"Brat, come here and die!"
The burly third brother had already charged in with his saber, bringing it down in a mighty overhead cleave. The saber's radiance carried dark-element battle-qi, gleaming black beneath the moonlight. The blow was so heavy and powerful that it seemed intent on splitting Loa apart along with the ground beneath his feet.
Loa raised his sword to block. The instant Hidden Abyss met the heavy saber, he turned his wrist slightly, tilting the blade at a subtle angle. The saber slid aside along the sword's spine, its force deflected, and bit into the ground, scattering broken stones.
At the same time, the whistle of something cutting through the air came from the side-the second brother's short halberd had arrived.
Loa raised his arm, blocking the incoming short halberd precisely with his scabbard. The clash of metal rang out into the night sky. Using the impact to retreat, he moved back and put distance between himself and the three brothers.
"Wangcai!"
"Coming, Boss!"
Wangcai finally unleashed the lightning attack it had been charging for so long. A thick purple thunderbolt erupted from its mouth, arcs bursting through the air with a piercing buzz. The three brothers raised their battle-qi defenses simultaneously, dark-element battle-qi forming hazy black barriers over their bodies as they withstood the blow head-on.
The instant the lightning dispersed, Loa moved.
Wind World descended.
Centered on Loa, everything within several dozen yards was enveloped in a strange field. The wind no longer blew from a single direction but surged in from every side at once, penetrating every gap, present everywhere. Every wisp of wind was like an invisible blade, cutting at the battle-qi barriers around the three brothers.
All three were alarmed.
Inside Wind World, their battle-qi was being consumed at a frantic rate.