The battle Hold Up the Heavens had hoped for arrived as expected, neither an unwinnable high-level match nor a pressure-free rout.
After exchanging a few moves, the initially wary level thirteen calamities suddenly felt an extraordinary rage.
An unprecedented fury.
They had already tested the limits of their opponents. Though their methods were mysterious, their attacks were not too powerful to withstand. They only needed to watch out for the power of their bursts.
The calamity fighting Kou Ying licked his lips, his long tongue darting out like a toad's and extending faster than the eye could see.
A chilling killing intent erupted from behind. A pitch-black figure appeared in the corner of Kou Ying's eye, one finger pointing behind him, landing on the spot over his heart.
It was a warning of death, the point where a fatal attack would land.
The instant Kou Ying glanced aside, the calamity wielding a massive hammer before him pressed down with all his strength. His pupils, dilated with excitement, seemed to say, either I smash you into a pulp, or the attack behind you pierces your heart.
Kou Ying withdrew his gaze, gripped his dagger, and concentrated all his strength on resisting the calamity before him. A pitch-black shadow traveled along his weapon and attached itself to his opponent, leaving his back completely exposed.
"Ha, what an idiot. You're dead!"
He let the attack behind him pierce his body, though he still shifted his vital points out of its path, just in case.
It would hardly be pleasant if a little bad luck got him killed.
In an instant, the calamities attacking from front and back struck simultaneously. The sound of flesh tearing was exceptionally clear.
Kou Ying's body was flung mercilessly away, slamming into the meteorite debris floating nearby.
He coughed