Clang!
The resilient vajra pestle dimmed, crumbling away into specks of starlight.
"He appeared?"
The Great Emperor retreated explosively in an instant. In that brief moment just now, he had sensed incomparably sharp Sword Qi.
Had he not dodged quickly enough, his head would likely have already fallen to the ground, his soul split in two.
"Has the one behind the scenes finally appeared?"
He seemed delighted as he looked into the distance.
This also confirmed Mu Qing's suspicions. It seemed this Great Emperor's sudden attack on him had indeed been meant to draw out the Buddhist powerhouse who had secretly helped him that day.
Mu Qing looked in that direction as well. He too wanted to know just who the Buddhist powerhouse behind the scenes who had helped him was!
"How is it him?"
Mu Qing was greatly startled. The figure that had suddenly appeared looked familiar—it was Sword Three!
Sword Three had originally been ranked ninth among the powerhouses of the Main World. After being defeated by Mu Qing, he had not appeared again.
From Master Xuanming, Mu Qing had learned that Sword Three had entered seclusion to break through to the Great Emperor realm.
"Did he successfully break through to the Great Emperor realm?" Mu Qing was puzzled. He had never expected that the one to intervene and help him at this critical moment would be Sword Three!
After all, Sword Three had been defeated by him before and dragged down from ninth place. No matter how he thought about it, Sword Three should not have looked kindly upon him. Why would he save him?
Mu Qing did not know many Buddhist powerhouses, but he could never have imagined that the one helping him would be Sword Three.
The Great Emperor on the other side was even