The bowstring twanged, and arrows whistled out, only to collapse into nothing midway and transform into countless ox-hair needles.
Bang! Beneath Ximen Qingkong's feet, the earth heaved like storm-tossed waves. The ground burst upward, sweeping and surging like a tornado as it blasted in every direction.
Though the specially made ox-hair needles could pierce invisible astral force, they could not withstand the assault of tangible objects. In an instant, they were swept away by the erupting torrent of violent earth and stone.
Xuanwei, with her sword pressed to Hao Cheng's neck, felt her heart wrench. She had heard of Dawn Moon Pavilion's Heavenly Mechanism Armor-Piercing Arrows, and knew they could break through a cultivator's defenses. The moment she saw Dawn Moon Pavilion's people draw their bows, she immediately worried about Ximen Qingkong. That was why she had risked coming out.
Yet she did not know that cultivators had already approached from behind. One flashed forward, intending to seize her.
Dawn Moon Pavilion did indeed want to kill Xuanwei, but they were also very interested in what she possessed. Since Dawn Moon Pavilion controlled the Pain God Pill, they naturally had to give it a try.
A streak of blue light shot from the exploding earth and stone. A cultivator outside the circle swung his sword down in a slash.
Clang! His sword flew away. The blue light swept past, and his body was split evenly in two.
A blue sword shadow flashed over Xuanwei's head. The one who had tried to ambush her did not even have time to scream before he split in half and flew away, bursting into a spray of blood in midair.
When Xuanwei turned around, Ximen Qingkong, transformed into blue sword astral force, had already appeared at her side. He seized Hao Cheng by the