For one thing, their situation was perilous.
For another, three Body Integration Realm powerhouses had died, leaving five people to compete for three priceless treasures.
Each person's chances of claiming one had risen considerably.
That was better than eight people fighting over three treasures.
As the Resurrected One confronted Shen Miaoyin, the five sped away, quickly putting distance between themselves and the two combatants.
But before they could get far,
the icy gleam swept out by the cloud halberd reached Shen Miaoyin.
Everyone held their breath for her, certain she could not withstand the strike.
Whoosh!
Another cold flash appeared with a sharp rush through the air.
The Wangshu Sword, which had flown away earlier, returned and collided squarely with the incoming gleam.
The cloud halberd's icy strike, which had swept aside everything in its path, hit the Wangshu Sword.
But the result was this:
the icy gleam shattered on the spot. The Wangshu Sword, by contrast, hung before Shen Miaoyin with light flowing across it and sword energy spilling outward, steady as a mountain.
"What?"
"What just happened?"
"It's that flying sword... an immortal artifact! The sword in Fairy Qionghua's hand is a true immortal artifact!"
"Only an immortal artifact can contend with another. It's true after all!"
"The cloud halberd in that Resurrected One's hand is undoubtedly an immortal artifact. But it's covered in cracks—it clearly suffered a devastating blow once. Fairy Qionghua's flying sword, though, is completely intact!"
"No wonder... No wonder she neither dodged nor flinched before the cloud halberd's attack. I thought she'd lost her senses, but she clearly knew she could handle it."
"Of course. Even if an Immortal from the Immortal Realm had lost her senses, her battle instincts would surely remain."
A hundred miles away, cries of astonishment erupted as the