"[Fists of the Silent Sea: Fade]!" As Zhang Lie punched forward once more, another black serpent appeared behind him.

The moment Zhang Lie struck, however, its scales turned blood-red, and dragon's horns emerged from its head. In the blink of an eye, it became a dragon of blood that surged forth with Zhang Lie's punch.

With frightening, boundless energy, it devoured the pale-white flames, then exploded—not because of the flames themselves, but because the blood dragon self-destructed, spreading its aura of annihilation in a wide area about him.

Pitch-black energy devoured everything in its surroundings like a typhoon. The hovering pale-white flames were sucked in and quickly snuffed out; the dragon's energy was like a black...