Waves of force rolled over Heavenly Fortune Lake, and blood mist filled the air.
Countless afterimages of physical bodies crossed, collided, and fought... like ink splashed across the firmament, each in a different pose. They first surged into view at tremendous speed, blurred during their brief pauses, then dissolved completely in the lingering sunlight.
Boom, rumble...!
Spiritual energy crashed together like tides, detonating in the void and sweeping through the Nine Skies. The blood essence radiating from the Human Emperor Body and Human King Body boiled to its limit, like two blazing suns rising and shining together, painting the white expanse of Heavenly Fortune Lake crimson.
Their blood spattered across the sky. Every drop of crimson blood that fell into the icy, clear waters was like firewood in a stove, instantly setting the bitter cold ablaze. It burned fiercely, scorching hot, sending layer after layer of hazy mist rising from the lake.
Ren Ye and Melon had already fought more than three hundred exchanges at close quarters. Both had kept their word throughout, using no magic treasures or techniques. They attacked each other only with physical combat, every blow striking flesh, neither giving an inch.
In the southwestern sky, the left side of Melon's face had caved in. His cheekbone was shattered, his flesh torn outward into a bloody mess, as though a savage beast had taken a bite out of his face. He looked horrifying and wretched. He flew backward, face up, his right arm guarding his vital points as he blocked Ren Ye's storm of punches.
Bam, bam, bam...!
Little Bad King was no better off. The knife-hand wound across his chest was deep enough to expose bone, and the crystalline crimson blood pouring from it had long since soaked his clothes and stained half his body red.