Over a stretch of barren mountains a thousand miles northwest of Starshine City.
Two figures, one in white and one in black, were fighting in midair.
The man in white was around twenty-five or twenty-six. His features were fairly handsome, but his bearing was icy, and he exuded an air that kept strangers at bay.
He held a three-foot blade, its surface wreathed in water-blue arcs of electricity.
Powerful lightning Yuan Force swirled around him, while even more astonishing Law fluctuations within his body drew upon the lightning Yuan Force between heaven and earth.
Each stroke of his sword, each flash of sword light, unleashed an astonishing thunderbolt of terrifying power.
His opponent was a man dressed in black.
The man had ordinary features, a seemingly unremarkable face, and eyes that glimmered faintly with an eerie red light.
Powerful dark-red flames surrounded him. He was actually an expert at the six-star Source Emperor realm.
A bulging bundle was strapped to his back, and he brandished a pair of short sabers, launching a furious, stormlike assault on the man in white.
Yet, faced with the sea of fire and blade aura sweeping down upon him,
the white-robed young man merely swung his sword.
Bang!
Golden light burst apart into countless electrical arcs, annihilating the sea of fire and blade aura.
"Heh, you're no match for me in power. As for speed... you fall even further short."
The white-robed young man sneered. His sword sliced through the air at tremendous speed, sending a flash of sword light before the man in black in an instant.
The latter crossed his blades and slashed outward in a cross, colliding with the sword light.
Boom...!
Amid the thunderous crash, saber light and sword light exploded.
But the instant the sword light shattered, it transformed into