Crash!
Sword-light flashed like a bolt of silk across the sky, slamming straight into the Celestial Appearance Star Lord and chopping him into several backward tumbles!
Close behind, a scholar dressed in Confucian robes stepped forth and confronted the Seven Killings Star Lord!
Even in Southern Heaven, Seven Killings was renowned far and wide. His methods and temperament could be seen from his name alone.
The moment he made a move, layers upon layers of killing intent unfolded. Once ordinary mortals were tainted by it, even if nothing appeared amiss on their bodies, several years of their lifespan would be slain away, shortening their lives without a trace.
Yet now, the Heaven Mansion Star Lord watched that physically frail scholar advance step by step, seemingly utterly unaffected by the Seven Killings Star Lord's innate murderous aura!
Not only that, the man continuously recited the doctrines of sages, using the Force of Order formed from those teachings to steadily compress the Celestial Appearance Star Lord's room to maneuver. After only a few breaths, he had even made it difficult for the latter to absorb the mist of the people!
Moreover, with the Heaven Mansion Star Lord's discernment, he could naturally tell that this scholar bore not a shred of cultivation. He was an utterly ordinary mortal, flesh and blood of the common world!
However, a true mortal of flesh and blood could not possibly appear here, much less silently cross the restraints and survive in the starry sky. Not to mention that the six Star Lords were presently fighting the Star Lord who had come from Donghua. For someone like this to emerge at such a time, there was no way he could be ordinary.
When something was abnormal, there had to be a demon at work.
This was also why