying fist pressure permeating the air. Its power dwindled rapidly.
He watched in despair.
The gulf between a mediocrity and a peerless genius was wider than he had imagined. It was as though his opponent was not a martial artist in the same realm, but a powerhouse of the Second Heavenly Origin.
"Bang!"
The fist imprint exploded under a single punch, its scattered power sweeping outward and pulverizing everything nearby.
Xu Yang's fist drove forward like a blade splitting bamboo, tearing through Zhang Baoqing's Hutian Astral Energy and slamming into his crossed arms.
"Boom!"
"Pfft!"
Zhang Baoqing shook as though struck by heavenly lightning. Blood gushed from his mouth, and his features twisted in agony.
"Crack!"
The sound of shattering bones rang out. The crushingly heavy fist swept through like a storm through rotten wood, breaking both of Zhang Baoqing's arms before striking his chest with the momentum of Shatter Mountains and Split Peaks.
Vast power erupted like a flash flood, pouring into Zhang Baoqing's body.
"Aah!"
He opened his mouth in a piercing scream, his eyes bulging as though they were about to be jolted out of their sockets.
"Crack!"
Amid the teeth-grating sound of bones breaking, Zhang Baoqing's arms fell away and his breastbone caved in. The powerful force