In a flash, Yang Qinglan jumped onto the starfish in the basket and landed next to the mermaid.

Before the panicked mermaid could speak, she whispered, "We'll protect the basket starfish too, help us!"

The mermaid's expression softened slightly, and she nodded.

Peng!

A loud explosion rang out overhead. The two looked up and saw flames flickering inside the pit where Li Changzhou and the others were, resembling a stove.

The sound of fists and feet colliding was like wood crackling and popping in a stove.

Zhu Xiongjie calmed his mind, licked the roots of his upper teeth with his tongue, relaxed his hips and tightened his anus, thus opening the small circulation.

He thrust his left leg forward, his body sinking down like a tank, or like his spine growing roots and digging deep into the ground.

Not an inch will be retreated!

Li Changzhou had already become completely focused, forgetting all about the Black Death, heavy machine guns, and King Cobra.

attack!

Zhu Xiongjie became increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed.

When they first clashed, Li Changzhou was strong and quick-witted, but that was all he was capable of. He also had a heart that was ruthless to his enemies and even more ruthless to himself.

In his view, he was a complete brute.

But in the blink of an eye, with a punch and a kick, Li Changzhou had already seized the force of the entire body, the power surging through his body like mercury.

Shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, knees—the whole body is like a fish covered in thorns. With a flick of mercury, every part can parry, and every part can kill.

In the realm of swordsmanship, it has reached a level where one is not bound by objects, and everything can be a sword.

Even more terrifying is—

Zhu Xiongjie twisted and turned, stepping on the Bagua circle, moving smoothly and freely in all directions.

Five energies united, swinging and hooking in a circle, Baguazhang!

With a wave of his hands, countless palm shadows filled the air, and due to the speed, a faint Bagua diagram was left in the air.

Li Changzhou was forced back half a step, and the next moment...

He leaned back slightly, adopting a tiger-sitting posture, his hands moving like swimming dragons.

No water flows, only objects move – Baguazhang!

To the average person watching two people fight, they can't see the moves at all; they only see two Bagua symbols on either side, like two large millstones colliding with a loud crash.

Snap! Boom!

One was engulfed in divine fire, the other in lightning; their every move was powerful and heavy. Each time their "Bagua" clashed, it was more terrifying than the collision of real millstones!

The narrow pit, in the blink of an eye, was filled with blood and flesh as the two fought, and gradually widened.

Hate, hate!

Zhu Xiongjie wished he could drink Li Changzhou's blood and eat his flesh.

His visualization technique, "Divine Fire Diagram," focused on fire, but it was countered by Li Changzhou. However, Li Changzhou's "Thunder Diagram" constantly "numbed" his body.

We can't waste any more time here with this kid!

Zhu Xiongjie recovered from his surprise and panic.

My goal is to kill the basket starfish and take its heart.

Once he masters the third level of the "Divine Fire Diagram" (the third potential development)—transforming his body into divine fire—Li Changzhou's fire control ability will be nothing more than playing with fire and getting burned in front of him.

Having made up his mind, Zhu Xiongjie changed his tactics.

Circulate Qi in the Dantian, achieve the unity of all Qi, and you will attain the Way of Yiquan!

Peng!

The Bagua diagram in Li Changzhou's hand was shattered, and he staggered back three steps.

Zhu Xiongjie's feet felt like they were crushing a venomous snake. His left knee rubbed against his right knee as he took a small step forward, followed closely by his right leg, which then kicked out.

This kick wasn't powered by the leg, but rather by the body.

Bang!

Li Changzhou retreated again!

Seizing the opportunity, Zhu Xiongjie sprinted towards the pit, visualizing divine fire in his mind, his whole body exploding like a powder keg.

It leaped down, squeezing out the air, and hurtled towards the bottom of the pit.

As the firelight shone overhead, Yang Qinglan, the mermaid, and the starfish in the basket looked up at the sky above the pit.

A fiery meteorite, howling and tearing through the wind, its flames dancing wildly!

"Little starfish!" the mermaid shouted.

The basket starfish, whether intact, recovered, or not, swept all its tentacles wildly, crisscrossing the air, and crashing towards the fiery meteorite.

Melts at the touch of a finger!

The scene before Yang Qinglan reminded her of a time in the summer when Li Qianxia caught a mosquito in the courtyard along the river road, put it in a disposable plastic cup, and then stuck a mosquito coil inside, burning through the plastic cup.

The heatwave first warmed my body, then quickly turned scalding hot.

Yang Qinglan's eyes turned blue, strong enough to lift the gravity of the warship, but useless against the fiery meteorite that was bound to fall!

Golden-red flames roared down from above the pit, unstoppable.

Yang Qinglan did not intend to stop the attack by using the repulsion technique, but only to slow down the opponent's momentum and make the opponent go from landing to taking off.

"Let's go!" She grabbed the mermaid and jumped out of the basket of starfish.

The basket-like starfish, which had spread out on the lake like a giant net, had disappeared. The man and the fish swam into the lake without hindrance, leaving behind a series of bubbles.

"Waaah!"

The basket starfish contracted and swelled, exhaling a puff of icy mist.

The lake froze instantly, but the ice fog was very thin.

It no longer has enough strength.

After such a long and fierce battle, there was even a time when they were almost blasted to smithereens by gunboats.

"die!"

Amidst the raging flames, Zhu Xiongjie disregarded everything and began his meditation once more.

When the body is engulfed in flames, all the blood, fascia, and bones in the body contract and compress.

Layers of flame were squeezed out.

The golden-red flames, as if oil had been poured on them, suddenly surged and turned into a fiery purplish-red.

The walls of the pit began to burn, the giant whale howled and roared, and the walls of the pit contracted.

With a hiss, the fire wave collided with the ice mist, the white mist exploded, and the steam rose.

Peng!

The flaming meteorite crashed down.

"Woo!"

!

The mournful cry of the basket starfish snapped Li Changzhou out of his reverie, and with a single step, he rushed to the edge of the pit.

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