"Third Soul Skill: Iron Arm Strength!"
The unwilling Iron Arm instantly used his thousand-year soul skill, all to overpower Xu Yang in strength.
The dark silver-gold sheen on the surface of his body deepened. Just in terms of skin hardness, it was not inferior to real steel, and this soul skill enhanced not only defense, but strength as well.
As Iron Arm's soul skill activated, Xu Yang felt a tremendous force come through the blade, almost making him lose his grip on it.
Xu Yang was also somewhat surprised. This force was more than twice as strong as before, and even with his years of body tempering, he could not match it at this moment.
However, he was not some pure brute. Seeing that he could not win in a contest of strength, he stopped choosing to meet force with force and instead used the Blade Skill he had practiced for several years. His blade turned, guiding Iron Arm's fists to the side, brushing past Xu Yang's body as they charged toward the rear.
Immediately after, Xu Yang spun around and chopped down at Iron Arm's back, but when the blade was about to reach him, he flipped the edge around into the back of the blade.
"Pfft!"
This sudden change in move caught Iron Arm completely off guard. By the time he came back to himself, Xu Yang's blade had already landed on his back, opening a huge wound there as blood flowed nonstop.
Right after that, a massive force surged in from behind. The sharp Blade Qi pierced straight through his Soul Power barrier and rushed directly into his body, cutting through his Meridians.
"Ah!"
Iron Arm felt an unprecedented pain surge from within his body, making him cry out despite himself. But the tremendous force on Xu