But at that moment, Fairy Qing Xia lightly formed a hand seal.
As azure light flowed, immortal energy surged together into a great sword over thirty meters long. It tore through the sky and struck the brown streak of light with perfect precision.
Clang! The great azure sword vanished into thin air, while the brown streak's radiance went out, revealing its true form.
It was a cane carved from a tree root. Blocked by the great azure sword Fairy Qing Xia had unleashed, it spun as it flew backward.
Smack! A lean figure that appeared from nowhere in the distance caught the cane in his hand.
It was Daoist Luo Liu.
Daoist Luo Liu's appearance drew cries of alarm from countless people, leaving them even more bewildered and unable to understand what was happening.
But now, everyone could confirm that Daoist Luo Liu had acted to interfere with Ye Tian's tribulation, while Fairy Qing Xia was indeed protecting him.
But what was the reason for all this?
Before people had time to think or discuss it, another piercing howl tore through the air.
This time, everyone saw it clearly. It was a pitch-black hammer, roughly three meters long, hurtling toward Ye Tian like a meteor.
"It is True Person Hao Yu, the Academy Instructor of the Gold Academy! He wants to interfere with Instructor Ye Tian's tribulation too!?" Someone immediately recognized the hammer's owner.
Amid the cries of alarm, a towering, powerfully built man appeared. The hammer had indeed been thrown by him.
Before one wave had settled, another rose.
Rumble!
Then, from another direction, a colossal Fire Phoenix a thousand zhang long flew fiercely toward Ye Tian. It gave a cry that seemed to rip apart the heavens, its long tail feathers trailing behind it as its scorching heat