Sparks flew in all directions. Lu Ye felt his arm jolt violently, and his pupils contracted at once.
The City Lord had not deceived him. This Jiao was indeed stronger than he was now—much stronger!
For he had already activated Sacred Nature, exerting a certain degree of bloodline suppression on Jiao, yet the force transmitted back through the other party's short blade remained incomparably powerful. The crucial difference lay in physical strength. Due to the gap in cultivation realm and physique, he was clearly inferior.
"Sub-Treasure, Sub-Treasure! Lu Ye, this is a Sub-Treasure!" Fang's excited voice rang beside his ear.
From the start of this great battle, it had sensed the auras of numerous Sub-Treasures. To it, this was like a cat catching the scent of fish. Yet neither it nor Lu Ye had any way of determining where those Sub-Treasures were, or who possessed them, so there was naturally no way to target them.
Moreover, even if they had identified the locations of the Sub-Treasures, there was no telling how strong their wielders were. Someone like Black Blood most likely possessed a Sub-Treasure, but how could Lu Ye possibly be his match?
Now, it seemed that Jiao's Dao Soldier was also a Sub-Treasure.
That instantaneous collision had allowed Fang to confirm it.
Lu Ye turned a deaf ear, because as a Son of the Star Abyss, how could Jiao possibly lack a Sub-Treasure? And he possessed not one Sub-Treasure short blade, but two!
The blade blocking Lu Ye's saber was a golden short blade. A silver short blade suddenly appeared in his other hand. At first glance, the two short blades were almost completely identical, save that their forms were mirrored opposites.
The silver short blade slashed toward Lu Ye's lower abdomen with lightning speed!
Every hair on Lu