Yun Che laughed heartily and once again summoned all his strength, gathering Xihe flame power into his fist. This time, he did not attack immediately, but waited for the variant to make the first move.
Yun Che had roused the variant's ferocity. It let out an earth-shaking roar, its entire body abruptly swelling several times larger, and spat out a mouthful of pitch-black fiendish energy that threatened to swallow Yun Che in an instant.
Seizing his moment, Yun Che leaped forward like an arrow loosed from its bow. Wreathed in golden-red flames that burned everything, he slammed into the fiendish mist and drove a fist straight toward the divine core in the variant's chest.
"Sure-Kill!"
The Blazing Flame Divine Fist crashed down with a thousandfold damage. The dark-cyan scales shattered inch by inch, and scorching flame power surged madly through the cracks, bearing straight down on the divine core inside the variant.
The Half-Step Transcendence variant roared in agony and abruptly contracted its body, forcibly trapping Yun Che's arm. All its fiendish power crushed toward Yun Che, trying to squeeze him into pulp.
Yun Che was ready. He stepped out with his left foot, using the leverage as power finished gathering in his left fist. Wrapped in the same thousandfold flame power, it smashed viciously into the variant's head.
Two thunderous crashes rang out almost simultaneously. The entire sea abyss teetered under these two sure-kill strikes, and rocks kept falling from above, striking the sea and throwing up towering waves.
The variant's enormous body abruptly stiffened, but its fiercely gleaming eyes showed no intention of admitting defeat.
"Hmph! That's decent strength, but you still can't kill a transcendent like me. Even if I'm only half a step there, an ant like you is no match for me."
Before it had