493: Intense battle

He held his hands out as if embracing the air, palms facing each other.

Golden flames converged from all directions, condensing above the arena into the phantom of a hundred-zhang-tall furnace composed entirely of flaming runes.

The mouth of the furnace faced downward, aimed at Wang Zhan. Inside, the flames swirled in a vortex, emitting a terrifying force of suction and refinement.

This was not mere fire, but the Law of refinement.

Wang Zhan felt the space around him suddenly freeze, as if he had been plunged into a substance of liquid fire.

Every inch of his skin transmitted the agonizing pain of being stripped and decomposed.

Even more terrifying, the blood and Qi in his body began to accelerate uncontrollably, as if they were being drawn out and refined from the inside by this furnace.

Wang Zhan stopped playing defense. He withdrew all his remaining power, merging it with his own blood, Qi, and will.

Azure light compressed and condensed frantically on the surface of his body. Finally, two rotating blood-Qi vortices formed over his fists.

At the center of the vortices, a pinpoint of extreme light was gestating.

"Break!"

Wang Zhan struck out with both fists. Two fist seals surged upward, ignoring the furnace's suction and flames to smash directly into the furnace walls!

Sizzle—!!!

The moment the fist seals hit the furnace walls, two rapidly expanding holes appeared on the surface.

"What?" Crimson Blaze's pupils constricted.

His Great Sun Furnace was a creation of Law condensed from Solar True Fire. Ordinary Saint Weapons would melt upon contact, and it could even refine the Law of a Saint King.

Yet the power contained in Wang Zhan's two punches could actually directly disintegrate the structure of the flaming runes?

Wang Zhan rushed out from the hole at the bottom of the furnace. His battle armor was charred and damaged in many places, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.

Immediately after, he turned into a gust of azure wind, instantly surging to the front of Crimson Blaze.

Crimson Blaze reacted extremely quickly. The Solar Divine Wheel behind his head suddenly lit up, transforming into a golden light shield to block his front.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Wang Zhan's punches were so fast they were mere afterimages.

Every punch smashed into the same spot on the Solar Divine Wheel. Azure blood-Qi and golden flames clashed frantically, and the resulting shockwaves tore black cracks into the surrounding space.

By the fifth punch, an almost invisible crack appeared on the Solar Divine Wheel's shield.

Crimson Blaze's expression finally changed.

It wasn't that he had never met an opponent who could clash head-on with the Solar Divine Wheel, but he had never seen someone like Wang Zhan who used pure blood-Qi and physical strength.

To force a crack through continuous and precise strikes was unprecedented.

"You are looking for death!"

A fierce light surged in Crimson Blaze's eyes as dark gold flames ignited on his right fist. Ancient runes faintly flowed within those flames.

That was an advanced form of Solar True Fire, with a temperature high enough to incinerate the Law of a Saint King.

"Golden Crow Dragon-Grappling Technique, Heaven-Tearing Claw!"

He swung a claw, and the dark gold flames condensed into five space-tearing claw marks. Everywhere they passed, space was easily ripped open like cloth, revealing the pitch-black spatial turbulence behind it.

Wang Zhan did not dodge. Chaos-colored light condensed on his right fist once more, and this time, a hint of a trembling Concept was added to the light.

"Delusion Shattering!"

Fist and claw collided.

With the two of them at the center, an energy sphere over a hundred zhang in diameter instantly expanded. Half the sphere was dark gold, and half was azure.

Inside the sphere, the spatial structure completely collapsed, turning into the most primitive energy turbulence.

A breath later.

BOOM—!!!

The sphere exploded.

Wang Zhan flew backward. The battle armor on his right arm was completely shattered, his forearm bones were twisted and deformed, and his skin was charred black.

But while still in the air, he joined his left fingers like a saber and slashed through the air. A streak of azure Saber Qi left his fingertips, fast as lightning, striking directly at Crimson Blaze's brow!

Crimson Blaze was also in bad shape.

The nails on the five fingers of his right hand were all shattered, and a bone-deep wound marked his palm. Golden blood dripped down, igniting golden sparks in the void.

What shocked him even more was that the vibrating force in Wang Zhan's punch had actually penetrated his protective divine fire.

It acted directly on his bones and internal organs, causing his blood and Qi to churn and his Meridians to ache faintly.

Wang Zhan's left foot stomped the ground, blowing a deep pit into the arena.

His entire being turned into a straight line of azure light. His left fist was like a cannon, booming toward Crimson Blaze's chest—the very spot where the vibrating force had just invaded and where his defenses were weakest!

Crimson Blaze gritted his teeth, a ruthless look flashing in his eyes. Emperor-grade golden flames instantly condensed into a thick fire shield on his chest as he pushed his physical strength to the limit.

His divine-gold-like shell took on a metallic luster as he braced himself against this thunderous strike!

Bang —!!!

The fist seal and the fire shield collided violently. Azure blood-Qi and Emperor-grade golden flames clashed frantically. The fire shield was instantly dented and flames splattered everywhere, yet it did not shatter.

The vibrating force in Wang Zhan's fist erupted again, spreading through the fire shield and into his arms.

Crimson Blaze felt a jolt of sharp pain in his chest, and his blood and Qi surged even more violently. He couldn't help but groan as his body was sent flying backward like it had been hit by a giant hammer!

He stabilized himself a hundred zhang away, his feet plowing two deep grooves into the ground. He looked down at the clear fist print on his chest.

Under the combined resistance of the fire shield and his Physical Body, the fist print hadn't pierced his defense, but it still left a deep mark, with bruising faintly visible under the skin.

Feeling the vibrating force still wreaking havoc inside him like countless steel needles threading through his Meridians, Crimson Blaze's gaze turned solemn.

This human was far more difficult to deal with than he had anticipated.

Not only was his Physical Body strong enough to clash with the Solar Divine Body, but his battle instincts were terrifyingly sharp, and he possessed a nearly suicidal ruthlessness.

"Very well."

Crimson Blaze wiped the golden blood from the corner of his mouth, and the flames on his body began to change color.

Crimson Blaze wiped the golden blood from the corner of his mouth, and the dimmed flames on his body suddenly reignited.

This time, it was no longer flowing molten gold, but a bursting, dark red filled with an aura of destruction.

The space behind him, which had been nearly shattered by Wang Zhan's Fist Intent, began to twist violently.

"Wang Zhan."

Crimson Blaze's voice sounded like two pieces of red-hot divine iron rubbing together, low and blazing.

"To be able to push me to this point, you are worthy of witnessing the true majesty of my clan."

He stopped suppressing his injuries. Instead, he ignited the rampaging vibrating force in his chest along with his own Solar Essence Blood!

Behind him, nine ancient, complex runes began to outline themselves, containing the Concepts of the birth and extinction of the Great Sun.

"Ten Suns Crossing the Sky!"

Hum—!!!

Heaven and earth shook violently.

Those nine blood runes suddenly radiated light. Each rune expanded, stretched, and twisted, eventually transforming into nine brilliant suns of different hues, yet all emitting an aura capable of incinerating the heavens and boiling the seas!

They were not phantoms, but Law Incarnations condensed from Crimson Blaze's Origin Essence Blood and the Battle Intent of the Golden Crow ancestors.

Including the most blazing sun transformed from Crimson Blaze's true body, which had a pinpoint of pure black at its core.

A total of ten suns suspended in the sky behind him.

Each sun emitted a completely different yet perfectly complementary terrifying power.

The ten suns revolved slowly according to an extremely profound trajectory, their Qi connected to form a peerless killing Formation that enveloped the entire arena.

The moment the Formation was formed, the space of the arena was completely locked and solidified, ten thousand times harder than divine gold. Any escape or teleportation techniques lost their meaning.

Even more terrifying, the light emitted by these ten suns intertwined to form a type of Solar Divine Light that could dissolve all things.

Wherever the light shone, the remnants of the azure battle armor on Wang Zhan's body made a 'sizzling' sound and actually began to melt and evaporate like snow!

The glazed ground beneath his feet was also silently sinking and disappearing.

This was not the direct burning of flames, but rather all matter and energy illuminated by the Solar Divine Light.

Their very existence was being forcibly decomposed and returned to the most primitive state of heat.

Wang Zhan felt a needle-like pain all over his body. It wasn't physical stinging, but every particle composing his body letting out a wail of impending collapse under the illumination of that divine light.

His blood-Qi circulation almost ground to a halt, and his Soul felt bouts of scorching pain and dizziness.