"BOOM!"
The formation patterns outside the dueling platform blazed to their utmost brilliance, but in an instant, the first protective formation shattered.
The second formation lit up immediately afterward, then shattered too.
The third, fourth, fifth... all nine layers of protective formation patterns, secretly reinforced by a certain demon, crumbled inch by inch beneath the shock waves. The disciples outside cried out and retreated, yet still failed to realize that this had far surpassed any level of cultivation they could comprehend.
All they saw was dark radiance and golden fire interweaving into a dazzling spiritual tide, with two figures crossing paths over and over on the dueling platform.
Yun Qing had long since summoned Bear All Things. His spear spun, sweeping away the rain of fire that filled the sky before driving straight for Yun Huang's shoulder.
Yun Huang sidestepped it and swept his halberd across with a backhand strike. Radiant Sun Divine Flame grazed Yun Qing's cuff, burning half his sleeve to ash.
The two exchanged a glance in midair, then collided again!
Ahem. Embarrassing as it was to admit, at first, Yun Qing had still remembered that this place was a "script."
But as the fight went on, well... this was hardly a heartwarming reunion between Yun Qing and the teenage version of his Brother Huang. The two brothers had started fighting in earnest right there on the stage prepared for them.
Yun Qing deflected the halberd with his spear, the impact numbing the web between his thumb and forefinger.
In the past, when fighting his peers in the clan, he always had to hold back for fear of skewering someone to death with a single thrust. Against the older generation, their cultivation realms overwhelmed his, leaving him stifled. Against Yun Huang... well, that meant being pinned to