"Oh? You actually blocked my Azure Flame?" Saint Barons was somewhat surprised, a trace of astonishment flashing through his golden eyes. "But what does that matter? Before absolute power, everything is futile. Your life energy will run out eventually, but my Azure Flame is endless! It comes from hell and will never go out!"
He lunged at Liu Bei, moving so fast that he left dozens of afterimages. Despite his five-meter-tall body, his agility and speed were completely at odds with his size.
"Lunge: Meteor Slash!"
Imitating a white tiger's pounce, he plunged from dozens of meters in the air like a falling meteor, thrusting both blades toward Liu Bei's heart and dantian simultaneously. Azure Flame gathered at their tips, forming two enormous fireballs several meters in diameter. The space around them warped and twisted from the burning heat.
Liu Bei neither dodged nor evaded. He drove both swords into the ground, pouring pale blue life energy frantically into the earth. He intended to use the terrain to restrict Saint Barons's speed and explosive power.
"Life: Wrath of the Earth!"
He slapped both hands against the ground, spurring giant trees and thorny vines to burst from beneath the earth across a wide area, creating a forest battlefield stretching hundreds of meters. Every tree was coated in Armament Haki, making it as hard as steel, while the vines were covered in highly poisonous barbs. These giant trees served not only as an attack but also as a defense. They formed an indestructible wall before Liu Bei while restricting Saint Barons's room to move.
Saint Barons's pounce landed in the forest. The tremendous impact smashed hundreds of giant trees to pieces, and Azure Flame burned wildly through the forest, reducing countless trees to ashes. But more giant trees surged in from every