With a whoosh, more than a dozen True Person Grandmasters flew into the sky together.
Since they had decided to settle the dispute by force, there was no point staying on the ground to trade words.
They would follow the True Person Grandmasters' tradition and fight in the sky!
A tall, thin True Person flew fastest. He climbed to just below the Astral Wind Layer before stopping and looking back at the others.
Below him, the other True Person Grandmasters were still rising.
Even if I can't actually kill him, taking old Fang down a peg would be satisfying enough!
At the thought, a fiery red spear appeared in his hand.
The spear looked wooden, heavy and blunt, without a visible edge. Its grain was clear from end to end, as though it had received only the simplest shaping, without even careful carving.
Once airborne, it caught fire in the blink of an eye. Roaring flames engulfed it, turning it into an enormous torch.
The True Person used True Qi to keep the burning wooden spear away from his body, aimed at the approaching Fang Donghuan, and hurled it.
Blazing fiercely, it carved a bright streak through the night.
Fang Donghuan was ascending when he suddenly sensed danger falling from above. He looked up and nearly twisted his nose out of shape with anger.
Both sides were still on their way. By rights, everyone should have reached the upper sky and traded a few threats before the fighting officially began.
But this bastard had launched a sneak attack already!
"Shameless!" he roared. He struck at the streak of fire with his left palm, sending his palm force howling upward in layer upon layer of invisible barriers.
In an instant, a rapid string of bangs rang out as the burning spear