The mutation appeared even more abruptly than the combined secret art attack unleashed by the two mid Spirit Severing cultivators just now.
Zhao Yuantong's cultivation was only at the early Spirit Severing stage. The fact that he had survived the formidable divine ability jointly unleashed by the two mid Spirit Severing cultivators was already extremely remarkable.
At this moment, his mind was undoubtedly at its weakest.
He could hardly have imagined that the companion who had come with him would take advantage of his injuries and the loss of an arm to suddenly strike with lethal intent, attempting to kill him on the spot.
The two sides had originally been only a hundred-odd yards apart. Though such a distance was not exactly close, to Spirit Severing cultivators, it could practically be ignored.
With the methods of Spirit Severing cultivators, any attack could appear hundreds of yards away like a teleportation the moment it was unleashed. A distance of a hundred yards was no different from being right before one's eyes.
Standing in the distance and watching the scene, Qin Fengming was startled when he saw this sudden turn of events. He cried out inwardly, certain that Zhao Yuantong could not evade it and would surely perish on the spot.
Yet just as he shouted inwardly, the situation at the scene changed again.
Zhao Yuantong's body swayed as he watched Ma Yunzhou's attack approach, but he showed not the slightest reaction. His gaze was cold as he merely looked toward Ma Yunzhou standing in the distance, his expression astonishingly calm.
A miserable scream rang out, and a figure suddenly toppled stiffly onto the stone ground.
To Qin Fengming's astonishment, Zhao Yuantong, who should have been decapitated, had not fallen. Instead, Ma Yunzhou, who had just revealed a ferocious expression and launched