Ever since Ruthless Water and Fire reached perfection, Ye Chen had never unleashed it at full power in battle. Against Lu Wenxiu, he had used only thirty percent of its might; against Xiao Xiyu, forty to fifty percent; against Zhou Jian, sixty percent; and against Xia Xiaoshan, eighty percent. Now, Ye Chen raised Ruthless Water and Fire to ninety percent. The emerald-green sword curtain was simply indestructible, cutting through everything in its path, unstoppable and invincible.
With one sword strike, he severed the iron-black Dragon-Shaped Qi Force. Ye Chen swung his arm, and two emerald-green sword curtains slashed toward Yang Ting in a cross. At their point of intersection, an emerald-green sphere of light was born.
The emerald-green sword curtains stretched from heaven to earth. Yang Ting had no time to evade. He crossed his arms, and the muscles beneath his dragon armor writhed madly, forming a half-meter-wide dragon armor shield over his forearms. The instant the shield appeared, the emerald-green cross-shaped sword curtain struck it, swift as lightning.
Crash!
The power of Ruthless Water and Fire was unparalleled. Yang Ting was blasted from midair to the ground, his feet grinding against the platform as he slid away. The force was so immense that even the hard arena surface was gouged with two tracks several inches deep. For a time, shattered stones flew and dust billowed. The intense friction set his feet ablaze with crimson flames, while lightning flickered around them.
After sliding several thousand li, Yang Ting could feel that Ruthless Water and Fire had lost most of its power and was no longer so irresistible or unstoppable. Just as he was about to shatter the cross-shaped sword curtain, a horrifying scene unfolded. A large hole opened in the center of the dragon armor shield, and an emerald-green sphere