Wenren Shangzhi struck first. He extended his hand, and a dragon claw larger than the Earth Dragon's entire true body crossed ten thousand miles, emerging from the Great Void to seize the magic ship out at sea.
He did not know whether anyone besides Zhang Yuan was aboard, but whether there were others, or who they might be, made no difference.
He only had to kill them all and leave no one alive.
"Not good!"
Seeing Wenren Shangzhi suddenly attack the magic ship, Immortal Lord Lingxiang immediately realized that the four of them had the same target: the magic ship belonging to the Azure Talisman Grotto-Heaven and the Spirit Emperor Blessed Land. The difference was that his group had come to receive it, while Wenren Shangzhi's group had come to destroy it.
But Wenren Shangzhi had struck too quickly, and his palm strike through the Great Void could not be intercepted. By the time the Mysterious Court's three Immortal Lords reacted, the dragon claw had already hit the magic ship.
Just as the magic ship seemed about to be annihilated beneath the dragon claw, several defensive formations suddenly rose from its hull.
The sharp claws collided with the formation barriers, sending countless sparks flying. Moments later, those Ascension Realm defensive formations shattered, while Wenren Shangzhi's dragon claw was knocked back into the Great Void.
A fright, but no harm done.
"Fortunately, it had defensive formations. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable..." Immortal Lord Liujing said with a sigh of relief.
Immortal Lord Xingfeng nodded, while Immortal Lord Lingxiang's expression darkened slightly.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, what is the meaning of this? Are you deliberately making an enemy of our Mysterious Court?" Immortal Lord Lingxiang demanded.
"An... enemy? What, you outsiders from another realm want to protect him too?" Deng Qiuzhi