"Now that really was unexpected. Even Yin Ao couldn't withstand the might of the opponent's flying sword. To think a newly advanced fellow could actually reach such an astonishing level."
Just as Lu Xiaotian's flying sword was about to succeed, a rough, resonant voice rang out. Immediately afterward, a massive stone staff flashed into existence from thin air and struck toward the descending flying sword.
Boom! A powerfully built tiger-headed Demonic Beast with a body like stone was sent flying backward.
"How is this fellow's Primordial Spirit so strong?" The tiger-headed Demonic Beast grimaced in pain.
"I never thought there'd come a day when someone would force us to join hands. Fortunately, he's of the dragon race, so it doesn't count as an insult to us." Yin Ao let out a strange laugh, his interest in Lu Xiaotian growing even stronger.
Jingkong Stone Demon. Lu Xiaotian swept a glance over the newly arrived tiger-headed Demonic Beast. Its stone-like body bore more than a passing resemblance to the rock giants of the Giant Stone Clan within the Green Fruit Barrier, such as Ju Qing and Ju Ziyan.
There were significant differences as well. The staff with which the opponent had intercepted his attack clearly carried fluctuations of spatial laws.
The power of spatial laws in Jingkong Stone Demon's staff did not appear particularly strong, but it had merely been used as an aid in combat. Even so, that strike had been astonishing, bringing the marvels of spatial laws into full play. Otherwise, an ordinary attack could never have blocked the killing move of the Dragon Soul Flying Sword.
"So you didn't perish after all. You merely continued to exist in another form within this icy world."
Lu Xiaotian had already grown suspicious upon seeing Yin Ao alone. With Jingkong Stone Demon's