"Five, four, three, two, one, begin!"

The highly anticipated match finally began!

Bluish-purple lightning erupted from Tang Wulin's body as thick bolts of lightning rose up into the air, while Qiangu Zhangting raised his right hand to summon his Coiling Dragon Staff.

Neither of them attacked right away, but both of them immediately summoned their soul rings.

"This is a clash between auras! Both these competitors are extremely powerful, and even though neither of them has displayed their suit of battle armor, I'm almost certain that they're both three-word battle armor masters. That's right, we are going to be witnessing a clash between three-word battle armor masters today, and in preparation for this match, our workers have fortified the entire protective barrier to ensure safety."

The two competitors on the platform finally sprang into action, and the first to attack was Qiangu Zhangting, who was fuming with rage.

He gripped onto his Coiling Dragon Staff with both hands as he sprang up into the air like lightning, and piercing white light erupted from his body while his staff rapidly expanded to over 100 meters in length, looking as if it were going to pierce through the very heavens.

At the same time, Qiangu Zhangting's entire body also expanded while taking on an illusionary quality, and he arched his body backward before sending the Coiling Dragon Staff crashing viciously down toward Tang Wulin.

The massive Coiling Dragon Staff seemed to be threatening to tear the entire world apart, and it was quite astonishing to all of the spectators that Qiangu Zhangting was unleashing such a ferocious assault from the get-go.

The Coiling Dragon Staff gave off an indescribably fearsome aura, and the air in its wake twisted and warped as thin spatial cracks began to appear, as if even space itself couldn't contain the staff.

Qiangu Zhangting's essence, energy, and spirit had all been infused into this staff strike, and it reflected his mastery of a staff soul.

As a Spirit Envoy and the future successor to Qiangu Dongfeng, Qiangu Zhangting certainly had the power to back up those accolades.

In the face of a powerful opponent like Yu Longyue, he was finally displaying his true power, and he was going to crush his opponent in the most aggressive way possible!

As the most powerful family of the Spirit Pagoda, the Qiangu Family possessed an extremely formidable martial soul in the form of the Coiling Dragon Staff, and the true essence of the staff lay in its unyielding nature. It was like an unyielding soul spirit that dared to resist heaven and earth with its own power, and unlike Tang Wulin or Yuanen Zhentian, who made use of the power of laws to enhance themselves, the staff drew its power from destroying the power of laws.

After over 1,000 years and dozens of generations of reflection and improvement, this set of Unyielding Staff Techniques finally took shape, and one could only begin to master these techniques after reaching the Titled Douluo level.

This was because cultivating the Unyielding Staff Techniques required one to combat heaven and earth, which placed one under immense pressure, but every single breakthrough yielded significant improvements.

There were nine Unyielding Staff Techniques in total, and even Qiangu Dongfeng had only mastered the eighth technique. No one in the history of the Qiangu Family had ever mastered that ninth technique, and it only existed in theory.

Currently, Qiangu Zhangting had already mastered five techniques, and this was the first one, Battling Heaven and Earth!

Tang Wulin was naturally unaware of all this, but as the Coiling Dragon Staff came crashing down toward him, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. He could clearly sense that the surrounding heaven and earth was extremely averse to this attack, but Qiangu Zhangting was somehow able to make use of this aversion to fuel his own attack, making Tang Wulin feel as if the world were about to collapse around him.

He took a step forward and rose up into the air, then took a deep breath before withdrawing his right fist to his own waist. After that, he twisted around pivoting with his hip, guiding his shoulder to unleash an almighty punch!

The punch was very simple and devoid of any fancy techniques, and it looked entirely futile in the face of the gargantuan Coiling Dragon Staff.

However, Tang Wulin's fist had turned a translucent bluish-purple color, giving it the appearance of a glowing sapphire. As his fist was thrust forward, the surrounding air began to resonate slightly.

"Return to simplicity!" Commentator Ai Fei blurted out. He immediately regretted his statement, but this really was his first impression upon seeing this punch.

"Boom!"

The entire heaven and earth tremored violently in the face of their clash, and a figure plummeted out of the sky like a meteorite before slamming down onto the ground, sending huge cracks spreading on the platform in all directions. It was none other than Tang Wulin.

Meanwhile, Qiangu Zhangting's Coiling Dragon Staff had been repelled upward, and one could clearly see lightning crackling all over its surface. As for Qiangu Zhangting himself, he had returned to his original form, but was unable to continue attacking Tang Wulin.

"They're evenly-matched!" Ai Fei yelled in an excited manner, "Yu Longyue was forced back onto the platform, while Qiangu Zhangting was most likely paralyzed by the lightning, thereby preventing him from unleashing a followup attack. This is truly a once-in-a-generation clash! I would like to direct everyone's attention to the cracks beneath Yu Longyue's feet. The competition platform has been specially reinforced, allowing it to withstand explosions from all soul missiles below the eighth grade, and the fact that it's been so severely damaged is sufficient testament to just how fierce that last clash was."

Tang Wulin's eyes were slightly narrowed, and his body was also trembling slightly as a result of the effect of the Coiling Dragon Staff's aura.

In the instant that the clash had taken place, he had sensed an overwhelming will to crush him from the Coiling Dragon Staff, a will that was filled with pride and unyielding stubbornness.

This wasn't just a purely spiritual attack; it was battle intent that had been honed through countless battles. As expected, no one could simply stumble upon success by accident; the Qiangu Family had the power to back up its status, and this was Qiangu Zhangting's true power.

Qiangu Zhangting was also quite stunned. Just as Ai Fei had said, his entire body was currently paralyzed. However, the main issue was that during that last clash, he could clearly sense that he had lost control over the power of heaven and earth that he had forced into submission with his unyielding staff intent, and as a result, he was unable to unleash the true power of his Battling Heaven and Earth.

In reality, even though the Unyielding Staff Techniques drew its power from destroying laws, it was still a method of utilizing the power of laws. However, it was a more extreme method that involved essentially destroying before enslaving the power of laws.

This Yu Longyue really was a formidable foe!

After staring at one another for only an instant, Tang Wulin rose up into the air again, while Qiangu Zhangting unleashed countless staff projections that crashed down toward him.