Gao Sheng stood on the land, while Jiang Batian was in the ocean. The coastline served as a boundary, dividing the battlefield.
Gao Sheng was the first to make a move. The Taishan Seal expanded against the wind, growing to a height of ten thousand feet, like a real mountain, crushing toward Jiang Batian.
The heavens darkened, and a bolt of lightning struck down, hitting the Taishan Seal. A massive crack appeared in the mountain, splitting it in two.
At the same time, a figure shot up from the ground, rushing toward the mountain. The figure swung a meteor hammer, smashing it down onto the peak.
"Crash!" ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒·𝗇𝗲𝘁
The deafening noise stirred up sound waves tens of thousands of feet high. Gao Sheng's figure was already close, his arms covered in rock crystals, gripping the meteor hammer tightly, resisting its blow with just his hands.
"Not bad, but not enough!"
Jiang Batian mocked, as a massive sea beast's shadow appeared behind him. His bones and muscles crackled, his face twisted with protruding fangs, and he grew a mane, entering a beastly transformation.
Jiang Batian's energy surged, his wrist moving wildly, hammering down like a storm. The overwhelming force approached the Divine Transformation level. In an instant, the Taishan Seal was riddled with cracks, and even the indestructible crystals on Gao Sheng's arms began to fall off rapidly.
Body cultivators naturally have a disadvantage in physical strength compared to demonic beasts.
Gao Sheng refused to back down, launching a chaotic demon fist technique, seizing the gaps in his opponent's attacks, landing a punch on Jiang Batian's face, breaking one of his fangs.
The two exchanged blows back and forth, fighting for over a dozen rounds in the blink of an eye. Both their defenses were failing, blood splattering, bodies breaking, both heavily injured.
However, the human body clearly couldn't withstand as much. Gao Sheng gradually fell into a disadvantage.
With the same injuries, Jiang Batian could endure more.
"Gao Sheng, do you know why, after all these years, our Sea Star Demon Clan hasn't wiped you out? Why we let you humans develop on the Northern Continent?"
Jiang Batian attacked while sending a cold laugh through his voice.
Gao Sheng remained silent, his attacks becoming even more fierce.
"Because you are food, livestock we raise! Our Sea Lion Clan loves to eat humans. I've eaten quite a few myself. You humans like to raise demonic beasts for food, and we demonic beasts raise humans, it's only natural."
Jiang Batian's mocking voice came through, then he added, "The Gao family was wiped out because I ate them! Your clansmen were quite tender."
Even though Gao Sheng knew his opponent was trying to disturb his mind, he couldn't help but clench his fists, his eyes turning red.
His attacks became even more ferocious, each move aiming for the opponent's vital points, quickly gaining the upper hand, but his technique also became chaotic.
"The outcome is decided."
Gong Jiang smirked, winning the first round was a good omen.
Sure enough, after a stick of incense, Gao Sheng's strength waned, and Jiang Batian, who was clearly at a disadvantage, counterattacked, hitting a vital point, instantly reversing the situation.
Gao Sheng's arm flew off, the rock crystal protection on his body shattered, leaving him wide open, and Jiang Batian's hammer struck his chest, shattering all his bones, his back protruding, blood spurting from his mouth.
Elemental Infant cultivators can't burn their primordial spirit, making injuries easier to recover from, but with such severe injuries, he'd be bedridden for at least a year or two.
But at that moment, Gao Sheng's eyes turned red, and he suddenly charged forward, grabbing Jiang Batian's hammer handle.
This sudden scene left the onlookers stunned.
The crowd was puzzled. Grabbing the opponent's hammer handle at this moment was seeking death, wasn't it? A direct hit to the head would be the end!
Xu Hei noticed that the spiritual power inside Gao Sheng was rapidly gathering toward his heart, which was beating thousands of times in an instant, like magma under the earth, a volcano about to erupt, in a state of turmoil.
"This is... Earth Pulse!" Xu Hei's pupils contracted.
Earth Pulse, a relatively strong divine ability, was a method Xu Hei often used when creating land. Besides erupting the earth, it could also erupt oneself, but with Gao Sheng's cultivation, using it would mean certain death!
At that moment, Gao Sheng ignored the opponent's hammer strike, letting it fall, his head bursting like a watermelon, but his body rushed forward, hugging Jiang Batian tightly.
At that moment, his pulse reached its limit.
Gao Sheng's body exploded like an erupting volcano, the violent energy inside compressed to the limit, then released, his blood like magma, his stubborn stone-like skin melting, forming a monstrous wave, crashing into Jiang Batian.
Jiang Batian screamed miserably, his body instantly torn apart, the hammer in his hand also exploded into nothingness, his body destroyed, and his Elemental Infant, just about to escape, was shattered by the energy, leaving nothing behind.
And Gao Sheng, also left with nothing, only void.
The entire scene fell into dead silence.
Everyone was stunned, looking at the devastated battlefield, unable to speak.
"What a waste, getting killed by a dead man, truly disgraceful!" Yu Huang sneered.
"If Brother Yu went up, the opponent wouldn't even have a chance to self-destruct," a female Jiao Ren beside him covered her face and laughed lightly.
Everyone was astonished. Mutual destruction was something they often saw, but perishing together was rare, as no one wanted to throw their life away.
The violent energy spread, and Xu Hei waved his hand, blocking the fluctuations outside.
Gao Sheng's death was unexpected for him. Although he saw the enmity between the two, he didn't expect Gao Sheng to willingly die just to kill his opponent. Such a promising talent, wasted.
"Perishing together, the first round is a draw," Daoist Sparrow said.
"No, we won!" Gong Jiang suddenly said.
He raised his hand, and a phantom spirit floated up from where Jiang Batian died, landing in his hand.
This spirit was Jiang Batian's soul, though it was already on the verge of collapse.
The cultivators from Divine Continent Star were in an uproar.
"According to the rules, your person fell first, and Jiang Batian held on until now, so the first round, you lost," Gong Jiang sneered.
Xu Hei remained calm, not arguing, only asking, "Who's up for the second round?"
Seeing the other side acquiesce, Gong Jiang casually waved his hand, and Jiang Batian's soul completely dissipated, leaving nothing behind. With the Elemental Infant stage's Elemental Infant shattered, there was no need to survive.
For the second round, it was Divine Continent Star's turn to send someone first.
"Commander, let me go."
Wang Yimao stepped forward.
Xu Hei frowned. Although this person was one of his most familiar core disciples and efficient in handling tasks, whether his strength was top-notch was debatable.
"Commander, you may not know, but previously, whenever our core disciples took action, the overall win rate reached seventy percent. However, the others have been studied by the opponents, only I have never taken action, they don't know me, that's my advantage," Wang Yimao said with a confident smile.
Xu Hei glanced at Daoist Sparrow, and seeing the latter nod, Xu Hei also said, "If you lose, don't come back alive."