Boom!
Lightning Cutter struck Piercing Ox, and lightning erupted in an instant, almost punching clean through it.
From a distance, Qiao Lun's strike had hit the belly of Piercing Ox as it stopped and turned, and lightning burst straight out behind it.
It seemed Qiao Lun had already won!
But in the next second, Piercing Ox suddenly raised its forehooves and roared. Then it twisted its head, swinging its curved horns toward Qiao Lun as its forehooves came down and missed him.
Either of those horns was already larger than Qiao Lun. Charging toward him now, they were like a heavy truck with spikes fitted to its bumper bearing down on him.
Piercing Ox was simply too big.
When Piercing Ox raised its forehooves and twisted its body to stamp down on Qiao Lun, he had already done his best to retreat and dodge, but he was still too slow!
Besides, he had thought charging straight ahead was Piercing Ox's only attack. He had not expected it to deal damage in close combat too.
But a second before Piercing Ox's massive horns struck him, something detached from Qiao Lun and seized both horns with its sharp claws.
Likewise summoned without Qiao Lun restricting its Cursed Energy, it had not reached the building-sized proportions of the one Sukuna summoned, but it was still as large as a villa.
Though considerably smaller than Piercing Ox, it was enough to block a point-blank ram.
As for Qiao Lun, while it blocked the damage for him, he abruptly crouched and reached both hands toward the shadow a piece of rubble cast on the ground in the sunlight.
A tremendous amount of Nen poured into the shadow, and the tiny patch rapidly spread in an instant.
As Qiao Lun raised his hands, he tore the