Mud and stone churned wildly. Drawn by a mighty surge of earth-attribute primordial energy, countless clods and fragments of rock gathered and piled together at a jaw-dropping speed.
In the blink of an eye, two colossal figures rose from the ground before everyone.
They were two Vajra Warriors, each a hundred feet tall.
They wore five-leaf crowns, their faces vividly lifelike, with bulging, furious eyes, broad mouths, and protruding fangs. Their imposing bearing made them seem like guardian vajras descended from temple shrines into the mortal world. Jeweled ornaments lay across their chests, hanging in three strands over their bellies, and their robes fluttered as though they were alive.
Their entire bodies were formed from mud and stone, hardened like iron by the earth-attribute primordial energy pouring into them. They radiated a crushing pressure as heavy as mountains.
They strode forward, each step shaking the ground with a thunderous crash and leaving a deep footprint. Their knotted, muscular arms rose high, gripping Nine-Section Steel Whips condensed from earth. Each whip was as thick as a man's arm, pitch-black from end to end, and gleamed with a dark metallic luster in the reflected snowlight.
Like two ancient gods whose bodies towered between heaven and earth, the Vajra Warriors attacked Jiu Shan from either side.
The steel whips whistled down. Before they reached him, their fierce winds sent Jiu Shan's beard and hair flying and his robes snapping.
Jiu Shan gave a contemptuous sneer. Without dodging, he thrust both fists out, smashing straight into the two steel whips, each as thick as a roof beam.
Bang! Bang!
Two muffled crashes rang out like two mountains colliding.
The steel whips, powerful enough to shatter stone tablets and split rock, were smashed to pieces by Jiu Shan's bare fists.
Mud splashed and broken stones