"Swish!..."
The instant the blade cry rang out, dozens of crisscrossing, gleaming blade marks appeared in the sky, enveloping the bone spears hurtling through the air like a vast net.
"Bang!"
With a tremendous crash, the "blade net" in the air first swelled violently, then shattered together with the dozen or so bone spears.
The surging air stirred up by blade and spear formed rings of waterlike ripples in the sky. When they struck the city wall, even the Red Armor Soldiers atop the city tower could feel a faint tremor.
It showed just how powerful that exchange had been.
"Could Brother Xu be one of the brilliant young talents from the other Several Heavens, here in Youyun Prefecture to attend the Golden Scale Assembly?"
Leaning over the city tower and looking down at the scene, Zhang Liang's eyes suddenly lit up.
Given Xu Taiping's age, his skills, and his accent that sounded unlike Youyun Heaven's, Zhang Liang readily connected him to the Golden Scale Assembly.
"Amitabha."
Beside him, Xuanzhi, who had been reciting Buddhist scriptures with his back against the city wall, smiled without answering. He merely pressed his palms together and uttered a Buddhist invocation.
Just then, at the very instant the bone spears and blade marks shattered together, Zhang Liang's pupils suddenly contracted, and he cried out:
"This is bad! A Demon King Realm Deep-Sea Shark Demon!"
A Shark Demon with fleshy wings on its back, gills on its face, and strange curse marks covering its humanoid body seemed to appear out of thin air. With a boom, it burst through the shattered blade qi filling the sky and suddenly drove a raised fist at Xu Taiping.
"Boom!"
The instant that strange Shark Demon brought its fist crashing down, everyone distinctly felt all the nearby heavens' force