On the broad stone platform, both men moved as swiftly as lightning.
They flashed across the fifty-zhang gap between them, closing to within three zhang in less than a tenth of a breath.
At that moment, Mei Shu, clad in blood-colored battle armor, suddenly let out a thunderous roar. Like an exploding thunderclap, it swept across dozens of zhang, sending shattered stones flying from the ground.
An enormous phantom of a Qiongqi appeared behind him, roaring furiously at Chu Xisheng. As that formidable martial intent erupted, threads of destructive power mingled with the metal and wind energies, tearing apart everything around him.
Chu Xisheng discovered that, of the four layers of astral force surrounding his body, all but the White Tiger external astral force had nearly collapsed beneath Mei Shu's roar.
Even the layer of Yazi external astral force Little Flathead provided him trembled.
Little Flathead could reflect Qiongqi's Geng Metal and storm powers, but not its power of destruction.
Only the power of "existence" contained within the White Tiger Wing Armor could contend with it.
Among the supreme metal-element divine beasts, their abilities countered one another.
And Qiongqi's destructive divine ability was enough to break through Yazi's reflection.
Yet Chu Xisheng showed not the slightest fear. The Nine-Heaven Thought Wheel behind him suddenly began spinning rapidly.
The enormous Yazi beast, with its dragon's head and jackal's body, also manifested behind him. Holding a saber in its jaws, it stood against the opposing Qiongqi, point against point.
At that very instant, Chu Xisheng's eleventh-level Yazi saber intent erupted thunderously, mingled with the immense soul power enhanced by the Nine-Wheel Divine Invocation.
Caught completely off guard, Mei Shu immediately spurted blood from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.
His primordial spirit was nearly shattered by that overwhelming saber intent. As it