Huo Yuhao calmly and slowly raised the Black Ruler wreathed in silvery-white flames. The strange, distinctive patterns on its surface now radiated a fiery red glow.
As the ruler swept through the air, even the surrounding space grew hazy and distorted.
Gripping the Mysterious Heavy Ruler as silvery-white flames surged from it, Huo Yuhao gave a low shout and abruptly sprang into motion.
He pushed off the ground with both feet. Bolstered by the Heavenly Net Art, he shot into the air, trailing a string of afterimages.
The spectators below stared wide-eyed at the countless afterimages within the arena. The speed Huo Yuhao unleashed now was even greater than before.
The afterimages gradually dissipated, and Huo Yuhao appeared above Ye Wuqing. Directly before him was the golden tornado formed from countless Golden Leaves sweeping toward him.
The immense wind pressure whipped Huo Yuhao's robes into a furious flutter, yet failed to shift his body even an inch.
Pushing off empty air with his toes, Huo Yuhao spun a hundred and eighty degrees in midair. The light from the Mysterious Heavy Ruler in his hands grew increasingly brilliant, until even the spectators outside the arena had to narrow their eyes.
"Cleave!"
Like a divine king descending into the mortal realm from the nine heavens, he swung the blade that governed the Heavenly Dao toward the living beings below. A streak of silvery-white light cut through the air, erasing every fluttering Golden Leaf in its path.
Yes, they were not destroyed, but erased. As though they had never existed, they were instantly vaporized into thin air upon contact.
The enormous silvery-white ruler cleaved down toward Ye Wuqing's head. Its scorching heat seared his skin and singed his hair a withered yellow.
"Hah!"
Duty compelled the referee to rush toward Ye Wuqing, even