Clang-!!
But just then, a streak of black Sword Light suddenly tore through the sky in the phantom image, striking straight down onto Dong Cangzi's remaining Divine Sense and body.
Bang...!!
In an instant, Xu Taiping's enormous Golden Fist Shadow slammed heavily into that golden light.
To the utter horror of the watching cultivators, the black Sword Light enveloping Dong Cangzi's Remnant Soul actually stopped Xu Taiping's punch by brute force.
Rumble...!
For a moment, the world within the phantom image abruptly shook violently.
Tiny fissures in the void kept appearing across the heavens and earth.
Yun Jiuyi could not help exclaiming:
"Who is that? How could he block the Taiping Sword Champion's terrifying punch just now!"
In his view, let alone ordinary cultivators, even ordinary Half-Immortal Realm experts might not have been able to withstand Xu Taiping's punch.
Just then, a somewhat shrill, grating voice filled with majesty rang out from the phantom image:
"Xu Taiping, I am Crow Heavenly Venerable. You cannot execute Dong Cangzi."
At those words, everyone in the side room froze.
Only after a long while did Xiao Huang speak, a trace of terror in his voice:
"Could this Crow Heavenly Lord be the Crow Half-Immortal whose fame rivals Half-Immortal Kang Cang's?"
Yun Jiuyi drew a deep breath, his expression incomparably grave:
"To think that Crow Heavenly Venerable would personally intervene to save Dong Cangzi."
Jiang Shuoxue asked in bewilderment:
"Wasn't it said that outsiders cannot interfere in this Great Dao Strife?"
Yun Jiuyi sighed:
"But he is Crow Heavenly Venerable."
Beside him, Sect Leader Jiang Fu also looked somewhat somber:
"Crow Heavenly Venerable and Kang Cangzi can be considered the two strongest Half-Immortals in the Cultivation World today. Unlike ordinary Half-Immortals, both have long possessed means of eliminating the Heavenly Dao's backlash."
"The only