Chapter 593: Oriole
Lu Xuanhe's head rolled all the way below the steps before finally stopping. A trace of shock and disbelief still showed in his eyes.
After standing upright for a moment, the headless corpse above suddenly went limp and collapsed like a lump of rotten mud.
Zhang Yu turned around, slowly sheathing his sword. With this motion, the swirling clouds overhead, stirred by the resonance between man and heaven, gradually drew in amid rumbling peals. When the Skyshock Sword fully entered its sheath with a clear ring, the vortex closed as well.
Liang Yi and Yu Ruiqing stared at him, both slightly dazed.
Even now, they could scarcely believe that Lu Xuanhe, who had seemed so invincible and possessed mana that reached the heavens, had been slain just like that.
They had known that it was indeed possible to kill this man by using the sensation of heaven and man, linking their divine intent to his. Yet the slightest misjudgment meant death and the dispersal of one's soul.
If Zhang Yu had failed just now, as the only other participants in this battle, they had both been prepared to rush forward and stop him.
But the later it went, the smaller their chances became. By then, they could only do what man could do; as for how matters ended, they could only submit to Heaven's will.
At that moment, a ray of sunlight suddenly pierced the thin cloud cover and fell upon the great platform, enveloping all three of them.
By coincidence, all those standing here now were Mystical Cultivators.
Zhang Yu looked down and said, "Fellow Daoists, this man is dead. We must destroy the array mechanism and let the army waiting outside Earth Star enter."
Liang Yi said, "Indeed."
He exchanged a glance with Yu Ruiqing,