If they truly fought aboard the spirit treasure, Jia Yuanping would not let himself be hamstrung and give his opponent an opening. He would never make that kind of mistake.
But he worried about damaging the spirit treasure.
A spirit boat was unlike other spirit treasures, and they were aboard it now, without a protective barrier.
So when he saw Ye Qingfeng put away the spirit treasure, a smile had already surfaced at the corner of his mouth.
"Ah, to be young..."
Mockery showed on his face, but his hands never stopped moving. He formed a hand seal, and that azure sword light abruptly transformed into nine sword shadows.
They intersected to form a sword formation. For a moment, Sword Qi swept in every direction, and sword radiance poured down like a meteor shower.
The nine spectral shadows also shot forward like nine flood dragons.
At the same time, two Spirit Transformation Late Stage cultivators approached together from behind Ye Qingfeng and attacked in unison. Clearly, they intended to kill her instantly, fearing that any delay would invite trouble.
As for high-level cultivators refusing to join forces to bully a lower-level cultivator, they had no such lofty scruples.
"Go!" The spirit treasure Ye Qingfeng activated now was the natal spirit treasure she had refined for herself, the Crimson Phoenix Pearl.
The moment the pearl emerged, an enormous phoenix phantom charged straight toward the sword shadows, bearing ten thousand layers of flame.
The terrifying heat scorched even the void until it warped, and all the sword radiance dissolved into nothing, annihilated within the flames.
Moreover, as though possessed of intelligence, the Crimson Phoenix wheeled through the void and swept its wings, fanning the nine main swords of the formation into shattered disarray.
At the same time, Jia Yuanping felt flames suddenly