The Dou Ling expert in the sky was being held up by Hai Bodong, leaving him no room to dodge.
When that destructive wave of energy, threaded with metallic resonance, struck with the speed of thunder before one could cover one's ears, his expression changed drastically. A sense of danger rising from the depths of his soul frightened him out of his wits. He wanted to dodge, but Hai Bodong's ice crystals clung to him like maggots burrowing into bone, pinning him in place.
He could only hastily push his protective Dou Qi to its limit. Boom! The energy wave slammed into his protective Dou Qi, unleashing a crash louder than thunder.
The shield of Dou Qi around the Dou Ling expert lasted less than a single breath before cracks spread across it like glass struck by a heavy hammer, and it shattered with a thunderous crash! He let out an agonized scream as two streams of blood poured straight from his ears. His entire body shook violently in midair, his mind going blank as though thousands upon thousands of steel needles had pierced it at once.
"What an opening!"
A fierce gleam burst from Hai Bodong's eyes. Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he forced out every last bit of Ice Dou Qi remaining in his body and formed it into a sharp ice-crystal spear, driving it straight through the Dou Ling expert's chest! A spray of blood burst across the sky.
On the battlefield, after the sonic Dou Technique grievously wounded the Dou Ling expert and Hai Bodong seized the chance to kill him, the ferocious fighting froze for an instant.
Everyone's gaze was drawn to that spray of blood in the sky, and for a moment, they even forgot to fight. Yet chaos and slaughter would not cease because