They had thought they could persuade Wen Lanfeng, yet they knew nothing of the story behind him, nothing of Lu Yanqing's immense influence over him. Nor had they expected this scene to suddenly unfold; otherwise, they would never have delivered themselves here now.
Seeing Wen Lanfeng charge at him so forcefully, Yan Zhuixing suddenly produced a heaven-shaking black crescent wheel before him. As his cultivation surged, the power of the demon blade likewise soared. Its black-and-red Killing Intent was like endless wronged souls, while its edge flashed across the sky like a soul-stirring cold bolt of lightning, making even onlookers' hearts tremble.
A snow-blue sword radiance shot out to meet the black crescent wheel cleaving down from above. Boom! Blue light exploded and scattered, while the demon blade was simultaneously blasted into the distant sky, becoming a tiny black speck.
Blue brilliance flared in Wen Lanfeng's eyes. He apparently had not expected someone with merely late-stage Immortal Emperor cultivation to block a strike from him. With a flick of his hand, he launched another sword radiance. The tiny black speck in the distance abruptly enlarged as the heaven-shaking crescent wheel returned with Thunderous Power, instantly blocking the attack again. Its curved tip deflected the blow, and borrowing the immense impact, it nimbly transformed into a fiercely spinning wheel that instead hacked wildly at Wen Lanfeng through the air, setting off an explosive gale of force.
Yue Qianchou watched with secret alarm. He had not expected Yan Zhuixing to have become so formidable. Sanye the Demon Lord and Eunuch Li, meanwhile, were both startled and delighted—delighted that the Demon God's demon blade was indeed extraordinary, and alarmed that Yan Zhuixing would be in danger if this continued.
"Heavenly Demon Fist!" Sanye the Demon Lord stirred up billowing demonic qi and swung