"A contest of strength? You picked the wrong person."
Shengu Xuan's cold, mocking voice rang out with extraordinary clarity beneath the Raikage's terrifying assault, which bore down on him like a mountain.
Facing the Raikage's raised leg and its "Liger Bomb," carrying enough terrifying force to split an entire mountain peak in two, Shengu Xuan still chose not to dodge. He tilted his head up slightly, a trace of extreme frenzy and brutality flashing in his eyes.
At the very instant the Raikage's right leg was about to smash into the top of Shengu Xuan's head, an Ox Talisman Totem deep within Shengu Xuan's eyes-representing divine authority over absolute strength and capable of granting its host unparalleled power-erupted with dazzling earthen-yellow light!
"Humm-!"
A terrifying power beyond any description instantly flooded every limb and bone in Shengu Xuan's body. The air around him even twisted violently in visible distortions under this eruption of pure strength, making cracking sounds like shattering glass!
Shengu Xuan formed no hand seals and used no flashy moves. He simply clenched his right fist with utter, brutal simplicity, then drove a vicious punch upward to meet the Raikage's devastating downward kick!
"Get back!"
"BOOM-!!!"
The instant fist met foot, the entire Valley of Clouds and Lightning seemed to undergo a magnitude-ten earthquake!
A terrifying white blast wave born purely from the collision of physical force spread wildly outward from the two like a detonating nuclear bomb! Under the shock wave's onslaught, the hard rocky ground around them collapsed and shattered like fragile tofu, turning into fine dust that filled the sky!
In the distance, Karui and Omoi were hurled into the air by the blast wave and slammed into muddy water hundreds of meters away, passing out before they could even scream.
At the very center