But the wavering in his heart lasted only an instant before it was dispelled by a wild laugh from the Lei E Skeleton and its fist force, which abruptly surged severalfold.
"Not enough! Not enough! This punch still isn't enough!"
As it spoke, the Lei E Skeleton assumed an exceedingly strange fist stance, then roared:
"Myriad Acres of Thunder!"
The moment its words fell, the Lei E Skeleton raised its enormous skeletal arm and hurled a punch toward Xu Taiping.
Boom-!
Amid another deafening blast that tore through the air, Lei E's terrifying fist force abruptly transformed into myriad acres of thunder, pouring down on Xu Taiping like a waterfall.
That terrifying fist force.
Enveloped almost the entire half of the jade platform before Lei E.
Caught within it, Xu Taiping had no way to dodge.
Even as horror filled his heart, Supreme Venerable Xuanwei let out a long breath and said:
"This should finally end it, shouldn't it?"
As he spoke, a tremendous boom rang out, and those myriad acres of power of thunder suddenly exploded across the jade platform.
The dazzling thunderlight left everyone unable to open their eyes.
Yet just as Supreme Venerable Xuanwei confidently believed that Xu Taiping would surely be gravely injured even if he survived, the sight before him left him rooted to the spot in a daze.
At the center of the jade platform stood an enormous Thousand Arms Vajra figure, its thousand arms in a Heaven-Supporting Stance, towering there with dazzling brilliance.
And Xu Taiping stood unharmed beneath the protection of this Thousand Arms Vajra dharma aspect.
Xu San said in disbelief:
"This... how is this possible? How could this boy withstand that torrent of thunder with nothing but a dharma aspect formed from fist force?!"
Beside him, Supreme Venerable Xuanwei froze