The sonic boom rattled the clouds overhead as the Imperial Herald closed the distance with terrifying velocity.
Golden light surged around his palms, condensing into a pair of blinding, ethereal blades that hummed with middle-stage Nascent Soul Qi.
"Nowhere to run, creature of darkness!" the Herald roared, his voice cutting through the whistling wind.
With a flick of his wrist, he hurled the twin blades of golden light straight toward Peng Kai's back.
Sensing the lethal projectiles tearing through the air behind him, Peng Kai grinned savagely, blood spilling continuously from the corners of his mouth.
The unbearable strain of the Vajra Bear transformation was shredding his internal organs, but he channeled every remaining drop of momentum into a sudden, erratic banking maneuver.
BOOM!
The golden blades missed his heart by a hair's breadth, detonating against a nearby pavilion and reducing the structure to splinters.
