Both men at this moment possessed strength beyond a thousand pounds, clashing head-on without yielding an inch. With a thunderous boom, Harold Stone was forced back half a step once more, and the narrow wooden hut behind him instantly shattered.

Adam Carter, relentless and unyielding, barely paused for even a moment before launching another punch! His fists locked like giant dragons, accompanied by a dragon’s roar—light in movement yet heavy in force, seemingly slow but in reality swift.

The force outside his body coiled like a serpent, while the muscles, bones, and blood within him condensed like a great spear, channeling all his power to the utmost.

In the blink of an eye, several blows were exchanged. With nearly every punch, Harold Stone was forced to retreat a step.

After seven punches, his footing was gradually becoming unstable. Yet at this moment, Henry Ford and 将九, still worried that Adam Carter might escape, remained twenty zhang away.

Harold Stone, helpless, had no choice but to use both hands to block as Adam Carter’s fist came at him again.

At this moment, the pair of golden-threaded gloves on Adam Carter’s hands also faintly glimmered with white light.

Chapter Four: Dragon’s Roar, Tiger’s Howl

“Armor Break! Shaking Dragon—”

The Armor Break technique was a spell inherent to his gloves, the ‘Armor Break Awl.’

Adam Carter had no true essence within his body and was not yet a cultivator. Even at full strength, he could only activate the Armor Break technique for three breaths at most. But at this very moment, those three breaths were enough!

And this Shaking Dragon move was not the one he was most skilled at, but among the twelve Dragon Subduing Strikes, it was absolutely the most explosive and ferocious!

As fist and palm collided, a look of astonishment flashed in Harold Stone’s eyes. His hands finally bled, the bones in his palms nearly shattered, and his massive arms went numb, forcibly shaken apart by the incoming force.

His stunned gaze quickly turned to horror. Adam Carter’s strike held nothing back—not even a shred of restraint. Only now did he suddenly realize that the man before him had no intention of survival. He was determined to perish together!

Even ‘Axe Butcher’ Henry Ford and ‘Wind Blade’ 将九 understood in that instant, and their figures lunged forward again.

Yet that fierce punch had already been unleashed! The dragon’s roar soared, and Adam Carter himself charged like a mad tiger.

This strike was the Dragon Shatterer!

Of the twelve Dragon Subduing Strikes, this was the one he truly mastered and executed with the greatest proficiency!

Harold Stone’s arms were forced apart, unable to protect his center. The punch landed squarely on Harold Stone’s left chest, right where the heart was!

With a muffled “boom,” the two layers of iron armor on Harold Stone’s body shattered instantly.

Harold Stone let out a desperate, beast-like howl, staggering backward.

A faint fist mark appeared on the bronze skin of his chest. Though Adam Carter’s Dragon Shatterer punch hadn’t broken his Golden Armor Profound Body, it had snapped several of his ribs!

His stance completely lost, he could no longer stand firm. Worse still, the force of the punch penetrated straight to his heart, sending his vital energy and blood into near chaos. The turmoil within threatened to break his Golden Armor Profound Body entirely.

Harold Stone’s eyes were now filled with madness and ferocity. He only needed half a breath to recover. Even if he couldn’t return to his peak, he could still fight at ninety percent of his former strength, even while injured.

With four men joining forces, this Adam Carter was doomed!

Yet at this very moment, he found himself in dire straits!

As the dragon’s roar sounded, Adam Carter struck again. The ‘Armor Break Awl’ still shone with white energy, his punch as sharp as an awl!

The Twelfth Dragon Subduing Strike—Dragon Breaker!

As Harold Stone hastily raised both hands to guard his chest, Adam Carter’s fist veered mid-strike, aiming straight for Harold Stone’s throat.

The Dragon Breaker specialized in unpredictability, its force the weakest among the twelve forms after the initial burst.

Yet even at its weakest, combined with the spiritual weapon Armor Break Awl, it was enough to utterly crush Harold Stone’s throat!

Adam Carter’s heart was now cold and calm to the extreme, his face devoid of sorrow or joy.

He knew well that Harold Stone’s dying counterattack would be a raging storm, terrifying to the utmost—enough to drag him down as well. But in his current state, with no hope of survival, he no longer cared.

Just as his fist was about to smash through Harold Stone’s throat, a sudden sharp force attacked from behind.

Before his Dragon Breaker could shatter Harold Stone’s neck, the unexpected weapon from behind could already pierce his heart!

It was a cultivator at the peak of the Blood Refining stage!

Adam Carter froze, then realized it was Eric Bennett. This guy was closest to him—Harold Stone had retreated seven steps after seven punches, and Eric Bennett was now right behind him.

At that moment, Adam Carter’s chest, heart, and every bone in his body felt icy cold. Despair filled his heart—was everything truly about to end?

Even in the end, he couldn’t drag one or two down with him. To die like this was truly suffocating!

Seeing this, Harold Stone also froze, then immediately understood and burst out laughing.

“Brothers stab each other in the ribs—well done! Adam Carter, this is fate—your death is certain!”

His massive hands no longer shielded his vulnerable throat, but instead reached to either side in front of him, blocking any last chance Adam Carter might have to escape!