Despite his protective blade gang and battle armor, Gu Yu was still shaken by the terrifying force of Pang Zhong's strike until he spat blood.
But just after Gu Yu spat out that mouthful of blood, a skeleton-shaped golden light suddenly shone around him.
Then, with a boom, not only did Gu Yu's body abruptly grow to over thirty zhang tall, but his qi and blood power also rose to a level comparable to Pang Zhong's.
At the sight, Dongfang Yuejian's eyes immediately lit up, and she said:
"Is Gu Yu drawing on the power stored within his Divine-Human Variant Bone?"
Xu Taiping nodded and said:
"That's right."
Dongfang Yuejian's expression immediately grew solemn as she said:
"I remember you saying, Eldest Brother Taiping, that the power of Gu Yu's Divine-Human Variant Bone could only last less than an incense stick's time."
"Is he using it now because he intends to settle the outcome with Pang Zhong?"
Watching the arena without blinking, Xu Taiping said gravely:
"It was about time."
Dongfang Yuejian's heart immediately tightened, and she began staring fixedly at the arena below without blinking, just like Xu Taiping.
Boom!
Accompanied by an enormous qi explosion, a pillar of light formed from blade qi abruptly shot skyward from around Gu Yu.
Immediately afterward, that pillar of blade qi exploded with a bang.
Bursting apart along with it were densely packed blade shadows, like a raging storm.
This was precisely the Sudden Rain form of Gu Yu's Thousand Kills Blade.
Rumble...!
Amid a dense succession of slashing, rending sounds, Pang Zhong's blade force was actually driven back to the other side of the arena by Gu Yu's Sudden Rain.
Swish!
Having forced Pang Zhong back to the other side of the arena, Gu Yu abruptly held his long blade horizontally