Shakhbis immediately countered by grabbing Ye Cang's wrist and pinning it down, clamping his legs tightly around Ye Cang.

Ye Cang thought, "I'm familiar with this move… isn't this just an armbar?"

Ye Cang opened his mouth wide and bit down on the inside of Shakhbis's thigh.

"Owww!"

Shakhbis immediately released Ye Cang's arm, rubbing his thigh as he retreated. "Damn it… are you a dog? Why are you biting people?"

Ye Cang quickly steadied himself and said, "Friend… you didn't say we couldn't use our mouths in this match…"

Shakhbis said, "Warm-up's over, I'm getting serious. You can still leave if you want."

"Haaah! Shaliu Desert!" (Shaliu Desert: Flowing Sand Desert)

*Sasha sasha sasha…*

Instantly, everything visible around them turned into fine sand.

As far as the eye could see, Shakhbis's entire domain had become a desert.

"See that? This is my true power. I forgot to tell you, they usually call me the Gravedigger."

"If you don't leave now, I might bury you here, in the middle of the desert…"

Ye Cang took a deep breath and then shouted, "Domain… Read!"

*Whoosh!*

Pure white light flames erupted from his entire body, with golden solar power shimmering around the outer edges.

*Swoosh!*

Ye Cang instantly teleported behind Shakhbis and attempted a sweeping low kick to knock him off his feet.

The next second, a sandstone pillar instantly materialized behind Shakhbis, blocking Ye Cang's attack.

*Bang!* Ye Cang kicked the stone pillar.

Ye Cang frowned and teleported again, meeting him head-on.

Just as Ye Cang appeared in front of Shakhbis, before he could even attack, the sand beneath Shakhbis's feet transformed into a giant desert serpent, wrapping around Ye Cang's arm, preventing him from throwing a punch.

Suddenly! A muffled thud!

Shakhbis's left fist had already struck Ye Cang.

It turned out that Shakhbis's left fist had been covered in sand at some point.

The giant fist was even larger than Ye Cang's upper body.

*Pfft!* Ye Cang put a hand on the ground and flipped backward, teleporting behind Shakhbis again.

This time, before Ye Cang could even attack, another sand pillar appeared behind Shakhbis.

Seeing this, Ye Cang quickly adjusted his position and teleported to the left…

Unexpectedly, the sand pillar perfectly matched Ye Cang's movements, rising quickly to defend against Ye Cang's attack.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Cang teleported again, circling around Shakhbis, trying to find an opening.

Unfortunately… no matter how Ye Cang moved, the quicksand seemed to accurately predict where he would land.

Shakhbis said slowly, "Are you… done circling?"

"Screw you!" Ye Cang kicked out in a straight line.

The quicksand instantly transformed into a human-shaped hand, firmly grabbing Ye Cang's calf.

The next second, the hand made of quicksand threw Ye Cang more than ten meters away with a forceful jerk.

Before Ye Cang could get up, quicksand rose up like a tidal wave, reaching over ten meters high, and Shakhbis, standing on top of the towering quicksand, rolled toward Ye Cang.

Shakhbis shouted to Ye Cang, "Now you should understand why I'm called the Gravedigger!"

Ye Cang quickly got up and ran.

As he ran, he thought, "Is this kid really going to bury me in this desert?"

Suddenly!

A wave of sand and stone crashed down in front of Ye Cang.

Caught between the front and back attacks, Ye Cang was at a loss and had no way to counter.

In desperation, Ye Cang jumped up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ye Cang's toes left the ground, a giant hand made of quicksand grabbed him tightly in its palm.

At that moment, the two waves of sand and stone buried Ye Cang underground in an instant.

Shakhbis stood on the desert, gazing at the sand flowing through his fingers, and said to himself, "Life… will eventually slip away from our own hands…"

Suddenly! Another anomaly occurred on the battlefield!

In the boundless desert, the temperature suddenly soared.

Shakhbis was completely baffled.

"How… how can the temperature of the desert become so hot?"

As he wondered, Shakhbis's feet were already burned by the rising heat.

The next second!

A dazzling white light burst forth from beneath the desert, piercing through the sand.

Around the numerous white lights piercing through the desert, one could vaguely see a shimmering, golden starlight.

Shakhbis exclaimed, "He's not dead!"

Without delay, Shakhbis could no longer endure the surrounding heat.

Watching the shining flames emerging from the ground, as if they were about to melt Shakhbis, he realized, "This is too awful… he can ignite my desert. If I don't withdraw the Shaliu Desert, I will surely be roasted to death by the high temperature."

Just as Shakhbis was about to withdraw the desert…

At the spot where Ye Cang was buried beneath the desert, a huge pillar of light and flame suddenly erupted, piercing through the blood-red sky.

At that moment, it was impossible to distinguish the material origin of the enormous pillar of light—whether it was light or flame.

The towering pillar of light and jade was still soaring upwards.

And the surrounding blood-colored mist, the crimson light, and the scarlet sky were all devoured by Ye Cang's flames.

Pure white light, subtly inlaid with gold.

It seemed… as if this space of fallen laws was completely bathed in light.