It was not that Lu Xiaotian already possessed the strength to kill him. Rather, it was the first time Kong Tianji had felt completely unable to see through Lu Xiaotian.
The other man's actions repeatedly defied expectations. Kong Tianji was beginning to feel that targeting Lu Xiaotian might have been a mistake from the very beginning.
At Kong Tianji's level, when he encountered an enemy, what he feared was not entirely the enemy's strength, but the unknown—something he could not predict at all.
The Lu Xiaotian before him was clearly such an enemy. However, no matter what, Kong Tianji could no longer remain inside this formation. Every moment he delayed brought another measure of risk.
Taking advantage of the opportunity still before him, he had to shake off his opponent as quickly as possible. Kong Tianji strode into the spatial-dimensional gate, while the Fangtian Halberd in Lu Xiaotian's hand swept downward in a slash.
The surrounding void, and even the formation covering this region, began to surge violently beneath such a domineering strike.
Kong Tianji stared in shock at the halberd descending outside the passage. Judging solely by its power, it was not beyond him to withstand. In fact, had he met it with the Kongming Axe, the destructive force would not have been weaker than his opponent's. What truly astonished him was the momentum behind the strike.
It had even achieved the effect of seizing the initiative against a powerful Immortal Lord like himself. That invincible, heaven-swallowing aura was what made Kong Tianji take it seriously.
The momentum had already been cultivated. All his opponent lacked was the accumulation of time. Surpassing his current level was merely a matter of time.
If he failed to kill him here, then in the future, even if he used his final means,