"Boom!!!"
No sooner had Tie Hancang landed than the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage appeared above him as though by instantaneous movement, accompanied by an ear-splitting blast through the air.
Before Tie Hancang could rise, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's fist slammed down hard once again.
"Bang-!!"
Amid the deafening crash, the explosive force within the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's fist shattered the body-protecting golden light around Tie Hancang.
Even the skin of his body cracked under the blow.
Blood suffused with a golden halo seeped out.
"Boom!!!"
But just as the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage prepared to punch again, dark light suddenly erupted from Tie Hancang's Black Armor.
In the blink of an eye, that dark light transformed into a giant iron man, enclosing his entire body.
It stood there like a massive black iron pillar.
"Bang!!!"
Amid a crash mingled with the clang of metal and stone, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's fist slammed heavily into the iron man.
Yet this terrifying punch failed to damage the iron man in the slightest.
Then a contemptuous sneer rang out from within the iron man:
"Ding Mou, after all these years, your fists are still just as weak and feeble."
Ignoring Tie Hancang's provocation, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage turned toward Xiahou You and Xu Taiping and said:
"Girl of the Xiahou household, go see how Taiping is doing."
Xiahou You immediately nodded and said:
"I'll go right away!"
With the Pagoda Iron Armor protecting her, and with only Tie Hancang's fist force having struck her, her injuries were not particularly severe. A few pills had been enough for her to recover.
But just as Xiahou You stood up and prepared to walk toward Xu Taiping, she unexpectedly found that he had already risen from the pool of blood.
He waved a hand and said:
"Great Sage,