"Kid, toss me the knife."
Earth Lord straddled Music Idiot, his fists pounding down with a bang bang, but every strike was blocked by the light screen raised by the breastplate.
Though Music Idiot lay on the ground with a face full of pain, he had not suffered any fundamental injury.
The two Music Slaves had failed to seize control of the body and were firmly suppressed within Earth Lord's body.
Earth Monsters at the Transcendent Stage had three defining traits: defense, earth control, and resilience.
A spirit's possession could only affect an Earth Monster temporarily; it could not seize a body blessed with exceptional resilience.
Zhang Yuanqing hurried over to the narrow-bladed longsword, bent down to pick it up, and shouted:
"Catch!"
The longsword forged from black iron spun through the air toward Earth Lord, tearing through the air with an exceptionally dull whistle.
Earth Lord reached out and caught the weapon steadily. Kneeling with both knees on Music Idiot's chest, he gripped the blade in both hands and drove it downward.
The energy barrier, which had only produced faint ripples no matter how Earth Lord struck it, suddenly sent out urgent waves of ripples the instant the blade's tip pierced down.
Earth Lord was old but sturdy. The muscles in his arms swelled, stretching his sleeves taut, veins bulging on the backs of his hands as he exerted force in silence.
Beneath the blade's tip, the ripples grew increasingly frantic.
Fear appeared on Music Idiot's face. He was finally panicking. No matter how miserable he had looked before, the breastplate had always kept him safe. The energy barrier floating one centimeter above its surface had seemed utterly indestructible.
But now, it could collapse at any moment.
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