Crack—!!

Boom—!!

Explosive energy burst forth.

A force carrying decades of cultivation erupted, forming sword energy that relentlessly battered the barrier.

Boom—! Boom, boom—! Crack—!!

Strikes burst out like explosions.

Countless flashes of light slashed against the barrier, as if determined to tear it apart.

Hiss—!

Yet no matter how fiercely the sword energy raged, the barrier remained intact.

“Damn it—!”

The martial artist, swinging his sword without pause, cursed aloud.

He had already expended more than half of his internal energy, yet there was no sign of progress.

To make matters worse, he wasn’t the only one struggling. He …