Before the words had even fallen.
Suddenly!
A cloud-riding, heaven-shocking sword shot fiercely from the horizon. The terror of the Great Dao Immortal power within tore apart the void, making all things tremble into silence.
Ling Qingzhi's expression shifted slightly.
Buzz—
A piercing explosion erupted high above, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the molten earth was overturned by the aftershock in an instant, leaving only deathly silence.
In the distance.
There was a vortex as vast as a nebula, and even the phantom of an Immortal Gate suddenly appeared. Beneath it, a figure stood atop shattered spatial fissures. The Jiu Xiao gale tore at the dark-gold cloud patterns on his black battle robe, yet could not shake the star arrow nocked upon the Immortal Seal Jade Bow.
The Taigu inscriptions flowing across the bow suddenly erupted with dazzling azure light, illuminating the cinnabar crack between his brows like a cold star dripping blood!
Dingjiang Cultivation Kingdom's Ever-Victorious Immortal Marquis—Zhu Jie!
She gazed coldly into the distance, her vast voice piercing through heaven and earth. "Dingjiang Cultivation Kingdom has never permitted Immortals to cross its borders. Whoever comes is an enemy."
In the distance.
Ling Qingzhi cleaved apart the arrow aura with one sword strike. Beneath her cool face, incredulous fury surfaced. "You slaughter living beings so wantonly over a dispute of lineages. Is my sect not even allowed to come to their aid?! And you still dare loose such an arrow!"
Her heart churned like stormy seas. She had never seen such an overbearing kingdom.
"Wanton slaughter? Saving people?" Zhu Jie seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. "So it is one of the renowned Fushi Cult patriarchs... It seems this marquis did not come to the wrong place."
"But it seems you have misjudged three