Their fists collided, sending waves of air surging outward.
Although Sikong Jue was clearly the larger of the two, the collision forced him back two steps.
Duan Jian charged forward and drove a fist straight into Sikong Jue's chest, sending him flying.
Then he darted into Sikong Jue's flight path at incredible speed and slammed an elbow into his back.
Up in the sky, Sikong Jue took countless punches and kicks and let out countless screams before Duan Jian finally punched him back down to the ground.
Sikong Jue could not simply keep taking a beating, either. Finding an opening, he counterattacked from the ground, landing several blows in succession that knocked Duan Jian down and raised clouds of dust.
He even laughed. That earlier beating had not been for nothing.
But when Duan Jian walked out of the dust as though nothing had happened and wiped the little blood from the corner of his mouth, Sikong Jue realized things were going badly.
The sharp pains coursing through his body told him that the power of the six pieces of crimson blood crystal had begun eroding his meridians. If he did not leave now, it would truly be too late.
The most obvious sign was that his body had already shrunk back to normal human size.
But when he turned and ran, Duan Jian refused to let him go.
How could he stand by and watch the man who had driven his parents to their deaths escape right before his eyes?
Scarlet light erupted from Duan Jian's body like a volcano, instantly enveloping him.
Then Duan Jian opened his mouth, gathering a powerful force within it. In an instant, a scarlet pillar of fire shaped like a dragon's head roared forth.
The pillar of fire was like a furious fire