Pfft—!
Pfft—!
Two muffled sounds rang out, loud enough for Annie to hear from far away—the sound of sharp weapons piercing flesh. Then she saw it: the blades of the two halberds, imbued with spirit-piercing runes, had pierced straight through the protective aura of the profound ice shield the Golden Core cultivator had hastily summoned, then plunged viciously into his chest and abdomen. They even pierced right through him?
In an instant, blood sprayed across the sky and the street like a fountain.
"Ah—!"
Then, inevitably, the Golden Core cultivator let out an utterly agonized scream. The spiritual light around him crumbled completely, and the three extraordinary-looking artifacts or magical treasures wailed as they fell out of his control, plunging heavily from the sky along with him.
Thud—!
With another muffled crash, the Golden Core big shot slammed into the bluestone-paved street. The two crossed halberds still pinned him firmly to the ground, leaving him unable to move.
"..."
After struggling a few times, he stopped twitching and lay facedown on the stone pavement, before the two Heavenly Soldiers could even pull out their blades. Soon, he could no longer move.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
And so, as the Heavenly Soldiers withdrew their formation, what had seemed like a lopsided pursuit and counterattack ended in just a few exchanges, with the weaker side—the Heavenly Soldiers—delivering a Thunder Clap too swift for the eye to catch!
"Good!"
"Serves him right!"
"Traitors and villains deserve to die!"
"Well done!"
"That's how it should be!"
Seeing this, the watching townsfolk inevitably burst into cries of surprise and applause.
"..."
However, the battle was not completely over.
The Golden Core cultivator had been gravely wounded and pinned to the ground, but he was still in the late Golden Core stage, with a tenacious