"Thud, thud, thud, thud!"
Just as the golden-armored giant formed that thought, believing his opponent's defenses were about to crumble, he felt the golden threads were about to slip through the opening.
But suddenly, powerful surges of force came from the spinning black staff ahead, stopping the killing blow he had been certain would succeed!
Yet the young cultivator's resistance had barely arisen before it abruptly vanished the next instant, leaving the golden threads shooting from the flood dragon's horns to strike emptiness.
The golden-armored giant felt as though his attack had suddenly hit nothing. His opponent's rapid shifts in strength gave him a sense of weightlessness, leaving him momentarily unable to understand what had happened.
But his instincts moved faster than his thoughts. He subconsciously tried to control the flood dragon and stabilize its power. Just then, another downward pull suddenly emerged from the black staff spinning like the wind.
It was as though the staff's rapid rotation sought to drag all the attacking force toward the ground. The golden-armored giant instinctively directed the golden threads upward, trying to steady the attack against that downward pull and keep it in its original position.
Yet the instant the golden threads' power lifted upward, the downward suction generated by the spinning black staff abruptly changed into an upward surge. As though acting in perfect accord, it rose together with the golden-armored giant's strength.
With the final thud of colliding forces, the golden threads shooting from the flood dragon's horns immediately struck the empty space above.
"This is..."
The golden-armored giant was startled. He had never expected the black staff's force to rise and fall so violently in less than half a breath, making his attack feel weightless, as though it had struck a slippery sheet of ice.
His opponent's control over