"Interesting!"
The Infinite Dao Son steadied himself. Far from looking defeated, he wore a strange smile.
There was appraisal in that smile, and Battle Intent that had truly been roused.
"Lu Ren!"
He spoke slowly, his voice still steady but now edged with coldness. "Do you think that forming the legendary Ninefold Dao Ring gives you the means to challenge me—or even... defeat me?"
"Why wouldn't it?"
Lu Ren shot back. Behind him, the Ninefold Dao Ring shone brilliantly, his momentum surging like a rainbow.
"Naive."
The Infinite Dao Son uttered the word softly, and his smile vanished.
The next instant, the force around him changed completely!
Hum!
A surge of blood and vitality far greater than before erupted from his body, like an ancient beast awakening from its slumber!
Faint golden light shone through his skin. A savage, domineering Battle Intent that seemed capable of toppling mountains and shearing off peaks soared into the sky!
Crack, crack, crack!
As though a seal had been undone, ancient, intricate Battle Marks radiating dazzling Golden Light surfaced beneath his skin like living things. They spread until they were clearly branded across his body.
One mark, two marks, three... seven, eight!
Eight Battle Marks in all, like eight Primordial Giant Dragons set into his body, radiated suffocating pressure!
"An... Eight-Marked Battle Body?"
"The Infinite Dao Son actually cultivated an Eight-Marked Battle Body?"
"He concealed it this well?"
The entire crowd fell into stunned silence once more.
First Lu Ren's Ninefold Dao Ring, and now the Infinite Dao Son's Eight-Marked Battle Body!
Either alone could have dominated an entire Immortal Era, yet both had appeared on two peerless prodigies about to fight to the death!
None of them had imagined the battle between the two would become this fierce.
Even the Evil Dao experts