Unlike Shangxing's overwhelming victory, Pei Yan encountered numerous dangers and hardships right from the start.
After narrowly dodging a few of He Yue's corrosive nets, Pei Yan felt a sudden instability as he landed, suffering a severe blow to his back. He stumbled forward and nearly fell but quickly adjusted his stance and leapt sideways to evade another wave of He Yue's attacks.
It was then he noticed a protruding rock where he had landed, and it was this same rising spike that had struck him.
Recalling the stone wall earlier, Pei Yan immediately turned his gaze to another person, Liu Yu, whose bald head was exposed after removing his cap. The green-grey internal energy gleamed incessantly between his hands as he waved them, conjuring rocks to rise from the ground and surge toward Pei Yan, constantly restricting his space to dodge.
