The Black Banyan King acted in time, blocking Jiang Mao's killing blow and allowing the Savage Bear Demon King to seize the chance to retreat.
Seeing that the opportunity had already passed and that pursuit was impossible, Jiang Mao immediately wheeled his sword light around and shifted his target to the Black Banyan King, joining Liang Zhaohuang in battling it.
Streams of sword light crisscrossed the sky, like gale winds descending from heaven, like a swirling tempest, sweeping through vast stretches of black banyan forest and striking at the Black Banyan King's true body.
With Jiang Mao's aid, Liang Zhaohuang immediately stabilized the situation. The two of them working together finally held back the Black Banyan King's attacks and encroachment.
His eyes lit up as he once more fixed his gaze on the green sun—the Wood Origin Pearl—hanging high above the Black Banyan King's canopy crown.
"If Jiang Mao helps me withstand the Black Banyan King's attacks with all his strength, I may have a chance to seize the Wood Origin Pearl!"
Liang Zhaohuang's heart stirred intensely.
In his earlier attempt, he had successfully brushed the Wood Origin Pearl into the Five-Colored Divine Light. However, the divine light had been unable to withstand the Black Banyan King's fierce assault and had been shattered, causing the Wood Origin Pearl within to fly straight back out, beyond his ability to collect.
But if Jiang Mao assisted him and temporarily held off the Black Banyan King's attacks, preventing it from striking the Five-Colored Divine Light, it would not take long at all. Liang Zhaohuang needed only an instant to brush the Wood Origin Pearl into the Five-Colored Divine Light and take it away.
That would both complete the innate spirit-treasure function of his Five Elements Treasure Pearls and strip the Black Banyan King