High in the sky, Xuan Zi and Du Busì had already exchanged hundreds of blows.
Xuan Zi was in terrible shape.
She had burned her essence once before in Star Luo City; damage to her foundation was hardly so easy to recover from.
Now, faced with the pressure of Du Busì's peak rank ninety-eight strength combined with her Golden-Level Awakening, she could only defend passively.
Golden and dark green light collided incessantly high in the sky. Each impact drove her back several yards, fresh blood staining the corners of her mouth before the old traces had dried.
"Xuan Zi, you eat so much, so why are you still so weak?" Du Busì's voice came from across from her, laden with undisguised contempt. "Your Shrek isn't even as good as that massage parlor over in the neighboring Heavenly Soul Empire. Want me to give you an invitation so you can go there for some further training? Hahahaha!"
As she spoke, she threw a punch, sending a dark green fist imprint wrapped in violent soul power smashing toward Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi crossed her arms in front of herself, the golden patterns blazing to their limit. The fist imprint struck her arms with a muffled boom, hurling her dozens of yards backward, her arms numb and her blood and energy churning.
"Du Busì, you've gone too far!" Xuan Zi shouted hoarsely, her voice brimming with irrepressible fury. "I'll smash every last one of your teeth!"
She drove her soul power with all her might. Behind her, the phantom of the Taotie Divine Bull threw back its head and roared at the sky. Golden light surged as she charged at Du Busì.
Rather than retreating, Du Busì advanced, meeting her frontal charge head-on. Dark green soul power poured out like a tide, forcing