Under his gaze, the instant the tri-edged crossbow bolt came within roughly thirty yards of the Shadow Demon Fox, it seemed to be shrouded by shadows, losing the radiance it had constantly emitted.
At the same time, that black shadow was like a pool of viscous black liquid. Once the tri-edged crossbow bolt shot into it, its forward speed immediately slowed drastically.
But it had only slowed. The tri-edged crossbow bolt still stubbornly flew toward the Shadow Demon Fox.
Nine thousand years ago, Immortal Venerable Ye Ming had not yet possessed his current cultivation or status. At most, he had been a somewhat renowned cultivator in the Taiping Prefecture governor's residence.
At that time, under the leadership of the Martial Heavenly Emperor, the Immortal Qin Dynasty had already annihilated the other five great dynasties. Immortal Qin's million-strong army of tigers and wolves had reached the border of the Immortal Qi Dynasty. Throughout vast Immortal Qi, everyone was in danger.
To resist Immortal Qin, the Sea Yi Immortal Emperor mobilized all his strength and summoned powerful cultivators from across the entire dynasty to join the war. Immortal Venerable Ye Ming had naturally been among them.
A great number of Immortal Qi experts gathered together, forming a massive force that marched mightily toward the border and confronted the Qin army.
Before this, Immortal Qin's mighty reputation had already spread throughout the Myriad Beast Frontier. Powerful dynasties such as Immortal Zhao and Immortal Chu had been flattened beneath Immortal Qin's army, and all the experts throughout those dynasties had been slaughtered clean.
Immortal Venerable Ye Ming had originally believed that even if they were no match for Immortal Qin's army, they could surely resist for a while. So long as they halted Immortal Qin's advance and defended their homeland, that would be victory