"Big Brother Lu, I can't control my flying swords." As they struggled against each other, beads of sweat appeared in layer upon layer on Ye Ziyu's forehead. Her eyes, fixed on Lu Xiaotian, were full of anxiety. She had once regarded City Lord Ye as family; now she saw how laughable that had been. Even Baili Fei and Fu Yu had become nothing more than pawns of the middle-aged man before her. Since she could remember, it seemed only Lu Xiaotian had ever been someone she could truly rely on—and someone who had never asked anything in return.
"Be careful. Find a way to protect yourself, and try not to use the methods City Lord Ye left you." Lu Xiaotian flashed forward, then abruptly vanished into thin air, passing straight through the swirling green ropes. In an instant, he appeared above the middle-aged man. The Fangtian Halberd materialized, its world-shattering aura surging down with it. The tremendous gusts sent the lotus leaves and blossoms below churning like waves.
At the same time, the seven-fusion ape-headed beast charged out with a pair of hammers in hand. Lu Xiaotian also swallowed the Primordial Spirit essence of a combined-body demon beast. The essence gathered the power of blood and qi within him, and with the immense pressure of facing a high-ranking cultivator, this halberd strike reached a peak Lu Xiaotian had never attained before.
"Teleportation ability. Interesting, interesting." Surprise flashed across the middle-aged man's face, then he regained his composure. He held the Devouring Abyss Sword aloft in his left hand, keeping both Lu Xiaotian's and Ye Ziyu's Misty Flying Swords at bay. At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a white lotus. Brilliant white light radiated from it as it appeared above his head. Its beams collided with