Blazing Sky Fire, Earth Water Army Breaker

Boom!

After a thunderous crash, the two fighters stopped at the same time.

Moments later, the countless streaks of Sword Qi faded, and calm returned to the square. Lu Ren and Xuan Ye slowly came into view.

Everyone hurried to look. Both men were in a sorry state.

Lu Ren's white hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn, and even the scales covering his body had shattered.

Xuan Ye's clothes were disheveled too. Shallow sword cuts marked his body, with thin traces of blood seeping from them.

"To push me this far when I was using half my strength—you truly have the power to challenge a Martial Emperor above your realm!"

Xuan Ye stared at Lu Ren, his heart churning like a storm-tossed sea.

Lu Ren might not have been able to defeat him, but he was only at the peak of the ninth level of the Origin Venerate Realm. At the same realm, Xuan Ye would never have been his match.

"Half your strength?"

Lu Ren gave a soft laugh. "Then let me see all of it!"

"Dark Moon Saint Body!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Xuan Ye shuddered. An intensely cold aura poured from him, and his presence utterly overwhelmed Lu Ren's.

"Lu Ren, if this is all you have, your defeat is certain!"

Xuan Ye spoke calmly. Lu Ren had forced him to unleash the Dark Moon Saint Body; now Lu Ren had no chance of winning.

Feeling Xuan Ye's aura, Lu Ren's face turned grave. "Until the final moment, the outcome remains unknown."

Xuan Ye chuckled and said no more. He rushed at Lu Ren, flicked his wrist, and sent a dense black sword beam hurtling toward him.

As the sword beam swept forward, a dark moon appeared upside down. Its vast sword might