Chapter 82: Clash

Feeling the hostile gaze of the centaur beast, the cyclops momentarily forgot about Han Li. A cold gleam flashed in his single eye as he crouched, assuming a fully alert stance.

Among the centaur beast's heads, one pair of eyes flashed with electric light. Thunderbolt patterns on its cyan scales lit up one after another, and arcs of blue electricity shot out, enveloping its entire body. Then, with both hands, it swept them before its chest.

With a crackling sound!

A lightning halberd nearly as tall as its body appeared in its hands, its shaft entwined with electric arcs, clearly also condensed from lightning. However, the electric light on it was solid, adorned with many strange patterns, making it look like a real dharma treasure of immense power, far beyond the previous lightning spears.

The halberd in its hand thrust forward, its two hind hooves stomping hard on the ground. It shot out like lightning, charging straight at the cyclops.

Before its body arrived, it shook the lightning halberd in its hand, and countless halberd shadows densely emerged, flying ahead toward the cyclops.

The giant let out a low shout, suddenly lifting one foot and stomping heavily on the ground. The earth trembled violently, and a large cloud of dust mixed with countless yellow crystal sand rose, spinning like a yellow sand tornado into his hand. With a coalescence of yellow light, it transformed into a giant staff nearly a hundred zhang long.

Gripping the staff with both hands, a hazy yellow light spread over its surface. He took a big step forward and swung the staff to meet the flying lightning halberd shadows.

In an instant, shadows upon shadows, a sky full of staff shadows like mountains covered half the void, directly enveloping the lightning halberd shadows.

Boom, boom, boom—

A series of explosions rang out. The fierce lightning halberd shadows shattered within the staff shadows, turning into a patch of blue electric light that gradually dissipated.

Just then, among the dense staff shadows like snowflakes, a gap suddenly tore open, and a blue lightning halberd thrust out from within, straight for the giant's throat.

As if expecting this, the cyclops withdrew his staff, and the countless staff shadows layered back into the shaft. He parried to the side, and with a "bang," knocked the lightning halberd away.

The lightning halberd traced an arc in the air, then its tip turned and pointed back at the giant.

The centaur beast's arms kept twitching, and the lightning halberd in its hands trembled like a swimming dragon before its body. Countless blue halberd shadows pressed down on the giant like a blanket.

Amid the vast halberd shadows, tiny electric arcs leaped continuously, and even the air began to reek of a pungent burnt smell.

The cyclops, wielding his staff as if it were an extension of his arm, transformed it into a hazy yellow shadow, like a giant yellow roc spreading its wings, charging toward the blue halberd shadows.

For a time, crackling sounds came one after another. Yellow light and electric light interwove, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate.

In midair, loud booms erupted from time to time—either a yellow light suddenly shattered, or a cluster of electric light exploded. Huge waves of air swept in all directions, causing the void to twist and tremble.

The giant bubble covering this area, under the fierce battle of the two, rippled violently on its surface like a stormy sea, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Han Li, hidden in concealment, had already taken the opportunity to appear about four to five hundred zhang away from the two behemoths, watching the fierce battle with unblinking eyes.

Originally, he had planned to slip away while the two fought, leaving this mysterious bubble region and heading to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible. But the scene before him made a flicker of hesitation appear in his eyes.

After his expression shifted uncertainly for a while, he finally made a decision and did not leave immediately.

The rumbling vibrations continued for who knows how long. The light and shadow in the high sky, which had been evenly matched, finally began to show a change.

The cyclops, perhaps affected by his previous injuries, gradually grew weary, and the speed of his staff swings slowed slightly.

In contrast, the centaur beast grew fiercer as it fought. The dense blue halberd shadows began to take the initiative, pressing toward the staff shadows.

Amid the chaotic light and shadows, a earthy yellow halo suddenly lit up on the cyclops's feet.

He let out a sudden roar, and the ground beneath his feet shook violently. Rolling crystal sand swept up from the ground, instantly forming a towering sand curtain hundreds of zhang high, rushing into the sky.

Under the impact of this sand curtain, the countless halberd shadows instantly scattered. The centaur beast holding the lightning halberd, caught off guard, was separated on the other side of the sand curtain.

Seeing this, the cyclops turned and fled backward.

Then, the surface of the sand curtain simultaneously blazed with dazzling yellow light, becoming extremely solid!

The three humanoid faces of the centaur beast all showed a hint of disdain. Then the left head turned slightly, and together with the central head's gaze, looked forward.

Blue and cyan light flickered in the two pairs of eyes respectively. Where the gazes intersected, a strong fluctuation arose in the void.

Threads of blue electric light appeared out of thin air, and streaks of cyan wind blades emerged on their own. They interlinked and coalesced, quickly forming a massive cyan-and-blue dual-colored lightning ball, seven or eight zhang in size.

The dual-colored lightning ball flashed once in the void, then suddenly smashed into the yellow sand curtain.

The sand curtain was struck squarely by the thunderball, immediately bulging outward into a large lump, yet for a moment it did not shatter, managing to block it.

But just then, a dazzling light burst forth from the thunderball, and it exploded with a roar.

A thunderous crash!

Blue arcs of lightning leaped and darted about, like countless tiny, wandering flood dragons, each carrying razor-sharp cyan wind blades that madly lashed out in all directions, instantly tearing a gaping hole dozens of zhang wide in the center of the yellow sand curtain.

The centaur beast shook its form and shot straight through the hole in the sand curtain, charging forward without pause, its speed like lightning, covering several hundred zhang in the blink of an eye.

But the next moment, it faltered slightly—ahead lay a flat, open plain, with no trace of the one-eyed giant.

At that very moment, however, from somewhere behind the hazy crystal sand, a blinding light blazed forth like a rising sun. The figure of the one-eyed giant reappeared, his aura somewhat diminished, a grimace of ferocity twisting his ugly face.

He had not fled at all, but had concealed his aura and hidden within the sand curtain, waiting for the centaur beast to give chase.

And the source of the brilliant light was none other than the once-dull single eye atop his head.

The centaur beast sensed something amiss, whirled around abruptly, and with a flash of light from its hand, hurled the blue thunder halberd it gripped straight toward the giant's hiding place.

Almost at the same moment, the giant's single eye flashed, emitting a thick white beam.

Just before the thunder halberd touched the white beam, it suddenly blurred, vanished into the void, and reappeared before the one-eyed giant, piercing his chest with a thunderous explosion. Countless arcs of lightning shot out, blasting a bloody hole in his chest, and his body toppled backward with a crash.

Simultaneously, the white beam flashed and struck the centaur beast, which had no time to dodge.

Its body was instantly enveloped by a strange fluctuation, becoming utterly rigid—both its movements and the flow of its internal mana were now a hundred times slower than before!

In a panic, it desperately channeled its mana, trying to break free from the bizarre fluctuation.

But though the fluctuation seemed faint, it was oddly tenacious, and even its vast, abyss-like mana could not shatter it.

At that moment, the void behind it shimmered, and a golden-furred giant ape leaped out, its fists blazing with golden starlight. Like a whirlwind, it struck out, aiming at the beast's two heads.

The centaur beast was horrified; its two heads instinctively recoiled, trying to dodge.

At the same time, the cyan whirlwind enveloping its body suddenly detached, transforming into a lifelike deep-cyan wind dragon, with a sharp horn on its head, charging at the golden ape.

But the ape showed no intention of dodging. A translucent film appeared over its body, its surface shimmering with pale silver light, and its fists came crashing down.

Two sharp cracking sounds!

Because its movements were far too sluggish, the centaur beast could not evade in time. Its left and middle heads were struck by the fists, bursting with a splatter of white brain matter and blood.

At that moment, the cyan wind dragon reached the golden ape, its horn blazing with blinding light as countless cyan runes emerged.

With a tearing sound!

The translucent film was ripped open by the horn, leaving a long gash on the ape's chest, from which blood gushed forth.

The ape let out a pained grunt, turned sideways, and covered its chest with one hand while its other massive hand shot out like lightning toward the centaur beast's third head.

Terror filled the eyes of the beast's remaining head. Its eyes flashed black, and countless black runes materialized, swirling around its body.

A bizarre scene unfolded!

With a flicker, the beast vanished from its spot as if into thin air.

The golden ape, Han Li's transformation, grabbed at empty air. Without a moment's hesitation, it willed its vast divine sense to spread out, while a layer of blue light appeared in its eyes as it swiftly scanned the surroundings.

Yet even with both his divine sense and Brightclarity Spirit Eyes fully deployed, he could find no trace of the centaur beast, as if it had truly disappeared.

Meanwhile, the cyan wind dragon took the opportunity to dart around him, its horn cutting through everything, adding several more wounds to his body.

The golden ape flailed its arms wildly to protect its vital points, its eyes flashing blue, and its brow split open as black qi surged forth, transforming into a pitch-black demon eye.

This was the Annihilation Eye.

Both the Brightclarity Spirit Eye and the Annihilation Eye blazed with light, emitting two blue beams and one black beam.

The three beams converged in midair, merging into a single orb of black and blue intertwined light.

The orb was the size of a fist, crystalline and translucent, appearing quite peculiar.