Jieming's fist had indeed disintegrated, but his attack and its destructive power had not been "ruled invalid"!
His disintegrating arm still slammed forward with destructive energy, and his shattered fist could re-form in an instant, as though his "attack" itself had become a continuous process that no single "result" could overwrite!
"This bastard..."
The black-robed wizard had no time to think it through. Jieming's fourth punch, wrapped in an even fiercer dark-gold radiance, hammered like a pile driver into the invisible barrier already riddled with cracks!
BOOM!!!
Amid the deafening detonation of energy, that absolute defense, constructed from the [Fiction] Principle and theoretically capable of withstanding direct attacks from the vast majority of sixth-level wizards, shattered under Jieming's relentless, savage punches that grew stronger with every blow!
His dark-gold fist, carrying the destructive power left after breaking through the barrier, planted itself squarely against the black-robed wizard's left cheek! "Pfft!"
The black-robed wizard's head snapped violently backward at an unnatural angle, as though struck head-on by a siege ram!
Half his face, along with his jawbone, instantly exploded into fragments beneath this punch imbued with the ultimate destructive power of Lihuo Annihilation Divine Light!
Blood and energy residue sprayed out together!
For the first time in this battle, he lost control of his body.
Like a ragged sack, he was blasted backward by that immense force, plowing a deep furrow hundreds of meters long through the ground before barely coming to a stop. The black-robed wizard... was injured.
For the first time since the battle began, he had suffered actual damage.
Jieming did not immediately pursue him.
He hovered in place, looking down at the right arm that had just delivered the decisive blow.
The radiance of his entire arm had dimmed by at least thirty percent. In places, its