"Boom!"
The next instant, the surface of the Ice Pool exploded apart. A naked man, covered entirely in black fish scales, with long black hair cascading like a waterfall, rose from the Ice Pool atop the waves.
Though he had grown a foot or two taller and his features had become more sharply defined, his expression and bearing unmistakably belonged to Qingyu.
But the spiritual energy around him had turned into wisps of demonic qi swirling like smoke. That destructive aura, steeped in evil, brought an even heavier pressure that made the entire Ice-Crystal Cave tremble.
"We demon cultivators possess the strongest bodies in this world."
Qingyu gave Xu Taiping a cold glance, then stepped on the water and likewise hurled a punch at him.
As he swung his fist, the water beneath the Ice Pool gathered before him into gigantic fists, all hurtling toward Xu Taiping alongside his punch.
With a lion's roar, Xu Taiping sprang up, his body as formidable as a demonic beast's, and punched at the fists formed from pool water.
Unlike his previous punch, this time a Bull Demon Phantom could faintly be seen behind him as he struck, while pale golden runes began appearing on his fist.
"Bang!"
With a tremendous crash, Xu Taiping's punch bored straight through the gigantic fist formed from the Ice Pool's water, then slammed heavily against Qingyu's fist.
"Boom!"
Amid a thunderous collision, Qingyu's fist, encased in black fish scales, burst apart beneath Xu Taiping's punch.
But it was not over yet.
After shattering Qingyu's arm with one punch, he immediately hurled out his other fist. The pounding of his punches erupted through the Ice-Crystal Cave like horses trampling over rolling thunder.
This was Charging Ox Breaks the Formation of the Green Ox Fist.
Yet as Xu Taiping unleashed