"Hm?"
Lu Ren's expression shifted, but he did not panic. He swung the Chaos Ancient Sword to meet the flaming battle-axe.
Boom!
The two weapons collided fiercely, shaking the void. A tremendous force surged into Lu Ren and sent him hurtling backward.
Then a Minotaur a full thirty feet tall came striding through the void.
"Lu Ren, you killed Niu Ming, didn't you?"
Niu Fanyan glared at Lu Ren, fury in his voice.
"If you already know, why ask? The two of you joined forces to scheme against me. Too bad you didn't have the strength to pull it off!"
Lu Ren shook his head.
Anger rose on Ming Cangye's face as well. "Lu Ren! You're no match for Niu Fanyan!"
Gripping his enormous battle-axe, Niu Fanyan looked down at Lu Ren from his towering height. "I meant to wait until you climbed a little higher in the rankings before killing you. But you're climbing too slowly!"
"Is that so? You must have plenty of Calamity Points yourself. I'll kill you first, then!"
Lu Ren gave a cold smile, his face icy.
"Hmph. You're courting death!"
Niu Fanyan roared. Flames erupted across the demonic markings on his body, and an even more terrifying aura rolled off him.
The flames on his battle-axe surged higher. He hacked again and again, each blow slicing through the void as though it were tofu.
A dozen terrifying flaming axe lights, thick with the aura of calamity, swept toward Lu Ren like ten vast seas of fire.
"Kill!"
Lu Ren shouted and slashed furiously with the Chaos Ancient Sword, unleashing streaks of Chaos Sword Light against the axe lights.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
A dozen explosions thundered out. The seas of fire shattered one after another, but Lu Ren was sent flying backward once more.