"Excellent!" Zong Shenliang's expression quickly brightened again. Though he could not understand why Lu Ye had appeared here, since he had come, he should not think of leaving.
With Lu Ye standing on Ba Qiu's side alone, the two sides were natural enemies.
Not to mention that Lu Ye had clearly come with ill intent.
He had just subdued the Supreme Treasure, the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal, and his strength had surged. Why would he fear a mere junior like Lu Ye?
He secretly hardened his resolve. No matter what, he would leave this brat here today!
As he spoke, he held the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal in one hand while the other pulled and guided. A thread-thin streak of lightning was drawn from the Supreme Treasure and shot toward Lu Ye's brow in an instant.
This lightning carried the pure might of a Supreme Treasure, wielded by an expert like Zong Shenliang. As it struck, even Lu Ye felt an agonizing stab of pain in his brow.
Such an attack was already enough to threaten Lu Ye, filling him with a sense of mortal peril.
The Crag Mountain Saber flashed from its sheath. He raised it before him and blocked the strike by a hair's breadth.
Yet the dense sensation of life-and-death danger did not fade. Instead, it grew even stronger.
In his field of vision, Zong Shenliang still stood where he was, holding the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal aloft. Yet a killing intent inexplicably struck from behind Lu Ye.
His long saber slashed down at an angle. Accompanied by a soft gasp, the Crag Mountain Saber blocked a fatal blow from behind.
Zong Shenliang, who had been standing there, had vanished without anyone noticing.
Beside Lu Ye, a black shadow drifted like a ghost, impossible