"Boom—!!"
Fist and spear tip clashed again!
This time, it wasn't just a simple knockback.
A terrifying shockwave spread in a ring, uprooting nearby luminous plants!
Flame Lance let out a groan of unbearable strain. Cracks spread rapidly across its shaft like a spiderweb, finally shattering with a crisp sound!
Countless burning fragments scattered like fireworks.
However, Jack's expression remained unchanged. The golden eyes, devoid of highlights, reflected the sky full of fire.
She raised her hand and clenched it tightly!
"Gather."
Following her clear, cold voice, the scattered Flame Lance fragments seemed to be caught by an invisible gravitational field, suddenly halting, then spinning wildly around Anaxa as their center!
In the blink of an eye, a roaring crimson tornado, composed of flames and fragments, completely engulfed Anaxa's massive body!
Inside the tornado were countless high-speed rotating fragments, like thousands of miniature Flame Lances, continuously bombarding Anaxa's muscular defense!
The sizzling burning sounds and metallic clashing were so dense they grated on the teeth.
In the audience, Long Night Moon held her umbrella, a hint of appreciation flashing in her crimson eyes: "Oh my~ Jack, after integrating Pela's analytical abilities, her microscopic control over energy has become much more refined. This move is quite impressive."
Cyrene nervously clutched the edge of her seat, watching the raging flame tornado and the illusory health bar representing Anaxa slowly but surely decreasing, her voice filled with anticipation: "It's working! His health is dropping!"
Bang!
The flame tornado was forcefully dispersed by Anaxa in the most brutal manner, burning fragments scattering like Meteorite flowing against the current.
His massive body stood tall again, unextinguished flames leaping across his bronze muscles. The charred marks, far from making him seem disheveled, were like badges of a warrior's honor, making his violent aura even more terrifying.
He opened his giant mouth, his heavy breathing like a broken bellows. Each exhalation carried scorching white vapor and sparks, his crimson single eye locked onto Baiheng and Jack in the distance.
And at the same instant the flames dissipated, Jack's raised right hand suddenly clenched, as if grasping invisible threads.
The scattered Flame Lance fragments seemed to be summoned by an absolute command, suddenly coiling back at a speed exceeding their previous dispersion. Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, they rapidly reshaped in her hand—the red Flame Lance reappeared complete, its tip humming, as if more eager for battle after its previous shattering.
On the other side, Baiheng was already poised and ready.
She knew that ordinary arrows were merely scratching an itch for Anaxa at this moment.
So she drew her energy bow to a full moon, and her aura suddenly changed!
Vast energy surged from within her, wildly converging on the bowstring. The yet-to-form arrow glowed with brilliant blue-white light, which wrapped around the bow like a tangible current, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.
Her snow-white long hair and fox tail moved without wind. In her azure eyes, the cold determination of The Hunt Star God pursuing evildoers was reflected.
"This arrow... pierces through!"
Baiheng whispered softly, then released her fingertips.
"Whoosh—!!!"
There was no earth-shattering roar, only an ultimate shriek!
The blue-white arrow transformed into a streak of light. Wherever it passed, the air was forcibly pushed aside, forming a visible vacuum tunnel. The resulting airwaves surged to both sides like a tsunami, plowing deep furrows into the ground!
This arrow was too fast! Too sharp!
Anaxa didn't even have time to assume a complete defensive stance, only able to cross his most muscular arms over his chest out of battle instinct!
"Boom!!!"
The blue-white streak of light violently collided with his bronze arms!
This time, it was no longer an evenly matched confrontation!
The ultimate penetrating power instantly erupted. Anaxa let out a cry of pain. His muscular defense, which could withstand Flame Lance, was forcibly torn open, creating a massive wound, and golden blood spurted out like lava!
The illusory health bar above his head plummeted like an avalanche, directly falling to a dangerously red level!
"It worked?!" Cyrene was so excited she almost stood up.
However, Black Herta's brow furrowed slightly.
Long Night Moon also put away her lazy smile, her crimson eyes narrowing: "No... A wounded beast is the most dangerous."
Indeed!
The sharp drop in his health bar did not weaken Anaxa; instead, it seemed to break the last shackles of reason within him!
His aura, like the earth's veins before a volcanic eruption, wildly accumulated and boiled, reaching an unprecedented terrifying peak!
In his crimson eyes, only the purest desire for destruction remained!
"Roar—!!!"
Amidst the deafening roar, Anaxa's massive figure... vanished!
No, not vanished, but too fast!
So fast that it exceeded the limits of Baiheng's dynamic vision!
That was by no means speed brought by mere muscular strength; it was more like... an illogical 'magic'!
In just a thousandth of a breath, that suffocating shadow had enveloped Baiheng!
A massive fist, with the power to crush space, smashed down towards her head!
Before the fist wind even arrived, the terrifying pressure had solidified the air around Baiheng, making it almost impossible for her to breathe. Even her teleportation seemed briefly interfered with by this force field!
Too fast! No time to dodge!
Baiheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and the shadow of death instantly clutched her heart.
At this critical moment!
A thick, amber-colored energy shield, like the most loyal bulwark, instantly appeared in front of Baiheng!
The Preservation imprint flowed on the shield's surface, solid and warm, as if it could block all attacks in the world—it was Jack instantly activating the power of Preservation to its extreme!
"Bang—!!!"
Anaxa's fist slammed heavily onto the amber shield!
The enormous impact made the entire space tremble!
The shield's light flickered violently, emitting a groan of unbearable strain.
It successfully blocked this fatal blow, but at a huge cost—after enduring for less than three breaths, this shield, condensed with powerful Preservation energy, shattered with a crash under Anaxa's utterly violent power, turning into countless specks of light!
But these precious three breaths were enough!
Baiheng recovered from her brief stun, fully activating her innate talent and integrated teleportation ability. Her figure instantly blurred, as if merging into shadow, and she rapidly retreated dozens of meters, narrowly avoiding the sweep of the lingering fist wind.
Still shaken, she waved her jade hands repeatedly, instinctively shooting several energy arrows at Anaxa. But they merely sparked against his seemingly tempered muscles, unable to leave even a trace, appearing so powerless.
However, Anaxa at this moment seemed to completely ignore this level of harassment.
He let out an even more frenzied roar towards the sky. The power contained in the sound waves almost tore space apart. Clearly, Baiheng's stunning arrow just now and the 'little insect's' repeated escapes had driven him into an extreme state of rage.
Just as Madam Herta's eyes narrowed, and the Creation Engine model floating in her palm glowed brightly, ready to seize this opportunity to unleash her ultimate move—
Jack on the field made a move that surprised everyone.
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