"Li Bali, I think your brain must be waterlogged if you think for a second that I came here to meet my death," Wang Xiaoqiang chuckled coldly. "If I wasn't confident I could kill you, I certainly wouldn't have dared to come. But I admire your courage for showing up alone and unarmed."

Seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang had reached the Third Transformation of the Immortal in just a short period of time and had also made breakthroughs in Organ Refining, Li Bali couldn't help feeling a rush of astonishment and suspicion. However, he quickly reassured himself that Wang Xiaoqiang's strength still fell short of his own, Li Bali, and he thus dispelled his concerns with a sneer, "Kill me? You're not qualified yet."

"Bali, stop wasting words on him. Kill them so we can go back and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival," Li Mei said, eyeing Yangg Ling with a venomous tone.

"Hmm, exactly," Li Bali didn't feel like talking either and swung a punch directly at Wang Xiaoqiang, booming toward him. With a gathering of Spiritual Power, Wang Xiaoqiang countered with his own punch. With a thunderous crash, the force of their punches flung them apart.

Neither had gone all out in this initial exchange; it was clearly just a probing move.

Immediately after, Li Bali threw another punch, and the Spiritual Energy howled, tiger shadows crisscrossing in the air. This punch, charged with his Fierce Tiger Fist, was many times more powerful than the last.

Facing the fierce onslaught of the Fierce Tiger Fist, Wang Xiaoqiang didn't retreat but counterattacked. He thrust his right hand forward, transforming it into a palm, solidifying Spiritual Power and slashing toward Li Bali. Rolling Spiritual Power surged and condensed into four dazzling bolts of lightning on his palm.

The next moment, as the lightning met the tiger shadows, the four bolts also struck the tiger images.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thunderclap explosions rang out. Among the Thunderclap Annihilation Palm's four bolts, two struck the tiger shadows, colliding and shattering them, while the other two blasted directly toward Li Bali.

"What Cultivation Technique is this?!" Li Bali's eyes narrowed, his right hand erecting a Spiritual Energy Protective Shield, his face instantly returning to a state of composure.

However, the next moment, his composed expression turned to deep fear.

The two bolts of lightning broke through the Spiritual Energy Protective Shield and slammed into his chest. His eyes widened in disbelief as he watched his own body get blasted into the ground by the lightning.

Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoqiang was also knocked down by the colliding punch energies.

Li Bali had underestimated the power of Wang Xiaoqiang, who in turn had underestimated Li Bali's Fierce Tiger Fist.

However, both men quickly got back up.

After penetrating the Spiritual Energy Protective Shield, the two bolts of electricity had lost much of their strength, causing little harm to Li Bali. Wang Xiaoqiang was protected by the Spirit Cocoon Treasure Robe and had achieved Small Achievement in Body Refinement's Organ Refining. His flesh was tough, and he suffered minimal damage from the Spiritual Energy assault.

Both men stood up, neither daring to be careless nor to underestimate the other again.

Glancing over, Wang Xiaoqiang saw that Li Mei was already engaged in battle with Yangg Ling. However, with Yangg Ling's Nascent Soul Cultivation clearly outmatched, Wang Xiaoqiang's face darkened. Without hesitation, his right hand flipped, and the Penglai Immortal Sword appeared in his grip, while his left hand opened and closed, condensing a shower of Spiritual Energy Needles.

Li Bali kept a close watch on Wang Xiaoqiang and saw a sword suddenly appear in his right hand. His gaze tightened, and upon recognizing the Penglai Immortal Sword, his expression changed, and he inwardly exclaimed, "The Penglai Immortal Sword!"

Wang Xiaoqiang didn't give him a chance to wonder and lunged forward with the sword.

Knowing that the Penglai Immortal Sword could slay enemies beyond one's own realm, Li Bali didn't dare to be negligent. The Spiritual Energy Protective Shield was promptly reinstated. Under the incessant strikes from Wang Xiaoqiang's sword, he appeared somewhat flustered, attempting to find an opening in Wang Xiaoqiang's offenses.

Wang Xiaoqiang, however, didn't give him that opportunity.

With his right hand, he shattered the Spiritual Energy Protective Shield with his sword, and with a sweep of his left hand, he unleashed the Spiritual Energy Thread and the rain of Spiritual Energy Needles. Such techniques involving the threads and needles of Spiritual Energy could only be created with Wang Xiaoqiang's Metal Element Spiritual Energy, which others were incapable of accomplishing.

A barely perceptible glint flickered to life, thirty Spiritual Energy Threads of white light curled towards Li Bali, and at the same time, dozens of needles rained down upon him.

As the Spiritual Energy Threads wrapped around his body, Li Bali's eyes narrowed sharply, channeling all his Spiritual Energy to the surface of his body, he struggled desperately, and the thirty white lights of the Spiritual Energy Threads shattered one by one. However, just as he broke free from the Threads, the dense needle rain swept over him.

Ah.

Li Bali screamed, looking down at his wounds, he saw his robe dotted with tiny beads of blood.

Suddenly raising his head, Li Bali glared at Wang Xiaoqiang with bloodshot eyes and sneered, "Kid, needles and threads, what is this? Taking up a woman's embroidery?"

After all, he was a Body Training Expert, with tough skin and flesh. Although the needle rain hit him, it did not strike any vital points, but it ignited a fiery rage within him.

Wang Xiaoqiang didn't indulge in a battle of words but charged in once more, the Penglai Immortal Sword whistled like the wind, launching another fierce attack.

Dodging while sneering, Li Bali scoffed, "Humph, ignorant fool, let me show you my true power!"

With that, he extended his right hand, Spiritual Energy circulating, his robes fluttering without wind, his hands turned into claws, and with a leap, he rose into mid-air like the Great Mystic Eagle Brahma. Suddenly, he executed the "Eagle Dive", his body diving down like a mighty eagle, pouncing fiercely towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

A powerful aura cascaded from above, engulfing Wang Xiaoqiang within it.

Under the aura's lock, his previously agile body suddenly felt heavy and nearly impossible to move. It was at this moment that Wang Xiaoqiang truly understood Li Bali's strength.

However, just as Li Bali's claws reached for Wang Xiaoqiang's head, a tiger's roar suddenly rang out, and then a phantom leaped from Wang Xiaoqiang's back, crashing fiercely into Li Bali's figure.

Boom!

A loud bang resounded as the large body of the Patterned Beast Pet collided with Li Bali's descending figure...

After colliding with Li Bali, the Patterned Beast slowly rose, carrying Wang Xiaoqiang, while Li Bali also rose into the air.

Mid-air, the two faced each other in a standoff!

The situation had escalated to a life-or-death struggle.

Li Bali, having unleashed the Ultimate Technique of the Mystic Eagle, failed to take advantage of his superior Spiritual Power Cultivation to overwhelm Wang Xiaoqiang. Just as he stepped on the Spiritual Energy to rise into the air, Wang Xiaoqiang seemed to magically conjure a Flying Beast. Although the beast was large, it was robust and agile, moving through the air with grace.

In Li Bali's eyes, the strength of this Flying Beast was comparable to a Tenth-Level Demon Barbarian.

Facing both a man and a beast, he had no certainty of a complete victory.

"Humph... I didn't expect you to have a Beast Pet too. Not bad, not bad..." Li Bali coldly laughed while standing in the air, but a hint of fear crept into his heart.

"See how powerful it is? Now hand over your life," Wang Xiaoqiang said, lifting his Immortal Sword and attacking Li Bali. With constant changes in his True Qi of the Mystic Eagle and his mental method, the Great Mystic Eagle Brahma was performed to its fullest. For a moment, the sky rang with the shrill cries of an eagle, Li Bali's figure constantly morphed, and his Cultivation Techniques were executed with nimble deceit. One moment he used "Eagle Soaring the Sky," and the next, he switched to "Hungry Hawk Pouncing." With each move, he poured out all his strength, each strike aimed to be lethal.

Spiritual Energy howled, painfully scraping against the face.

Under Li Bali's relentless assault, Wang Xiaoqiang's robe was torn into tatters by the fierce Spiritual Energy, his face and body marred with many wounds, and blood flowed freely, but fortunately, none of the injuries were severe. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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