Li Dao watched Zhujian's body swell rapidly, his expression utterly calm. He raised his hand and pressed down, the divine light in his eyes growing ever brighter as the blood and qi within him surged into motion.
The enormous bronze palm descending through the air began to glow with faint strands of blood-red light.
Under the eyes of the assembled crowd, the two collided violently.
Splat-
Crack, crack, crack- A teeth-grating clang of metal rang out. The instant they collided, rings of ripples spread outward from the point of impact.
Zhujian's four pillar-like legs stamped heavily against the earth the moment he met the giant palm.
The muscles in his legs tightened, and the ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch like a spiderweb as his body slowly sank into the earth.
Beads of crimson blood even began to seep from between his scales.
Roar-
With a furious roar, he firmly resisted the giant palm's downward pressure.
Seeing his giant palm stopped, Li Dao's expression did not change. Without a trace of emotion, he said, "Fighting with your back to the wall is still nothing but a futile struggle."
As he spoke, the brilliant golden dao patterns within him radiated strands of wondrous light. Streaks of golden dao patterns immediately bulged across the surface of the bronze palm overhead.
In a single instant, the bronze palm surged with brilliant golden light, its divine might blazing forth. A seal bearing the word "Suppress" slowly emerged in its center.
Zhujian had just breathed a small sigh of relief at having blocked Li Dao's giant palm, but that relief barely lasted a moment.
The divine might of the palm overhead suddenly intensified. The blood and qi racing within him slowly grew stagnant, as though a divine mountain weighed upon every bone and