Chapter 1118 Explosion Begins

On the battlefield, the intense battle between Liu Yan and Wei Ping continued.

Both seemed to be striking with all their might, evenly matched, and neither had fallen into a disadvantageous position.

However, in reality, both had their strategies, holding back and patiently awaiting the right moment.

Engaging in such an evenly matched battle was also the most energy-draining.

As the battle persisted, both expended a significant amount of energy, and their conditions declined.

Liu Yan controlled himself to give the impression of a slight performance decline while also observing Wei Ping’s condition.

Relying on the S-grade skill Omniscient Insight and SS-grade skill Extraordinary Five Senses, Liu Yan carefully observed Wei Ping’s condition under the double perception enhancement.

After a thorough perception, Liu Yan did not detect any anomalies. It seemed that Wei Ping’s combat strength had genuinely decreased due to excessive energy consumption.

Although the decrease wasn’t substantial, once it started, it became an unstoppable trend.

Liu Yan’s current state mirrored this situation.

The distinction was that Liu Yan did it intentionally.

Even though Liu Yan had already faced two challenging battles before confronting Wei Ping, those two battles were merely staged performances with minimal energy consumption.

Despite the difficulty and considerable energy consumption in the battle against Wei Ping, Liu Yan found it manageable.

Although Liu Yan possessed 21 stars of combat strength, one star lower than Wei Ping, his energy consumption should have been higher.

However, thanks to the SSS-grade divine talent of Divine Extraction, Liu Yan’s stamina and energy far exceeded that of Awakened of the same star level.

Even compared to Wei Ping, with a higher star-class combat strength, Liu Yan proved to be much stronger.

From this perspective, it was undeniably advantageous for Liu Yan.

After all, as the battle continued, his stamina and energy would be consumed.

Wei Ping’s combat strength would decrease, but Liu Yan would not.

This way, when the eruption began, it would undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan continued to fight fiercely with Wei Ping, continuing to consume both his stamina and energy.

Liu Yan understood that his opportunity would soon come.

Certainly, this was the same opportune moment Wei Ping had been patiently awaiting.

The two engaged in a fierce battle. Each collision between Liu Yan’s Flame Demonic Spear and Wei Ping’s giant sword unleashed terrifying energy fluctuations.

Even the battlefield, reinforced with special runes and Array Technique, began to crack continuously.

The experts from both sides, observing the battle from afar, couldn’t distinctly sense the terrifying power fluctuations due to the barrier.

However, just by observing from a distance, they could feel the intensity of these power fluctuations.

As the battle prolonged, the watching experts from both sides became slightly nervous.

Being experts, even if they were merely spectators, they were keenly aware of the situation.

With both sides depleting their stamina and energy, the moment of explosion was imminent.

This brief surge of power would determine the outcome of the battle, even life and death.

While the intense battle between the two could last for dozens of minutes, the most crucial moment was, in reality, a fleeting instant, possibly lasting less than a minute.

On the battlefield, Liu Yan and Wei Ping continued their intense struggle.

Finally, as their stamina and energy diminished, their conditions noticeably worsened.

Of course, Liu Yan did it intentionally.

In reality, this bit of consumption was nothing to Liu Yan. It did not affect his condition at all, nor did his combat strength decrease.

Wei Ping seemed to sense that the time had come. After all, if he continued, it would consume too much of his energy. It was easy for there to be changes. He could not wait any longer.

A moment ago, they were evenly matched, with neither able to gain an advantage. Suddenly, the scales tipped.

Previously, Wei Ping had been relying on pure strength and the power of his giant sword to fight Liu Yan. He had never used any special skill, and his giant sword had always been dull and did not emit any light.

However, at this moment, the giant sword in Wei Ping’s hand emitted a sudden earthy yellow light. With a terrifying sword edge, it swept towards Liu Yan.

Liu Yan instantly sensed a terrifying power fluctuation from the earthy yellow sword tip.

This energy fluctuation was much stronger than the strength Wei Ping had just displayed.

If Liu Yan continued to confront it with his current strength, he would, at the very least, end up injured, if not dead.

Evidently, in the previous battle, Wei Ping had intentionally held back, not unleashing his true power.

However, Liu Yan had anticipated this. He had long suspected that Wei Ping’s strength surpassed what was revealed and that there was more to it.

But wasn’t Liu Yan the same? He possessed numerous potent skills that he had yet to employ. He had not exerted his full strength!

Now, it was the pivotal moment for both sides to unleash their full power.

Liu Yan acted without hesitation, immediately employing the S-grade skill, Heart of Darkness.

The S-grade skill, Heart of Darkness, was a dark attribute-type skill. At the same time, it was also a spirit skill. The specific effect was to use the dark attribute elemental power to attack the spiritual level. It was extremely secretive and could directly cause serious damage to the opponent’s spiritual level. The weak could instantly destroy their spiritual intelligence, and the strong could also affect their mental state. The specific effect depended on the opponent’s spiritual attribute!

Despite Liu Yan’s combat strength being one star lower than Wei Ping’s, his spiritual attribute was remarkably high.

After all, he had deliberately utilized the SSS-grade divine talent, Divine Extraction, multiple times to significantly enhance his spiritual attribute power.

Liu Yan exuded confidence in his spiritual attributes.

The dark attribute elemental power converged and stealthily attacked Wei Ping.

As Liu Yan cast the S-grade skill, Heart of Darkness, he did not pause.

The Heart of Darkness was a mental skill, so it did not affect the use of other skills.

He could simultaneously employ two types of skills.

The SS-grade skill, Hellfire, was also activated!

All the surrounding fire attribute elemental powers were instantly ignited by Liu Yan, forming a formidable hellfire that surged toward Wei Ping from all directions.

The dark attribute elemental power of Heart of Darkness and the fire attribute elemental power of Hellfire were simultaneously unleashed. Both mental and elemental skills were employed, delivering a dual strike to Wei Ping!

Either one of these strikes would be sufficient to gravely injure or even kill an ordinary Awakened with 22 stars of combat strength.

Now, they were executed concurrently, and with their synergy, the impact was even more formidable.

The ignited hellfire swept toward Wei Ping, restricting his movements.

Wei Ping originally wanted to attack Liu Yan and take him down in one fell swoop, but he was restricted and could not continue attacking. He could only switch from offense to defense.