The raging shock waves echoed through countless valleys.
They swept smoke and dust high into the sky.
The once-clear sky was instantly shrouded in ink-black clouds, and rain came pouring down.
Even the rainwater was black.
Devastation lay among the myriad mountains.
Even amid the rain, countless mountain fires continued to burn and rage in every direction.
The earth stopped shaking.
The surrounding space seemed to fall still as well.
Boom...
At some point, a pulse of energy came from deep underground, and Jiang Yu shot into the air, his Daoist robe covered in dust.
He carried an enormous axe in his hand.
His hair hung loose and disheveled, but the aura radiating from him was terrifying.
"Hahahahaha..." He looked at the rain around him and laughed wildly. "Dead... dead... finally dead!"
Yet the next moment, another pulse of energy surged out.
Boom...
He Pingsheng also burst out from underground and came to a stop in midair.
He held a blood-red turtle shell in his hand.
Although Jiang Yu's last strike had been powerful, he had blocked it.
And He Pingsheng had not even used his fifth-grade defensive talisman, the Earthroot Talisman.
The turtle shell alone had blocked it.
Once again, the turtle shell's defensive strength surpassed everything He Pingsheng had imagined.
"You're still alive?" Jiang Yu's pupils contracted.
He Pingsheng stood calmly in midair, holding the turtle shell in his left hand and the Fangtian Halberd in his right.
Flames burned slowly along the halberd.
"Rest assured!" He Pingsheng said. "You'll certainly die before I do..."
"We can still talk!" Jiang Yu said.
"Once you're dead, we can talk..." He Pingsheng replied.
"Hahahahaha..." Hearing He Pingsheng's words, Jiang Yu could not help laughing amid the wind and rain. "He Pingsheng, oh, He Pingsheng. It wasn't easy for you to