When the Ninth Slash struck the handle of his hammer, Xu Yunfan's Profound Steel Body suddenly boomed like a great bell.
"Your strength... it seems to have weakened quite a bit."
Tuoba Lie's eyes went wide with fury, the corners tearing open and bleeding as a heart-rending howl erupted from his throat.
"You bastard! I'll..."
Before he could finish, the rebound force surged back through the Red Flood Dragon Force. The crimson patterns on the Thunderfire Qilin Hammer seemed to writhe like a living dragon, crackling with arcs of electricity.
Tuoba Lie's Protective Gang Qi, which was condensed from his True Blood, was struck by the dragon's tail, and a bloody, bowl-sized hole instantly burst open in his chest.
The afterimage of the hammer arced upward like a crimson meteor.
When the first hammer blow struck the face of the axe, all the rubble within a five-zhang radius lifted into the air.
