Xiong Tao's hackles rose. He twisted aside at the last second as the spinning blade grazed his temple. A surge of blood rushed to his head, and with the fury of a wild bear, he dug his hands and feet into the floor of the ring.
Then, with a powerful shove, his burly frame shot forward like a cannonball.
Zhu Xuan's Crimson pupils flashed, and a gurgling sound rumbled in his throat. He smashed his twin blades together before his chest, erupting in a mist of blood.
The blood mist coalesced into innumerable fine threads that wound around Xiong Tao's limbs. Each thread greedily siphoned the biological Energy of anything it touched.
"Get off!"
A ferocious light flared in Xiong Tao's eyes. His muscles bulged again as he forcibly snapped his bonds, the resulting shockwave shattering all the surrounding threads of blood.
The shockwaves from their battle were immense, but an Energy barrier around the ring prevented them from reaching the outside.
