As the battle wore on, Mu Bai discovered that the tongues of flame the Fire Sparrow spat concealed substantial mental attacks. Fused with that ferocious firepower, they were especially piercing and overbearing. Mu Bai knew he would need his mental power's assistance to finally slay the bird, so he stopped expending it on a protective light screen and chose instead to withstand the Fire Sparrow's flames with his flesh.
As Mu Bai transformed, silver light blazed around him, with faint threads of gold already flickering within it. Wu Daojian was greatly shocked by the sight. Only then did he realize that this young outsider's physical body power was already approaching the enormous strength of a million stone. Wu Daoyuan was equally stunned. As a Divine Cultivator and Alchemist, Mu Bai had already thoroughly impressed him with the Soul Power cultivation he had displayed along the way. Now he revealed such a formidable body as well. To cultivate all three powers to such heights was truly terrifying and enough to leave one speechless.
Wu Meng, however, had long known Mu Bai's fighting strength. Back in the Hunting Grounds, he had fought a peak third-tier Red-Scaled Tiger without losing, and during his battle with Wu Daoyi, he had unleashed one powerful killing move after another, thwarting Wu Daoyi's scheme.
Watching Mu Bai fight so fiercely all along the way, Wu Meng felt so intoxicated that she was almost entranced. If only he were my man.
After transforming, Mu Bai clenched his left hand into a fist, purple arcs of lightning coiling around it. He punched against the Fire Sparrow's jet of flame, preventing that ferocious tongue of fire from advancing an inch.
As he punched to meet the attack, Mu Bai spun sideways in a flash. The sword in his right hand