"No!"
Someone shouted at that moment.
Before their eyes, another bolt of black lightning swept upward against the tide.
"Reverse Path—Arc Light Dash!"
The longsword in the Extreme Soldier's hand, which had just emerged behind the tornado, stabbed fiercely backward.
A streak of black lightning flashed back once more.
This time, the trajectory in everyone's minds suddenly formed a complete loop.
"This is clearly the tornado's trajectory!"
"...Strike again!"
Mu Fan roared, the veins in both his arms bulging to their limit.
The strain Soglier's Key Arrangement Method placed upon his body was infinitely nearing the limit of what he could bear.
"Strike... again...!"
A black storm abruptly rose into the sky beyond the whirlwind, plunging headlong into the tornado amid sparks from countless clashing blades.
Crack!
Crack!
At the heart of the storm, two successive sounds of arms being locked rang out.
Time froze at that instant.
Everyone's gazes halted along with the tornado suspended in the sky.
Rustle...
The dirt and shattered stones swept into the sky by the tornado rained down, revealing two figures within, one green and one black, both head-down.
"This is..."
With both arms locked by the Extreme Soldier behind him, the Jade Mantis was completely unable to break free.
Zong Jinrui flicked his only movable wrist, sending his two emerald scimitars slashing back toward the Extreme Soldier's back, only for them to be blocked by the shield strapped there.
Two sparks burst forth.
The Extreme Soldier's rear engine exhausts tilted fifteen degrees...
Then suddenly blasted out a terrifying surge of air.
Down from the sky.
The two entangled figures spun at high speed once more, transforming into a gigantic, violent top as they crashed down with a thunderous roar!
Carrying a domineering, savage beauty of violence, the green-and-black intertwined figures sank into the