Turning the Tide

The battle for Wutian, Han Tian, and Little Tian had begun.

Elder Wu had a robust physique. He was not an elemental being, but his energy was terrific.

The sea of lava under his feet billowed and formed a vortex. In just a matter of moments, the vortex rose several dozen feet in the air, fire dancing and heatwaves spread in all directions.

He looked like an emperor, standing tall with muscles as solid as steel wall, heaving like a dragon as he breathed. His entire body was glowing.　

"Form!"

Elder Wu shouted, and the vortex rose and danced like a dragon in the air. It then formed into a fearsome, flaming saber.

Wutian could not be careful enough. He knew that Magic Maxim was terrific. His Ninety-nine Ultimate Realm soared, his fist shivering and skin bulging. It seemed that he could not within the horrible energy and he was going to burst.

He gritted his teeth, stepped on the lava, and lunged forward. Little Tian leaped up and landed on his shoulder. He did not want to clash directly with the great cultivator of the Meridian Growth period as that was suicide.

He flipped his body and dodged the flaming saber. But the lava was way too hot. His clothes caught fire and were burned to ashes in just seconds. Even his skin was burned.

Before he could make another move, the flaming saber suddenly changed its direction and aimed at his head. It came fast with terrific power. Before the saber even came down, its energy had struck a gully out of the sea of lava. Fire instantly rose several dozen feet in the air.

Wutian was shocked. Magic Maxim was many times more powerful than the Secret Manual. Besides, it worked by mind control, agile, and almost impossible to guard against.

Light burst out under his feet with a boom, and he lunged up into the air. The flaming saber missed. The sea of lava surged, revealing the solid ground down below. The saber was unstoppable. As it struck the ground, an abyss formed and magma burst out of it.

Beads of sweat popped up on his forehead. He spun around in the air and descended like a meteorite to maneuver around the licking flame. He struck with his fist. He was unstoppable and turned everything into ashes in his path.

Elder Wu stood erect, his face calm. Ninety-nine Ultimate Realm was unbeatable only at its own level. His cultivation base was in another league. So this teenager could not pose much threat.

With the wave of his hand, the flaming saber disappeared. A flaming hand instantly emerged and grabbed forward.

The air distorted and broke like a mirror. A black hole appeared and grayish air gushing out of it.

This move was too quick and too sudden. Elder Wu had no time to dodge. But he was calm, countering changes with changelessness. Wutian's heart skipped a beat. He immediately made his move, and at the same time, Little Tian acted. Its body was glowing brightly.

A silverish light burst out of its body as if a sword was unsheathed, the metallic sound menacing.

Little Tian flew out from Wutian's shoulder. With the silverish light in front, it cleared out the fire and created a path for it.

But it was forced back by a loud boom, blood spurting out of its mouth. But the flaming hand stopped, just for a second. The palm thinned out and seemed to dissipate.

Wutian made his move, striking the thinning part of the hand. It instantly broke apart, turning into a rain of light and vaporized by the lava down below.

Elder Wu was calm. He was not surprised at all. He would have been really surprised if the combined attack of the human and the beast could not defeat the flaming hand.

Wutian shouted and charged forward again with a punch that seemed unstoppable. But a hand appeared and stopped his punch effortlessly. His fist could not move forward for even an inch.

A loud crackling sound ensued as Wutian's hand bones were snapped with excruciating pain. Elder Wu had used at least 150,000 pounds of force and broke Wutian's hand.

But Wutian did not flinch a bit. He struck with his leg hand, clenching Elder Wu by his throat and summoning all his strength to suppress him.

Little Tian came up and opened its mouth. Its front teeth were missing, but the rest of the teeth were by no means less powerful. By the looks of Elder Wu's expression, it seemed that he was wary of Little Tian's teeth.

Elder Wu tried to fight back, but Wutian did not let go, no matter what. His left hand had even sunk into Elder Wu's skin, locking his shoulder blades to immobilize him.

Little Tian did not use its teeth this time. It raised its claws and aimed at Elder Wu's eyes.

Blood splattered. As powerful as Elder Wu was, eyes were the most vulnerable part of his body.

Little Tian picked his eyes as its target. Elder Wu could not be more furious. He summoned all his power to force Wutian away. Wutian's hand crackled as more of his bones snapped.

Elder Wu struck Little Tian with his hand, sending it flying out and away. At almost the same time, he spun around and struck at Wutian, hitting him in the chest. Wutian's chest cracked open and blood soaked his body red.

Little Tian's condition was no better. It had lost all its teeth, now like a snake without its fangs. It stood not far away, bleeding and glaring at the burly man. It was in terrible shape.

On the other hand, Elder Wu's eyes had turned black, much like a panda. Blood was oozing out of his eyes, but he was fine. His solid cultivation base had protected him and his eyes. The attack was still not enough to break his eyeballs.

Nevertheless, he was enraged. He felt as if there were a thousand needles in his eyes. He could not open them.

Wutian fought back the pain and struck with his left hand. With the aid of the God's Left hand, his strength was 99,000 lbs. Besides, the God's Left Hand had incredible protection. His broken hand was not an issue.

As things had come to such a pass, only one of them would be left standing.

Elder Wu squinted, his vision poor. But with his level of strength, Wutian did not have any advantage over him. He pinned down Wutian and struck him frenziedly. Wutian was wounded from head to toe, covered in blood.

Little Tian jumped into the sea of lava and found its teeth. The lava could not melt Little Tian because it had tough skin. After putting its teeth back into their sockets, it rejoined the battle. Each strike of its claw produced 89,000 pounds of force, which nearly approached the Ninety-nine Ultimate Realm. An ancient tree, the trunk of which was so large that not even ten people could wrap their arms around, fell like wheat.

It bit Elder Wu and tore a chunk of his flesh off his body.

With Little Tian's help, Wutian could finally catch his breath. The synergy of the human and the beast produced an extraordinary power; they could now match the burly man in terms of strength.

The earth cracked, and mountains tumbled. Fire billowed and giant rocks were thrown around. Countless ancient trees fell.

Those who watched on the sidelines had their jaws dropped to the ground. They wondered if the three were human or demonic beasts.

The battle heated up. Even Zhao He and others had to step back further to avoid getting hit.

Wutian was now in a state of frenzy. He was oblivious to his injury.

He had summoned all the might of God of War Secret Manual, strength filling every cell of his body. He was glowing like a divine furnace.

A big hand penetrated his chest, blood spattering. But he did not feel the pain. Instead, he gripped the big hand and struck out a punch, hitting Elder Wu in the eye. Blood spattered. The blow nearly broke his eyeball.

Little Tian came up to help, and the damage it inflicted was great. Its two rows of teeth could bite into anything. Elder Wu was getting bitten all over his body, chunks of flesh were torn off, his wound so deep that even his bones were exposed.

Elder Wu could do nothing about it as the two were fighting with their lives. Besides, the two seemed to have an unlimited energy; they never felt exhausted, and each blow produced 80,000 to 90,000 pounds of force. It was too much for even a great cultivator in the Meridian Growth period like him.

That was not all. As the two were relentless and sticking to close-quarters combat technique, he had no chance to perform his Magic maxim.

"Take rest, Yan. I am going to help Elder Wu." Huoshi looked down at the girl in his arms.

Liuyan nodded, giving him her blessing.

Huoshi laid her on the ground. His face turned grave, and he leaped forward in a quick motion. His target was the genius teenagers in the cave halfway up the cliff.

"How dare you!" Han Tian shouted and lunged out in pursuit.

"Prodigal, take care of Shishi!" Wutian was shocked and quickly asked Little Tian to stop Huoshi. He did not want Shishi to get harmed.

Little Tian was furious because it knew how important Shishi was to Wutian. And Shishi was also important to it. It would let no one hurt her.

"Stay!"

Elder Wu grabbed at him like an eagle, tearing the air apart.

"Get the hell out of here!" Wutian struck with his left hand, forcing Elder Wu to retreat. But blood spurted out of his mouth. He was forced back, his hand feeling numb.

It gave Little Tian an opportunity; it flew straight toward the cave.

Han Tian was ahead, performing a Power of Metal, and a Power of Earth. they clashed. An explosion akin to a supernova sent a large section of the cliff collapsing and pulverizing.

"You are not the only double beings, you know."

Huoshi smiled hideously. Black light burst out with his skin burning with black flames. It was Power of Fire. Just that this Power of Fire had been assimilated by Demonic Manual, becoming an evil demonic energy. On the other hand, an essence containing a high amount of vitality burst out of his body. It was Power of Wood.

Wood fed the fire, and Power of Wood became a fuel, boosting Power of Fire.

Boom!

Golden glow and black light exploded. A strange phenomenon appeared in the sky; half of the sky was brilliantly golden, even the clouds were of the same color. It was as if a golden god of war had crossed over to this world.

Black light filled the other half of the sky. Lightning was flashing in the dark clouds, as if a king of demons had arrived.

A massive shock wave burst out between them. Half of the cliff collapsed, sending dust up the air. The mountain shook and would tumble down at any moment.

Both were forced back several thousand feet. Huoshi was stunned. This man did not display such a powerful strength when they first fought. But now, their strengths were even.

"Even? You still have a long way to go." Han Tian let out an evil smile.

His smile suddenly stiffened as he was struck and sent flying into the cliff.

It turned out that another figure had come behind him.

Zhao He attacked him from behind.

"You must have a death wish, Zhao He! Aren't you afraid of having your entire family wiped out?" Han Tian was outraged. He kicked himself for saying that. Zhao He would not be so stupid to wait for that day to come, letting the clan harm his family.

As a cultivator in the Omega stage, he had used all his might. Besides, Han Tian did not see it coming. The blow had caused him to suffer from internal trauma, his blood billowing in his veins. This was no ordinary trauma.

"Since things have come to such a pass, the clan master will surely not let us off. I might as well try my luck. Besides, Hell City isn't a place where the Yan Clan could come and go at their whims," said Zhao He.