Heavenly Array Elder

"Rui'er!!"

Seeing Rui'er collapse unconscious, Shi Jingtian's roar echoed above Xuanji Mountain like a beast driven completely mad. His eyes were bloodshot and veined, his rugged face twisting into something nearly feral.

ROAR!!!

The spiritual power within him ran wild, and an enormous phantom of a demonic ape emerged behind him—the ape stood a full thirty meters tall, black fur bristling like steel needles, fangs bared as it threw back its head and unleashed an earth-shaking roar!

"I'll fight you to the death!" Shi Jingtian bellowed, gripping the Mountain Shaker Staff with both hands. Black radiance surged along the staff as the demonic ape phantom fused with him. He became a black meteor and smashed fiercely toward Zhao Xuanfeng in the sky!

This strike contained all his fury. Wherever the staff shadow passed, the air erupted in piercing detonations, and even the stable space of the Immortal Realm trembled faintly!

Zhao Xuanfeng hung in the void, his expression indifferent. He did not move so much as a step. He merely slowly raised his right hand and spread his five fingers—

CLANG!

With a dull crash, the Mountain Shaker Staff, carrying the power of the demonic ape, was caught firmly in Zhao Xuanfeng's bare hand! The violent spiritual power on the staff seemed to strike an invisible iron wall and instantly collapsed. Shi Jingtian felt an irresistible force travel through the staff, numbing both his arms. His tiger's mouths split open once more, blood streaming through his fingers.

"A lowly ant from the lower realm dares attack me?"

Zhao Xuanfeng sneered, irritation flashing through his eyes. He violently tugged the Mountain Shaker Staff, pulling Shi Jingtian stumbling forward. In the next instant, Zhao Xuanfeng's other hand shot out like lightning, his fingers hooked like claws as they viciously seized Shi Jingtian's