The clash between the two.
It was the ultimate collision of strength and technique, a contest between two utterly different great Daos: "absolute hardness" and "absolute softness."
Fu Tan was like a god of destruction commanding a torrent of metal, his power incomparably domineering as he sought to crush everything with absolute strength.
Zhuge Qi Tian, meanwhile, resembled a heavenly god who governed the laws of yin and yang, turning force against force and dissolving countless attacks with deft strength.
Their figures crossed, their powers colliding.
The formation's light barrier around the entire arena fluctuated violently, flickering as though it might shatter at any moment.
Even the wisps of energy that escaped made the skin of the many Heaven's Chosen below the arena sting and their minds reel.
"Those two... have both far surpassed the bounds of ordinary Golden Core cultivators."
Shock covered the faces of many Heaven's Chosen.
Fu Tan's strength lay in having tempered his physical body to the limits of the Golden Core Realm and incorporated Divine Abilities and laws into it, making him a divine weapon in human form.
Even Nascent Soul cultivators would struggle to contend with him.
Zhuge Qi Tian's strength, however, lay in his understanding and application of the Dao, which could be said to have reached consummate mastery.
Understanding one art opened the way to ten thousand; he could break strength with skill and overcome hardness with softness.
Both were terrifying.
Hummm-
Under the influence of their powers, Dao resonance surged across the arena, reaching a fever pitch.
Dark-gold divine light blazed around Fu Tan like the sun overhead, that ultimate "hardness" and "sharpness" concentrated to their peak.
He commanded metal and iron, like the embodied incarnation of this world's Metal Element Law.
Boom, boom, boom-
Every step left a dark-gold footprint