Chapter 675: Boom!

The force erupting from the contact point was so massive that the surrounding space couldn't transmit sound in time, and it shattered a step ahead.

With the two of them as the center, everything around was pulverized into dust.

The black platform beneath their feet cracked with countless fissures spreading outward from the center, each vein exuding violet‑black light.

The melting ice water was overturned by the shockwave, shattering in the air into countless glowing droplets, like rain falling upward.

The dim yellow sky above trembled violently, its halo ripped open in several places, revealing pure darkness behind it.

Dust rose from the shattered platform, not ordinary dust but the remnants of shattered light points—violet‑black, golden, gray‑blue—mixed together into a dense mist in the void.

At the center of the mist, the silhouettes of two figures still held a stance with sword and staff opposing each other.

Heimu stood within the mist, her ash‑white hair blown backward by the shockwave, and the violet‑black hem of her skirt rustled.

Dust settled on her shoulder; her expression remained nonchalant, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.

Bai E stood opposite her, her damaged body glowing violet in the mist, those unfocused eyes just inches away.

A crack ran from the eye socket to the jaw, illuminated by violet light, looking like a shattered map etched onto her face.

His expression did not change—no Rage, no murderous intent, no trace of any emotion.

Yet the force on the sword kept pressing down inch by inch, trying to cleave the Magic Staff and the person behind it.

Heimu felt the pressure coming from the staff, and the violet‑black light in her eyes dimmed slightly.

Then the curve of her mouth lifted a little more.

"Let's see if we can have a proper fight!"

The Magic Staff spun in her hand, breaking the sword's suppression.

The violet‑black gem at the staff's tip traced a complete Light Arc as it spun, like an ignited comet.

Then she deliberately swung the first strike.

Heimu flicked her wrist, sending the Magic Staff sweeping sideways.

Violet‑black mana erupted from the gem, tearing a curved light trail along the swing's path.

The light trail solidified in the air for less than half a second, then burst with a Boom, ripping the surrounding void apart; fragments flew in all directions, revealing what lay beyond the shards.

A barren surface.

Above, the sky was a dim yellow, clouds pressed low, their edges glowing dark red.

Below, the cracked earth exhaled heat waves, warping the air.

Shattered stones and gravel covered the ground, stretching to the horizon.

Shen E's figure was flung by the aftershock of that strike, carving a straight trail across the dim horizon.

His bare upper body was outlined by violet light, his shell covered in purple veins that resembled magma flowing beneath the skin.

The veins spread from the center of his chest outward, each shimmering faintly in the dim sunlight.

His ash‑white hair was torn backward by the airflow.

Heimu stayed put, raised the Magic Staff, and aimed its tip at the airborne figure on the horizon.

Her violet‑black eyes narrowed slightly; her breathing was steady, but the joints of the fingers gripping the staff turned white, the force of the previous swing reverberating through the staff, leaving her palm numb.

That didn't feel good; the opponent clearly wouldn't give her a moment to recover.

"Not even a single expression—show some reaction!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, the violet‑black gem at the staff's tip lit up.

Light contracted toward the center, finally coalescing into a fist‑sized point.

The core of the light point was pure violet‑black, radiating three layers of halos; the outermost rippled circles in the air, folding space itself.

Buzz!

A violet‑black Light Pillar erupted from the staff's tip, dozens of meters wide, shooting straight toward the sky.

The air around the Light Pillar instantly emitted a shrill screech.

The shattered stones on the ground were lifted by the shockwave, forming two streams of stones flung outward on either side of the Light Pillar.

Shen E stared expressionlessly at the scene, then swung a sword down.

The great sword rose from below, its cracks glowing violet as it swung.

The veins on his chest brightened instantly, the light within them climbing up his arms.

At the Shana the sword blade pierced the Magic Cannon's Light Pillar, all sound between heaven and earth was sucked away, then centered on the point of contact between the blade and the Magic Cannon.

Boom!

The Magic Cannon split in two at its center, the violet‑black mana on each side veering left and right, skimming Shen E's sides as they rushed toward the sky, blasting two massive voids in the clouds behind him.

But the sword was not finished.

After the blade cleaved the Magic Cannon, its force did not wane, continuing to strike downward.

Where the sword tip traced through the air, the ground began to split.

A chasm tore open from the direction the sword tip pointed, hundreds of meters wide and bottomless in depth.

The edges of the fissure surged with violet‑black Flame and magma, the chasm racing toward Heimu at astonishing speed, swallowing stones and gravel along its path.

Heimu planted a toe on the ground and slid sideways to the left.

The chasm cut through the spot where she had stood, violet‑black lava spewing from the fissure, splashing into the air and scorching smoky pits into the barren ground.

She turned her head to glance at where the lava fell, violet‑black pupils reflecting the flames; her mouth twitched, the sword's aftershock brushed her skirt, singeing a small patch of the hem that smoked faintly.

And Shen E gave her no chance to recover.

The great sword whirled, its horizontal Light Blade skimming the ground toward her.

Where the Light Blade passed, a thick layer of the surface was stripped away.

Heimu drove the Magic Staff into the ground.

As the staff's tail pierced the earth, a violet‑black Barrier rose from beneath her feet, unfurling before her into a curved Light Shield.

Bang!

The Light Blade struck the Light Shield, emitting a deafening metallic clang.

Several fissures cracked across the surface of the Light Shield, spreading from the center to the edges, each fissure giving off a faint crack!

But the Light Blade was also deflected, veering upward at an angle, skimming over Heimu's crown and flying past, bursting on the skyline behind her.

The shockwave's afterglow lifted her ash‑gray long hair backward, and her skirt hem rustled.

She felt a sting in the web of her hand, the recoil from the Barrier's shattering traveling along her staff, her knuckles turning white from the shock, and her entire hand trembling slightly.

Tsk.

Heimu lowered her head to glance at her trembling hand, and furrowed her brows.

After blocking two swords in succession, her arm was already beginning to give out.

This opponent's strength was greater than she had expected, and he had no notion of restraining force; each sword swing aimed to cleave a person in two.