342 Shattering Fingers


    A several hundred feet tall bolt of ck lightning chaos force shot out from the top of his head. Bolt after bolt of lightning spiritual energy began to flicker, protecting Ezra''s body. The spiritual energy pressure from Kimba was fully cut off at this moment.


    Their gazes met, that very moment akin to the strike of lightning or an eruption of magma, as their eyes hardened into cold unfeeling des. Kimba had a grave and chafed look while Ezra was grinning.


    Spiritual energy thundered, rippling the surrounding air.


    Kimba was the first to shoot forward, his figure akin to a bolt of lightning as his hands came together as if enclosing the sun or moon, vigorous spiritual energy frantically converging towards his palms.


    A ball of vtile spiritual energy was created. With a jerk of his hands, the spiritual energy ball was sent flying towards the prince, the violent undtions from it creating faint ripples in the surrounding space.


    "I''m interested to find out just how powerful the core foundations of someone blessed by Divine Spirit Ablution are!" Kimba icily shouted. His attack was based purely on his 6th level of the Core Formation stage with the intent of putting a stop to Ezra''s seemingly unstoppable momentum.


    Just earlier, Ezra had relied solely on the quantity and quality of his spiritual energy to directly crush Sliso and Andrew.


    It was obvious that Kimba sought to defeat his opponent in that same manner.


    The reflection of the spiritual energy ball rapidly erged in Ezra''s pupils. As he felt the approaching pressure, his eyes glimmered in excitement as his foot mmed into the ground.


    ~SWISH~


    A portion of the several hundred feet bolt of lightning above him split off and streaked across the air like a lightning bow, appearing simr to a ck and red rainbow.


    ~BOOM~


    The bolts of lightning smashed into the spiritual energy ball.


    At the instant of impact, a berserk shockwave swept outwards, slicing open crack after crack in the surrounding cliffs.


    The two figures nearest to the epicentre did not budge a single inch, the devastatingly powerful shockwave unable to even shake them. They were like two majestic mountains within a storm.


    A look of surprise appeared in Kimba''s eyes. Ezra Zephyr had not fallen to the slightest disadvantage in the previous spiritual energy sh. In other words, his spiritual energy foundation was more terrifying than he thought.


    "This quarter match is finally bing a little interesting." Muttered Kimba to himself in a soft voice.


    "Quiet Shadow Steps!" Spiritual energy swirled under Kimba''s feet, his figure suddenly shooting forward a split secondter. He swept past like a shadow, at a speed that was almost undetectable by the eye.


    Ezra''s body also etherealized at this moment, seemingly transforming into a wisp of smoke as he drifted backwards.


    However, Kimba''s figure became extremely phantom-like at this moment, strangely twisting like a shadow as he appeared directly in front of Ezra in the midst of countless gasps of surprise.


    There was only half a foot between the two. An arc rose from the corners of Kimba''s mouth.


    Glowing runes appeared from the centre of his palm, spreading to cover his entire hand. A strange glow emerged along with an indescribable aura of sharpness.


    "Grade 2 Spiritual Rune, Shattering fingers!"


    A set of runes forming two fingers jutted out as spiritual energy frantically condensed towards them. Even small cracks seemed to be torn open in space itself at his fingertips.


    The attack was deadly to the extreme, killing intent surging within it. A mixture of Spiritual Runes and Spiritual Technique.


    The flickering fingers rapidly erged in Ezra''s pupils as his eyes shed faintly. In the next instant, his five fingers had already tightly clenched into a fist, spiritual energy covering ityer byyer as if forming glowing armour.


    ~BOOM~


    The prince punched, sting away all the air in front of him. Punch and fingers shed viciously.


    At the sight of this scene, several individuals on the surrounding cliffs could not help but cover their eyes as they repeatedly shook their heads. Was Ezra unaware that Kimba''s Shattering fingers Gammayer skill after being empowered by runes gets the ability to rip through spiritual energy?


    "Reckless fool!" Denise Tubble could not help but tightly grit her teeth as she sneered.


    ~BOOOM~


    Under the attention of countless gazes, fist and fingers finally collided. A look of ridicule slowly rose from the corners of Kimba''s lips. However, the curling lips abruptly froze a split secondter.


    His runes coated fingers had indeed easily torn open theyers of spiritual energy on Ezra Zephyr''s fist, but just as it was about to pierce flesh, a faint purple light had appeared on the skin of Ezra''s fist.


    The moment Kimba''s fingers touched the faint purple light, a dreadful power that could destroy mountains descended.


    ~CRACK~


    The sound of something breaking was heard as intense pain spread from his fingertips, causing his expression to change.


    As ripples violently pulsed from their sh, gaze after gaze filled with disbelief watched as Kimba''s figure jerked backwards, his feet sliding across the ground, and leaving deep marks on it.


    With a stomp, the ground cracked as Kimba forcibly stabilised his body.


    He lowered his head with an ugly expression, only to find his two fingers were now a bloody mess, even the bones were fractured.


    It was nearly impossible to believe that he was the one who had lost out on the previous exchange!


    He violently raised his head, his eyes staring at the prince.


    The prince extended his fist and smiled. Purple light flowed on the surface of his fist, seemingly forming ayer of faint purple scales. Light seemed to swirl on the scales, an exceptionally magical sight.


    These were the scales from the ancient body strengthening technique Dragon Pelt that had slightly evolved during the Divine Spirit of Ablution!


    "Haha, my bad, it seems that my fist is harder than you expected. I''m afraid that your fingers cannot break through." Said the prince with a faint chuckle.


    ~UPROAR~


    Meanwhile, the numerous disciples on the surrounding cliffs opened their eyes wide as earth-shaking cries filled the area.


    Kimba''s Shattering Fingers had been broken by Ezra Zephyr!


    In a certain stone pavilion, even Denise fell to her butt on a stone chair, her pretty face ashen.


    The prince stood on the stone stage, purple light swirling on his fist as glowing purple scales appeared, an exceptionally bizarre sight.


    He cast a nce downwards, finding a few scratches on the scales, which had evidently been left by Ezra earlier. Although thetter''s Shattering Fingers was domineering, it specialised in dealing with spiritual energy. Hence, he was not only unable to break the Dragon Pelt but even ended up having his fingers broken by Ezra''s heavy mountain punch.


    "Dragon Pelt…"


    Ezra Zephyr''s finger lightly brushed the faint purple scales as a satisfied smile appeared from the corners of his lips.


    Compared to the previous, the slightly evolved scales were just hugely better in both defensive prowess and strength amplification. If not, it would not have been possible for Ezra to break the fingers coated with both spiritual energy and spiritual runes.


    "As shown in Dragon Pelt, it has 5 levels. The scales have not reached the next level, they just got refined by Divine Spirit Ablution. The Purple Scales will ascend to the next level after I gather the ingredients needed, transforming into Red Scales." Apart from Dragon Pelt, Ezra also received another blessing from Scaled Pool of Spirity Bailiwick. An imprint that glowed between his eyebrows. However, the prince has yet to find the mystery behind it.


    "These evolved purple scales are strong enough to defend the all-out attack without any support of spiritual energy, while also possessing many mystical abilities. The Golden Cauldron was the heritage of a martial animal that existed in the upper realm, there must be a lot more to it for me to explore."


    "If therees a day when I manage to reach the 2nd level Red Scales of Dragon Pelt, it will be even more amazing. The scales will evolve into the Red Scales, and nobody in this lower realm knows how powerful they will be."


    The prince could not help but feel somewhat overwhelmed by such thoughts but was quickly able to suppress his emotions. He knew that such things were still way too far off for him at this current time, and what he needed to do now was to take things one step at a time and strengthen his foundations.


    He raised his head, looking towards the storm that was gradually brewing on Kimba''s face. The opponents before him were going to be good at exploring the power of new purple scales.


    Kimba icily said, "I never imagined that there woulde a day when my runes coated Shattering Fingers would be broken."


    As he spoke, deep ck as the night spiritual energy violently churned around his body. Hissess were heard as it stirred the surrounding air, a sign that he was furious inside.


    Evidently, Kimba, who had been smiling from the start, had finally been angered.


    Kimbw suddenly pped his bleeding hand onto the ground as night ck spiritual energy rapidly extended like a swamp.


    "ck Swamp!"


    The entire stone stage was instantly engulfed by the swamp-like night ck spiritual energy as countless snake-like streams of qi shot out and snaked towards the prince.


    Ezra''s figure rapidly etherealized, like a wisp of smoke as he drifted across the surface of the ck swamp, avoiding all of the attacks.