Golden Summoner.

"Anyway, I just don't feel right. If I go out and have a look, it's in the mining area. If there is black flame nearby, my feeling will be clearer!!" Said the demigod powerhouse of the foreign race.

"Okay, you take someone with you, it's in the mining area, I'll let Xuewu come back first!"

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At the same time, in an airspace more than 1 kilometers away from this mining area, a huge illusion black barrier has completely shielded this place, and even light cannot penetrate it.

Inside the black barrier, as Nanhe retracted the giant net that he had thrown out from his hand, the body of the demigod powerhouse named Xuewu who belonged to the side of the ruling demon god was unwillingly turning into dust in Nanhe's giant net Dissipated, a lot of things exploded from that person's body.

Xia Pingan calmly put away the long sword in his hand, his heart was already full of joy, another one, he could even feel the more than one million points of divine power added to the giant tower of his secret mandala, this job, He likes to do it, so don't argue with him.

Ziling pouted, and said to Mo Ziyang, "Next time there is such a task, I will go with someone else, I won't go, it's so disgusting!"

This black barrier of illusion is supported by Mo Ziyang. At this moment, Mo Ziyang's gaze is extremely deep, as if he has passed through the black barrier and looked at the land thousands of miles away, "It is basically confirmed now, what we discovered before That base is likely to be a trap, and it is used as a cover. The divination of Dragon Magic has come true again. The guy we killed came from their real base. The scale of this base may not be small..."

Chapter One Thousand and Seven

"Boss, what are you going to do now, attack?"

Nan He, who put away the huge net, asked eagerly. The giant net is his weapon. It is a very perverted thing, but it is also very useful. Just a few people cooperated with each other, and in a short while, they solved a strong enemy. Most of these powerful enemies killed in the Black Dragon Domain had more than 80 military points.

This is already the fourth month that Xia Pingan came to the Black Dragon Domain with Team 179 to carry out missions. 179 battles, including the one just now, has killed 179 opponents.

Although only 9 opponents were killed, none of these 9 opponents had a fuel-efficient lamp. 9 of the 6 people had already mastered the gods and spirit skills, and the remaining 3 were also elites who dominated the side of the demon god.Such a record, for a team, is already considered very powerful. This is the best result that the 179 team has ever achieved in half a year, because the 179 team has almost killed more than twice as many powerful enemies as the members of the team. .

"If you are not sure about their number, it would be too dangerous to attack them aggressively. We have achieved results in the past few months by relying on the strong to attack the weak, avoiding the real and attacking the weak. We will only take action when we have the advantage." Zi Ling proposed. After discussing different opinions, he took a look at Xia Ping'an.

"Can you predict the result of the attack and the number of opponents this time?" Mo Ziyang looked at Xia Ping'an and asked, with some expectation in his tone.

Only the members of Team 179 know that they have picked up a treasure this time. The Dragon Magic who just joined Team 179, although he has not yet mastered the divine skills, but this Dragon Magic has mastered it, which makes even the demigods feel envious. The powerful divination secret method, all the victories and achievements in the past few months were obtained under the guidance of Long Magic's divination secret method, and the results of Dragon Magic's several divinations have all come true.

Divination is a kind of technique, although it can be regarded as a profound secret technique, but at the demigod level, many demigods have mastered it, but even if they master it, divination is not easy to use, because ordinary divination Once the target of divination involves other demigods or gods, it is difficult to be effective, or even completely ineffective, because a strong person of this level is born with the ability to counter divination, which cannot be predicted by ordinary divination.

And Xia Ping'an's divination, even if the target is the opponent's demigod powerhouse, still works every time, allowing the team to seek good luck and avoid evil, which is beyond the imagination of the 179 team.

"This...wait a minute, let me try..." Xia Pingan said, and after he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and the three people beside him waited with bated breath. A few seconds later, Xia Pingan opened his eyes, With a wave of his hand, Xia Pingan summoned an octagonal, magnificent and antique loft, and appeared in front of the four of them. When Mo Ziyang saw the loft, their eyes showed awe.

The attic is divided into seven floors. At the entrance of the attic, the words "Yandaolou" are written. Under the eyes of several people, Xia Pingan bowed respectfully to "Yandaolou", and said loudly, " I also ask the sages in the building to enlighten me..."

As soon as Xia Ping'an finished speaking, a note floated down from the attic and landed in Xia Ping'an's hand.

After the note fell, the "Yan Dao Building" also disappeared.

Xia Pingan looked at the words on the note, and the heads of the three people next to him also leaned over. There was only one sentence on the note.

"There are ten enemies, the lone army is the worst, the combined army is the best, the auspicious position, the south!"

Seeing this sentence on the note, even Nan He, who had just clamored for a strong attack, took a breath and touched his bald head, "That means there are still ten people in the enemy's base. The guy who was killed, the enemy's strength in that base is eleven people, it must not be an ordinary base, but an important mining area!"

"I just said that it's best to be careful, don't be careless!" Zi Ling let out a long breath.

"Eleven people, this is the configuration of a squadron of the other party. If we attack rashly this time, I am afraid that there will be more disasters..." Mo Ziyang's face also became serious. For opponents who are more than twice their size, it may be an extravagant hope to get out of the whole body, "Look at the meaning of this divination, we should unite with other teams to act together. If the enemy's base is in the west and the auspicious position is in the south, it means that we If you go south, you can meet your own people!"

"Ahem... Let me say it again, my divination technique may be inaccurate sometimes..." Xia Pingan hastily added next to him.

"Don't worry, we trust you..." The three of them looked at Xia Ping'an with such trusting eyes that Xia Ping'an didn't know what to say.

Xia Ping'an really doesn't know what's going on with this "Yan Dao Lou". With some wonderful changes, King Wen of Zhou and this gossip-shaped Yandao Building naturally appeared in Lingxiao City. Then, Yuan Tiangang, who was left behind by Xia Pingan's fusion of "Tui Bei Tu" in the secret mandala temple, Li Chunfeng's sculpture was activated, and the two of them were summoned by the Yandao Building and entered the Yandao Building. With Cui Hao, at this moment in Lingxiao City, only five of them could enter the Yandao Building. I know what is in the Dao building, and if divination is needed, the Dao building will give the result of the divination.

It's just... the cost of summoning the Yandaolou for a divination is not small, a full 6400 points of divine power are needed for one divination.Fortunately, Xia Ping'an's secret mandala is now bursting with divine power, and has accumulated a terrifying amount. Otherwise, such consumption would be too much for people.

"Retreat, let's go south first, and decide on the next move when we meet other teams..." Mo Ziyang gave the order decisively.

"Boss, we have killed a person now, will the opponent find that we are on guard?" Nan He asked.

"This person should be an inspector sent by the other party. Even if the other party knows that this person has not returned, it is impossible to guess our next move, but they will be suspicious. It is impossible for them to move the mining area. In the short term, the number of the other party will also There won't be any major changes, we still have time, we should evacuate immediately, let's go!" Mo Ziyang said, and with a wave of his hand, the illusion black barrier covered the four of them, making them seem to disappear, and then Mo Ziyang went Fly quickly towards the south.

Xia Ping'an and the other three immediately followed. They were all wearing taboo armor and had the ability to fly, and they were not slow.The surrounding airspace is full of ruins one after another, and several people disappeared in the airspace in a short time.

During the flight, Mo Ziyang had already used a magic weapon to release their team's special signal. As long as other teams of the Black Flame Department were nearby, they could sense this special signal and be able to contact each other.

After flying stealthily towards the south for two days, the magic weapon in Mo Ziyang's hand really sensed and contacted a black flame team in this airspace...

Chapter One Thousand and Eight

Yandaolou's divination has come true again!

The 179 team encountered a seven-member Heiyan special team. Mo Ziyang and the leader of the special team were still friends and knew each other.

Mo Ziyang just said that Team 179 discovered an important mining area of ​​the enemy through reconnaissance. There were 10 strong enemies in that mining area. After hearing Mo Ziyang's words, the special team came to the fore.

Now there are 11 people in the two teams combined, which is already one more than the other, and the demigods who can join the special team are very confident in their own strength. The initiative, and the temptation of the mining area, the 179 team and the special team quickly negotiated and acted in concert.

The leader of the special team had an unused Void Divine Thunder in his hand. After bargaining with Mo Ziyang as if they were doing a business, and after first determining the principles for the distribution of the spoils, the 11 people turned around and hurried on their way at full speed. Kill directly at the target.

The process of the attack was fast and sharp, moving like thunder, and hardly gave the opponent the slightest extra time to react.

It only took a little more than a day, and Mo Ziyang used his super black barrier illusion to cover the 11-member team when they approached the floating continent with an area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers. The people allocated positions and surrounded the land from a distance in the air. The captain of the special team would do it without saying a word, and without a word of nonsense, he waved his hand and threw him at the suspended continent. The Void God Thunder, a beam of brilliance flew over the continent and detonated instantly.

Such a fight is too brutal!So sharp!

Just like the release of a powerful nuclear weapon, the blazing white light enveloped the continent of more than [-] ordinary kilometers in an instant, forming a huge mushroom-shaped explosion ring in the void, and the terrifying shock wave swept across it all at once. In all directions, in the white light, the space formation on the periphery of the continent collapsed first, and then the outer shell of the entire continent instantly vaporized, revealing the ore veins containing solar iron.

The ore vein is like a strange "old tree root" buried under the land. From a distance, you can see the old tree root shining brightly and emitting red light. The entire ore vein has countless Like worm-eaten holes, those holes are mines.

To be honest, it was the first time that Xia Ping'an saw such a huge solar iron mine, and it was still being mined. This scene was a bit shocking. Under the power of the Void God Thunder, countless people in the mine cave were summoned. The miner, the metal puppet also gasified at once, and then the huge veins like old tree roots, like red-hot iron, began to emit a dazzling red light, and the shape was distorted, as if it was melted, but it did not disappear. It turned into a huge, weird-looking object floating in the void...

This process was very fast, it only took three to five seconds, and then, in the next second, the terrifying shock wave brought by the Void Divine Thunder rushed to Xia Ping'an and others.

Although the shock wave was blocked by the Forbidden Battle Armor, one could still feel the enormous power of the Void Divine Thunder just now, resisting the Forbidden Battle Armor of the shock wave, like a meteor flying into the atmosphere, and like Under the rocks under the huge waves, the outer layer of the entire forbidden armor is glowing and hot, and it is extremely conspicuous in the sky.

It's hard to feel so far away. It is conceivable to imagine the state of the enemies who bear the brunt of the Void God Thunder under that huge land.

Xia Ping'an felt that the Void Divine Lightning was too valuable, it felt like he had thrown a grenade into the room where the enemies gathered.

After the first shock wave passed, ten light spots flew towards the surrounding sky.

Those ten light spots are the enemy, the large land, the veins of sun iron and the forbidden armor on them, so that they did not disappear in the destructive explosion of the Void God Thunder, but it doesn't look good, it should be all affected hurt.

The reaction of the ten light spots is also extremely fast, and they are veterans on the battlefield. Because they still don't know how many opponents there are, so at the moment when the Void Divine Thunder detonated, the ten light spots began to break out from all directions.

The opponent's breakthrough was expected, and Xia Ping'an's encirclement position was designed for this purpose.

At such a time, being able to leave one person behind is a feat.

"Squad 179, prepare to fight..." Mo Ziyang's voice rang in Xia Ping'an's ears, and the next second, Xia Pingan saw Mo Ziyang, who was more than 700 kilometers away, like a black cloud pressing down on the city. The sky curtain flew out from behind him, instantly enveloping the two opponents rushing towards Mo Ziyang.

The black sky is the divine skill that Mo Ziyang has comprehended - Destroying the Illusion. Under the sky of Mo Ziyang's divine skill, his combat power can be maximized, while the opponent's strength will be weakened, and he will be affected by the illusion. Impact.

Cooperating with Mo Ziyang to fight, Zi Ling, who was already familiar with Mo Ziyang, saw that two people were trapped in Mo Ziyang's shattered illusion, Zi Ling rushed into Mo Ziyang's shattered illusion without thinking, and cooperated with Mo Ziyang. , a two-on-two battle.

In an instant, Mo Ziyang's Destroyed Illusion suddenly turned colorful from the outside, like an inflated balloon, and was constantly changing its shape, which indicated that the fierce battle in the Destroyed Illusion had begun.

At this time, those demigod powerhouses who have mastered divine skills will be divine skills as soon as they shoot, without any hesitation.

Nan He let out a loud roar, and his divine skill was also used. A looming large net covered the body of an enemy charging towards him, while his opponent had a wild boar-like head and mouth. There was also a guy with fangs. With a roar, he punched Nanhe with a punch. Thousands of cold lights appeared in the sky, forming huge arrows, such as ten thousand arrows, banging. to the South River.

The seven people of the special team that cooperated with the 179 team also aimed at the target at about the same time, and the seven people blocked the six targets. The curtain was opened, and in the sky with a radius of tens of thousands of ordinary kilometers, for a moment, there were colorful brilliance and terrifying aura fluctuations everywhere. The originally chaotic power of the five elements in the Black Dragon Region was even more disturbed at this moment. A mess of porridge.

Xia Ping'an was "taken care of" by Team 179, because he had not yet mastered the divine skills, so when fighting, his position was relatively back, and he fought with Nanhe on the side of Nanhe.

But at this moment, Nan He had already played against his opponent, and another enemy rushed towards Xia Ping'an with a suffocating anger, trying to break through from Xia Ping'an.

The enemy who broke out from Xia Ping'an was also a summoner, and he was already injured. He felt that Xia Ping'an didn't seem to have mastered the divine skills, which was relatively easy to handle. Then, more than 100 kilometers away from Xia Ping'an, the summoner faced Xia Ping'an With one finger, the divine spirit skill was activated, and a huge white tiger with a body length of one thousand meters and as strong as a hill, tore through the space, and appeared in the sky with radiant flames all over its body. The summoned white tiger is still a hundred miles away from Xia Ping'an. The white tiger has a huge mouth, and a bottomless rotating hole appears in the white tiger's mouth. Like a black hole, a huge suction force appears in the white tiger's mouth. It sucked Xia Pingan so that it flew towards Baihu's huge mouth, as if he was going to grind Xia Pingan to pieces in the next second.

"I'm going, divine skill, that means there is no choice..." Looking at the white tiger that evolved from that terrifying divine skill, Xia Ping'an scolded inwardly and shook his head. If that guy didn't use divine skill, he could still do it. Use other techniques and fighting techniques to fight, and once the opponent has mastered the divine technique, the common technique and the technique of combining magic and martial arts are not on the same level to the divine technique, and it is already difficult to fight against.

There are only three things that can fight against divine skills. Either one can rely on human sea tactics to suppress them by wheel battles. If there is no human sea tactics, only divine skills can be fought against divine skills. If you don’t even master divine skills, then, In the end, there is only one thing that can resist divine skills...

The guy who was rushing towards Xia Pingan just had a smirk on his face, but the next second, his smirk froze on his face, because he saw Xia Ping'an's hand move, and Xia Pingan's hand appeared A huge fortress gun with a length of more than 200 meters, the huge black hole of the fortress gun is facing itself...

Compared with the fortress gun in his hand, Xia Ping'an's height and size was like a big strong ant carrying a rifle.

This fortress cannon is generally something configured in a fortress and is used to protect the fortress. In this world, the thing that can protect the fortress can of course deal with the demigod powerhouses, and can also suppress the demigod powerhouses' divine skills.

Because this fortress cannon is the most simple and unpretentious thing that can be made by top demigod craftsmen under the artifact. A classic representative of the mouth of violent aesthetics, in the past two battles of gods, the dark hole of this fortress cannon has annihilated countless demigods and made countless demigods tremble with fear.

It's just, how could this fortress cannon be in the hands of one person? You must know that the divine power required to use this fortress cannon is driven by hundreds of thousands of divine powers. This fortress cannon can rush into the divine power. , which translates to the most awesome lethality.

Hundreds of thousands of points of divine power, even for a demigod powerhouse, is the value of divine power that a demigod powerhouse can only recover from a secret mandala in one year or even two years. One shot can be drained.

Maybe, this guy is using illusions and tricks to scare himself...

The thought just appeared in the guy's head, and the next second, the guy saw the muzzle of the gun facing his fortress suddenly lit up, a pitch-black light appeared on the muzzle, and then the next second, that The dark light has already slammed on him...

Chapter One Thousand and Nine

"boom……"

The terrifying and special fluctuations of the fortress cannon, and the black brilliance swayed the space within a hundred miles of the target, and several floating peaks [-] meters away from the body of the man hit by the fortress were bombarded by the fortress cannon. The spread is also instantly turned into powder.

And the guy who was bombarded by the fortress screamed, and the taboo armor on his body shattered and reunited, and the left hand and the small half of the body of the man under the taboo armor were directly bombarded by the fortress. , Half of the body is bloody, although there are also musculoskeletal blood vessels growing rapidly again, but this time, the guy has been severely injured.

Because of the heavy damage to his body, the divine skill that the guy just displayed was suddenly interrupted. The huge white tiger swayed, turned into a brilliance, and dissipated in an instant. The huge suction and coercion The child is gone.

Xia Ping'an's shot also startled others on the battlefield.

No one thought that Xia Ping'an would escape such a big guy, including Nan He, never thought that Xia Ping'an would carry something as perverted as a fortress gun with him.

In the next second, Xia Ping'an didn't need to say anything else, a bearded man with a giant axe from the seven-person Black Flame Special Team had already rushed over, shouting loudly, his body was still a hundred miles away, and an axe was already there. He slashed towards the guy who was injured by Xia Ping'an's fortress bombardment - just in an instant, he saw a radiant young man flying out from behind the big man, holding a giant axe, and slashing towards a tall and tall mountain. And as soon as the mountain appeared, it just suppressed the guy who was injured by Xia Ping'an.

This is divine skill!

The man from the Black Flame Special Squad rushed not to take Xia Ping'an's credit, but to take over the powerful enemy who mastered divine skills for Xia Ping'an, because the number of Xia Ping'an on their side is just one more than there, that The big man holding the giant axe is the mobile personnel of the special team, which is the mutual cooperation on the battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Ping'an only felt that his body was hit with a clever trick when he saw the divine skill displayed by the big man - Nima, this divine skill was definitely evolved by Chenxiang to save her mother. Xia Ping'an didn't know Chenxiang, so He didn't know Chenxiang's axe, but he knew the mountain, the "Lotus Peak" of the West Peak of Mount Huashan.

The giant axe approached, and the seriously injured guy had to work hard. With a loud roar, a golden giant tortoise appeared behind him and lifted up the mountain. The golden giant tortoise directly used the tortoise The shell protected that guy—this is also a defensive technique in the divine arts.

Chenxiang's giant axe to save her mother slashed fiercely on the golden giant tortoise shell with the force of slashing Mount Hua. Ripped feeling.

The duel of this divine skill is too ferocious, and the duel between the masters and the strong who masters the divine skill is not an instant difference.

The guy who had been blown up by the Void Divine Lightning once, and was hit by the Xia Ping'an one fortress cannon, had already started to spit out golden blood after he took an axe, and there were dozens more on his unhealed body. Large and small cracks, the whole person's breath wilted a lot at once, it is estimated that it will be more fortunate and less fortunate.

In this case, Xia Ping'an didn't intervene. After all, this fortress fired a cannon, hundreds of thousands of divine power points, and he was very distressed himself, and it was easy to reveal the bottom line. The opponent, Xia Ping'an had already rushed towards the distance - at three o'clock to his right, two pairs of men and horses were fighting with the technique of combining martial arts. The individual was from Hei Yan's special team, and the other two had just escaped from that land. The four of them, like him, did not master divine skills, but the battle was equally fierce.

Xia Ping'an felt that there was his own battlefield, and it was time to get some divine power to make up for it. As long as the opponent did not master divine skills, Xia Ping'an could confidently kill any opponent of the same rank. Those who mastered divine skills could actually kill them. , but the price is very high, at least the consumption of divine power points can make Xia Ping'an feel distressed.

"I'm coming..." Xia Ping'an roared, and he rushed to the nearest battlefield. On this battlefield, a female demigod wearing a bronze mask on the face of a special team was fighting a minotaur. He punched out, and the secret method of the wheel seal mobilized the power of the five elements in the surrounding void, and suddenly formed a huge cyan grinding disc, instantly involving an enemy into the grinding wheel of the wheel mark.

As soon as the expert makes a move, you will know if there is any!

When the female demigod of the special team saw Xia Ping'an's shot, she knew that Xia Ping'an's strength could kill the minotaur she just faced, so the next second, the female demigod suddenly left the battlefield and rushed towards her teammates , [-]-on-[-] with teammates, and attack another strong enemy.The battle here just now was evenly matched. Now, with the addition of this female demigod, the balance of victory has quickly tilted towards Hei Yan.

In such a battlefield, this is the importance of running-in and cooperation, especially for the party with the advantage in numbers and strength, these experienced veterans can lock on their opponents in an instant, and they can put themselves on the battlefield. advantage rapidly widened.

When Xia Ping'an blasted out the wheel seal, he also turned into a streamer and rushed into the giant wheel of the printing method. While urging the wheel seal, he fought directly against himself. Although the minotaur was also a demigod powerhouse, The strength is not weak, but in the face of the output of Xia Ping'an's combat power, it is still dwarfed in an instant...

It just persisted for less than half a minute, and the weapon evolved from the tail of the taboo armor on Xia Ping'an turned into a terrifying steel whip, like a spirit snake. When the Minotaur was clumsy, it suddenly pierced the bull's head. Blame the head of the demigod and smash the body of the minotaur demigod.

The Minotaur demigod threw a lot of things, Xia Ping'an waved his hand, put away the things, and rushed towards the battlefield next to him.

Seeing that Xia Ping'an killed his comrade in the blink of an eye, the human summoner who was being entangled by the two demigod powerhouses of the special team was frightened, and finally felt the fear of death. , and now with a stronger opponent, he will surely die.

"Roar..." The guy roared, and the forbidden armor on his body burst into a bloody light, and the blood light formed a huge magic eye to surround him, making his whole person's strength soar in an instant, and he slashed with a sword. When he came out, the power doubled directly, and he slashed the two opponents close to him at once, and then he himself turned into a bloody light, quickly left the battlefield, and wanted to escape towards the distance.

"He handed it over to me, and you go to support the others..." Xia Ping'an roared at the two people in the special team, and quickly chased after the guy who escaped.

The two people in the special team have now roughly understood Xia Ping'an's strength. Seeing Xia Ping'an go after that guy, the two of them did not hesitate, and immediately rushed towards the big man who used the giant axe to support Xia Ping'an just now. In the past, prepared to support the big man who used the giant axe.

Xia Ping'an and the others had an advantage in numbers. After Xia Ping'an took the lead in killing an opponent, their numerical advantage had expanded from one to two. Once the two of them cooperated with the big man using the giant axe, they quickly killed them. For the guy who had already been shot by Xia Ping'an, who was seriously injured and struggling, the number advantage on Hei Yan's side could be expanded to three people in the shortest time. If the individual supports the two battlefields again, the victory of this battle can basically be locked.

Xia Ping'an didn't care about the battlefield behind him, he had already locked the guy.

But the speed of that guy's escape was too fast. Xia Pingan chased that guy for more than 2000 kilometers in the blink of an eye, but the guy's speed didn't slow down at all. Like a wild boar that has grown wings after taking tonic, it rushed desperately, and its body turned into a blood-red streamer, with a speed like electricity, just wanting to escape quickly.

Just when Xia Ping'an couldn't help thinking that he wanted to take out the fort cannon to give that guy another shot, all of a sudden, Xia Ping'an felt that the universe around him had stopped at this moment, and it was in this feeling of stillness. , In the heart of his ancient god's heart, a huge three-dimensional rune suddenly emitted golden light, and then the rune was completely integrated into Xia Ping'an's ancient god's heart.

A golden flame rose from Xia Ping'an's body. In the golden flame, a stalwart man in a dragon robe appeared behind Xia Ping'an, and after a set of neat boxing, he merged In Xia Ping'an's body.

Divine skill!

Divine Skills Fusion!

The process of the fusion of divine skills sounds long, but in fact it only happens at the moment of lightning. Everything around is static for Xia Ping'an at this time. The opponent who was escaping like a streamer before is now In Xia Ping'an's eyes, it is like a snail frozen in the void.

In Xia Ping'an's mind, a set of secret techniques for divine skills suddenly appeared. This secret technique originated from Taizu's Changquan, but it was integrated with the Five Elements Boxing, which Xia Ping'an mastered the most, like a cocoon-breaking butterfly. All of a sudden, a new set of divine skills has evolved - the Emperor's Divine Fist!

Xia Ping'an almost screamed in the sky, because at this moment, he felt that his body was filled with an unspeakable power, and it seemed that he could easily smash the stars.

Then in the next second, everything around him returned to normal. Xia Ping'an looked at the escaping opponent and threw a punch.