At that moment, in the air beneath Yao Mountain, the battle had split into three fronts. Closest to Yao Mountain, Great Forest Temple's Master Yuanwu and Incense-Passing Cult's Abbess Shujie, driven by old grudges, were wielding their magical artifacts against one another. One held the Demon Slaying Sword, a notorious lethal weapon of Great Forest Temple; the other wielded the Peach Blossom Whip, an inherited treasure of the Incense-Passing Cult. Fighting to their hearts' content, they poured their magical power into their artifacts and brought out their full might. The Demon Slaying Sword had become more than twice its usual size. Talismans flowed faintly across its blade, flashing with shifting radiance. At the edges of the broad sword, that radiance transformed into a pale Buddhist glow, which stretched outward like burning flames.
Abbess Shujie's Peach Blossom Whip was no longer a small whip either. Its entire length was formed from peach blossoms that constantly churned along its body. As the whip roamed through the air, it reflected a blood-red light, like an enormous crimson python—ferocious beyond compare and enough to make one's heart tremble at the sight.
Master Yuanwu and Abbess Shujie were both supreme figures of late Qi Cultivation, renowned experts of the Immortal Annihilation era. Yet neither had ever seen such dense Primordial Qi, nor had they ever driven the artifacts in their hands to such power. Though the Demon Slaying Sword and Peach Blossom Whip could not compare to ancient divine artifacts such as the Haotian Mirror and Lightning Hammer, they were still magical treasures used by figures like Yue Mingxin and Huan Wuxin. Thus, in the hands of two great masters from the Immortal Annihilation era, they had truly been pearls cast before swine... But now, seeing Primordial Qi so dense it was nearly identical to