The moment Marquis Shen drew the Sky-Supporting Cudgel, the winds and clouds changed in an instant, shaking all directions.
That wondrous sight of a stone pillar piercing the heavens had already stood for several hundred days. Everyone had thought it would remain forever.
Until this moment, when Marquis Shen struck with the slightly trembling Sky-Supporting Cudgel, the stone pillar rose from the earth, tore through the clouds, and departed. The place it had stood was left empty.
The barrier dividing the eastern and western regions vanished, laying the battlefield bare for all to see.
The Tiger Corpse appeared on the opposite side. Behind him, the most conspicuous figure was the Corrupt Demon, along with a group of bizarre Heavenly Maiden's Attendants.
"Yin Blade—it's that Yin Blade!"
The steel blade in the Tiger Corpse's hand struck terror into all who saw it, reminding them of the two divine weapons from the Southern Border in those days.
The Sky-Supporting Cudgel and Yin Blade had swept away the demons and monsters of the Southern Border, thoroughly stabilizing that formerly uncertain land and turning it into a line of defense guarding the southern frontier.
Had the two brothers not turned against one another, the Southern Border would not now have been ruled by a single pillar holding up the sky, but by two heroes standing side by side.
"Brother Tiger, it has been many years. Your bearing remains unchanged!"
Marquis Shen's tone was calm. Both his voice and posture displayed immense self-control, without the slightest ripple.
The Tiger Corpse snorted coldly. "But you've aged quite a bit. You worry too much!"
"I have waited many years for this battle. Not a moment has passed when I did not think of you. You are the mighty Marquis Shen, exalted in status. I fear you have