In his haste, the Mahayana Realm Taijing Firefish chief could only spit out a few rings of fire, sending them soaring upward in an attempt to stop the Fangtian Halberd cleaving down at him.
But with the strength of this Mahayana Realm Taijing Firefish, even defending with all his might, blocking Lu Xiaotian's halberd strike would have been exceedingly difficult. That was all the more true now, when he had lost the initiative and Lu Xiaotian had used his teleportation divine ability to appear above him.
The Fangtian Halberd swept down, cleaving through the rings of fire the Taijing Firefish chief had summoned. Seeing that he could not withstand the blow and had missed his best chance to counterattack, the Taijing Firefish lashed his tail. A burst of dazzling crystal light, as bright as the blazing sun, exploded from his body.
The Taijing Firefish's body split into more than a dozen copies, fleeing in every direction. A strange smile touched Lu Xiaotian's lips. The Taijing Firefish had actually used this illusion technique in front of him. Among the many cultivation arts he practiced, illusions were not the divine ability he excelled at most—but that was only by comparison. Under heaven, no one in this world had yet surpassed him in the art of illusion. In his desperation, the Taijing Firefish chief had tried to escape by such means; it was rather like showing off an axe before Lu Ban.
The Fangtian Halberd in Lu Xiaotian's hand fell without the slightest resistance, cleaving into the Taijing Firefish chief's neck. The chief was horrified. His tail whipped wildly as his body shot forward, but he still could not evade the strike, heavy as a mountain.
The halberd's edge pierced his body, and Lu Xiaotian's blow cleaved the Taijing Firefish chief in half