"Whoosh!"
A sword gleam sliced through the air, cold, silent, and utterly without warning.
It was a nearly perfect strike.
The Azure-Robed Youth wielding the sword had lain in ambush for a long time, concealing his presence without the slightest leak.
He had chosen the exact instant when the fair, plump little milk-drinker would inevitably be distracted by taking the Treasure Weapon. All his killing intent condensed into that single strike, leaving nothing in reserve.
He was too close. Shi Hao's hand had only just touched the bright white Bone Mirror; he had no time to turn around.
The sword tip was about to pierce his beast-hide clothes.
"Clang!"
A deafening clash of metal rang out. Sparks flew everywhere, and the blast peeled a thick layer of dark red soil off the ground.
Shi Hao stood where he was, completely unharmed.
At some point, the enormous, pitch-black bottom of a pot had fitted itself snugly behind his back.
That lethal strike, powerful enough to pierce a Primordial Remnant's scales, had not even earned the right to leave a white mark on the pot's bottom.
The Azure-Robed Youth, by contrast, had the web of his sword hand split open, blood spraying wildly. The tremendous recoil hurled him seven or eight steps backward, his eyes filled with horror.
"What... what the hell is that thing?!"
The youth stared fixedly at the Black Pot. A piece of cookware without so much as a ripple of runes had actually repelled a Seal-Breaker's full-strength thrust?
Shi Hao turned around, his large eyes widening as fury surged within him.
"You've got some nerve, ambushing me!"
Golden light blazed in his palm as Suanni Thunder instantly took shape.
But he never got a chance to act. The "bodyguard squad" beside him, already itching for a fight, went