"You can't break through my Dou Qi Veil!"
Although the impact of the enormous flaming claw sent Yang Yuan stumbling backward, not a trace of panic showed on his face.
He raised his longsword high and poured Dou Qi into it madly, preparing to launch an even fiercer counterattack during the brief opening after the flaming claw's strike.
He firmly believed his Dou Qi Veil could withstand Xiao Qian's attack.
But just as everyone thought the battle would unfold as Yang Yuan expected, a sharp crack rang out, and a sight that stunned them all appeared.
"Riiip..."
The Dou Qi Veil, which had flawlessly defended against Xiao Qian's attacks all along, actually dissolved like foam at this critical moment.
That once-impenetrable defense vanished swiftly, like ice and snow exposed to the blazing sun.
The Golden Flame claw, which had been waiting for this moment, seized the perfect opportunity and slammed into Yang Yuan with the force of toppling mountains and overturning seas.
"Impossible!"
Yang Yuan's eyes widened, filled with terror and disbelief.
He was the first to feel the immense power of that enormous flaming claw. The surging force within it could not possibly have come from an ordinary Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
Like a raging tsunami, it engulfed him in an instant, making him feel the threat of death.
"All the fighting before this was meant to lull Yang Yuan into complacency. In truth, he laid his trap from the very beginning, waiting for this moment to unleash his power." Elder Yun Lei's eyes brimmed with admiration.
Yun Li and the other elder nodded beside him, praising, "What outstanding talent for combat."
Boom!
The next instant, Yang Yuan was blasted away like a cannonball, golden flames still clinging to his entire body.
Like a festering sore that clung to the