Chapter 80: This Arrow... Pierces

Boom—!!

The fist and the gun tip clash again!

This time, it's no longer a simple knockback.

A terrifying shockwave spreads in a ring, uprooting the nearby glowing flora!

The Flame Gun emits an overburdened wail; cracks spiderweb across its barrel, and with a crisp snap it shatters explosively!

Countless flame‑burning fragments scatter like fireworks.

Yet A Xing's expression does not change; in her dull golden eyes reflects the sky‑full blaze.

She lifts her hand and clamps it shut!

"Gather."

With her cool voice, those scattered Flame Gun fragments seem seized by an invisible gravity field, halt abruptly, then spin wildly around Ke Xia as center!

In a blink, a roaring crimson tornado of Flame and fragments engulfs Ke Xia's massive body completely!

Inside the tornado, countless high‑speed fragments, like millions of tiny Flame Guns, hammer Ke Xia's muscular defense!

The sizzling burn and metallic clangs are so dense they make teeth ache.

In the audience, Chang Ye Yue holds an umbrella, a glint of approval flashing in her crimson eyes: "Oh~ A Xing, after Fusion of Peila's analytical ability, their micro‑energy control is much finer. This move is indeed impressive."

Xi Lian anxiously grips the seat edge, watching the raging Flame tornado and the illusory Health Bar representing Ke Xia slowly but surely drop, voice hopeful: "It works! Losing health!"

Bang!

Ke Xia violently shatters the Flame tornado, burning fragments spewing outward like meteors against the current.

His massive form stands again, bronze‑colored muscles flickering with unextinguished flame; the charred marks, far from looking ragged, resemble a warrior's glorious emblem, accentuating the terrifying ferocity.

He gapes a huge maw, heavy breaths like a battered bellows; each exhale carries scorching white vapor and sparks, his crimson single eye fixed on distant Bai Hang and A Xing.

At the same instant the flame fades, A Xing's raised right hand fingers snap shut, as if grasping an invisible thread.

Those scattered Flame Gun fragments seem summoned by an absolute command, reversing at a speed surpassing their prior explosion, like countless rivers converging, rapidly reshaping in her hand— the red Flame Gun reappears whole, its tip humming, as if the prior break made it thirstier for battle.

Meanwhile, Bai Hang has long been poised to strike.

She knows ordinary arrows would only tickle Ke Xia at this moment.

So she draws her energy bow to a full moon, and her aura suddenly shifts!

Massive energy surges from her body, wildly converging on the bowstring; the still‑forming arrow bursts with dazzling blue‑white radiance, the light winding around the bow like tangible water, exuding a heart‑pounding pressure.

Her snow‑white hair and fox tail move without wind; in her azure eyes reflects the cold resolve of a Patrol Hunt Star God hunting its prey.

"This arrow... pierces!"

Bai Hang whispers a light shout, her fingertips release.

"Swoosh—!!!"

No earth‑shaking roar, only an extreme shriek!

The blue‑white arrow becomes a streak of light; where it passes, air is forcibly displaced, forming a visible vacuum tunnel, the resulting gust surges like a tsunami to both sides, carving deep ravines into the ground.

This arrow—too fast! Too sharp!

Ke Xia doesn't even have time to assume a full defense; relying on combat instinct, he crosses his heavily muscled arms over his chest!

"Boom!!!"

The blue‑white streak slams hard against his bronze arm!

This time, it's no longer an evenly matched clash!

The ultimate penetrating force erupts instantly; Ke Xia lets out a painful roar, his muscle defense—strong enough to clash with a Flame Gun—being ripped open into a massive wound, golden blood spraying like lava!

The illusory Health Bar above his head suddenly slides down like an avalanche, plunging into a dangerously red‑glowing zone!

"Did it work?!" Xi Lian is so excited she nearly stands.

However, Heimu's eyebrows knit slightly.

Chang Ye Yue also folds away her lazy smile, her crimson eyes narrowing: "No… when the beast is wounded, that's the most dangerous."

Indeed!

The Health Bar's plunge not only fails to weaken Ke Xia, but seems to shatter the last Reason String shackles within him!

The aura around him is like a volcanic fault line before eruption, wildly boiling and reaching an unprecedented terrifying peak!

In those crimson eyes remains only the purest desire for Destruction!

"Roar—!!!"

Amid the deafening roar, Ke Xia's massive silhouette… disappears!

No, not disappearance—just too fast!

Fast enough to exceed Bai Hang's dynamic visual capture limit!

That speed isn't from mere muscle power, but more like a… reality‑defying "Magic"!

In merely one‑thousandth of a breath, the suffocating shadow already blankets Bai Hang!

A massive fist, bearing the force to crush space, slams down onto her head!

Before the fist's wind arrives, the terrifying pressure already solidifies the air around Bai Hang, making it hard to breathe, even briefly disrupting her teleportation.

Too fast! No time to dodge!

Bai Hang's pupils suddenly contract, the shadow of death instantly seizing her heart.

At this hair‑trigger moment!

A thick amber‑glowing energy shield, like the most loyal bulwark, instantly appears before Bai Hang!

The shield's surface bears the seal of Preservation, solid and warm, as if it could block any attack— it's A Xing who instantly pushed Preservation's power to the limit!

"Bang—!!!"

Ke Xia's fist slams hard onto the amber shield!

A massive crash reverberated, making the entire space tremble!

The shield's light flickered violently, emitting a strained moan under the load.

It successfully blocked that lethal strike, but the cost was enormous—supporting it for less than three breaths, this shield, which had gathered powerful Preservation energy, was shattered with a thunderous crash under Na Ke Xia's fury at its peak, turning into countless specks of light across the sky!

But those precious three breaths were already enough!

Bai Hang recovered from the brief stiffness, fully activating her innate talent and Fusion Teleportation Ability; her form instantly became ethereal, merging with the shadows, and she leapt back dozens of meters, narrowly evading the sweeping aftershocks of the fist wind.

Her heart still trembling, she waved her jade hand, instinctively firing several Energy Arrows at Na Ke Xia, but striking his muscle, honed as if through countless trials, only splashed a few sparks, leaving not even a trace, appearing utterly feeble.

However, at this moment Na Ke Xia seemed to completely disregard such petty harassment.

He threw his head back and let out an even more frenzied roar, the power embedded in the sound wave nearly tearing the space apart; evidently, Bai Hang's dazzling arrow just now and the repeated escapes of the "Little Bug" before him had driven him into a state of extreme rage.

Just as Black Curtain Lady's gaze hardened and the Creation Engine model hovering in her palm flared brightly, ready to seize the chance to unleash that ultimate move—

A Xing on the field, however, made a move that no one could have expected.