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The next second, the ground under his feet appeared to have been plowed, creating gullies and inexplicably producing a large amount of fallen leaves. Several tree roots, like pythons, slithered out from the leaf piles, rapidly wrapping around Yang Xiao's feet.
At the same time, the woman swung her fishing rod with accumulating force as she reeled it in and thrust it like a spear straight toward Yang Xiao's heart. At this moment, his feet were trapped, and he could not move; the strike was unavoidable. Anger rose in him, so he simply tilted his body, allowing the attack to pierce through his left arm while he swung his cleaver toward the woman's right hand holding the rod. The blade chopped off three of the woman's fingers, but in response to the pain, the woman's malice surged, and she channeled a tremendous amount of spiritual power into the rod, instantly causing Yang Xiao's pierced left arm to explode.
