Too late!
The annihilation storm raised by the Broken Spear arrived first. The space around Jiang Shu froze and shattered inch by inch like a layer of ice.
Jiang Shu had not expected the Ancient Demon Image's power to reach an entirely new height.
At that moment, even he had already prepared to abandon everything and use Two Worlds Travel.
And right then.
The sky shattered.
Like a painted scroll being violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand, the inky sky, the rolling Filth Qi, the congealed space...
Everything formed by Laws was brutally ripped apart by an overbearing, savage force so unreasonable it defied all logic, flung completely to either side.
Five illusory figures, yet like the pillars supporting the Cosmos, flickered at the edge of the rift in the heavens. They were the five War Alliance Grand Elders maintaining the passage.
A golden figure, so real that the entire filthy world trembled, stepped out.
Zhan Jiuxiao!
He wore only a set of dark-gold casual robes, yet he seemed to bear the weight of an entire starry universe upon his back.
His gaze fell upon no one, and he did not even look at the Ancient Demon Image that towered between heaven and earth.
Like a traveler passing through his own courtyard, he casually raised his right hand, extended one finger, and lightly pressed it downward at the Ancient Demon Image that was thrusting the Broken Spear toward Jiang Shu and the Void Origin Seal.
There was no light, no howl, and even less of an energy surge.
Time and space completely froze where his fingertip descended.
The Broken Spear radiating destructive Dao intent instantly turned to dust. Then the dissolution spread silently along its arm, over the shoulder armor covered in dark-red runes, and toward its savage