Boom!
A massive force, like a stone cast into water, sent the sand curtain flying dozens of meters high, rippling outward and collapsing a corner of the dune.
Like a fuse, the broken corner carried millions of tons of sand and gravel as it moved, resembling a breached dam flood, releasing its force along the terrain.
The earth's crust emitted a humming roar, the Golden Bell tolling long and loud.
After a while, the land returned to calm, the eternal morning light painting the winding ridge lines red, a play of light and shadow.
A hand suddenly pierced through the layer of sand, gripping the dark red boundary line, hauling an entire body out.
"Puh, ptui, ptui…"
Liang Qu spit out the sand grains and stood up to look around, but no one else crawled out from the sand heaps.
He'd won...
"Hiss, the old man's Fist really packs a punch, no good no good, my bones are broken."
