The instant their techniques met, the world seemed to fracture.
Jiang Chen's Heavenly Tiger Fist crashed into He Lan's Dual Polarity Palms, and the collision unleashed a violent storm of force that tore through the barren land like an awakened dragon shaking off its chains.
Fire surged outward in spiraling arcs, frost followed in erratic waves, and the ground beneath them cracked open with a deafening roar, splitting apart in long, uneven fissures that spread like veins through the dying earth.
Within that collision, He Lan's eyes widened, the previous rage in her pupils instantly replaced by a sharp, piercing shock that bordered on terror. She felt the impact travel through her wrists and up her shoulders with such violence that the joints popped out of their sockets with a sickening sound.
"Guah!"
