Seeing that they still could not overwhelm him, Mu Cheng's gaze grew increasingly agitated and sinister. He abruptly leaped out of the fray and gritted his teeth as he pulled something from his robes.
That charlatan had sounded utterly certain when he gave it to him. "Brother Mu, should the battle take an unexpected turn, you may activate this at any time. This humble Daoist guarantees that it will make that man's head roll..."
Mu Cheng looked at the palm-sized triangular prong in his hand, covered in hideous blood-colored markings, and hardened his heart.
"Qing Yun, dying at this young master's hands is a blessing for you!" Madness surfaced on Mu Cheng's face. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the prong. Its blood-colored markings blazed to life!
"Die!" Mu Cheng roared, hurling the Blood-red Prong at Yun Qing!
Yun Qing's double pupils contracted. He instinctively drew his spear back to defend himself, only to see the prong make an uncanny turn in midair. Under his horrified gaze, it traced an arc and shot straight toward the crevice in the cliff!
Yun Qing's heart nearly stopped!
Little Radiant Chick!!
Before he could even think, his body reacted on instinct!
He took a heavy blow from a Mu Family disciple at his flank head-on. Using its force, Yun Qing shot diagonally out like a cannonball, overtaking the prong despite moving second and throwing his own flesh and blood into its path!
"Chaos Barrier!"
In his haste, Yun Qing gathered every wisp of chaos energy he could muster before him, forming a somewhat flimsy wall of gray mist.
Pfft!
The Blood-red Prong plunged savagely into the wall of energy with a teeth-grating sound of tearing. The wall rippled violently, then collapsed. The prong slowed