"Bang!..."
The bone dragon's enormous head slammed into the phantom shield, shattering it with a crash.
But as the bone dragon drove straight through, ready to swallow Dongfang Yuejian whole, Xu Taiping's phantom abruptly assumed the Mountain-Bearing Form. With a tremendous bang, he actually blocked another crushing blow from the bone dragon.
This time, the rebounding force of the Mountain-Bearing Form knocked the bone dragon's head back.
Only now, only upon seeing this sight-
did everyone present, their faces previously blank with astonishment, cry out in unison.
Neither Mo Yachu's Heavenly Craft Creation Art nor the three hundred Red Armor Cavalry and Xu Taiping's somewhat terrifying figure, which Dongfang Yuejian had summoned with the power of One Stroke Opens Heaven at death's door, had been something they could have anticipated.
"Brother, the Xu Taiping Dongfang Yuejian has summoned seems even more imposing than the Xu Taiping we saw in the Moonshadow Stone..."
In the Guangling Pavilion stands, Mu Yuchen looked just as astonished.
"Too much was erased from the Moonshadow Stone we watched. Perhaps this is Xu Taiping's true strength."
Mu Yun offered his conjecture with a solemn expression.
"If that's the case, how did Dongfang Yuejian draw him?"
Mu Yuchen was even more puzzled.
"Judging by the information we've gathered, there should be nowhere to see the complete scene of that battle other than the Moonshadow Stones carried by General Zhang Tianze and Xu Taiping himself."
Mu Yun murmured.
"Then doesn't that mean Xu Taiping gave Dongfang Yuejian his own Moonshadow Stone? But why would he do that? Dongfang Yuejian isn't even that pretty."
Mu Yuchen frowned.
"There are many things in this world besides beauty that can be traded."
Mu Yun gave Mu Yuchen a helpless look.
Meanwhile, in another section of the stands, Xu Taiping let out