<h4>Chapter 1332: His Father''s Strength</h4>


    Zhang Yangyan''s halberd pierced through theherworld river. Zhang Lie raised Guicang once more as pitch-ck gic energy began to spread over the arena.


    "[The Boundless de: the River Lethe]!"


    A huge sea of gic energy covered up the skies, the clouds, the ck rain in the sky.


    The twobatants looked up at the void, whereupon they found it wholly reced by a pitch-ck ocean.


    Waves surged forward, sounding like peals of thunder, like stampeding hooves. The surface of the sea frothed with angry waves, like dragons emerging with the tide. The entire sea roiled, and lightning crackled amidst the void.


    Countless serpents swam across the raging sea as lightning shed ominously overhead, a scene right out of an apocalypse.


    As Zhang Lie struck, an underworld river hurtled into existence, roaring into the sea. The sword energy roiled like ck waves.


    The sea had morphed into a boundless battlefield. The sea breeze was as a horn to action, and the serpents, thousands of courageous soldiers heeding its call.


    Theherworld river struck Zhang Yangyan''s ster river in an explosion of pitch-ck gic energy. The halberd pierced through theherworld river, but not deeply enough.


    Theherworld river transformed into aherworld sea, causing no end of annoyance for Zhang Yangyan.


    Starlight glowed and formed golden dragons which exploded in theherworld sea like zing suns. Ster fusion released tremendous amounts of energy as the golden dragons broke through theherworld sea by brute force. Golden lightning shed over the sea.


    "[The Boundless de: Dragon''s Wrath]!"


    Guicang unleashed a barrage of sword energy in the form of a blood dragon.


    A dragon''s roar shook the void as the pitch-ck gic energy turned blood-red. The underworld river roiled, forming a gigantic blood-colored hurricane.


    The golden dragon and blood dragon sword strikes shed against each other in the air. A blood tornado tore apart the stars. Golden radiance shone down on the arena as Zhang Yangyan swept his halberd horizontally through it, summoning golden waves.


    "[First Form: Parting the River]!"


    Bright sword energy radiated from Zhang Lie like brilliant rays of sunlight. A frightening force descended, energy rumbling and rippling around him. As Zhang Lie swung the de in his hand, a huge sh of sword energy shot downward.


    Zhang Yangyan''s eyes glowed with starlight. As though he could predict the future, he avoided the attack and counterattacked with his halberd. Stars surrounded him, falling toward Zhang Lie like meteoric dragons. So bright was the attack that it seemed as though the sun itself were exploding.


    Tremendous quantities of energy were condensed on Zhang Lie''s de, forming a metaphysical extension to it thousands of meters long. The white broadsword met the halberd strike for strike.


    The ground quaked and space shattered. Ripples of force spread out all over.


    The sturdy arena had been reinforced once and again by incredible workings. Despite the earlier four shes, it had yet to be damaged—but after the confrontation between Zhang Lie and Zhang Yangyan, it began to crack. Stone tiles were flung up into the air.


    After the sh of Zhang Lie''s sword and Zhang Yangyan''s halberd, Zhang Lie then attacked with Hanguang using his other hand. Zhang Yangyan''s eyes red again as he narrowly evaded the attack.


    "As expected." Though he had no proof for it, the spar left Zhang Lie all but certain that Zhang Yangyan had made tremendous inroads with respect to time, that he had the ability to predict the future.


    "[Shadow and Light]!"


    Zhang Lie whirled around. Time suddenly sped up in the vicinity of Zhang Lie. His sword shed time and time again each strike like a raindrop. Zhang Yangyan''s eyes opened wide as he evaded them easily.


    A dense forest of sword shes seemed like nothing more than a gentle breeze to Zhang Yangyan''s eyes. He struck with his halberd, like the explosion of the radiant sun, each scintiting beam of light like a sharp de.


    "[Syzygy]!"


    A pitch-ck sun appeared behind Zhang Lie, and a blood moon by his feet. His aura was magnified tenfold, and a halo of ck sun appeared above his forehead. Naturalw seemed to warp around him. Runes likewise appeared on the bloody moon by his feet, forming an intricate array.


    Struck by the bloody moonlight, Zhang Yangyan''s radiance grew dim. Under the ck sun, the fluctuations in Zhang Lie''s gic energy were enhanced.


    Zhang Lie crossed his twin des. The blood moon resonated with the de in his left hand, and the ck sun with the de in his right. He simultaneously shed forward with both des, forming a huge celestial web.


    "[de of the Heavens: the Sea Swells]!"


    Energy poured out of Zhang Lie in waves, honing the edge of his de. The pulses of energy struck the sea like a tsunami, devouring everything within.


    Zhang Yangyan struck again with his halberd, tearing apart the technique. Guicang, poised and hidden, thrust at Zhang Yangyan''s throat.


    Guicang was deftly positioned in a blind spot, and anyone else would have found the attack hard to counter, but Zhang Yangyan still managed to counter Zhang Lie''s hidden attack.


    Zhang Yangyan blocked the blow with his halberd, knocking Guicang aside. As the de scraped across the haft of the de, sparks were sent flying. He turned his body to avoid the trajectory of the de. Guicang swept past his neck, leaving a faint scar on it.


    Zhang Yangyan had barely avoided Zhang Lie''s killing blow.


    Those hunters who could view the future were immensely troublesome to deal with, being able to resolve all manner of feints and killing blows.


    Zhang Lie was certainly several levels stronger and more powerful than his father, but Zhang Yangyan had avoided several blows that would have taken anyone else of his status down.


    He was as slippery as a mudskipper, and persistent and agile enough to be able to avoid attacks until his opponent made a crucial mistake.


    "If technique and strategy both don''t work, then I''ll ignore them and focus solely on brute strength!"


    Zhang Lie''s richbat experience meant that he didn''t lose his fighting intent. He chose the simplest, most basic strategy.


    Zhang Lie extended his arms, his twin des pointing at heaven and earth. Guicang and Hanguang shone with zing light, like the sun and the moon, the yin and the yang. The energy that radiated from the two swords transformed into a heavenly raiment of yin and yang.


    "[des, Reverberate]!"


    The mes of the ck sun and light of the bloody moon formed a garment over his body.


    A blood dragon materialized around Zhang Lie. Energy poured out of him in waves, honing the edge of his de. The pulses of energy struck the realm like a tsunami, devouring everything within.


    The twin des Guicang and Hanguang emitted a fearsome aura, shining as brightly as the sun and moon.